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PURRFECT POWERPUFF GIRLS: TACOCAT’S FEMINIST POP PUNK GETS CARTOONIFIED
Seattle act Tacocat dish on their new album, feminism, and recording Cartoon Network’s newest theme song.
WAY MORE PARTIES IN LA: NEW ORLEANS RAPPER PELL WILL BE YOUR NEW OBSESSION
A year ago, Pell didn’t know how to dance. But now? The Los Angeles-via-New Orleans independent rapper is smoother than Pharrell.
BIG BANG THEORY: HOW CASEY DESMOND FORMED A BAND OUT OF LIVE IMPROV SETS
What came first: the artist or the song? For CMB, it’s the latter.
ART HISTORY: LAUREN DENITZIO OF WORRIERS PAINTS SCENES ON AND OFF THE CANVAS
Lauren Denitzio of punk rock act Worriers talks fine art, gender binary pronouns, and working with Laura Jane Grace before playing The Middle East Upstairs.
BOSTON EN MASSE: THE INHERENT STRUGGLE AND QUIET PRIDE OF BOOKING AN ECLECTIC THREE-DAY FESTIVAL
It’s already impossible to imagine the city without Jason Trefts of Illegally Blind -- just look at this week’s upcoming Boston En Masse festival to understand why.
AYE NAKO: QUEERCORE FOR THE HEART AND SOUL
Queercore group Aye Nako push through physical and verbal abuse to create pop punk for people of color, the LGBTQ community, and listeners seeking inclusion in a time where that's hard to find.
THE SPECTACULAR NOW: HOW GHOST BOX ORCHESTRA FOUND INFINITY IN IMMEDIACY
Local psych rockers Ghost Box Orchestra sacrafice control and let the music flow through them for their upcoming EP.
SILENT NIGHT, FIRE PLIGHT: NYC VENUE SILENT BARN GETS HELP FROM BOSTON’S BENEFIT SHOW
Yes, even Boston loves New York. After a fire left the venue too damaged to function, Silent Barn gets a benefit show from local bands in our city.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE 2015 DIGBOSTON STUDENT GUIDE
Keep this bookmarked through the school year, and, in the words of the patron saint of getting wild, Andrew W.K.: “Party till you puke.”