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#089: Luna - Lovedust (promo CD)

Posted by Andy on 23 November 2023

Luna’s Lovedust was released as a CD by Beggars Banquet but only as a promo. It came in a simple card sleeve with a different one of Steve Ellis’s lighter paintings on the sleeve than the one that had been used on Romantica. Luna - Lovedust (promo CD) There are...

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#088: Damon & Naomi - A Sky Record (LP)

Posted by Andy on 20 November 2023

Damon & Naomi’s A Sky Record was an album that came out in drips - firstly as a video of a live performance recorded at the Peabody Essex Museum on the 21st June 2021, then as a booklet/download on the 6th August, next as a CD (in Japan) in May...

Hearing Voices - Dean Wareham's lyrics illustrated

Posted by Andy on 19 November 2023

A selection of Dean Wareham’s lyrics has just been published in a beautiful book with illustrations by artist Ed Templeton. Hearing Voices - Ginger Snaps (Dean Wareham / Ed Templeton) The collection has been published by Nazraelli Press and is available in three editions. An edition limited to 40 copies...

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#087: Luna - Bobby Peru (7")

Posted by Andy on 16 November 2023

Luna’s ‘Bobby Peru’ was released as the second single off their fourth album “Pup Tent” Luna - Bobby Peru 7 “Bobby Peru” is the character played by Willem Defoe in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart, a film I haven’t seen for 25+ years - I should probably rectify that but...

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#086: Damon & Naomi - Fortune

Posted by Andy on 13 November 2023

Fortune is Damon & Naomi’s soundtrack to Naomi’s short and silent film Fortune, a film that’s initial spark was to create something to be projected during Damon & Naomi’s live shows. Damon & Naomi - Fortune (LP) It doesn’t have a strong narrative but is more a series of vignettes...

Dean Wareham live at St Pancras to be released on LP

Posted by Andy on 10 November 2023

Ten years ago Dean Wareham played two exceptional nights at St Pancras Old Church in London, the shows were recorded and released on cassette. Now on the 10th anniversary of those shows the always fabulous Sonic Cathedral is releasing the show on limited edition vinyl for the first time. Dean...

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#085: Galaxie 500 - Snowstorm / Pictures (7")

Posted by Andy on 9 November 2023

This 7” was given away with limited copies of the Galaxie 500 DVD Don’t Let Our Youth Go to Waste in 2004 and features two live tracks lifted from the video of the show at Club Lingerie that was included on the DVD. Galaxie 500 - Snowstorm / Pictures single...

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#084: therealangelcorpuschristi

Posted by Andy on 6 November 2023

Unlike Angel Corpus Christi’s lovely Luna tribute album I don’t have to bend the rules to include therealangelcorpuschristi since Dean plays guitar (and Britta bass) on a Velvet Underground cover. Angel Corpus Christi - therealangelcorpuschristi (LP) therealangelcorpuschristi is a compilation album pulling splendid contributions from across Angel’s remarkable body of...

Audio: Damon & Naomi live in Hamden, CT

Posted by Andy on 2 November 2023

The always excellent Doom & Gloom from The Tomb has just shared a beautiful recording of Damon & Naomi’s concert at the Best Video Film & Cultural Center in Hamden, CT. Damon & Naomi, Hamden, CT (Photo: Alex Butterfield Archives) This was the closing show of a short run of...

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