Indie Rock In Print In both music journalism and academic scholarship, the term “indie rock” has been overdetermined by associations with men and masculinity for so long that it has apparently become difficult to disentangle them. For example, on October 2 of last year, The Atlantic published a profile of MJ Lenderman, calling him “indie rock’s golden boy,” a label that itself echoed Rolling Stone’s coverage of Bright Eyes’ Connor Oberst throughout the 2000s, back when he was the “king of indie rock.” Then this past August, the New Yorker wondered aloud if Mac DeMarco might be “the last indie Read more