A Head Full of Wishes

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Ok – you’ll need to squint or view the big version but I’ve just come across this photo of Galaxie 500, with Kramer, on stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 1990.

Crawdaddy compares Galaxie 500 with a more recent bunch of Ivy League graduates…
When Wareham sings: “I don’t wanna stay at your party; I don’t wanna talk to your friends,” you believe him, because of the sighs of feedback and the secret code-like way he tells you what he does want: “I just wanna be your [...]

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This rather cool picture of Galaxie 500 playing an instore in London in Novermber of 1990 while promoting their last album.

Japanese label Video Arts Music have just re-issued the three Galaxie 500 studio albums as well as the Copenhagen live album on CD in lovely looking cardboard LP-style sleeves. Damon & Naomi are selling the four releases for the price of three (although being Japanese imports this is still quite pricey – $75 for all [...]

According to I read the news today: All Beatle news. the August issue of UK pop culture mag UNCUT has a cover feature on George Harrison and a covermount CD that features both Damon & Naomi’s cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from The Earth is Blue and Galaxie 500’s version of “Isn’t It [...]

Because any excuse is a good excuse…
Galaxie 500 – Fourth of July

Luna – Fourth of July

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Boing Boing introduced the wonderful concept of the Unicorn Chaser whereby a particularly unpleasant post would be followed by something considerably sweeter to look at – and what could be sweeter than a unicorn? So here’s my equivalent. This is Galaxie 500 performing Blue Thunder at a soundcheck for a show in Holland in 1989…I’d [...]

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In their recent KEXP performance The Transmissionary Six do a cover of Galaxie 500’s Tugboat. The set was recorded in March but has just appeared on the KEXP Live Performances podcast.

You can download the whole set from KEXP (41MB mp3).

Lovely Spanish indie outfit Polar are celebrating their 10th anniversary with the release of a covers album that features versions of Galaxie 500’s “Tell Me” and “King of Spain” and Damon & Naomi’s “Information Age”. The album also features covers of songs by Yo La Tengo, Bedhead and The Velvet Underground. The album will be [...]

The Boston Globe has an interview/article about Black Postcards which covers the break up of Galaxie 500 and specifically comparing the two sides of the story. The article, Making (and losing) the band, also has quotes from Kramer and a “no comment” comment from Damon & Naomi.
Wareham made the provocative choice to open his [...]