In light of the new LP, Len returns to this UK collective’s debut.
For the first time in some while, I am actually reading a book. It’s Rolling Stone mainstay Will Hermes’ tome entitled Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York City That Changed Music Forever. Essentially, Hermes looks at music in New York’s five boroughs from New Year’s Eve 1973 to New Year’s 1977 and how the musical offerings of everything from salsa and disco to the rise of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith forever changed the world. Pick it up as soon as you’re done re-reading The Girl Who Played with Fire.
On through-compositions, commercials, Georgie Fruit, and more.
Hey, so I’m Evan, and since this is a new thing, let me take a minute to explain what this column is and why it exists.
When I was 13, skinny and gangly, inexplicably wearing enormous Space Ghost (really, Brak) T-shirts, my mom worked at the Huntington, West Virginia Borders. At some point, she bought a Ramones compilation with her employee discount, and in short order, it was added to my listening rotation…