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Thurston Moore's September tour kicked off in NYC on Saturday night, and featured him backed by his former Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley on drums, and Modern Lovers original bassist Ernie Brooks.
Posthumous Arthur Russell material is still surfacing via the Russell Library, the latest of which is album ’Iowa Dream’ which will be out in November.
Tonight's NYC shows include Roni Size celebrating 'New Forms' 20th anniversary, Gary Numan, The Nightmare Before Christmas Live, Chris Rock, Hiss Golden Messenger, and more.
You may remember that The Charlatans' Tim Burgess collaborated with Arthur Russell/Love of Life Orchestra‘s Peter Gordon on a cover of Russell's "I Couldn’t Say it to Your Face" for a Record Store Day 7" in 2014. They've now made an LP together.
More details have finally been announced for the Arthur Russell tribute album thatt he Red Hot organization is putting out. The album's being released on YepRoc on October 21, and is now titled Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell (it was initially announced that it'd be called This Is How We Walk on the Moon)...