the modern lovers

Forming in Boston in 1987, Galaxie 500’s triptych of albums, Today (1988), On Fire (1989) and This Is Our Music (1990) were all chiseled from a palpably higher altitude than the boulders of the late-80s college rock scene they were loosely part of. With Dean Wareham’s quivering upper register and torpid, widescreen guitar drenched in […]

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Though I can’t dig up the issue to prove it, the backstory is supposedly this: In 1973, Creem magazine ran something negative on The Four Seasons, arguing that rock music demanded a “masculine arrogance.” Never one to stand for the besmirching of sweetness, Jonathan “I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar” Richman sent them a brief what-for. For a reminder of what Richman does think of masculine arrogance, I added a little “Pablo Picasso” at the bottom. Though the tune was recorded in 1972, it…

For rock band Talking Heads and its front man David Byrne, happiness is a hit album

@sarangmeh on Instagram: “hey Masaki suda if you are reading this I’m free on the 14th of feb so if you want to hang im free. if you’re free on the 14th I just wanna…”

15 reasons why Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers will become the official rock song of Massachusetts in 2013

Ernie Brooks, bassist and founding member of The Modern Lovers, talks to Legs McNeil about the origins of the band, recording their classic (and only!) album, and decodes some of their songs Ernie Brooks as told

I was sitting in my car when I heard that Lou Reed had died. The announcer went on to say that although Reed was not as famous as the Beatles or the