What gets flattened in a lot of indie and punk history is

What gets flattened in a lot of indie and punk history is how many Black artists were building those scenes while also being told they were “outside” Black culture for loving loud guitars and DIY spaces. Stephanie Phillips’ new book sounds important partly because it treats that tension as central to the story, not a footnote — and you can hear the ripple of it all through post-punk, alt rock, and club culture now.