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What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Music Section
INTRODUCING CLUB INDGO WITH “ARE YOU IN THE ROOM”
“New England’s burgeoning music scene is due in large part to congeries of Massachusetts collectives and groups that help push it forward. From Brockton’s Van Buren Records, to Roxbury’s Shooterz Muzik, to Feed the Family (and many, many others), the scene is ripe with talented ensembles.
With 2022 almost halfway through, another creative consortium has arisen-this time stretching beyond the confines of the Eastern Mass. sea border. CLUB INDGO, a seven-member label from New England, has surfaced as an irrepressible aggregate with aspirations of finding power in collaboration.”
- Ryan Feyre
BEYOND HIGH TEA, ONWARD TO BEATS & RHYMES – THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PURSUES YEAR 2 OF THE TEEN MUSIC MAKER SHOWDOWN
“Traditionally known for its quiet opulence with arched coffered ceilings and high-tea Sunday’s, the Boston Public Library is expanding its reach to build a community for local hip hop artists with Year 2 of the Teen Music Maker showdown. BPL has put out a call for song submissions for cash prizes and is also offering free music consulting workshops and installing portable music kits across its branch locations to foster and support the next wave of hip hop rap artists.
From May 3rd to June 10th, Massachusetts-based teens are encouraged to submit a file of their own original music for the contest. For teen music makers looking for guidance and support, BPL is also offering a series of in-person drop-in workshops on Friday 5/20, 5/27, and 6/3, from 2:00pm—5:00pm with professional music producer and educator, Tony Hamoui, a.k.a. Hamstank to receive feedback and guidance on their submissions.”
- Jared Steinberg
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Film Section
GO TO: THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974) DIR. JOSEPH SARGENT
“The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Joseph Sargent’s cultishly beloved thriller, feels at once decades ahead of its time and a relic from a long-lost golden era. Released in 1974– a year before Jaws kicked off what we now consider the age of the contemporary blockbuster– its devilishly simple premise anticipates such high-concept, white-knuckle thrill rides as Die Hard and Speed. Yet it is just as crucially a character piece, with a deceptively idiosyncratic rhythm more aligned with such New Hollywood post-potboilers as Dog Day Afternoon or The Conversation. The resulting film is a delight to watch today; familiar enough to be accessible to modern audiences, but just odd enough to keep them guessing.”
- Oscar Goff
REVIEW: ON THE COUNT OF THREE (2021) DIR. JERROD CARMICHAEL
“WARNING: On the Count of Three is not for everyone. Please take care of yourself first. Films are great, especially because they’ll always be there when you’re ready.
On the Count of Three, standup comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s first directorial full-length, is one of those movies that might be difficult to discuss, critically or casually. Its primary subject matter, in which two best friends make a suicide pact, is not easy to approach, even if the story floats right above comedic currents. As someone who has experience in a state-run psychiatric center, I find it an incongruous, and maybe inappropriate, tangent to relate my thoughts to Kevin’s (Christopher Abbott), who is committed after a failed attempt. All that being said (and at the risk of review-‘splaining how someone should feel about this movie, I won’t be saying much), Carmichael has conceived such an invigorating piece — and perhaps one of the most thoughtful this year — that whatever we might be going through, our reaction and relationship to the story are as evocative as a good story should be able to draw out.”
- Anna Hoang
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Arts and Culture Section
THE UNDERGROUND RESURFACES: INFRASTRUCTURE FESTIVAL, SPRING 2022
“For those counting down to the long weekend this upcoming Memorial Day, Infra Collective and the Keep On crew have given the city a reason to start it earlier and fiercer with the third installment of Infrastructure, an outdoor musical festival. They’ll be combining prominent names in techno and house with a wide array of awe-inspiring mixed-media artists.”
- Clyde Brown
‘PAIN, FREEDOM, AND JOY’: RUBEN FELIZ’S DREAMS OF BASQUIAT
“How did Ruben D. Feliz start his journey to becoming an artist? It might have been divine intervention.
“During the pandemic I started doing tarot readings, and my first (client’s) payment to me was a canvas, a brush and some paint,” he remembered.
While these fortune-telling cards may have brought him his first painting equipment, he might never have put them to use if it wasn’t for a documentary on Jean-Michel Basquiat he had viewed the night before.”
- Sophie Lou Yarin
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