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8 Artists to Look Forward To in 2014

January 10, 2014 353

2013 was an amazing year for music, churning out highly anticipated albums from pop superstars like Beyoncé and Lady Gaga,...

Band Buzz: Iced Earth and the Worldwide Plague Tour

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January 9, 2014 339

In a few months, Iced Earth is about the launch their Worldwide Plague Tour to support their soon to be...

Dillon Francis at Terminal 5 in NYC: Bringing Comedy to Dance Music

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Music

January 8, 2014 333

Starting off the night, Cashmere Cat—an up-and-coming Norwegian DJ—threw together a mix of relatively mellow hip-hop tunes. He was quite...

Band Buzz: Sarah Fard at Church

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Music

December 28, 2013 827

Jazz guitarist Sarah Fard will be playing at Church in Boston on Friday, January 3rd. With a background in jazz...

A Year in Review: Lorde Crashes the Internet

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Music

December 27, 2013 878

She’s done it again. Earlier this month, the New Zealand singer released a music video for her song “Team” and...

Album Review: Because the Internet

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Music

December 26, 2013 808

Donald Glover happens to be one of those people who jump from career to career, picking up fans along the...

Album Review: Beyoncé – Self Titled (2013)

Julian Davis

Music

December 20, 2013 1745

Wow, this is a surprise, right? When I started trying to write about this album, I was reminded of a...

EDM is Sexist, but so is the Entire Nation

Ellie Williams

Race and Culture Sexism

December 18, 2013 233

On November 19, Kat Bein posted a blog on The Village Voice discussing the sexism within the EDM (electronic dance...

The Best Albums of 2013

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Music

December 15, 2013 949

Okay so its the end of the year and all the Cool Kids are making lists. No, silly! I’m not...

10 Less than Classic Holiday Songs

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2013 Holiday Music

December 14, 2013 838

Tis the season and whether you’re hard at work stringing up Christmas lights, putting holiday cards on the mantel,...

Beyoncé’s Self-titled Album Comes as a Surprise

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Music

December 13, 2013 873

Forget Gaga, Miley, or Taylor—Beyoncé is the true queen of pop. And today, she proved it. Early Friday morning, the...

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Julianna Barwick: The Blast Interview

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Band Profiles Getting to Know Music The Blast Interview

November 14, 2013 214

This past August, Brooklyn-based artist Julianna Barwick released her third studio album, Nepenthe. Barwick, a singer-songwriter by trade, has a...

Women vs. Music Culture

Kerry Velez

Sexism

September 12, 2013 24

Barely clothed women in music videos is not something new to the industry. Whether it’s a female or male artist,...

Music in the Mailbox — Getting to know Feedbands

Anthony McColgan

Music Music Tech

July 26, 2013 212

Going back in time to held new bands make money

Performance Study

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Music

June 4, 2013 208

Is a degree in Performing Arts worth the money?

Getting to Know: Paloma Faith

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Getting to Know Music

February 14, 2013 270

The singer talks to Blast about her music, touring and The US.

55th Annual Grammy Awards live blog!

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Entertainment Music Television

February 10, 2013 468

Commentary and impressions on music's biggest night - in real time

Gallery: Underoath at Worcester’s Palladium

Blast Magazine Newsroom

Entertainment Music

January 31, 2013 211

The band kicked off its farewell tour January 13

Gallery: Yellowcard at Boston House of Blues

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November 29, 2012 118

Featuring Sandlot Heroes, We Are The In Crowd and The Wonder Years

Gallery: Boys Like Girls, All American Rejects, The Ready Set

Entertainment Features Music

October 2, 2012 297

Pop-rock tour hit the Boston House of Blues

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Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!

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