Bittersweet, this. Authorization, the local instrumental duo of Jeff Barsky (Plums, Insect Factory) and Dan Caldas (Black Eyes, Horses), broke up last year, but it's left behind an album, version 1, which as of yesterday can be downloaded for free.
The band gave me a taste of record last July with "Full Flight," which I described [...]

On the cover, Mike Riggs logs miles with Jeff Krulik, maker of the classic rock doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot, on the occasion of his latest opus, Heavy Metal Picnic. Chris Klimek wonders why there aren't more politically minded shows at Fringe. Kriston Capps maps a rare collaboration between a gallery and the Smithsonian. I [...]

Dan Caldas and Hugh McElroy, formerly of DC's Black Eyes, recently dropped in to Radio CPR to host an episode of "Dissonance." They play some Dog Faced Hermans. Also some Huggy Bear. A few revealing Black Eyes anecdotes–the free jazz-era, mid-concert puking, the two-drummers epiphany–also get dropped and Caldas plays introduces some music by his [...]