A much wiser Cardiff man than I has already said if you go and see Damon & Naomi and talk through their set, you deserve to have your teeth punched out. I’d probably go further: you deserve to have your teeth smashed in using Michael Gove’s face as a weapon. Anyway, two chances to see the part of Galaxie 500 that didn’t end up endlessly guitar soloing to diminishing returns (although if you ever slag off Luna’s ‘Chinatown’ or ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ I will smash your teeth etc). Damon & Naomi make really lovely, dreamy, swish and great music and will be Stage 1 in coping with a Tory government (Stage 2 involves chloroform). Er, get in.
Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang’s music career started with modest goals but grew to incorporate one of the most influential bands of the 80s (Galaxie 500), a string of duo albums on Sub Pop records thoughout the 90s, collaborations with some of the most adventurous rock musicians playing today (Ghost, Michio Kurihara, nmperign, Wayne Rogers), and most recently, the formation of their own record label (20/20/20) and subsequent release of their two latest Damon & Naomi albums, “The Earth Is Blue” and “Within These Walls”.
In addition to their work as musicians, Damon & Naomi are the founders of Exact Change, a publishing house dedicated to avant-garde literature and artists’ writings. As individual artists, Damon writes (and teaches) poetry and music criticism, and Naomi is a visual artist (photography and painting) and graphic designer.
6th of May, Cardiff Arts Institute
8pm – Midnight / £2/£3
http://www.cardiffartsinstitute.org
Fri 7th May, The Fleece, Bristol
Support
THE FAUNS + SHADY BARD
Doors: 8pm-1am
Tickets: £8.50adv
