Concerts and Shows at The Magic Bag

Dean Wareham with Buga

Sunday, June 15 - Doors 7pm - All Ages

Dean Wareham was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He moved to New York City as a teenager in 1977, and attended the high school where he met his future Galaxie 500 bandmates. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Social Studies. In 1987 he founded Galaxie 500, who released three albums, all produced by Kramer and released on Rough Trade. 2024 saw the release of new compilation of B-sides and previously unreleased tracks: Uncollected Noise New York '88-'90. Wareham's next band Luna recorded seven albums for Elektra and Beggar's Banquet (including Penthouse, on Rolling Stone's list of best albums of the 90s), followed by three albums as Dean & Britta (with his wife Britta Phillips), and two solo albums. His most recent release, also on Carpark Records, was a holiday album in collaboration with Britta and Sonic Boom.

His memoir Black Postcards is a chronicle of his years in indie rock and was published by Penguin. He has also co-composed soundtracks and acted in several films for Noah Baumbach, most recently White Noise.

That's the Price of Loving Me is Dean's first album with Kramer since Galaxie 500's This Is Our Music in 1990.

Buga formed originally as a duo between songwriter/singer/ producer Grant Anusbigian and guitarist Cameron Criss in Brooklyn, New York after struggling to find like-minded musicians who had an affinity for lost records and 7-inch singles from the 1960s and 1970s. The midwestern duo Grant - Detroit, Michigan and Cameron- Akron, Ohio expanded upon their initial influences to form a full five-piece live band and perform at clubs and venues across New York City and Brooklyn including Baby's All Right, the Mercury Lounge and the Knitting Factory. Buga is influenced by the likes of ex- Byrds members Gram Parsons, David Crosby and Gene Clark as well as newer artists. Buga has been featured in Relix Magazine's "Five Band to Know About" and online tastemaker New Commute. Buga has worked with producer Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Old 97's, The Decemberists, Whitney) on their recorded singles and upcoming EP.