Index

List of Figures and Table vi
Acknowledgements viii
Cast of interviewed characters x
List of featured labels, their owners and artists xiv
About the authors xvii
Prologue: ‘You can’t put a price on freedom’ 1
Introduction: Understanding independent labels 11
1 Being independent 59
2 Material economy 89
3 Symbolic economy 143
4 Urban ecology 207
Epilogue: Writing independent culture 271
References 289
Index 295