Our Band Could Be Your Life Tribute @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/22/11

Natasha Ryan
It's ten years since Michael Azerrad first published his defining DIY '80s scene portrait Our Band Could Be Your Life, which covered an independent music culture that changed irrevocably a decade before that with the release of Nevermind. Round anniversaries make apt opportunities for retrospectives, and in the case of Our Band, this year has been a sort of meta-reflection: ...