A Head Full of Wishes

Dean Wareham is interviewed as part of the The A.V. Club’s Random Rules series…
There was pressure at Elektra. There was always someone saying, “What’s the radio hit single going to be on this record? If you don’t have a hit this time, we’re going to drop you.” They said that for about four albums, [...]

Dean has just posted the second part of his European tour diary to the official blog…
We took a scenic drive through Berlin, through the Tiergarten, by the Siegesäule, past the Rathaus and along Unter Den Linden, rather than driving directly to our hotel in the eastern part of the city. Our GPS device kept yelling [...]

Everett True has a short review of Black Postcards on his Village Voice blogs
He is pretty fucking harsh on himself, full stop. Often, you’re like, “Dean! Quit it! If you don’t like the way you’re behaving, don’t behave like it! You’re a sensitive, intelligent person—get over it.” Yet, despite—or perhaps because of—all that, Black Postcards [...]

“Here is both a personal history and a cultural history. For years, Dean Wareham has made music of beguiling intimacy that draws you into mysteries, dreams and romances. Now he has written a captivating book that does the same.”
– Joe Levy, Executive Editor, Rolling Stone
“I have always been a fan of Dean Wareham and have [...]

When Luna were on that final tour one of Dean Wareham’s regular answers to the “What will you do next?” question was generally along the lines of this one from Stylus…
I’ve been thinking about collecting my tour diaries and trying to write a book. But it’s hard work. I can see that. I have a [...]

No mention of the article on the Guitar Player website but apparently Dean Wareham is featured in a list of “The Top 40 Underrated guitarists” in the December 2007 issue. He shares the list with Robbie Krieger of The Doors and Mick Ronson which is decent enough company.
Any guitarists who have a copy feel free [...]

As I had some requests I thought I’d pop this up sooner rather than later.This track is from the demos that Dean Wareham recorded for Elektra back in 1991. Just to remind you here’s the same extract from fuzzywuzzy that I used for last months track…“In 1991, after leaving Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham signed a [...]

As an introduction to this track ‘ll simply steal a section from fuzzywuzzy.com (the official Luna site)…“In 1991, after leaving Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham signed a demo deal with Elektra Records, and recorded some demos with drummer Jimmy Chambers of Mercury Rev. Songs included Anesthesia, I Can’t Wait, and Slash Your Tires. Anesthesia was released [...]