Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500 was a trio: Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang, and Damon Krukowski. The band formed in Boston in 1987, and broke up in 1991, releasing three albums on Rough Trade Records: Today (1988), On Fire (1989), and This Is Our Music (1990). Since the band’s demise, three additional archival recordings have also been released: Uncollected Noise New York ’88—’90 (studio rarities and outtakes), Peel Sessions (recorded for BBC Radio 1′s John Peel Show, 1989 & 1990), and Copenhagen (recorded live by Danish National Radio, 1990). The three original albums have now been remastered and reissued on LP, as they originally appeared, available worldwide from 20-20-20.
All Galaxie 500 recordings are available digitally via download from the Galaxie 500 bandcamp page
September 2024 Galaxie 500 New York Times interview
2024 new release!
Compiled by the band, a 24 track collection of unreleased and rare archival material – the complete Noise New York studio outtakes and non-album tracks. From their earliest recorded moments in the studio to their last. Including eight never-before-heard studio tracks.
Galaxie 500's influential 1988 debut, remastered in 2009.
“An astonishing debut by anybody’s standards… A haze of warm psychedelic-like torpor.” — Melody Maker
Galaxie 500's second and most popular album, remastered in 2009.
“A wintry opiate… a hypnotic open loop of gentle drums, a bass that becalms, and a guitar that drifts purposefully from languid to leveling.”
— Spin magazine
Galaxie 500's ambitious final album, remastered in 2009.
“Feedback never sounded so sweet.” — Billboard
This oral and visual history provides a complete account of the band’s rise to indie stardom and their difficult breakup. Includes dozens of rare and never-before-seen photographs, as well as posters and other ephemera from the archives of Naomi Yang, along with her commentary. The definitive book about Galaxie 500 and a crucial chapter in the story of U.S. indie rock.
192 pages paperback, 8″ x 10″, with 214 full color illustrations