Music We Like (Mostly): Alternative, Indie, Underground

Whatever that means.
These publications are about music that used to be called "underground," then "progressive", then "alternative rock" then "indie rock" and now it's just called "indie". In most cases, these bands exist in opposition to larger market forces. It's not really a genre so much as a status. But it's also kind of a genre.
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography

Vintage Books

Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography

$21.00
Needles And Plastic: Flying Nun Records 1981-1988

Third Man Books

Needles And Plastic: Flying Nun Records 1981-1988

$40.00
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Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense

Bloomsbury Publishing

Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense

$16.95
Now You're One Of Us

Omnibus Press

Now You're One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd Kross

$29.00
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Back Bay Books

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

$21.99
Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children

University of Illinois Press

Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children

$19.95
Pretend We're Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the '90s

Da Capo Press

Pretend We're Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the '90s

$31.00
Punk Perfect Awful: Beat: The Little Magazine that Could ...and Did.

Rizzoli

Punk Perfect Awful: Beat: The Little Magazine that Could ...and Did.

$55.00
A Question Mark: An Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Elliott Smith

Genius Book Publishing

Question Mark: An Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Elliott Smith

$17.95
Remain In Love

St. Martin's Press

Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

$19.99
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Rock & Roll Biographies: Foo Fighters

Acme Ink

Rock & Roll Biographies: Foo Fighters

$3.99
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Rock & Roll Biographies: Oingo Boingo

Acme Ink

Rock & Roll Biographies: Oingo Boingo

$3.50