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90s dream pop band Luna headlined the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on November 1st.
Nashville’s Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) opened up the show. She’s joined on stage by “a new band” with Nick Brown on drums, Gabe Wax on Bass, and Julian Powell on guitars. The touring band changes, so her band may change in the future.
Although Allison’s been making music since she was six years old, she didn’t start recording music as Soccer Mommy until 2015, with Songs For The Recently Sad. After signing with Fat Possum in 2017, she took her music career more seriously.
Starting with “Try”, the band played quiet folky songs from their various EPs (some were collected in Collections via Fat Possum Records). There was a new (pending title) song, which Allison said will be released on a forthcoming album. It was so new that the rest of the band took a break while Allison played solo (we’re assuming she was the only person who knew the chords).
As for Luna, it’s really now singer/guitarist Dean Wareham. He started the group after the breakup of Galaxie 500. Britta Phillips (of The Belltower) would join Luna in 1997 as bassist. We’ve previously noted that Phillips is the singing voice of Jem (the cartoon).
Luna broke up in 2005, but Wareham and Phillips (as Dean & Britta) continued their music together, eventually marrying in 2007.
Luna’s eventually reformed, at first for a one-off performance for Shine A Light Festival in Brooklyn in 2012, and then as a reunion tour in 2015. The same fans who saw their reunion tour last year, was at Wednesday’s crowded show (which is a good indication of Luna’s dedicated fanbase).
If you didn’t know, Luna’s known for their wonderful covers, and this show had plenty: The Cure’s “Fire in Cairo”, Willie Loco Alexander’s “Gin”, Velvet Underground’s “Friends”, Mercury Rev’s “Car Wash Hair”, all played within the first 40 minutes of their set.
I’ve criticized Luna before for never playing “Slash Your Tires”, which is, perhaps, their biggest hit single. Over time, I’ve come to just accept the fact that Wareham just doesn’t want to play it.
Remaining tour dates:
Nashville’s Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) opened up the show. She’s joined on stage by “a new band” with Nick Brown on drums, Gabe Wax on Bass, and Julian Powell on guitars. The touring band changes, so her band may change in the future.
Although Allison’s been making music since she was six years old, she didn’t start recording music as Soccer Mommy until 2015, with Songs For The Recently Sad. After signing with Fat Possum in 2017, she took her music career more seriously.
Starting with “Try”, the band played quiet folky songs from their various EPs (some were collected in Collections via Fat Possum Records). There was a new (pending title) song, which Allison said will be released on a forthcoming album. It was so new that the rest of the band took a break while Allison played solo (we’re assuming she was the only person who knew the chords).
As for Luna, it’s really now singer/guitarist Dean Wareham. He started the group after the breakup of Galaxie 500. Britta Phillips (of The Belltower) would join Luna in 1997 as bassist. We’ve previously noted that Phillips is the singing voice of Jem (the cartoon).
Luna broke up in 2005, but Wareham and Phillips (as Dean & Britta) continued their music together, eventually marrying in 2007.
Luna’s eventually reformed, at first for a one-off performance for Shine A Light Festival in Brooklyn in 2012, and then as a reunion tour in 2015. The same fans who saw their reunion tour last year, was at Wednesday’s crowded show (which is a good indication of Luna’s dedicated fanbase).
If you didn’t know, Luna’s known for their wonderful covers, and this show had plenty: The Cure’s “Fire in Cairo”, Willie Loco Alexander’s “Gin”, Velvet Underground’s “Friends”, Mercury Rev’s “Car Wash Hair”, all played within the first 40 minutes of their set.
I’ve criticized Luna before for never playing “Slash Your Tires”, which is, perhaps, their biggest hit single. Over time, I’ve come to just accept the fact that Wareham just doesn’t want to play it.
Remaining tour dates:
11/03 | Milwaukee, WI at Turner Hall Ballroom
11/04 | St. Louis, MO at Off Broadway
11/05 | Nashville, TN at Exit/In
11/07 | Detroit, MI at Magic Stick
11/08 | Toronto, ON at Great Hall
11/09 | Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop
11/10 | Louisville, KY at Headliners Music Hall
11/11 | Atlanta, GA at Terminal West
11/12 | Carrboro, NC at Cat's Cradle
11/14 | Washington, DC at DC Black Cat
11/15 | Pittsburgh, PA at the Warhol at Carnegie Lecture Hall
11/16 | Philadelphia, PA at Union Transfer
11/18 | New York City, NY at Brooklyn Steel
11/04 | St. Louis, MO at Off Broadway
11/05 | Nashville, TN at Exit/In
11/07 | Detroit, MI at Magic Stick
11/08 | Toronto, ON at Great Hall
11/09 | Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop
11/10 | Louisville, KY at Headliners Music Hall
11/11 | Atlanta, GA at Terminal West
11/12 | Carrboro, NC at Cat's Cradle
11/14 | Washington, DC at DC Black Cat
11/15 | Pittsburgh, PA at the Warhol at Carnegie Lecture Hall
11/16 | Philadelphia, PA at Union Transfer
11/18 | New York City, NY at Brooklyn Steel
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