Check below for all the BMA noms for this year, and don't forget to check the BMA site for voting, more info on preparties, and tickets to the announcement bash at the House of Blues on December 12. Major props to Dig Music Editor Nina Corcoran, not only for her great ear and for having written about more than half of the nominees over the past couple of years, but also for being one of this year's noms in the first-ever Music Journalist of the Year category. Also congrats to Dig contributors Arielle Gray and G. Valentino Ball on their nominations, as well as to ace photographer Tim Bugbee. Oh, and to us, since we are up for Music Publication of the Year. Go vote!
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LOVE AT FIRST CITE: CAMINO 84 CRAFTS VALENTINE’S DAY MIXTAPES
Local disco funk artist Camino 84 is serving up handmade Valentine’s Day mixtapes to help set the mood this holiday.
HERE ARE THE 2017 BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
The results are in and we couldn't be happier. From rapper Cousin Stizz to alt-rocker Palehound, say hello to the winners of the 2017 Boston Music Awards.
BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS: AND THE NOMINATIONS GO TO…
There’s a reason the 2017 Boston Music Awards picks aren’t what you’d expect.
HERE ARE YOUR 2017 BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
Don't forget to grab your tickets for the December 7 grant event at House of Blues Boston, and to support all of these hometown heroes all the time.
RUBBLEBUCKET: HOW TO PERFECT A CRAZY LIVE PERFORMANCE
From robot puppets to hundreds of balloons, Rubblebucket knows how to put on a show. Here's how they do it.
DIG THIS: LA BELLE ET LA BETE, AERONAUT LIVE RECORDING SESSIONS, AND STEVE THEO
So much to do! Why do you think I'm lying? Oh ... lion ... I get it. Stupid.
CLOSING OUT ONE YEAR, RINGING IN A NEW ONE WITH CASK MOUSE
They are a band comfortable navigating within the wide borders of their chosen genre without feeling self-conscious about their current zip code, with “Heartbeat of the Northeast” framing their warm-blooded sound with a New England perspective.
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: WILL DAILEY DELIVERS AN ARTISTIC MANIFESTO, AND HIS BEST ALBUM YET
"Out of five releases, this is the only record that wasn’t in the red the day it came out. Why would I be foolish enough to return to such panic when I’m supposed to be celebrating the art?"
DIG THIS: LOCAL MUSICIANS + LOCAL ARTISTS + LOCAL DERBY DAMES
Photo By Maxime Delvaux and Kevin Laloux
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Keep Safe Boston
art as activism
Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll is good and all, but it ain’t got shit on sexual health education, birth control, and rock ‘n’ roll. Earlier this fall, ...