Live Shows: Boston Bitdown, The Jungle Community Music Club and Warehouse XI, Somerville, MA 3/6/25
Sometimes it's good to step outside of your musical comfort zone, and I don't know how much more I can step outside of mine than by going to a chiptune festival. According to Wikipedia, chiptune is "... a style of electronic music made using the programmable sound generator sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers, and video game consoles." I know some people that would insist that's exactly the type of thing I should be into, but the only chiptune band I'm familiar with is Battlemode, who was putting on the entire festival. Thursday night was the opening night, which took place between The Jungle Community Music Club and Warehouse XI. I got to the venues late due to real life, and I walked into Warehouse XI just as Saoirse Dream started. When you're exploring a new genre, sometimes it takes a little while to adjust to what exactly was happening. The first thing that surprised me was how many traditional instruments were being used...