Earlier this month, Marc Sneider stepped down as Dig Media Group publisher to pursue other projects. Dig Media Group is the owner of DigBoston. The company’s board of directors then elected Business Manager (and former Associate Publisher) John Loftus to be the new publisher—effective immediately. Editor-in-Chief Chris Faraone and Executive Editor Jason Pramas […]
BROTHERS RESTAURANT, BROOKLINE
A mellow and very eclectic spot that’s deep under the radar
WHEEL OF TUNES: CODE ORANGE
The Grammy-nominated metalcore band talks Trump, practicing jujutsu, and the one item they wish they could steal from Men in Black.
EDITORIAL: HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT DIGBOSTON
A reader’s guide to building a better news weekly What does it mean to support a news outlet? Clearly the answer to that question varies widely depending on whether the outlet is big or small, nonprofit or for profit, subscription- or advertising-based. But in an era when news organizations of all sizes […]
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
GALLERY REVIEW: Phyllis Berman and Anne Lilly: Stillness—Room 83 Spring
Phyllis Berman and Anne Lilly take polar-opposite approaches in their exhibition at Room 83 Spring, yet their dual showing is surprisingly fluid in its move from one artist to the next. Contrast Berman’s quasi-trompe l’oeils of pendulous plumb bobs to Lilly’s sometimes mind-bending kinetic sculpture and you might expect a vibe of two […]
WHEEL OF TUNES: ALVVAYS
Toronto act Alvvays talk sleeptalking, underrated shoes, and Rick and Morty.
FOTOBOM: DEAD CROSS, SECRET CHIEFS 3 @ ROYALE
Mike Patton knows his way around a few octaves. And he’s never one for sitting still, so he brought his scientifically-proven super-human vocal range with him and a few cohorts to Royale last week, under the guise of Dead Cross. As the Faith No More return seems to have been put on the back burner, […]
EVERY DAY IS LABOR DAY
DigBoston commits to expanding coverage of workers and unions For the past many years, I’ve written an annual Labor Day editorial for whatever publication I’m running at the time. And it’s always a relentlessly depressing exercise. Because there just hasn’t been much good news for working people in decades. Since the 1970s, […]
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: HERE COMES THE HERSE
