Big Star’s second album, Radio City, now 50, is a vivid portrait of tender and confusing young love, neatly documented in short power pop songs. The album’s defining masterpiece is “September Gurls,” Alex Chilton’s longing heartache set to chiming chords and backed by his perfectly jagged Memphis rock band. Bizarre Love Triangle “September Gurls” was […]
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