Open Mike Eagle played Berklee’s Red Room at Cafe 939 on Dec. 1 on tour in celebration of his new album, a tape called component system with the auto reverse.
Fotobom: Open Mike Eagle & Video Dave @ Cafe 939
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Years After Viral Debut, Boston-Based ADDIE Finally Goes On Tour
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“Not only have I learned so much in my classes, I have also met so many wonderful and talented musicians that I have had the honor of playing with.”
The Dig Interview: Holly Laessig Of Lucius
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“I feel like the community of roots people wants you to succeed. They know if you’re good and you put the work into it. They’ll come out and see you and they’ll buy your CD.”
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For women in the metal scene, camaraderie and skill help rock and roll over the sexist trolls
WHEEL OF TUNES: ILLUMINATI HOTTIES
The affable indie rock act talks vegan cheese, Reddit posts, and burritos from El Pelon.
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"It took a lot of patience. It wasn’t an easy three years to get the records I wanted before I could start making the actual mix."
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"It’s not quite hip-hop, as we don’t follow conventional 16-bar structures nor do we have 808 or drum machines, but also not classical—definitely not classical."
BAT HOUSE: HOW THE PSYCH ROCK BAND FINALLY FOUND THEIR IDENTITY
Boston's weirdest psych rock band took a while to find their sound, but now that it's here we can't get it out of our heads.
DIG THIS: 4TH OF JULY, EURO 2016, AND SPIDERS
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‘POP’ GOES THE GENRE
A conversation with Berklee English prof Mark Polanzak about his new sorta memoir
As journalists at DigBoston, it’s hard for us to worship genre-benders who take liberties in weaving fiction into nonfiction and memoir. But while phonies like Ben Mezrich patch ...
EXCERPT: ‘POP!’ BY MARK POLANZAK
But I wrote this funny story about my dad’s death. It goes on for many more pages, being funny and super distanced from the grief.
GAZ COOMBES RETURNS: THE SUPERGRASS FRONTMAN IS A CHANGED MAN
Ladies and gentlemen, rejoice. The former Supergrass frontman returns with maybe the best record of his career.
PURPLE BAT WINGS: BAT HOUSE TALKS BREAKING INTO THE BOSTON SCENE
Boston's Bat House talks feeling like an outsider when you're a rock band educated at Berklee as they prepare to release their first full-length.
THANKS(FOR)GIVING: FEED THE GROUPS THAT FEED US MUSIC
Skip the extra dessert and put that money towards something even sweeter: keeping music non-profits alive.
KIND OF BLUE: SHOWCASING MARVIN GAYE’S VULNERABLE SIDE AT BERKLEE
According to the man himself, The Ballads is the best Marvin Gaye album you’ve never heard of. Originally conceived to be Gaye’s debut as a jazz crooner in 1967, only to be abandoned and then restarted a decade later, The Ballads was completed but shelved indefinitely by ...
