A Head Full of Wishes

Oh I've been looking forward to using that clever post title for weeks.
To be honest I'm not 100% certain of the exact date that Galaxie 500's first album was released. But I do know, thanks to a picture in the Box Set booklet, that the launch party took place at The Rat in Boston on [...]

I grabbed a handful of CDs from the Ps this morning...amongst which was a bunch of Pastels albums and while listening to them this picture popped into my head and I headed off to hunt it down. It lived for a long time on Jonathan Kilgour's almost official Pastels website which is thankfully still available [...]

OK maybe this'll turn into a series or maybe that "#1" in the title will be redundant but here goes...
#1 Matt Quigley
Matt Quigley was Luna's (very) short-lived bassist filling the gap between Justin's "leave of absence" and Britta's appointment.
Previously of glam duo Vaganza purveyors of "elaborately arranged, ornate, bloated songs" Matt got the job in [...]

I think I'll declare 29th August 2007 a holiday - take the day off and tell your boss it's OK because it's Galaxie 500's birthday...
I guess I'm not really in a position to decide at what point Galaxie 500 came into existence, that's a decision better left to the protagonists - but hell they're all [...]