DEAN WAREHAM PLAYING AT THE ROXY TOMORROW, JUNE 19
SELF-TITLED SOLO ALBUM OUT NOW!
Dean Wareham is going to be playing at the Roxy Theatre tomorrow night (Thursday, June 19) with Drug Cabin supporting.
The Los Angeles Times recently caught up with Dean -- read about the album and his move to LA here. Dean Wareham was released this past Spring via Double Feature. The 9-track album was produced by Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and recorded at James'house in Louisville, Kentucky. James also contributes keyboards, electric guitars and backing vocals. The first single from the album, "Holding Pattern" can be heard here.  |
Dean Wareham, is counted as one of the original voices of American indie rock, his band
Galaxie 500 emerging from Boston in 1988 and making three celebrated albums for Rough Trade (recently reissued on Domino Records). "Galaxie 500 were the ultimate cult group," wrote Bookforum,"a band who set the stage for the indie scene of the 21st Century." His next band Luna recorded seven albums for Elektra and Beggar's Banquet (including Penthouse, on Rolling Stone's list of best albums of the 90s), followed by three albums as Dean & Britta (with Britta Phillips). In 2013 he released a 6-song EP, Emancipated Hearts. His songs have been covered by Beck, Ryan Adams, and Joanna Gruesome.
Wareham is also a writer, he contributes to Salon and the Talkhouse, and his memoir
Black Postcards is now a Penguin paperback. He recently appeared acting in the Noah Baumbach film Frances Ha.
Born in New Zealand, and having spent most of his life in New York City, he currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Praise for Wareham' s 2013 EP, Emancipated Hearts:
Pitchfork: it's stunning how much life (and death) Wareham spreads over these tracks, and makes these tiny whispers of songs feel like the biggest secret anyone's ever told you.
Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars,
"one of the great New York guitar sophisticates"
NME: 8 out of 10,
"just six tracks, yet more complete than most full albums we've heard this year."
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