AltWeeklies Wire
Festival of Beatsnew
America's most respected drum and bass producers headline the Ignition Festival in Cambridge, Mass., hauling more beats than a medival farm wench.
Dig Boston |
Andy Barrett |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Indie Bands
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
Putting the Nasty Back in Dynastynew
Dru Ha, co-owner of East Coast indie label Duck Down, which produces some of hip-hop's best kept secrets, gives the Dig the lowdown on putting out raw beats alongside industry giants.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love, Frustration, Mystery and Bullshitnew
The Weekly Dig finds out why James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem doesn't give a damn about the post-punk revival or the New York City scene.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
Sea and Cake Singer Goes Solo, Gets Soulfulnew
Sam Prekop, frontman of Sea and Cake, defies the grey skies of Chicago with sun-laced songs from his latest solo album.
Dig Boston |
Nolan Gawron |
06-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Battle Rhymes Primed for the Big Timenew
Copy has “a way with words like alphabet soup on a triple beam.” His quiver is bloated with hedonistic darts for anyone who likes to unscramble wordplay.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Copywrite
Everything But the Girl Vet Goes Deepnew
Ben Watt -- the "everything but" half of Everything But the Girl -- goes house on the Dig.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
05-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Watt, Buzzin' Fly, Volume 2
Beans: We Like the Cut of His Gibberishnew
This former AntiPop Consortium member tosses a mighty tasty word salad. On his new album, Shock City Maverick, Beans spills the gibberish yet again.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
05-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beans, Shock City Maverick
The Books: Stitched-up Glitch and Ample Samplesnew
As The Books, Nick Zammuto and Paul De Jong's surrealist tapestries artfully trump the sterility of cut-up electronica.
Dig Boston |
Kiran Aditham |
04-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lost and Safe, The Books
Sharon Jones ... Is Comin' to Funk You in Your Earholesnew
Every word that falls out of funk queen Sharon Jones' mouth is seriously badass, and when this woman says "Dap-dip," you say "How high?"
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohane |
04-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sharon Jones, Naturally
Big Bear: Screaming from the gallerynew
Big Bear has lumbered out of the hardcore wilderness to assault your ears, rule your face and maybe even pick up that spare.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
04-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
