Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang began playing music together as the rhythm section, co-songwriters, and sometime singers in Galaxie 500. The band’s influential albums (Today, On fire, and This Is Our Music) were genre-defying landmarks of atmospheric post-punk, inspiring countless other artists who followed in their wake. Since the demise of Galaxie 500, Damon and Naomi have worked as a duo, exploring folk music, psychedelia, and collaborations with other like-minded musicians. After releasing a series of recordings with Shimmy Disc, Sub Pop, and Drag City, they established their own label 20/20/20, releasing the Damon & Naomi albums The Earth Is Blue, Within These Walls, False Beats and True Hearts, and Fortune – alongside reissues of their earlier LPs, and the Galaxie 500 back catalogue. Their newesr album, A Sky Record with guitarist Michio Kurihara, was released by 20/20/20 in August 2021.
In addition to their work as musicians, Damon & Naomi are the publishers of Exact Change, a small press dedicated to avant-garde literature and artists’ writings.
Damon is also a writer, author of several books, and a frequent essayist for publications such as Pitchfork and Artforum: Dadadrummer.com
Naomi is also a visual artist, photographer and graphic designer, as well as a director of short films and music videos ( Steve Gunn, Lee Ranaldo, Meg Baird, Waxahachee, Gary Graham): Naomivision.com
Discography
Damon & Naomi
A Sky Record (August 2021) – 20/20/20
Fortune (2015) – 20/20/20
False Beats and True Hearts (2011) – 20/20/20
The Sub Pop Years (2009) – 20/20/20
Within These Walls (2007) –20/20/20
The Earth Is Blue (2005) – 20/20/20
Song to the Siren (2002) — Sub Pop Records
Damon & Naomi with Ghost (2000) — CD on Sub Pop, LP on Drag City
Playback Singers (1998) – Sub Pop Records
Wondrous World of Damon & Naomi (1995) – Sub Pop Records
More Sad Hits (1992) – Shimmy Disc, 20/20/20 reissue in 2008
Galaxie 500
Peel Sessions (recorded 1989-90, released 2005) – 20/20/20
Portable Galaxie 500 (greatest hits released 1998) — Rykodisc, 20/20/20 reissue in 2009
Copenhagen (recorded live in 1990, released 1997) — Rykodisc, 20/20/20 reissue in 2009
Uncollected Galaxie 500 (rarities and outtakes, released 1996) — Rykodisc, 20/20/20 reissue in 2009
Galaxie 500 box set (all 3 studio albums with bonus CD of rarities and outtakes, released 1996) — Rykodisc
This Is Our Music (1990) – Rough Trade, 20/20/20 reissue in 2009
On Fire (1989) – Rough Trade, 20/20/20 reissue in 2009
Today (1988) – Rough Trade, 20/20/20 reissue in 2009
INTERVIEWs
Transmissions Podcast (2021)
The New Yorker (2017)
Harvard Magazine (2016)
Bomb Magazine (2015)
Pitchfork: 5-10-15-20 (2011)
Imprint: The Portable Naomi Yang (2011)
Pitchfork: Galaxie 500 Oral History (2010)
Sun 13 (2021)
Impose (2015)
The Rumpus (Naomi w/ Elisa Ambrogio)(2015)
Sonic Masala (Australia) (2013)
WBEZ: Sound Opinons (2011)
WBUR (2011)
Largehearted Boy: Damon on writing (2010)