Arthur Russell News

Matt Wolf's short doc BAYARD & ME, about how civil rights leader Bayard Rustin adopted his partner to legalize their relationship in the era before same-sex marriage; Released May 15th.

The Kitchen will present The Blow: Brand New Abyss from March 30-April 1. The Blow is Melissa Dyne and Khaela Maricich. A shape-shifting entity, The Blow has taken various forms over time and manifests in an array of media, employing popular music as a vehicle for broader explorations. Operating between contexts and genres, the duo works with sound recording, performance, installation, writing and physical media, aiming to address and expand the limitations encountered within each framework. The Blow have spent the past three years developing a new body of songs and a new method for producing them: Brand New Abyss marks the completion of an extended compositional odyssey.

What music would Erik Satie be making in 2017? And if you were organizing a record store, where would you file his new records? Should he be in Classical with Mozart and company? Or would you place his work alongside Philip Glass, Eno, the Masters Musicians of Joujouka, Arthur Russell and Aphex Twin's Drukqz? And what would you call that section?

Founding member of legendary NY-via-Providence noise collective Black Dice and a prolific solo artist in his own right, Eric Copeland takes a turn towards transformational psych dub experimentalism infused with fantastical pop on his latest solo LP Black Bubblegum, out today via DFA.

'Black Bubblegum shifts his warped focus onto pop music and somehow brings to mind the singular deconstructions of Arthur Russell and the drugged-out trickery of Ween.

Behold, a record that will make you want to “eat some mushrooms, walk outside, stare at the sun, and see the end of humanity,” according to Noisey.

Queens, NY-based Dead Waves have announced their sophomore album Living Inside with the single “4 to 5” debuting today on Stereogum.

Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge with special guest Eartheater will perform at Columbia City Theater tonight, March 25, 2016 at 9:00PM. 

Each January, Sydney Festival enlivens and transforms Sydney with a bold cultural celebration based on the highest quality art and big ideas. Sydney Festival opens today to celebrate its 40th anniversary and the final year for esteemed Festival Director Lieven Bertels with a spectacular program bursting with free and ticketed events across theatre, dance, circus, opera and contemporary and classical music.

Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge with special guest Eartheater will perform at Columbia City Theater on Friday, March 25, 2016 at 9:00PM. 

Dictionary Pudding Promotions are absolutely delighted to announce two exclusive UK club shows from one of the single most-important funk/punk/disco/hip-hop outfits of all time, ESG

The Kitchen has announced programming for its winter 2014 season, which begins January 8 with performances from both Jay Scheib and Heather Kravas.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG)'s mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping three historic venues, The Paramount, Moore and Neptune, alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz, to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at these three iconic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Oregon. STG announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG)'s mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping three historic venues, The Paramount, Moore and Neptune, alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz, to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at these three iconic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Oregon. STG announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Below, watch the video for Semya's 'Hawk Wind' from Stones Throw & Leaving Records comp, Dual Form, out today!

In a recent interview with Dazed, Matthewdavid shared a live recording of Julia Holter covering Arthur Rusell's 'You and Me Both.' The song, originally recorded by Matthewdavid via tape recorder, is included in the Stones Throw & Leaving Records compilation, Dual Form. Listen to the track below!

Directed by Ira Sachs and written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, Keep the Lights On stars Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Syvane and Paprika Steen. Keep the Lights On will be released today, September 7th in New York and Los Angeles by Music Box Films, with a national rollout to follow.

Directed by Ira Sachs and written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, Keep the Lights On stars Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Syvane and Paprika Steen. Keep the Lights On will be released on September 7th in New York and Los Angeles by Music Box Films, with a national rollout to follow.

NewFest (www.newfest.org), New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival will soon roll out the rainbow carpet for its 24th season, from tonight, July 27th through Tuesday, July 31st. The stellar lineup includes fourteen narrative features, four documentaries and many anticipated short films. New this year, all screenings and panels will take place at Manhattan's film mecca, The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater, marking a continued relationship between the two pioneering film organizations.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.