WESTNILE FUNDRAISER: Tony Conrad, Aki Onda, MV Carbon, Chaw Mank! Nov 20, 2009
In 1962 he co-founded the groundbreaking ensemble known as the Dream Syndicate ... Musically, he resurfaced only briefly, to jam with German krautrock progenitors Faust on the 1972 LP Outside the Dream Syndicate, a work of explosive prophecy that to this day retains an undiminished power to startle and excite. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Power-pop vets team up for Baseball Project Sep 15, 2009
The Project -- Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Gutterball), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5, R.E.M.) and drummer Linda Pitmon (Steve Wynn IV) -- debuted last year with "Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails," a punchy record themed to great stories from the annals of baseball, both tragic and victorious ... "We decided from the start not to do the show as three separate sets but rather to present it as one big, wild variety show revue. You not only get my recent... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Cracker show will be mix of old, new songs Aug 21, 2009
Although bands and musicians that were Lowery's '80s contemporaries - with Scruffy the Cat, Timbuk 3, the Long Ryders, the Dream Syndicate and Del Fuegos among them - have for the most part disappeared over time, Lowery says he's still got a lot of buddies out on the road. "That's the great thing about Facebook - I can keep up with all those people now," he quips. (Athens Banner-Herald)
50 years since Haddix's masterpiece May 26, 2009
That's when Scott McCaughey of R.E.M. and the Young Fresh Fellows and Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn released an album of baseball songs as The Baseball Project. Their first single, written by Wynn, is entitled, "Harvey Haddix," and is an argument for Haddix's perfecto to be officially recognized as such in the annals of the game. (MLB.com -- Pittsburgh Pirates)
iPod Shuffle: Vicki Peterson May 22, 2009
"Too Little, Too Late," the Dream Syndicate. 7. (Boston Globe)
