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K IS FOR NASTY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 23, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"At first I was scrambling, but in the time since, I’ve done some of my most notable shit. I just kind of go where it takes me."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston Hip Hop, hip hop, Knasty, Knockout, Louis Bell, Moroney, Quincy Hip-Hop, red line, The Middle East

FOTOBOM: THE CHILLS @ THE MIDDLE EAST

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted February 25, 2019 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

The word ‘seminal’ gets tossed around a bit cavalierly these days, when any decent band with a pulse and a couple of dusty records are suddenly reissued on some boutique label, and are suddenly yanked out of obscurity and proclaimed the as long-lost Beatles or some such nonsense. ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Brion Starr, Cambridge, Flying Nun, Fotobom, Martin Phillipps, New Zealand, The Chills, The Middle East

COLD FRONT COMING IN: MARTIN PHILLIPPS OF THE CHILLS

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted February 18, 2019 Filed Under: DigThis, Interviews, MUSIC

 

Few regions can boast an outsized influence on the greater musical culture more so than New Zealand, tucked away at the bottom of the earth thousands of miles from anywhere else. With Flying Nun (and lesser known labels such as Propeller, Ripper, South Indies and Xpressway), the country of three ...  read more

Filed Under: DigThis, Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Flying Nun, Martin Phillipps, New Zealand, preview, The Chills, The Middle East

THIS IS REALLY A LOVE STORY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 12, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Every line I enter into my computer about the Hub is also part of a love story, because like a parent in the 1950s (or today, I guess) attempting to rationalize smacking their kids, I truly love the objects of my animosity. Oftentimes, it hurts me more than it hurts Boston to level such relentless criticism.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: 1369, 21st Amendment, 50's Diner, Aeronaut, Amrhein's, bay State Banner, Biddy Early's Bikes Not Bombs, Blanchard's, Blue Hills Ski Area, BNN, boston calling, Boston Compass, Boston Hassle, BPL, Brooklyn Boulders, Bukowski Tavern, CCTV, charlie's sandwich shoppe, Concepts, Corrib Pub, Courtside Karaoke, CREATE Boston, Deep Thoughts, Dewey Square, Doyle's, Edgar Allan Poe, Eire Pub, El Planeta, encuentro 5, Ernesto's, Franklin Park Zoo, Galway House, George Howell Coffee, Golden Temple, Good Life, Good Vibrations, great scott, green side up, Green Street, Haley House, Harpoon Brewery, Harvard Book Store, henrietta's Table, Improv Asylum, J.J. Foley’s, Jeveli's, Kelly's Roast Beef, KillerBoomBox, KMHudson, kush groove, L Street Tavern, Larz Anderson, Lawn on D, lord hobo, machine, Makeshift Boston, Maverick Marketplace, Merengue, Midway Cafe, Mount Vernon Restaurant, Oberon, Orchard, People's Republik, plough and stars, ReMARKable Cleanouts, Ron's Ice Cream, Rosebud Diner, Sam LaGrassa's, SCATV, Shay's Silhouette Lounge, Simco's, Skippy White's, Spontaneous Celebrations, Sportsmen's, sugar daddy's, Sully's, Sunset Cantina, Sweetree Ink, The Burren, The Clam Box, the dance complex, The Democracy Center, The Lizard Lounge, The Middle East, The Sevens, The Sinclair, The Wilbur, Tutto Italiano, Vanyaland, Victoria's Diner, Warren Tavern, West End Museum, WMBR

FOTOBOM: YOB, SEA OF BONES, BLACK PYRAMID @ THE MIDDLE EAST

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted July 7, 2018 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

The three piece is the most economical serving size in rock music… think of all the great trios, ranging from the electric blues Tex boogie of ZZ Top, the pioneering hip-hop of Beastie Boys, the amphetamine-fueled blitz of Hüsker Dü (and their great uncle twice removed, the cocaine-fueled ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Black Pyramid, Doom metal, Fotobom, Our Raw Heart, Power Trio, Relapse Records, Sea Of Bones, The Middle East, Yob

STANDUP STARTUP: 12 YEARS OF FUNNY AT THE MIDDLE EAST

Written by TOMMY O’DEED Posted October 19, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

“There’s a good place to act like a crazy person.”  

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: #MIDEASTCORN, Boston, Cambridge, corner room, John Paul Rivera, open mic, Rob Crean, SOMERVILLE, The Middle East

VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL: ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART

Written by DIG STAFF Posted February 7, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

It goes without saying that this a seriously subjective roundup, compiled by our brain trust and the interjectors who barged into our discussions at the coffee shops and bars where our list blossomed.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials Tagged With: 1369, 21st Amendment, 50's Diner, Aeronaut, Amrhein's, bay State Banner, Biddy Early's Bikes Not Bombs, Blanchard's, Blue Hills Ski Area, BNN, boston calling, Boston Compass, Boston Hassle, BPL, Brooklyn Boulders, Bukowski Tavern, CCTV, charlie's sandwich shoppe, Concepts, Corrib Pub, Courtside Karaoke, CREATE Boston, Deep Thoughts, Dewey Square, Doyle's, Edgar Allan Poe, Eire Pub, El Planeta, encuentro 5, Ernesto's, Franklin Park Zoo, Galway House, George Howell Coffee, Golden Temple, Good Life, Good Vibrations, great scott, green side up, Green Street, Haley House, Harpoon Brewery, Harvard Book Store, henrietta's Table, Improv Asylum, J.J. Foley’s, Jeveli's, Kelly's Roast Beef, KillerBoomBox, KMHudson, kush groove, L Street Tavern, Larz Anderson, Lawn on D, lord hobo, machine, Makeshift Boston, Maverick Marketplace, Merengue, Midway Cafe, Mount Vernon Restaurant, Oberon, Orchard, People's Republik, plough and stars, ReMARKable Cleanouts, Ron's Ice Cream, Rosebud Diner, Sam LaGrassa's, SCATV, Shay's Silhouette Lounge, Simco's, Skippy White's, Spontaneous Celebrations, Sportsmen's, sugar daddy's, Sully's, Sunset Cantina, Sweetree Ink, The Burren, The Clam Box, the dance complex, The Democracy Center, The Lizard Lounge, The Middle East, The Sevens, The Sinclair, The Wilbur, Tutto Italiano, Vanyaland, Victoria's Diner, Warren Tavern, West End Museum, WMBR

PURPLE BAT WINGS: BAT HOUSE TALKS BREAKING INTO THE BOSTON SCENE

Written by ANNA MARKETTI Posted February 24, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

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.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Bat, Bat House, Berklee, Berklee College Of Music, Boston, Dig, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Female Musicians, house, House Shows, Interview, Music, New, rock, The Middle East, Twist

QURAN DMC: BLAK MADEEN ON MUSLIMS, FIVE-PERCENTERS, HIP-HOP, AND MARCO RUBIO

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 12, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

While most facets of American society revolve around Christianity, as Yusuf and AL-J are quick to note, hip-hop circles around a different set of principles.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: AL-J, Blak Madeen, Boston Hip Hop, Donald Trump, GOP, ISIS, Leedz Edutainment, Marco Rubio, Methuen, Mohammad, mosque, Muslim hip-hop, Republican debates, The Middle East, Yusuf

SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE: THE ONLY COLOR THAT MATTERS IS GREEN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 5, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Hip-hop and hummus with bestest leftist POTUS candidate Jill Stein

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2016, 2016 Election, Dance Complex, defense contractors, Democrats, Dennis Trainor, Evan Falchuk, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Honkala, immigration, independents, Jeb Bush, Jill Stein, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Stein, student debt, The Middle East, third parties, war, war profiteering, warmongering

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