The Shirts were an American new wave band from New York that emerged on the mid-Seventies Bowery scene. They appeared in the NY punk film The Blank Generation and landed three songs on the 1976 scene document Live at CBGB’s. Between 1978 and 1980, they released three albums: The Shirts, Street Light Shine, and Inner […]
Street Light Shine is the second album by the American new wave band The Shirts, released in August 1979 on Harvest (UK, Europe) and Capitol (US). The Harvest version contains twelve songs, including three — “Don’t You Hesitate,” “Can’t Cry Anymore,” “Kensington Gardens” — omitted from the Capitol version, which includes “Maybe, Maybe Not” (a […]
The Shirts is the debut album by the American new wave band The Shirts, released on July 14, 1978, on Harvest (UK, Europe) and Capitol (US). They recorded the album in London with Wire producer Mike Thorne. It features ten originals by the six-piece band, including the UK scene hit “Show Me Your Plans.” Musically, the […]
