Released in 1984, “Medicine Show” marked a tougher sound for the band and a wider scope in frontman Steve Wynn’s songwriting, with hard-hitting stories and guitar sounds to match.

When the Dream Syndicate released their debut album, “The Days of Wine and Roses,” in 1982, its singular sonic and lyrical Velvet Underground-Bob Dylan meldings had an explosive impact. The record ...

The Dream Syndicate were founded in 1981 in LA by singer/ songwriter Steve Wynn and Kendra Smith, who were joined by guitarist Karl Precoda and Dennis Duck on drums. Duck came up with the band’s name, ...

But the bands are bigger and better than any one scene, any moment in time. On Saturday, they were at the historic Troubadour (after a New York City show a few days earlier) to celebrate the imminent ...

The Dream Syndicate will perform their visceral 1984 album Medicine Show on tour in the US and Europe beginning in November 2025 and carrying through March of 2026. The tour will sync with a reissue ...

I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True is the vivid and revealing memoir from leader and founder of one of the most revered indie-rock bands of the 1980s, The Dream Syndicate. It’s a tale of writing ...

As 1981 ended, Steve Wynn was a clerk at Rhino Records, an English lit student at UCLA, and a singer-guitarist whose only stage was the basement of his father’s Westwood home where he and three other ...

During the era of hyper-formulated pop music in the early 1980s, The Dream Syndicate emerged from Los Angeles as a sensation with their gritty, guitar-driven sound that relied heavily on feedback. How ...

The Dream Syndicate at the Troubadour: Paisley underground band the Dream Syndicate are celebrating the release of the How Did We Find Ourselves Here? documentary and companion soundtrack Live Through ...