Galaxie 500, Sorry We Missed Each Other…
7 July 2010 in Music, Random, Video, You Tube, blah blah blah
Man, it’s kinda annoying when you’re watching a movie, hear a kick-ass song during one of the scenes and say, “O.K., I gotta check that out when I get home and see if I can figure out who that song is from.“?? It used to be much more annoying, pre-internet, but now, it’s generally easy to figure out who plays what song, as long as you have a few, key pieces of info for a decent google search.
The other night I was watching Ben Stiller’s latest foray into artsy and moody indie; the pretty solid,Greenberg. While the majority of the soundtrack is made up of James Murphy’s score (doing some very non-LCD Soundsystem stuff), there was a song that captured me, in particular, and alas, it wasn’t one of Murphy’s new creations. After a bit of Binging and Googling, I discovered that the tune in question was “Strange”, by Boston-area trio Galaxie 500.
The kicker is, Galaxie 500 is no more. Hell, they haven’t been together since 1991, and have since gone on to other projects, namely Luna and Daman & Naomi. Regardless, I am really digging the trio’s accessible take on slowcore and folky shoegaze. Specifically, I’ve been rocking their 1989 record, On Fire. Fans of Bedhead and even Mazzy Star will find something to enjoy here. If you’re like me and aren’t familiar with this relic of a band, please, do yourself a favor and get up on it.
Here’s a great article/history of the band, from Pitchfork.
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I tend to go through a massive Galaxie 500 phase around November every year. Summer doesn’t make me feel it, but as soon as the evenings draw in and the scarves roll out they make more perfect sense than almost any other band.
Do yourself a favor and pick this up:
http://www.amazon.com/Galaxie-500-Dont-Youth-Waste/dp/B000228SPU
I will, great suggestion! I’m working through Dean’s memoirs now and digging through all the Luna I have also somehow missed. I’m starting to be rather ashamed of my ignorance.