R.I.P. Joel Dorn
Producer and record-label honcho Joel Dorn has died. He was 65. An old-school record man who produced dozens of classic jazz sides for Atlantic Records, Dorn may be best remembered–and missed–among...
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Dru Hill Drama Caught on Tape
Not only did local Top 40 R&B quartet Dru Hill get back together yesterday, but it broke up again live on the radio about 10 minutes later. And you can watch the whole thing happen on video. This...
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R.I.P. George Russell
George Russell | Image by vervemusicgroup.com Jazz composer/bandleader/theorist George Russell passed away Monday after a long illness. His was far from a household name even in many jazz-loving...
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RIP Joe Maneri
| Image by joemaneri.com Allaboutjazz.com reports that reedsman and educator Joe Maneri died Aug. 24. He was 82. Maneri was best known for his interest in and dedicated use of microtones...
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Taster! Event Offers an Experimental Music Buffet (and Food, Too)
John Dierker As organizer of the annual High Zero Festival and the experimental hive the Red Room, the High Zero Foundation (HZF) has been an integral part of the city’s arts community for more than a...
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John Brannon Is Alive and Well Enough and Still Kind of Scary
This week’s Detroit Metro Times, a CP sister publication, features a fairly exhaustive feature on Negative Approach/Laughing Hyenas frontman and aggro rock legend John Brannon. (His current outfit,...
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The Jennifers Get All OK Go in New Video
The Jennifers Long-running Baltimore guitar-pop band the Jennifers have a new video for their song “Well-Intentioned World,” directed by drummer and local indie film guru Skizz Cyzyk. It is clever and...
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Mobtown Modern Announces Project 20 Remix
John Dierker At last night’s Mobtown Modern performance of Philip Glass’ Glassworks at the Windup Space, a first-ever official collaboration with musicians from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, MM...
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New Wye Oak Album Streaming at NPR
Civilian News you can use: Civilian, the third album from Baltimore duo Wye Oak, is streaming in its entirety over at npr.org until its release date on March 8. You’re welcome.
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Watch Showbeast Video for Dope Body’s “Bangers and Yo”
Eject Rock bands still make videos, it turns out, and we’re happy to see this one for several reasons. First, it’s a video for our favorite song from Baltimore cave-prog trio Dope Body‘s 2011 album,...
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Upstream Color
Good films often teach you how to watch them. Upstream Color, Shane Carruth’s follow-up to his 2004’s twisty sci-fi cult fave Primer, does this more than most. And while it’s not necessarily an...
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Medium Cool
Directed by Haskell Wexler Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray First of all, greatest title ever. “Medium cool” doesn’t derive from anything that happens in the film, per se, or a line of dialogue,...
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The Act of Killing: So much wrongness on one screen
The Act of Killing Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Plays at the Charles Aug. 31 at 11:30 a.m., Sept. 2 at 7 p.m., and Sept. 5 at 9 p.m. Some things would probably never occur to you if you’ve never...
View Article2013 Top 10 Home Videos and Streaming
1. Shoah (the Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray) This is what people should be binge-watching. Claude Lanzmann filmed his nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Holocaust in the late ’70s, when it...
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