Actually, there's more than a couple things going on in the Boston area. The problem is that there's not a ton of stuff being promoted hard, and so it's a lot of consistent nights that don't do a lot of promotion.
The House of Blues pulls in some big names now and again. It's not steady, but I know Bassnectar was just there, and I think Rusko is soon? I saw The Prodigy and DJ Shadow there last couple of years.
At the Phoenix Landing in Cambridge, there's a few things going on. Elements is on Thursday nights, and it's always Drum and Bass business. Last month they had High Contrast and TC, which was pretty baller, and the residents know how to throw down as well.
Also at the Phoenix Landing, there's Mid-Week Techno on Wednesday nights. I've not gone to it, but I've heard it's alright. There's also some form of a Dubstep night on Sundays, but once again, I've not been.
At the Middle East in Cambridge, every Tuesday is "Throwed" which is kind of an Electro event. It seems to be picking up pace, and they are getting some more action and expanding to Friday nights in Providence as well.
The Middle East has a couple groups pulling names in, fairly consistently. Jack Beats, Terravita and Hot Pink Delorean (which are the same guys and based out of Boston), Wolfgang Gartner... it goes on. You just have to dig through what's coming to figure out what's going on. A lot of it seems to be earlier in the week, but it's worth keeping an eye on.
There's a lot of stuff going on around the area as well. I know Worcester has a couple nights that are going off. Bi-Weekly on Tuesdays there's BASS EMBASSY at Fusion, and it's a lot of good mainly Dubstep tunes. They have a lot of different residents, and so the range they play is mainly dependant on who's spinning. I try to make it down when I can, I used to go all the time but have moved out of the area in the last bit.
There's also a ton of stuff going on in Western MA all the time, Diva's in North Hampton is a pretty hot spot for that stuff.
I dunno. There's a lot going on.
www.newraveorder.com is where a lot of the promoters locally congregate to post up events that are going on. A lot of the non-weekly events are posted up there.
There's a lot going on, you just have to know where to look. Is the scene as good as Baltimore or Miami? By no means. But, it's come back a long way from where it was.
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