A Head Full of Wishes

Sunday's New York Times has a review of Black Postcards written by Liz Phair (who once pretended she was in a Galaxie 500 video)...
The author is nothing if not a connoisseur. But Wareham’s real gift is his ability to capture the minutiae of daily life in a rock ’n’ roll band and somehow make [...]

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I always look forward to my favourite bands reaching Toronto because there seem to be some very talented writers and photographers who seem happy to write and photograph them...here's a couple of reviews of Dean & Britta's Mod Club show at the weekend...

Frank from the always great Chromewaves has [...]

Review by Jens Aage Pedersen - originally posted on the Galaxie 500 Mailing List
I had the pleasure of attending not one, but two Dean & Britta shows last weekend, Friday evening at the Studenterhuset and a surprise secret show Saturday evening in the basement of the club Apparatet (which I didn't hear about until Dean [...]

The Scala is a converted cinema near London's King's Cross station, we arrived about 7:30 after a long haul through the miserable traffic on London's westway. There were three bands on the bill with Damon & Naomi up second and penciled in for a meagre 45 minute set. The venue was as expected far from [...]

Moon in the Gutter has an excellent in-depth review of Tell Me Do You Miss Me Matthew Buzzell's film documenting Luna's last tour.
The film is also very funny and heartfelt. The four of them aren’t afraid to show emotion, and Buzzell isn’t afraid to show the humorous monotony of a rock band on the road. [...]

Popmatters has an excellent in depth review of Damon & Naomi's Within These Walls...
For an album that musically emulates a moment of stillness preceding potential utter devastation, it manages a surprising amount of diversity. The strings, horns, and Kurihara’s guitar are part of this, as their appearances are carefully arranged to maximize the musical and [...]

I just came across this review on derives.net of the "Decomposing" fan tribute album - nice to see it's getting out there...
Once this has been said, “Decomposing” features a lot of successful exercises in style. A few contributors have tried to add beats, keyboards or organ but most of them are completely faithful to the [...]