Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500

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Following the re-release of Galaxie 500s three classic albums on Domino, Dean Wareham is on tour, playing a set of all-Galaxie 500 material with a 4-piece band featuring his wife Britta Phillips (Luna, Belltower), drummer Jason Lawrence and guitarist Matt Sumrow.

Galaxie 500 formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1987 and recorded three studio albums (Today, On Fire and This Is Our Music) for Rough Trade. They met with much acclaim in their short time together but disbanded in 1991. Wareham subsequently formed Luna, recording seven albums (including Penthouse) for Beggars Banquet and Elektra, and he now records as one half of Dean & Britta. Their latest CD, 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhols Screen Tests, was released in July. Dean has also written a memoir Black Postcards now a Penguin paperback.

Galaxie 500 became bona fide treasures of indie rock. Mojo

Galaxie 500 purred while others shouted. Chris Roberts

One of the eras best bands Byron Coley

Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, former members of Luna. Started by Wareham in 1992, Luna made 7 studio albums and played their final shows in February 2005. "Tell Me Do You Miss Me" is the film documentary about the band's final tour. Prior to Luna Dean fronted Galaxie 500. Britta joined Luna in 2000. Before that, she played in several bands, starred in the movie Satisfaction (with Julia Roberts and Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson and Steve Cropper), and was the singing voice of 80s cartoon character, JEM.

In 2003 Dean and Britta released "L'Avventura ", an album of covers and duets produced by Tony Visconti (Bowie, T. Rex). "L'Avventura " was recently released on the duo's own record label, Double Feature, and includes bonus tracks from the "Sonic Souvenirs " EP (remixes by Sonic Boom). Their 2nd album, "Back Numbers " was also produced by Visconti, and released on Zoe/Rounder Records on February 27, 2007.

Dean & Britta have scored several films, most notably Noah Baumbach's "The Squid & the Whale ".

Their current project is "13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests ", a project commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The Screen Tests are silent film portraits that Andy Warhol shot at the Factory between 1964 and 1966. The subjects - both famous and anonymous - were visitors to Warhol's studio. The live show is a multi-media presentation, where Dean and Britta perform onstage with their band ( Anthony Lamarca and Matt Sumrow), while the Warhol films are projected overhead. Dean & Britta are releasing a double CD of the songs written for "13 Most Beautiful..." on their own label, Double Feature Records, on July 27, 2010.13 Most Beautiful... was released on DVD by Plexifilm in April, 2009.