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Posts Tagged Luna

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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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December 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 90 The Spines 2015

We had a pretty good year as it unfolded. It started with a big profile on the band’s first decade in Audioculture – the NZ music online archive. Strongly written by Gary Steel with interesting insight into those early line-ups and the records we made. Great to be officially represented in an historical and cultural […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, AudioCulture, Gary Steel, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hannah, Jon Mcleary, Julie Lamb Band, King Street Live, Les, Luna, Malky, Masterton, Music, Napier, Painting, Riki Gooch, Simon, Simon Sweetman, Spines, The Cabana, The Cross, The Fall, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 90 The Spines 2015, The Spines, Tora, Tora Tora Tora, Tyson Smith, War Stories, War Stories # 90, Wellington, Will Ricketts ·

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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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