Three minutes of fame a serenade to the soul Oct 17, 2009
Called back for an encore, the band performed two songs sans film, ending with a classic fromWareham's earlier band, Galaxie 500, Tugboat. send photos, videos ffs to 0406 THE AGE (0406 843 243), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Damon & Naomi move ahead looking back Sep 24, 2009
Formed from the ashes of Galaxie 500 in 1991, Damon released a pair of retrospective projects this year, the compilation "The Sub Pop Years CD" and the DVD "1001 Nights." ... Formed from the ashes of Galaxie 500 in 1991, Damon & Naomi released a pair of retrospective projects this year, the compilation "The Sub Pop Years CD" and the DVD "1001 Nights," an assortment of films, concert videos and other visual stimulants, including a live version of the Galaxie 500 favorite "Blue Thunder." ... "... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Damon Krukowski discusses the evolution of Damon & Naomi Sep 8, 2009
The first thing we said to them was, Well, you know we re never going to perform live, says Krukowski, who was part of the seminal slowcore band Galaxie 500 with Yang and Dean Wareham in the late 80s ... We had always written songs, but we were the rhythm section of Galaxie 500 ... A. If we went back and tried to write a song like we wrote for Galaxie 500, it becomes an exercise in some kind of nostalgia or reanimation of naivete that we don t have anymore. (Boston Globe)
Will Braves take series at Wrigley? Jul 9, 2009
And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video The stewardess came back and checked on my drink In the last strings of sunlight, a Brigitte Bardot As I had on my headphones Along with those eyes that you get When your circumstance is movie-size. It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened the noise just fell away. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Dean and Britta add sonic depth to Warhol screen tests Mar 24, 2009
The links between their music and these films are many: Both Luna and Wareham's first group, the Boston-based Galaxie 500, worshiped at the strum-and-drone altar of the Velvet Underground, Warhol's house band, and at times on Saturday it seemed as if the band were channeling the group directly. For the Lou Reed screen test, Wareham played a righteous VU stomp called "I'm Not a Young Man Anymore," a "new" song from a recently unearthed 40-year-old bootleg; the title now packs a stinging irony. (Boston Globe)
