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DIG THIS: TOGETHER OPENING PARTY WITH TIGA @ THE SINCLAIR

Posted on May 8, 2013 by BEN GRAY

Spending half your career being called a hack because you did a cover of a Corey Hart song might affect some people. Not this guy. Continue reading →

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MARTYN: HELLO DARKNESS EP

Posted on September 4, 2012 by BEN GRAY

As the electronic world searches for what happens after dubstep, Martyn remains an artist to watch. Continue reading →

1 Comment | Email | Tags: Bass, Bassic, Boston, cd review, Dubstep, EDM, Good Life, Hello Darkness EP, Martyn

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PASSION PIT: GOSSAMER

Posted on August 2, 2012 by BEN GRAY

If that pathos leads to music like this, we can look forward to a lot more searching. Continue reading →

1 Comment | Email | Tags: Boston, cd review, Chunk of Change, Gossamer, manners, Michael Angelakos, Passion Pit

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TREASURE FINGERS

Posted on April 6, 2012 by BEN GRAY

Let me see you move it, shake it cross the dance floor. Continue reading →

1 Comment | Email | Tags: Ashley Jones, Cross the Dancefloor, Fools Gold Records, Good Life, Issue 14.14, Treasure Fingers

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ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER: REPLICA

Posted on April 6, 2012 by BEN GRAY

Like a chilly Sunday afternoon in which you reevaluate the path your life is taking and decide there are one or two things you could have done better and perhaps could do better in the future. Continue reading →

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TOGETHER BY NIGHT

Posted on April 3, 2012 by BEN GRAY

Our top picks from the Together guide.

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1 Comment | Email | Tags: Issue 14.14, Joe Nice, John B, Mike Swells, Ninja Tune Records, Photek, Saucy Lady, Together Festival, Voices of Black

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DON’T THINK: …ABOUT MISSING THIS CHEMICAL BROTHERS DOCUMENTARY

Posted on March 28, 2012 by BEN GRAY

A rave is a complicated thing… Continue reading →

1 Comment | Email | Tags: Adam Smith, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, Chemical Brothers, Don't Think, Issue 14.13, Together Festival

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TOGETHER 2012 WARM UP: LIMBER UP … OR ELSE

Posted on February 22, 2012 by BEN GRAY

We’ll forever remember the day that the word “bangover” entered the Dig’s vocabulary. It was in An Tain on April 21, 2011, at about 11pm, standing in the dark, listening to LOL Boys and Egyptrixx open up on a room full of electronic music fanatics. Continue reading →

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BONOBO: BLACK SANDS: REMIXED

Posted on February 16, 2012 by BEN GRAY

The album is best when it strikes a balance between the known and transformation. Like the best of these remixes, it’s as though it was situated just beyond the Black Sands we already knew: exotic, but eerily familiar. Continue reading →

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DEFEND YOURSELF!: MMOSS

Posted on June 29, 2011 by BEN GRAY

They jam with a flutist, yes! Continue reading →

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NETWORK AWESOME: TETSUO

Posted on June 28, 2011 by BEN GRAY

As you probably already knew, the Japanese are crazy, especially when it comes to sci-fi freakouts. By “crazy” I mostly mean that they’re really really good at them. Case in point: Tetsuo. Continue reading →