Oranjuly’s debut album could not be coming at a better time. I just can’t think of a better soundtrack to a July 4th barbecue.

Coming to help you work it out, may we present The Fire and Reason, electro/baile-funk/dance carnival from New York. The easy-on-the-eyes duo are coming to Boston for a performance with Bodega Girls at Cool Ranch on June 30th. We got to drill them for a few tibdits of information before they make you dance. And dance you will.

At this point, you probably know that Tokyo Police Club are not Japanese. They’re actually Canadian (check out how they spell “Favourite Colour”), and made a pretty big name for themselves playing festivals like PopMontreal, Toronto’s Edgefest and Osheaga in Montreal in support of their breakout EP, the 16 minute long A Lesson In Crime.

Passion Pit. Beer. Rock. Dance. Get your To-Do list on before the 4th of July and enjoy those 3 glorious months of Boston summertime fun.

Bowery Boston and the American Express ZYNC card are hooking up the Hub with a FREE show from our homeboys Passion Pit this Saturday. Held at the shiny new Royale, the show will also feature a performance from local favorite DJ Die Young.

Translating thought into action is seemingly one of the simplest, yet hardest, things to do. Boston DJ/promoter/entrepreneur Mike McKay has realized his dance parties Thunderdome, Visions, No Tomorrow and will no doubt do the same with other future ventures that are sure to promise a coming together of fun, people and creativity.

Imagine yourself walking the treeline of a coastal groove-forest. Softly glowing neon trees border you on your right and synthesized waves of warm, electric blue liquid-rhythm lap the rocky shore on your left. Soothing psychedelic visuals adorn the infinitely starry sky above you, as a reverb-soaked, disembodied choir of shoe-gazing angels proclaim the club-hopping gospel from the heavens. Then, with no apparent warning, shimmering fireworks of sound explode along the horizon, lighting the dark, vast night as if it were day. While a bit dramatized and adjective heavy, that’s pretty much exactly what it’s like to listen to Secret School.

Relationships were key in last Wednesday’s locavore event, “Farm to Fork: A Panel Discussion About How We Get The Food We Eat.” Thoughtfully organized and moderated by FRESH’s Drew Love, the panel featured the farmer (John Lee of Allandale Farms), the chef (JJ Gonson, chef/owner of Cuisine en Locale), the grocer (Jeff Morin, owner of CityFeed and Supply) and the network (Willow Blish, co-leader of the Boston chapter of Slow Food).

Things have a way of falling apart for Chris Palko, better known as New York rapper Cage

Just recently, the The Citizens’ Committee on Boston’s Future met to discuss how to retain “young professionals” and keep students from vacating the city upon degree completion in a city where the housing crunch makes it rough to afford a livable residence on a starter salary and the early closing T puts a real dent [...]