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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham

Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well […]
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May 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Luna: A Sentimental Education

Luna A Sentimental Education Double Feature When Luna reformed we were treated to a spectacular show – and now the band’s return to recording, roughly a decade and a half after its last official release sees this charming set of record-collection pop and rock covers. Often there can be an underwhelming feeling attached to a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Sentimental Education, A Sentimental Journey, Album Review, Covers, Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham, Luna, Luna: A Sentimental Education, Reunion, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic

Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged ABBA, Agnetha Faltskog, Album Review, Britta Phillips, Covers, Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham, Dennis Wilson, Drive, Evie Sands, Fallin' In Love, Fleetwood Mac, Lana Del Rey, Landslide, Luck Or Magic, Luna, Melody's Echo Chamber, Nancy Sinatra, One Fine Summer Morning, Originals, Sebastien Tellier, Soundtrack, The Cars, Wrap Your Arms Around Me ·

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September 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Luna (September 23, Wgtn)

Luna MOON Tuesday, September 23 Sometimes you get that feeling – you’re in the right place, it’s the right time, and everyone around you is there to celebrate too. That’s the power of a really great gig, nostalgia gets a bad rap but it’s a big part of how we think and what we feel […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Dean Wareham, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Gig Review: Luna (September 23, Luna, MOON, Newtown, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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September 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 819

Luna, Bewitched (1994) This was the Luna album I knew the best – so when I heard they were reforming and visiting Wellington this was the one I returned to. Played what was left of the CD a bit – scratched/fingerprints, one of very few CDs I have held on to for far too long and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1994, Bewitched, California (All The Way), Cicio Cacio, Dean Wareham, Galaxie 500, Jon Mcleary, LP, Luna, Record, Reissue, Robert Forster, Spines, The Go-Betweens, The Spines, Vinyl ·

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July 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Luna reunion: Two NZ Shows Announced (Sept, 2015)

Luna has reformed and will play two New Zealand shows in September, Auckland’s Tuning Fork on September 19 and Wellington’s MOON, September 22. Luna is one of several musical projects featuring the talented Dean Wareham. New Zealand born, Wareham was raised in Australia and America, he didn’t play in the city of his birth until […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 13 Most Beautiful, 2015, Auckland, Britta Phillips, Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham, Gig Preview, Lee Wall, Live Shows, Luna, Luna reunion: Two NZ Shows Announced (Sept, MOON, NZ Tour, Promo, Reunion, Sean Eden, Tuning Fork, Wellington ·

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January 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 45 – 13 Most Beautiful, Wellington, 2010

I loved this 13 Most Beautiful show, a rare example of the Arts Festival taking a gamble on something “multimedia” and getting it right. Because it was simple – it was essentially Dean and Britta (ie Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500/Luna and Britta, his wife, also of Luna) and the music they had created for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 13 Most Beautiful, 2010, Andy Warhol, Arts Festival, Dean And Britta, Dean Wareham, Galaxie 500, Live Gig, Luna, Multimedia, Screentests, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 45 – 13 Most Beautiful, Wellington ·

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April 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dean Wareham: Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham Dean Wareham Double Feature There aren’t many who can boast the consistency of Dean Wareham; certainly not from anyone who has been in the game as long as he has – through Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta and across soundtrack work and now a (belated) solo career. But boast is one thing […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Britta Phillips, Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham, Debut Album, Eponymous, Galaxie 500, Jason Quever, Jim James, Luna, My Morning Jacket, Papercuts, S/T ·

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November 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Dean Wareham: Emancipated Hearts

Dean Wareham Emancipated Hearts Double Feature From Galaxie 500 to Luna to Dean & Britta and then from under that moniker a range of soundtracks and soundscapes, Dean Wareham has covered some ground – while essentially mining versions of the same sound – for a quarter of a century. So it’s strange to finally hear […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham, Emancipated Hearts, EP, Galaxie 500, Jason Quever, Lou Reed, Luna, Mini-Album, Papercuts, VU ·

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October 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1801

Galaxie 500, This Is Our Music (1990) I bought this a couple of years ago – I’d enjoyed some Galaxie 500 and I had really enjoyed Dean Wareham’s book, Black Postcards. Also, I was interviewing Dean about his 13 Most Beautiful show. The album was a handy reference – as well as, you know, a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 13 Most Beautiful, Black Postcards, Bob Dylan, Dean And Britta, Dean Wareham, Fourth Of July, Galaxie 500, Gig Review, Interview, Jem, Listen, The Dominion Post, The Snow Is Falling, The Stereo Bus, This Is Our Music, Velvet Underground, Vinyl, Yoko Ono ·

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September 3, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1869

The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground (1969) There are four Velvet Underground albums and sure I’ve said before that Loaded is the sentimental favourite (my introduction to the band) and of course the debut album is the revelation. I’m a huge fan of White Light/White Heat too. But to my ears this is the album […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Beginning To See The Light, Dean Wareham, Doug Yule, Loaded, Lou Reed, The Murder Mystery, The Velvet Underground, Vinyl, VU, White Light/White Heat ·

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