A Head Full of Wishes

Damon just emailed me to say that the London date that Damon & Naomi have had penciled in for a few months now will not be happening after “the promoter who told our agent he was holding that night didn’t come through, and at too late a date to find anything else decent”.

All of this is merely a scarcely re-versioned news report that was recently posted on Damon & Naomi’s web site so you may want to head over there to read it…
Damon & Naomi’s very excellent debut album More Sad Hits is being reissued on their own 20|20|20 label - remastered onto CD and LP and [...]

There’s a lengthy interview with Dean Wareham talking about Black Postcards recorded for WNYC Soundcheck on the NPR Music website
“When Luna broke up, I finally had time to sit down and tell this story,” Wareham says. “The personal stuff was more difficult — I was pushed by my editor after handing him the first draft [...]

Damon & Naomi have announced dates in the US and Europe for this summer.
Come warmer weather, we’ll be hitting the road again. First a US tour together with the new duo of Helena Espvall (Espers) & Masaki Batoh (Ghost), as they promote their debut on Drag City and we all wend our way [...]

Damon & Naomi have been confirmed on the bill of Terrastock 7 which takes place at the The Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center, Louisville KY, USA between the 19th and 22nd of June 2008. The actual date of their performance hasn’t been confirmed.

Damon and Naomi have three dates in Japan this month supporting the Japanese release of Within These Walls on P-Vine records.

19 Jan 2008 - Damon & Naomi @ Knave, Osaka, Japan
21 Jan 2008 - Damon & Naomi @ Shibuya, O-Nest, Tokyo, Japan
22 Jan 2008 - Damon & Naomi @ Shibuya, O-Nest, Tokyo, Japan

On the first [...]

Damon & Naomi’s performance from this year’s Terrastock in Providence RI is currently being seeded on www.dimeadozen.org - registration required.

The Scala is a converted cinema near London’s King’s Cross station, we arrived about 7:30 after a long haul through the miserable traffic on London’s westway. There were three bands on the bill with Damon & Naomi up second and penciled in for a meagre 45 minute set. The venue was as expected far from [...]

Naomi in blueoriginally uploaded by grange85

I’ll write up the show a bit more fully tomorrow but in the meantime here’s a bunch of photos from the very beautiful (if far too short) London show…

A nice video of Damon & Naomi at their recent show in Bari, Italy…