Galaxie 500 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, Illinois, March 29, 1989 / The Lounge Ax, Chicago, Illinois,…

Galaxie 500 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, Illinois, March 29, 1989 / The Lounge Ax, Chicago, Illinois, October 12, 1990It’s not quite the Fourth of July, but hey, let’s listen to “Fourth of July” by Galaxie 500. If there was ever an Independence Day to stay at home and pull the curtains so you don’t have to see the sky, well, this is it! 🇺🇸That classic G-500 tune kicks off a truly majestic Lounge Ax set from 1990 — yet another treasure from the extraordinary Aadam Jacobs tape stash. Dean, Damon and Naomi were headed for a big breakup by this point, only lasting into the spring of ‘91. But however fractured their relationship was, their strength as a musical unit was reaching some kind of peak. Aadam’s recording perfectly captures the sheer immensity of the trio’s sound; Krukowski’s drums in particular are HUGE here. Super powerful, blue thunder all the way. You can also check out another Aadam tape of Galaxie 500 in Chicago from a little over a year earlier — happier times, maybe! On Fire…