The second of 3 great albums by in the short but massively influential career of Galaxie 500 – the members of whom would go on the pretty successful careers in other groups, but it's hard to imagine how those records can be better remembered than gems like On Fire! Dean Wareham had really become a master of hypnotic, just spacey enough guitar sounds by the time this record hit, with Dean & Naomi's plaintive vocals ekeing raw emotions out of the songs like no other group working at the time. Titles include "Blue Thunder", "Tell Me", "Snowstorm", "Strange", "When Will You Come Home", "Decomposing Trees", ""Leave The Planet", "Plastic Bird" and "Isn't It A Pity" – plus the bonus tracks "Victory Garden", "Ceremony" and "Cold Night". LP, Vinyl record album

A wonderfully huge addition to the small catalog of genius from Galaxie 500 – two dozen tracks recorded over the course of a time the band were working in the legendary Noise New York studios – under the production genius of the mighty Kramer at a time when his creative talents were at an all time high! There's a nice edge to the music that you might not remember from some of the group's warmer, more commercial moments – and Kramer has this perfect way of bringing out some of the darker currents alongside the tuneful approach of the vocals – that trademark blend that made the early work from the group such important work in the legacy of fuzz and echo – sounds that would clearly shape so many others in the decade to come. Titles include "Victory Garden", "Never Get To Heaven", "Moonshot", "Final Day", "Them", "Here She Comes Now", "Ceremony", "Cold Night", "King Of Spain", "Jerome", "Can't Believe It's Me", and "On The Floor". LP, Vinyl record album

A wonderfully huge addition to the small catalog of genius from Galaxie 500 – two dozen tracks recorded over the course of a time the band were working in the legendary Noise New York studios – under the production genius of the mighty Kramer at a time when his creative talents were at an all time high! There's a nice edge to the music that you might not remember from some of the group's warmer, more commercial moments – and Kramer has this perfect way of bringing out some of the darker currents alongside the tuneful approach of the vocals – that trademark blend that made the early work from the group such important work in the legacy of fuzz and echo – sounds that would clearly shape so many others in the decade to come. Titles include "Victory Garden", "Never Get To Heaven", "Moonshot", "Final Day", "Them", "Here She Comes Now", "Ceremony", "Cold Night", "King Of Spain", "Jerome", "Can't Believe It's Me", and "On The Floor". CD

A wonderfully huge addition to the small catalog of genius from Galaxie 500 – two dozen tracks recorded over the course of a time the band were working in the legendary Noise New York studios – under the production genius of the mighty Kramer at a time when his creative talents were at an all time high! There's a nice edge to the music that you might not remember from some of the group's warmer, more commercial moments – and Kramer has this perfect way of bringing out some of the darker currents alongside the tuneful approach of the vocals – that trademark blend that made the early work from the group such important work in the legacy of fuzz and echo – sounds that would clearly shape so many others in the decade to come. Titles include "Victory Garden", "Never Get To Heaven", "Moonshot", "Final Day", "Them", "Here She Comes Now", "Ceremony", "Cold Night", "King Of Spain", "Jerome", "Can't Believe It's Me", and "On The Floor". LP, Vinyl record album

Peel Sessions from 1989 and 1990. Titles include "Submission", "Final Days", "When Will You Come Home", "Moonshot", "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste" and more. CD

This issue's got a big cover feature on Bob Dylan's legendary 1974 tour with the band – full of newly-uncovered details from the Tulsa vaults, in advance of the huge new box set of material from the tour! The issue's also got a great look at that momentous Motown year of 1964 – plus more on Laurie Anderson, Galaxie 500, The The, Arthur Lee, Neil Young, John Mayall, and Gillian Welch – plus the usual super-huge section of music reviews! There's also a bonus CD – 15 tracks of music from 1974 – work by Dylan, Robert Wyatt, Can, Betty Davis, Fela Kuti, King Crimson, Gram Parsons, and others. Magazine