Steve Knutson/Audika Records/Arthur Russell Estate
steveaudika.bsky.social
Steve Knutson/Audika Records/Arthur Russell Estate
@steveaudika.bsky.social
Audika Records. Label, archive and home of the Arthur Russell estate. PDX, OR https://audikarecords.bandcamp.com/merch
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Arthur Russell's "Open Vocal Phrases..." voted #1 Archival Release @thewiremagazine.bsky.social 🙌
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Arthur Russell's "Open Vocal Phrases..." voted #1 Archival Release @thewiremagazine.bsky.social 🙌
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The releases of 'World of Echo'-era material from @steveaudika.bsky.social have all just been such a thrill in recent years. But tonight, in the midst of hard days, this is breaking my heart and putting it back together just so right...

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All-Boy All-Girl/Tiger Stripes/You Can't Hold Me Down (Live 12/20/85), by Arthur Russell
from the album Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85)
arthurrussell.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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This Sunday, October 5, is the 8th annual Dead Moon Night. A City of Portland sanctioned holiday celebrating Portland's greatest rock & roll band, Dead Moon 🌙

Check out details for this year's celebration put on by Mississippi Records at Cherry Sprout Park—link below ❤️‍
Dead Moon Night is Back at Cherry Sprout Park October 5!
At 6 PM on October 5, 2017—just 35 days before Fred Cole’s death—the City of Portland officially decreed the date, and all following October 5’s into perpetuity, an official City holiday: Dead Moon Ni...
www.portlandmercury.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.
Trump administration sues Oregon to force it to turn over full information about every state voter
"I look forward to seeing them in court," Oregon's secretary of state said.
www.oregonlive.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Worth it for “Changing Forest” and “Sunlit Water” along.

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Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85), by Arthur Russell
9 track album
arthurrussell.bandcamp.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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New music from claire rousay!! "somewhat burdensome" is the second single from her upcoming album a little death
listen to "somewhat burdensome" on Thrill Jockey and Bandcamp and major streaming platforms
clairerousay.bandcamp.com/track/somewh...
somewhat burdensome, by claire rousay
from the album a little death
clairerousay.bandcamp.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Sick mix - includes Arthur Russell's 'Let's Go Swimming' @jonsavage.bsky.social
Finished copies have arrived! The last in the series? Out at end of month - order details at www.acerecords.co.uk/jon-savages-...
September 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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"I was listening to it last week, and no one sounds like that. Discovering him and everything he’s made, it felt like a door into another world. In that sense, it’s monumental for me."

Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) on Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context

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August 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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It’s bad enough to flatter the boss as a requirement for employment. But it’s even worse to sell out your fellow Oregonians along the way.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "In Oregon, we are expecting a crackdown. Thank you for what you're doing with your agents on ICE. I hope you will come to Portland, Oregon and crackdown."
August 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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claire rousay has announced a new album: a little death (out October 31st)

The end to an unofficial trilogy (A Heavenly Touch, a softer focus, a little death), claire says "all three records were approached and constructed in similar ways - pulling sounds from lived experience"
August 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This Arthur Russell cover is bellissimo!
August 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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On the headphones now: more Arthur Russell.

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Picture of Bunny Rabbit, by Arthur Russell
9 track album
arthurrussell.bandcamp.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out par Arthur Russell

A la fois compositeur, violoncelliste et chanteur, Arthur Russell doit sa notoriété tardive à sa participation à la scène rock new-yorkaise. Décédé à 42 ans, il laisse une importante discographie dont cet album live.

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Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85), by Arthur Russell
9 track album
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June 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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10 years ago: Arthur Russell Instrumentals (w/ Peter Gordon, Rhys Chatham, Peter Zummo) @ Islington Assembly Hall, London, 24th May 2015
May 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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#NowPlaying
This is, without question, my happy place
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I reviewed a pair of essential archival Arthur Russell recordings
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Arthur Russell: Sketches for World of Echo / Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out
Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the albums.
pitchfork.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM