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Posted by sykotherapy on Aug-08-2008 03:47:

Moving to Boston

Hey guys I am moving to Boston in a few days. Wonder if there is a house scene there if so what clubs ... and where would I find info about them and the events....Appreciate all help on this.

On that note adios atlanta...had a blast for a year here!

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-08-2008 03:55:

pm "thekidswanttechno", he lives there now and used to live here in atlanta.

Posted by iammesol on Aug-08-2008 03:56:

Have a good life up there, bro! Sorry I only got to meet you for like 10 minutes!

Posted by TheKidsWantTechno on Aug-08-2008 22:13:

i used to live in atlanta, and recently moved to boston too

there is a pretty good scene in the boston

big names will come to the estate, which is a decent place (some trance, but mainly the big house names). this is kind of the opera/1150 of boston. edm parties every friday

underbar is a slightly more intimate venue (kinda like the mark in atlanta), and brings some big house guys like lee burridge and steve lawler

rise is an afterhours place (well, aftrhours in boston is only 2am-7am, but it's better than nothing haha). steve porter and danny howells have residencies there. you also get a lot of the tribal house guys from nyc playing there, like victor calderone and peter bailey. open every friday saturday and sunday
www.riseclub.us/

then there are lots of smaller venues, like the phoenix landing in cambridge which has techno every wednesday night, and middlesex lounge and the enormous room which have events every now and then.
http://midweektechno.com/
http://www.enormous.tv/ENORMOUS_2004/main1.html
http://www.middlesexlounge.com/

there's also an outdoor party called Dance on the Charles,which is a big setup right on the charles river. great house and techno, and a very cool vibe! there is one coming up in august, and another is september
http://blog.soulclap.us/dotc/

overall it's a fun place to party!! and you can walk or take the subway anywhere you want, so no need to drink and drive either.

i am trying to go out to more events, so hit me up sometime and we'll check something out!

oh, and there is a cool record shop in allston called lab. great place to buy vinyls,and you can find out info about events there too
http://www.lab-boston.com/news/

-gavin

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-09-2008 16:10:

quote:
Originally posted by TheKidsWantTechno
i used to live in atlanta, and recently moved to boston too

there is a pretty good scene in the boston

big names will come to the estate, which is a decent place (some trance, but mainly the big house names). this is kind of the opera/1150 of boston. edm parties every friday

underbar is a slightly more intimate venue (kinda like the mark in atlanta), and brings some big house guys like lee burridge and steve lawler

rise is an afterhours place (well, aftrhours in boston is only 2am-7am, but it's better than nothing haha). steve porter and danny howells have residencies there. you also get a lot of the tribal house guys from nyc playing there, like victor calderone and peter bailey. open every friday saturday and sunday
www.riseclub.us/

then there are lots of smaller venues, like the phoenix landing in cambridge which has techno every wednesday night, and middlesex lounge and the enormous room which have events every now and then.
http://midweektechno.com/
http://www.enormous.tv/ENORMOUS_2004/main1.html
http://www.middlesexlounge.com/

there's also an outdoor party called Dance on the Charles,which is a big setup right on the charles river. great house and techno, and a very cool vibe! there is one coming up in august, and another is september
http://blog.soulclap.us/dotc/

overall it's a fun place to party!! and you can walk or take the subway anywhere you want, so no need to drink and drive either.

i am trying to go out to more events, so hit me up sometime and we'll check something out!

oh, and there is a cool record shop in allston called lab. great place to buy vinyls,and you can find out info about events there too
http://www.lab-boston.com/news/

-gavin
gay.

Posted by keithos27 on Aug-09-2008 19:33:

stay away from the roxy and saugas... lol

Posted by GUBostonDubs on Aug-12-2008 22:21:

quote:
Originally posted by TheKidsWantTechno
rise is an afterhours place (well, aftrhours in boston is only 2am-7am, but it's better than nothing haha). steve porter and danny howells have residencies there. you also get a lot of the tribal house guys from nyc playing there, like victor calderone and peter bailey. open every friday saturday and sunday
www.riseclub.us/
-gavin

Danny Howells does not have a residency at Rise. We all wish that but that's just not true. I don't think Porter is even a resident anymore although he does play there once or twice a year. Rise is only open on Sundays now on special occassions. Imo it is the best place to play/go see a dj if you can deal with the fact that there is no alcohol there. Alot of big names have come through there the past 3 years or so including the already mentioned Danny Howells, Mark Farina, Josh Wink, Carl Craig, Derrick Carter, Steve Porter, Desyn Masiello, Dj Heather, Luke Fair (several Times), Max Graham, D:Fuse, Craig Richards, Dennis Rodgers, James Talk, Justin Martin, Gabriel and Dresden

The Goodlife Bar and also Revolution Rock Bar also have house/techno events from time to time. The are located on the edge of the financial district. I've seen Claude Von Stroke, Eddie Richards (A frequent Fabric dj), and Hipp-E among others come through those two places.

The Avalon Boston/Axis complex which at it's heyday was up there among the best clubs on the East coast is still sorely missed. I am not sure if the "House of Blues" which will reside where the former clubs stood will book edm acts or not yet. Time will tell....

I've been going out in Boston for over 8 years. It definitely has hit a lull somewhat but I think the rock bottom has passed and things have definitely picked up this summer. I am excited for things to come in the city.

Posted by TheKidsWantTechno on Aug-12-2008 22:41:

quote:
Originally posted by GUBostonDubs
Danny Howells does not have a residency at Rise. We all wish that but that's just not true. I don't think Porter is even a resident anymore although he does play there once or twice a year. Rise is only open on Sundays now on special occassions.

ah my bad, deff misunderstood that

i've only been going out here a few months, still haven't really found THE spot or night to party yet. altho rise is definitely at the top of what i've seen.

are there any other lesser know afterhours spots? and any other decent record stores (other than the small selection at newbury comics)??

Posted by sykotherapy on Aug-12-2008 23:06:

Thanks for the info guys ... quite useful tho I must agree with GUBostonDubs abt things being in a lull...Could not find any major events listed anywhere....well lets hope I can catch something somewhere and I don mean crabs lol

Posted by keithos27 on Aug-13-2008 06:20:

make the drive down to nyc or the ride up to montreal...