Michael O’Connor Marotta

▶️ PRESS PLAY: @bostonbitdown.bsky.social is back for another round, and this year the chiptune, nerdcore, and VGM music festival has leveled up its game play.

Curated by @battlemode.bsky.social and @geekbeatradio.bsky.social, the 2026 edition...
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New Music Wednesday: Massachusetts power-emo foursome Cape Crush today unveil anthemic single “Calm & Delivered” via Wanna Hear It Records, the first shot of May’s debut album “Place Memory.”

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New at REAL GONE: Already Dead - I Think It's Time To Leave... EP (review and stream)

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#MusicSky #PunkSky

Year in ReView: Here are 20 standout tracks that shaped the sound of 2025, and helped provide a needed respite from our daily scream at the screen, writes Vanyaland editor-in-chief @michaeloc.bsky.social.

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Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite needle drops in the films of 2025 Who doesn't love some needle drops? Join us in celebrating the best non-original soundtrack cues in movies from this year.

Year in ReView: Who doesn't love some needle drops? Join us in celebrating the best non-original soundtrack cues in movies from this year.

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@enh-jay.bsky.social #yearinreview #bestof2025

love love love that City Builders bop.

AOTY.

You'll dig this one -- got a Garbage meets Curve meets 1997 noisy electronic rock banger written all over it. <33

How am I supposed to explain daylight savings time to my cat?

oh shit i should check this out.

Happy 30th anniversary to Pulp's 'Different Class', a true masterstroke of Britpop and an album that helped shape my life. I will never stop posting the Save The Date postcard for our wedding <3 @britpopgirl.bsky.social

away fans stir up a kinetic indie-rave tension by 'Keeping On' New Sounds: The London foursome deliver a cinematic house of mirrors, where self-doubt and inner confidence spiral in lockstep.

New Sounds: London foursome Away Fans deliver a cinematic house of mirrors, where self-doubt and inner confidence spiral in lockstep.

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🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

It's a high-flying week ahead for The Chelsea Curve, who unveil 'Rally 'Round' this Friday as part of @thesoundcove.bandcamp.com's 'Super Sonic Showcase, Vol. 1' compilation, before playing the Boston label's matinée release party on Sunday at The Burren.

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BumbleBee Radio | Kristen Eck | Boston, Massachusetts Boston radio veteran, Kristen Eck presents a new internet radio station focusing on Indie, Alternative Rock, Electronica, and more.

🐝 Hot Show Alert: Join us 3 weeks from tonight as BumbleBee Radio celebrates 5 years of indie, alternative and fun with an anniversary and Halloween party at Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre.

⚡ www.bumblebeeradio.com

Proles summon an esoteric dystopian post-punk broadcast with ‘Inauguration’ Expansive and atmospheric Boston foursome deliver controlled cinematic chaos through debut EP out via CD/digital on Friday, October 3

…CONTROLLED CINEMATIC CHAOS…

Thank you @knyvet.bsky.social for the write up. Read more here: knyvet.substack.com/p/proles-sum...

INAUGURATION OUT EVERYWHERE 10.3.25 👁️

One of my all-time faves.

Till the Well Runs Dry

⚡ New Music Tuesday: Nate Perry & Ragged Company, 'Till the Well Runs Dry' EP -- #altrock #americana

What a day: The rapture is coming, it's Bruce Springsteen's birthday, and Boston's NPRC unveil their new EP, featuring moonlit spotlight single 'Disappear'.

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#NewMusicFriday: Figures On A Beach, 'Play' -- A pulsating #synthpop + #postpunk track that serves as a vibrant relic from the band's final tumultuous years, previously lost to time, circumstance, and a music industry that simply is no more.

⚡ Bandcamp: figuresonabeach.bandcamp.com/track/play

Whole album is a crusher. Rattlesnake Eyes was always my fave. Goes hard.

Rendering of proposed apartment building with Great Scott and green awning

Great Scott! Board approves new Harvard Avenue building for venerable venue, O'Brien's and 139 apartments
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#Boston #Allston #music

The V List: 5 shows to relive Cool Britannia around Boston From James to Kula Shaker, the dream of '90s British indie is alive and well across Boston's live music calendar this month.

The V List: The dream of '90s British indie is alive and well across Boston's live music calendar this month.

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Boy Deluxe put in electro-punk work with a dose of 'WHIPLASH' Fast Tracked: The Los Angeles dark-pop project drop a sinister new beat as we collectively sashay back to the mutant disco.

Fast Tracked: Los Angeles dark-pop project Boy Deluxe drop a sinister new beat as we collectively sashay back to the mutant disco.

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Today in #Somerville: The inaugural Dream A Better World fest at Warehouse XI.

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#HumanRightsDay #EqualityForAll #JusticeMatters #SocialJustice #Activism #BostonMA #SomervilleMA

YouTube video by Ruby Grove Ruby Grove- Maybe It's Time- Remastered (Official Music Video)

🚨 New Music Tuesday: A new social justice music festival is coming to Somerville’s Warehouse XI this Sunday. It’s called Dream A Better World Fest and it’s the creation of Melissa Nilles of Ruby Grove, the alt-indie band that today also releases the 'Maybe It’s Time' video.

⚡ One Week From Today ⚡ A new #SocialJustice music festival is coming to Somerville’s Warehouse XI on Sunday, August 24.

It’s called Dream A Better World Fest, and it's the creation of Melissa Nilles.

Info: rubygrovemusic.com/dreamabetter...

#HumanRightsDay #EqualityForAll #JusticeMatters

In Real Time by The Ringer Soundtrack Stream and Save In Real Time - Distributed by DistroKid

🚨 New Music Friday -- The Ringer Soundtrack, ‘In Real Time’

A relationship that has suddenly gone stale is at the core of The Ringer Soundtrack’s expansive “In Real Time,” a slow-burning new single of seismic ache and emotion from the eclectic Boston alt-pop trio.

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From the desk of Linnea's Garden: "Feeling stuck? Looking for community IRL? Want to get inspired? We got you. 🦄 Dream A Better World Fest is August 24 from 2-9 pm at Warehouse XI". Hit the link for the full PSA.

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The inaugural Dream A Better World Fest launches two weeks from today, Sunday, August 24, at Warehouse XI, delivering a new social justice music festival to Somerville.

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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Pantera flex an older display of power The Texas groove metal miscreants, now rounded out by Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante, brought the heat to Mansfield's XFinity Center.

Live Review + Photo Gallery: Texas groove metal miscreants Pantera, now rounded out by Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante, brought the heat, literally and figuratively, to Mansfield's Xfinity Center over the weekend.

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