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Blogs and Communities
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Justin Snow's blog with plenty of content focusing on rock and indy bands, both locally and abroad
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Boston's largest source for indy rock music for several years. Allston Pudding is one of the most reliable sources for Boston-based music, and they have the awards to prove it.
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Run by Kim and Cassy from the shop formerly known as the LAB.
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Longtime cohorts of Make it New at the Middlesex, along with nights at Goodlife, Rise, and then some.
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Pete Dev/Null's site dedicated to the re-examination of long forgotten early 90s breakbeat hardcore tunes!
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Eat.sleep.drink.musik! covers all kinds of EDM and is updated on the regular.
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JTTS is my favorite hip hop blog in Boston. Probably one of the most frequently updated ones too. They help sponsor the Fresh Produce night at Goodlife.
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Nice blog covering experimental music, local events, technology, food, and other miscellaneous rants.
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MASS EDMC is probably the fastest rising dance music blog in New England right now. Focusing primarily on larger-scale club events, these guys have everything between Boston and Amherst covered.
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This is a private, upcoming blog dedicated to sharing unheard and unreleased tracks by local artists. Sign up today.
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Great music site by Professor Pious and D-Sub, hosts of Subliminal Sessions, as well as the Music Ecology night at Wonderbar.
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Still the most active EDM-based message board in the northeast. Covers all New England, along with NYC, Philly, DC and upstate NY.
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most local blogs cover only the last several years of our scene and culture. Redlight, however, is a literal goldmine of mixes, photos, content, and old flyers from Boston-events during the 1990s. Great blog run by Shannon Shalako.
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Massive local forum, mostly bands covered here.
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G-Notorious's long-running site (around a decade now!) that focuses on all flavors of garage and dubstep.
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The biggest product in dance music to come out of Boston since Armand Van Helden. They're at the top of their game right now, headlining parties all over the world. Yet they somehow still have time to keep their site updated!
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Sarah Ikerd runs one of my favorite straight-up tech-house and techno blogs in Boston. There aren't many, trust me!
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It's free, and it's experimental. What more could you ask for?
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UnheardUv currently boasts rich content and a steady posting schedule. Focusing mostly on bass music and dubstep, they're now hosting an array of events around town in addition to their blog.
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Kambel's long-time running drum and bass radio show on WMBR. Archive of mixes here going back 3 years.
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They've got the label, they've got the night, and they've got the blog. There is little the Vermin Street gang is incapable of.
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Wayne Marshall is one of the most musically-educated people I know in Boston. Running his blog for more than half a decade now, this is a man who waxes poetic on everything from roots reggae, to modern-day hip hop, to 80's electro, juke, and then some.
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These guys are running the dance music blog game in Providence right now.
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General info site on the haps in Worster- set up by Luke Vaillancourt, a friend of mine from school!
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Parties / Clubs / Promoters
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Monday nights at Enormous Room, you know the drill. Beat Research is one of Boston's longest continuously-running weeklies, and no boundaries to the music played here. Tony and Wayne just do their thing.
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Bon Ton is synonymous with quality house and club parties in Boston. Their name is on everything from Underbar to Rise, Cure, and Splash Ultra lounge.
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Local independent publication, editor-in-chief David Day is also the founder of Basstown as well as the TOGETHER festival.
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Before Soul Clap blew up and moved to Miami, they used to host an early 90s throwback night in Boston. They continue doing this night all over the world now, and this site continues to remain fresh.
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Elements is one of the longest-running drum and bass weekly events in the US. Check the site for upcoming line-ups, Bill and Lenore aren't slowing down any time soon.
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Embrace helps bring some the biggest names in dance music to Boston. Most of their parties are at the Middle East.
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Nice Cambridge watering hole and home of Beat Research, Release, Left Turn, and a variety of other nights.
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Home of nights run by Bassic, Createspace Collab, Fresh Produce, and various other dance music events- and an awesome restaurant upstairs!
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Legendary bi-weekly that ran from circa 2006-09, the ashes of which can still be found on their site.
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Minimal and tech house every Thursday at Middlesex, run by Die Young, Baldur, Volvox, David Day, Baltimoroder, etc.
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Covers various house/disco house events and tunes around the Boston area, in addition to art and photography.
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Promoters of Dancing on the Charles, Redline thursdays, and includes Randy Deshaies, Sergio, and the SoulClap crew.
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Some of the best mid-sized concerts in Boston happen at the Middle East- check out their site frequently for upcoming events.
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Home of Make it New, Heartthrob, Early 90's and many other jams.
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Although founder Pat Fontes no longer lives in Boston, plenty of content still exists on this site if you want to see the great run this night had.
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If you're down with experimental music, live performances, dubstep, drum and bass, or pretty much dance music in general, this is where it's at on Tuesday nights.
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The only spot in Boston open after 2am on Fridays, Rise has been in the game for a decade. Worldwide underground DJ's play here frequently.
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The biggest dance events in Boston (that don't involve ticketmaster fees) happen at Royale on Tremont St. Formerly the Roxy, this place is massive in space and massive in sound. This is where the Tiestos, Oakenfolds, AVBs, Deadmau5s & Ruskos play.
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Check out their calendar for upcoming events; they host a variety of dj's including hip hop, house, top 40, etc.
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Back for a second round, the So Dope crew is back at it again, throwing large scale parties around Boston after a short hiatus.
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Think future beats, and you're on the right path to thinking along the lines of the SUBduction crew. They currently run the Left Turn night at Enormous Room, and Bass Oasis at An Tain.
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Boston's official electronic music festival. Founded in 2010, TOGETHER takes place for one week in late April each year.
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After their well revered run at the Asylum in the early 2000s, True is now Boston-based and continue to throw not only on a weekly basis around Boston, but larger scale events around New England as well.
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Underbar has been around for years, steadily serving the Theatre district club house events on a weekly basis. Get the scoop on their upcoming schedule here.
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Bruno is widely considered Boston's best house DJ, and with over two decades of experience, along with his Utopia night he continues to run, it's tough to disagree.
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Producers / Artists / DJs / Record Labels
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Chris Ward's (aka C-Dubz/Co-Tec) site; dubstep, dnb, and lots of random funny pics
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In addition to running events in the area and running a record label, the Banana Peel guys support pretty much every event in the area. I think these guys are poised to make big moves locally and beyond.
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Ron Gizzum is a cool cat from upstate NY and very knowledgeable when it comes to dnb music- check out his blog here.
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Dan Chapoteau is the man behind Fresh Mixes, covering large-scale parties throughout the northeast for almost a decade. Freshmixes has the most comprehensive event photo archive of any dance music site in the northeast.
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blog run by the Swagger Jackers aka Bebop & Rocksteady; two well known dj's from Providence
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One of Boston's biggest club photographers at the moment. You can catch him behind the viewfinder everywhere from Throwed, to Middle School Dance, and the Drop.
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Steppo's label, includes dubstep, funky, and techno. As one of the most booked dubstep & funky DJ's in the area, Steppo knows the sound and where it is going.
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What you see here will be cool 6 months from now.
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Drum and bass and dubstep DJ hailing from Hartford and co-founder of the Threshold night
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Boston tech house label founded by Lenny Sosa
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If you don't know who Nicky Digital is, you probably don't use the internet very much. Probably the biggest dance photo blog in the country, Nicky and his fellow 'togs cover events all over the place, including Boston.
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One of New England's most consistent DJ's, True Crew's Parallax has been playing & producing speed garage and house since the late 1990s.
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Jay Coppo is one of Boston's most established DJ's; not only does he continue to host Red Bull Music Academy events, but he also is the man behind new label Sturdy Recordings. He work gets support worldwide.
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One of the few sites in Boston dedicated mainly to trance and progressive house
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Life / Shops / Fashion / Travel / Art
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Tees, sweats, hats. Get your swagger on.
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My friend Sydney Oland is a fantastic cook. Culinary expertise has been a longtime tradition in their family, and she frequently shares her recipes with the world here.
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Jacki Morisi knows a thing or two about food. And blogging. Putting the two together has resulted in epic cooking posts, especially when it's "Food Porn Friday"
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One of Boston's best ambassadors of fashion! Get the hottest threads here.
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New England's authority on lifestyle, fashion, and design. Updated on the regular.
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Run by work colleagues, TNGG is a blog centered on different topics and discussions that deal with Gen Y.
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The last place in the eastern United States that sells drum and bass vinyl; they have 5 years worth of backstock for reasonable prices too!
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Beyond Boston
Quality artists from outside New England-
Outrage's drum and bass imprint; very unique music with a dash of old school flavor.
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Avid artist, writer, musician, and producer hailing from Toronto. His blog has been around for over 4 years.
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