A Head Full of Wishes

dean and brittaoriginally uploaded by sarah jane semrad
Dean & Britta's next show in their residency at the Zipper Factory in NYC will concentrate on the songs of Galaxie 500. The show is on Thursday 21st August and support will come from El May which is the band of ex(-almost)-Luna keyboardist Lara Meyerratken.
The Zipper Factory is [...]

I've just been pointed at the fact that Dean & Britta will be performing the Warhol Film event in Minneapolis in February (that gives you plenty of time to clear your calendar and sort out babysitters!) which may mean that it will be reaching other parts of the country so keep your eyes peeled for [...]

Dean & Britta will be performing on Wednesday 25th June (that's next Wednesday!) between 7 and 9pm at Harlot, 46 Minna Street. The invitation (left) was posted out on Dean & Britta's newsletter - if you wish to attend you need to RSVP to MVRSVP@condenast.com.

I came across these videos of Luna playing in Brazil a few weeks ago but forgot to post them here. They are from (I guess) a Brazilian TV show and features 11 live performances (intercut with offstage footage) and an interview from Luna's show in Bela Horizonte in Brazil in 2001.

I've grown to love the low-res video of YouTube and it's like (once I'd got past my high-res snobbery) - being able to see short clips of Dean & Britta's recent tour has been a treat - here are a couple of recent faves...
Bonnie & Clyde @ The Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC

Words You Used [...]

Dean-Wareham-3.jpgoriginally uploaded by kirstiecat

Kirstiecat has uploaded a bunch of very lovely pictures from Dean & Britta's show at the Lakeshore Theatre in Chicago.
It's well worth wading back through her flickr stream as she photographs very beautifully, a lot of very good bands (she took pictures last time Dean & Britta were in her neck of [...]

SPIN.com has a review and some fantastic pictures from Dean & Britta's show at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis from a couple of days ago...
Mythologist Joseph Campbell once said that "love is a friendship set to music." Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, a.k.a. dreamy indie-pop duo Dean & Britta, exemplified that gracious support and [...]

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.