2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke
2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke examines how indie rock surged into mainstream culture in 2004. Host Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast leads the story with interviews featuring members of Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Spoon, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, Tegan & Sara, and Metric. The series also includes perspectives from record labels, iTunes, and TV shows such as The O.C. It is presented by Dropbox and produced by Nevermind Media.
Episodes
C.R.E.A.M.
What does it even mean to sell out? An episode about licensing songs to commercials and signing to major labels that focuses on the question, "When were you able to quit your job and become a musician full time?" And then tells the stories of Modest Mouse signing to Epic and having a massive hit in 2004 through the eyes of its A&R man and a band member, and the wild story of how Feist accidentally
California Here We Come
Indie invades the TV screens and theaters of America, as shows including The O.C. and Gilmore Girls, and films like Garden State, make indie a huge part of their personality. Includes interviews with showrunners, bands, and licensing pros.
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Succexy
Revisiting the origins of late Gen X indie rock in the '90s and '00s, focused on what was happening at the turn of the century in Seattle with Sub Pop and Barsuk, Canada with a whole slew of bands who'd end up on lots of different labels, Omaha with Saddle Creek, and the bands on Merge out of Durham, North Carolina through interviews with the bands and labels doing it all.
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Champagne From a Paper Cup
Being an indie rock fan in 2004 meant hearing your favorite indie band on a McDonald’s ad, not being able to get into shows, and seeing your DIY fave on MTV. How did we get here?
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Coming Soon: 2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke
Coming September 23, 2026.
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