Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock

by Jesse Jarnow

The first biography of Yo La Tengo, the massively influential band who all but defined indie music. Yo La Tengo has lit up the indie scene for three decades, part of an underground revolution that defied corporate music conglomerates, eschewed pop radio, and found a third way. Going behind the scenes of one of the most remarkable eras in American music history, Big Day Coming traces the patient rise of husband-and-wife team Ira Kaplan and Georgia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592407153
• ISBN13: 9781592407156
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher