Neptune News

A new critter is about to arrive at the corner of Marshall Way and Indian School Road as One-Eyed Jack, a 26-foot-high, 20,000-pound jackrabbit sculpture makes his debut on Wednesday, Sept. 19. This white-painted steel sculpture was commissioned by Scottsdale Public Art.

Shakey Graves announces a new EP coming September 21 that will feature live performances of the tracks 'Cops and Robbers' and 'Counting Sheep' from his NPR Night Owl session that occurred in his hometown of Austin at SXSW earlier this year. The session was filmed at the historic Saengerrunde Hall.

London-based bilingual indie pop/rock band Kero Kero Bonito announce today that they have signed to Polyvinyl Record Co. and to celebrate they are sharing a new single “Make Believe” alongside a James Hankins-directed music video. Because two songs are better than one, they are releasing a digital exclusive b-side “World Tour 2018,” which was previously only available via a tour announcement video. Listen to and watch “Make Believe” HERE, and stream/purchase the two new tracksHERE.

Battle Lines, the much-anticipated new album from Grammy-winning duo Bob Moses, is out now on Domino. The album is receiving early critical acclaim; Dancing Astronaut praises its “smoky rock attitude, soundtrack-worthy ambiance, and subtle dance floor sensibility.” Get the album on all physicals formats here and digitally here.

Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, has reached the end of his five part series, When The Bird Sees The Solid Ground, with the beautiful 'Then I Won't Sing No More'. The series started out as a vision to create music outside of the restrictions of a typical album cycle. Matsson began recording and releasing music as it was written and pairing each song with a video episode, expanding on his longtime interest in photography and filmmaking. What he didn't expect was that the series would become a narrative over the course of a period of personal heartbreak and subsequent healing.  Revisiting each song/video in the series, in the original order, is like looking into a window into his very recent past. NPR agreed, saying, 'It's like receiving a video message from a friend who wants you to see his process unfold in real time, the more ragged the better. Of course, for all his stated love of imperfections, Matsson's actual performance is a thing of refined and impeccable beauty'

This year the New Theatre Royal is staging its biggest Christmas Season yet with its lavish and innovative new Christmas show, Peter Pan, which runs from 13 to 31 December. 

Join Smugbug Productions and The Eleventh Hour! band, featuring Skyler Fortgang (drums), Emily Goggin (keyboard), Chris Neptune (guitar), Greg Salmon (bass), and composer David Seamon, for a night of music from the rock musical comedy at The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, NYC, 10012 today, September 11, 2018 at 8:30pm. Space is limited, so make sure you register early to book your space now! Directions to The Bitter End are available at http://www.bitterend.com/directions/.

At a community and media event held at the Monument-National's cafe on Thursday September 6th, The Montreal English Theatre Awards Committee announced the nominees for this year's Awards Ceremony. The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) recognize and celebrate outstanding artistic work in Montreal's English Theatre. Established in 2012, the peer-juried awards exist to promote professional and emerging English theatre artists and companies, to heighten their visibility both regionally and beyond, and to elevate the level of critical discourse about theatre in Montreal amongst artists and with the community at large.

Steffi Didomenicantonio is taking over our Instagram account today to give our followers a behind the scenes look at Come From Away!

Today, GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer Gallant is edging his way into the release of a body of work titled, “This Does Not Fit”. It's a narrative on his experience, one filled with the pressures of what it means to be a “black artist” in today's landscape. As urban music moves to the forefront of American culture, so does the lifestyle that surrounds it. For Gallant, his interests lie less in the clubs and more in the process of creating.

Grammy-winning duo Bob Moses is sharing the new song “Enough To Believe” from their forthcoming album Battle Lines due September 14 on Domino—listen and share here. “Enough To Believe” follows “Heaven Only Knows” for which KCRW hails as “classic songwriting with slinky guitar work and an EDM beat,” and the lead single “Back Down” that Earmilk explains, “displays the genius fusion of alternative and trance that Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance create together. They manage to have this extravagant sound filled with emotion, yet are able to keep control and keep it cool.” Bob Moses also recently shared a special acoustic performance of “Back Down”—watch here.

On the heels of recent Broadway revivals like 'My Fair Lady' and 'Carousel' that have been revised and reimagined through a #metoo and #timesup lens, the Axelrod Performing Arts Center's upcoming presentation of the opera 'Carmen' takes a century-old story and tells it with a timely new twist.

When Hippo Campus formed in 2013, their intentions were pure and simple. 'We were in high school and the main idea was, 'Let's start a band and make our friends dance,' Zach Sutton from the band recalls. 'There was no real context to what we were doing-it was just total creative joy.' 

A revival of VERONICA MARS is currently in the works at Hulu, according to Variety. Kristen Bell, the star of the original series, is set to return for the revival. The deal has not been finalized and it's not known if any other original series stars would return or what the plot would be.

Breakout New Orleans-based five-piece Tank and The Bangas confirms an extensive run of North American tour dates this fall. The run of shows—co-headlined by Big Freedia and supported by Naughty Professor—include stops in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, Portland and more. Tickets are on-sale now at tankandthebangas.com. See below for complete tour dates.

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is proud to announce the finalists for the inaugural Burke Prize for contemporary craft. The prize, named for craft collectors Marian and Russell Burke, drew an outstandingly diverse and highly competitive pool of five hundred artists working to expand the field of craft. Open to professional artists under the age of forty-five working in glass, fiber, clay, metal, or wood, the Burke Prize was determined by a jury of professionals in the fields of art, craft, and design.

Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy has two offerings to end their summer program, Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook by Allison Gregory and William Shakespeare's As You Like It, August 16-19. Junie B Jones is Not a Crook will perform at 5:00PM August 16-18 and at 12:00PM August 19, and As You Like It will perform at 7:00PM August 16-18 and at 3:00PM on August 19. All performances will be at the Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor.

The 2nd Annual 2018 Global Spirit Awards was hostedJuly 10-13 at Palace Station in Las Vegas.The competition featured a judges panel (https://www.globalspiritawards.com/judging/) of industry experts with extensive diverse spirits, and mixology backgrounds to determine each of the spirits' quality.

Today, hot new boy band PRETTYMUCH officially announce their fall North American headlining outing, the Funktion Tour. The band will be joined by special guest Gunnar Gehl on all dates.

KYO-SHIN-AN ARTS  is a contemporary music organization celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season. From groundbreaking to mainstream, over the last decade KSA has built and promoted a wide body of new classical repertoire combining Japanese and Western instruments.  Commissions to date total 27 composers for 45 new works. 2018-19 continues KSA's annual five-concert series at the Tenri Cultural Institute in Manhattan and marks the launch of its next decade with a distinctive, two-year 'Septet Commissioning Project.'