I read this article on Pitchfork the other day--actually it was an interview with the band Health--and they said something about the Los Angeles "DIY music scene." I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I like the sound of it and I'm gonna find out. It seems like a very appealing idea.
UPDATE:
I saw it again! I'm making my way through The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs From Punk to the Present (a great book, I highly recommend it), and in the blurb about Buzzcock's "Ever Fallen in Love" Marc Hogan writes that the band "played a key role in launching the British do-it-yourself movement." WHAT is this all about?
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if you have a little time, a good introduction to the do-it-yourself concept comes in the first 30 pages or so of Simon Reynolds' excellent book on post-punk music, "Rip It Up and Start Again". it's worth picking up from the library or bookstore, but you can read a lot of it at the url below:
ReplyDeletehttp://books.google.com/books?id=LlZQpWBFbHcC&pg=PA38&dq=%22simon+reynolds%22+%22do+it+yourself&ei=kSsASoLXI4ToM5qM7agC&client=firefox-a#PPA8,M1i also tried to sum up a little bit of the idea in a los campesinos! review last year:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11179-hold-on-now-youngster/(for what it's worth, there are also critics who retort that "do it yourself" in itself isn't enough, that it only mattered during the brief time that that the concept was revolutionary, but i say i like what i like.)
hope that helps. thanks for reading the p4k book!
all best,
marc