Boston Counter Cultural Compass

Since March of 2010, the Boston Counter Cultural Compass has been giving us detailed info on all the under-the-radar happenings in Boston's thriving DIY community. Maintained by a team of in-the-know local music enthusiasts, this free monthly newsletter will point you in the direction of high-energy electro-dance parties, rowdy garage-punk basement bangers, far-out psychedelic noise gigs, and more. It's available on the Web, too, but there's something about holding the physical thing in your hand, with its neon colors and hand-drawn illustrations, that makes you feel like you're living in a simpler time — like, say, 1991.

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