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Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic review – elegant and woozily seductive

3276 days ago
Guardian Music(Double Feature)The formula that the bassist Britta Phillips and her guitarist husband (and former Luna bandmate) Dean Wareham hit upon for their three albums together as Dean & Britta – sumptuous pop arrangements and an even mix of astutely c... more info

Stream Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic

3281 days ago
StereogumBritta Phillips started off her career as the singing voice of Jem, the ’80s cartoon-fantasy pop star. Then she played bass in Luna. That’s a pretty wide swing! More recently, she’s been half of Dean & Britta with her husband, the former Galaxi... more info

Luna released 1991 demos to help raise money for Terry Tolkin, the man who signed them (and is very ill)

3582 days ago
Brooklyn VeganWhen Galaxie 500 broke up in 1991, Dean Wareham signed to Elektra where his friend Terry Tolkin was doing A&R. He made a five-song demo with Mercury Rev's Jimmy Chamberlain and The Clean's Hamish Kilgour playing drums... all songs... more info

Luna Offer Up Earliest Demos To Benefit A&R Man Who Signed Them

3582 days ago
StereogumEx-Galaxie 500 leader Dean Wareham’s dream-pop band Luna released their debut album, Lunapark, in 1992 on Elektra Records, and continued working with the label on their next four records. Terry Tolkin, the vice president of A&R at Elektra who origi... more info

Shorties (The Importance of Physical Bookstores, The Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time, and more)

3592 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyOn the importance of physical bookstores. Rolling Stone listed the greatest prog rock albums of all time. Authors discussed fatherhood at Biographile. Dean Wareham shared a Luna reunion tour diary at Salon. Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai interviewed To... more info

Luna Add Reunion Show In Brooklyn Next Month

3622 days ago
StereogumDean Wareham’s Post-Galaxie 500 experimental dream pop group Luna already announced their reunion and a slew of North American tour dates. The band toured Spain in April, but prior to a recent Northside Festival listing and a one-off L.A. show, all... more info

Luna announce North American reunion tour (3 NYC shows)

3634 days ago
Brooklyn VeganLuna in Spain in April Luna, the band Dean Wareham formed after the breakup of Galaxie 500, are reunited this year, and they've already toured Europe and played a single LA show. Now a lengthier North American tour has finally... more info

Watch 6 Songs From Luna’s First Concert In 10 Years

3658 days ago
StereogumThe gauzy New York guitar band Luna never seemed to burst with importance, the way Luna frontman Dean Wareham’s previous band Galaxie 500 did. But Luna were just a ridiculously good band in ways that never really demanded attention. If you ever saw... more info

members of Deerhunter, Television, Suicide, Luna & Fiery Furnaces perform w/ Warhol films this weekend

3818 days ago
Brooklyn VeganWe posted this when it was first announced, but here's a reminder about the three day event happening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this weekend (11/6-11/8):Part of 2014 Next Wave Festival The Andy Warhol Museum and Dean Wareham... more info

Dean Wareham Discusses Luna Reunion Shows And Plans For The Future

3825 days ago
StereogumYesterday Luna announced a run of dates in Spain next spring, their first shows in 10 years, and insinuated that North American dates would follow. Today, in a Rolling Stone interview, Dean Wareham offered further information on the reunion. It seems... more info

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