Blog: BUZZGRINDER

Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes - from Punk to Indie and Everything in Between really does deliver the goods for every scene discussed in the book. At least for the most part. You get a thorough discussion of D.C. hardcore punk in the 80s, the lowdown on Midwestern emo from the late 90s, a look into rich-kid/not-quite-famous-acto r rock in Los Angeles and discussions of seven or so other scenes from around the nation. Author Leslie Simon brings the knowledge, too. She's down with Crucial Truth (Florida) and [...]