An entire interview in which the words "Damon" and "Naomi" are left unsaid. Amazing quote: "The trio forces everyone to work, there is something cool about it, especially live; all of you have to make noise constantly. But I think most of the great bands (especially in the live scenario) are four or five people."
I'm glad Dean finally acknowledges Woody Allen as a major influence. This is actually a perfect pairing of interviewer and interviewee, to an extent that we rarely see these days, and one of the best interviews that I've read in recent memory.
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/20/the_ultimate_luna_interview_noah_baumbach_and_dean_wareham_talk_super_groups_the_velvet_underground_and_the_history_of_one_of_new_yorks_greatest_bands/
― dlp9001, Saturday, 21 May 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
Saw them last weekend for what must have been at least the 10th time but the first since 2001. They were really amazing. Covered The Cure's Fire in Cairo during one encore and came back out again to close with Tugboat.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Fire in Cairo! They didn't do that one during their original run, did they?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/31/480144548/a-homecoming-for-luna-and-its-devoted-following
"The word nostalgia confuses me," he says. "I've been thinking about that. This book I was reading, the author broke it down into the Greek: 'nostalgia,' meaning the pain of returning home. It's both exciting and it's slightly painful, too, and so it's pleasure and sadness. And that's kind of what we try to do with the music, too."
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link
Be part of their video shoot for $40. http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/luna2/items/215552
Anyone heard anything from the upcoming covers album, or the instrumental EP?
― nickn, Friday, 30 June 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link
If the war is over, I'm gonna have me some fun!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
No California All The Way?!
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 02:33 (six years ago) link
I gotta keep a lid on these things!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 11:27 (six years ago) link
Bewitched the early peak, Penthouse its echo. The rest, post the departure of the band's All Star Rhythm Section, I don't remember one note of. Maybe I will dive back in one day.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
New stuff that came out last week is pretty great — instrumental EP is a wonderful showcase for Sean Eden, and the covers record is very solid. Great version of Dylan's "Most of the Time."
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
Am I the only one who still likes Slash Your Tires? What about their cover of Ride Into The Sun? That's probably the Luna song i've intentionally played the most.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
Slash Your Tires is great. Ride Into the Sun less so but still good
surprised at all the love for Romantica, an album I only listened to once and was put off by the harsher textures and grittier sound. tbh I got off the bus when they covered "Sweet Child of Mine", that was a bridge too far.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Romantica is rather gauzy, actually!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
there's something a little airless about some of Romantica that I don't like quite as much as the other records, I think. Still love it, though. I don't think they made a bad album — I know a lot of people don't like Days of Our Nights, but that record still sounds fantastic to me. Some of Wareham's most cutting lyrics (along with maybe some of his worst).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
Post Pup Tent Picks for me: Teenage Lightning, Black Postcards, Hello, Little One
― campreverb, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
I also got off the bus with Sweet Child of Mine. I was already standing to exit, but that song made me hop off.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
haha, i think that cover is nice.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
I hate it for two reasons: 1) it's a shitty song, 2) their take on it is very predictable and obvious ie, "let's take this rocking anthem and turn it into an ironically narcotized plodding indie song"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
i think i just like narcotized plodding indie songs
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
i think the cover is fine though if you don't like GNR i can understand finding it lame. i'm kind of a Guns n Roses agnostic, their usefulness as a band lasted for one album (one that was mostly classic but not as much as the CW suggests), but then again the Luna style goes a long way for me.
― nomar, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
Did their boring cover come before or after Sheryl Crows boring cover?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
All the Luna covers on the Slide ep are pretty great. But then, once again, I like pretty much everything from the original lineup.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
iirc the summer of 99 was the summer of boring sweet child o mine covers. maybe there was even another one?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
you haven't seen sweet child o mine covered until you've seen Black Eyed Peas cover it w/Fergie singing and Slash stepping onstage to contribute lead guitar.
― nomar, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
Digging that "Most of the Time."
― Eazy, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
Sheryl Crow 1998! That's how far Luna had fallen off. Not only were they covering GNR, they were covering them after Sheryl Crow did it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
It was the memoir that annoyed me the most.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
No "Superfreaky Memories"! That's probably my fave Luna track.
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
"Superfreaky Memories" a victim of not remembering TDOON very well.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
that is def the standout track on that album
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
Math Wiz is pretty nice.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
haha yeah I was gonna say the other one that sticks in my memory is the one about he mathematician naked at his window or something like that
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
"Math Wiz" and "Superfreaky Memories" kinda strike me as miniature Noah Baumbach movies (apologies if y'all hate him)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
(and obviously wareham and baumbach have worked together at various points)
I love Slash Your Tires. I also love Freakin' And Peakin and think it's very underrated.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
Baumbach and Wareham are a perfect fit imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
ok off the top of my head
California All The WayBobby PeruFriendly AdviceBewitchedFreakin' And PeakinSpeedbumpsAstronautSuperfreaky memoriesLovedust Tiger Lily
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
x-post - Yes.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
"Astronaut" is definitely a late-period classic. That whole Close Cover Before Striking EP is killer.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Yes! It's very good.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
Dean Wareham has been in a few movies!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
And "Neon Lights" from that EP, a classic cover (I'll admit to liking it more than Kraftwerk's).
― nickn, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
Just out of interest, I sort of consider Luna to be a New Zealand band given Dean Wareham's ancestry and with past line ups containing members of the Clean and the Chills - am I alone in this?
― Grantman, Monday, 11 June 2018 10:25 (five years ago) link
Yes.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 June 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
Clean members in Luna?
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 11 June 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
Hamish Kilgour played on some of Wareham's post-G500 demos, but I don't think he was ever really in the band ... https://luna.bandcamp.com/album/luna-demos-1991
― tylerw, Monday, 11 June 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
Justin is from NZ too, right? That said, NY band in my mind. No question.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 11 June 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Taking sides: Luna as a NZ band vs. The Lemonheads as an Australian band.
― dorsalstop, Monday, 11 June 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
vs ac/dc as a scottish band
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 11 June 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Anyone have any thoughts on how might see Tell Me Do You Miss Me, the documentary, without spending a fortune? Ludicrous prices are listed online these days. Heck, shipping alone is terrifying enough on most secondhand DVD copies.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 21 September 2018 05:08 (five years ago) link