A Head Full of Wishes

p>As well as announcing the Galaxie 500 reissues, Damon & Naomi also had plenty of news about their post-Galaxie 500 project. On 8th September 20|20|20 will release a compilation of the duo’s Sub Pop years containing 74 minutes of tracks taken from the four albums released by the label. No tracklist as yet but as [...]

I’ve just come across these six videos of Damon & Naomi performing in Peterborough, NH. The show was in a bookstore and was shot with two cameras and has great sound. Well worth sitting through…

This Tuesday, 23rd of June, Damon & Naomi will be at the ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their book publishing company Exact Change. The evening will have musical performance ‘responding to Exact Change texts’ and readings from Exact Change publications.
The show kicks of at 8pm and costs $10. Food [...]

p>In March 1997 Damon & Naomi played their first London show at the tiny 12 Bar Club. I still remember that show with a mixture of bliss and discomfort but the most enduring of the blissful memories is the instrument that Naomi used. A sruti box is a simple one pitch harmonium that produces a [...]

A new book called Amplified: Fiction from Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Blues and Folk Musicians is, according to its official website, a collection of “sixteen short stories by some of the most important young songwriters working today” and one of those important young songwriters is Damon Krukowski.
Amplified presents sixteen short stories by some of the [...]

Damon & Naomi have covered “The World’s Strongest Man” for a forthcoming Scott Walker tribute album. The album with the snappy title “Music inspired by the film Scott Walker 30 Century Man” will be released by Lakeshore Records in May and also includes contrinbutions from Laurie Anderson, Ulrich Schnauss and St Etienne amongst others.
The album [...]

Damon & Naomi will be playing some dates in Italy in between the 21 and 25 of March. You can see the dates on the promoters website but you are advised to check before you make any plans because the dates may be subject to change.
The shows will be as a duo.

Hazel and I headed out to the lovely Luminaire last night to catch Damon & Naomi play a very sweet and nicely well attended show in London. We missed the first support but caught the whole of The Left Outsides playing another enjoyable set. We oddly managed to find a very good spot right at [...]

Damon & Naomi have posted a collection of some of the reviews that the reissue of their first album has been getting. More Sad Hits has just been re-released on their own 20|20|20 label and has been garnering rave reviews, quite a few of which are from UK based sites and newspapers.
Damon & Naomi create [...]

Damon & Naomi have just posted a clip from their new DVD onto YouTube (and on their MySpace blog). So enjoy the very beautiful Stars Never Fade and then head on over to Damon & Naomi’s website and order the DVD.