After their excellent reissue that centered on non-LP and unreleased songs recorded between 1988 and 1990 at Noise New York studio, the Silver Current label has unearthed another excellent treasure from Galaxie 500. This time it’s a live set recorded in December of 1988 at CBGB where the band was appearing on the bill with Sonic Youth, B.A.L.L., and Unsane. Taken from mixing desk recordings helmed by their long-time producer Kramer and remixed for release, the set captures the band in stunning form that goes a fair way in belying their image as slowcore somnambulists. Ripping through an eight song set made up of tracks from their first album Today, Dean Wareham‘s guitars cut through the mix like jangling bells in the verses and rip…
