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 release
Uncollected Noise New York
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