New York Dolls "New York Dolls" (2008 UK Reissue) 2025-10-03 only existed on a page

only existed on a page in a “dream destinations” travel book that lay open on a desk in the new recording studio that guitarist Jimmy Shaw built in 2020

This was to be the first official single for The Beatles on Capitol records and was backed by an extraordinary marketing campaign

yet nostalgic trip to the 2000s emo-pop explosion and back again

Mat Davidson plays them all

It’s a startling admission coming from a songwriter who

New York Dolls "New York Dolls" (2008 UK Reissue) 2025-10-03 only existed on a pageWhen the New York Dolls released their debut album in 1973, they managed to be named both "Best New Band" and "Worst Band" in Creem Magazine's annual reader's poll, and it usually takes something special to polarize an audience like that. While New York Dolls clearly came from a very specific time and place, this album still sounds fresh and hasn't dated in the least this is one of rock's greatest debut albums, and a raucous statement of purpose