From the now-defunct British ‘zine Bucketful of Brains, Issue 31, 1989: I literally bumped into Galaxie 500’s singer/guitarist Dean Wareham and Marc Alghini of Boston based Aurora Records who’d just released Galaxie’s debut double-A side single “Tugboat”/”King Of Spain” and album “Today”, hoping to get some interest, and then saw the trio play CBGB ‘s Canteen. Both records became major obsessions for the rest of ’88, as they stitched together all my favourite influences – The Velvets, Television, The Feelies, The Chills, The Verlaines, Joy Division even – making up a new coat of ultra-vivid colours, blessed with an extraordinarily […]
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