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  New York Dolls, 'Dancing Backward in High Heels' (429)

  March 15, 2011 – No way the 2006 and 2009 "reunion" albums recorded by the two surviving original Dolls (frontman David Johansen, guitarist Syl Sylvain) could sound, much less feel, like the ramshackle proto-punk quintet that inspired hair metal, the Smiths, and yo' mama. Featuring Farfisa, sax, strings, anything but loud guitar, Dancing Backwards doesn't even try, and that's its virtue. …
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  New LPs: Black Joe Lewis, Joy Formidable & 7 more!

  March 15, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: J Mascis, Several Shades of WhySebadoh-ish indie-folk jams from Sebadoh dude's boss.Read Review Black Joe Lewis, ScandalousSteamy Austin axeman still seeking spiritual release.Read Review The Joy Formidable, The Big RoarFemale-led Welsh alt-rockers blast into the red.Read Review Noah and the Whale, Last Night on EarthZen and the art of getti …
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  Tough Questions for David Johansen

  May 22, 2009 – David Johansen has found the most success as a solo artist, both as himself (for 1978's campy rocker "Funky but Chic") and as his louche lounge-singing alter ego Buster Poindexter (for the still-ubiquitous 1987 conga-line generator "Hot Hot Hot"). But that's not a knock on the New York Dolls, the revolutionary glam-punk outfit that launched Johansen's career in 1971. …
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  New York Dolls to Record New Album

  November 14, 2008 – The two original surviving members of glam-punk progenitors the New York Dolls -- singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain -- reunited for 2006's comeback album, One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This.But a key element was missing: Eccentric producer Todd Rundgren, who helmed the boards for the Dolls' 1973 classic self-titled debut. That omission will be corrected come January 2009, when Rundgren and the Dolls reuni …
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