Boston Accents is the local music program on 101.7 WFNX, featuring artists based in Boston and and its surrounding towns and states. Formerly known as New England Product, Boston Accents is hosted by Boston Phoenix music editor Michael Marotta and can be heard Sunday evenings from 8 to 10pm both on the FM dial or streaming online at wfnx.com
In addition to his dual role with the Phoenix Media Communications Company, Marotta is also resident DJ, promoter, and operations director of the Pill, one of the North America’s longest-running indie dance parties. Every Friday at Great Scott in Allston, Marotta spins an eclectic mix of Britpop, modern indie and electro while also booking national and local artists (from Passion Pit to Class Actress to Dom to Cold Cave) that keeps the Pill regarded as one of the most cutting-edge and consistent weekly indie dance parties in the world.
In September of last year, Marotta launched Vanya Records, an independent digital and vinyl record label based out of his Allston, Mass., residence. His meticulously handpicked roster includes rising psychedelic rock band The New Highway Hymnal, internationally recognized solo electronic artist Andre Obin, and veteran dance-pop quartet Bearstronaut. Despite being merely five months old, Marotta’s Vanya Records will host its first SXSW party in Austin, Texas, on March 16.
Michael Marotta :: Allston :: Massachusetts The Boston Phoenix :: Music Editor :: www.thephoenix.com The Pill :: DJ/promoter :: www.thepillboston.com WFNX Radio :: Local Music Director :: www.wfnx.com:: Vanya Records :: Dictator :: www.twitter.com/vMichaelv
Hi, how are you? Been quite a week, eh? So our time here at WFNX is coming to an end, what with the recent sale of the station to Clear Channel. But we’re told it’ll take a few weeks for the FCC to transfer the license, and WFNX has been gracious...
Happy Mother’s Day, and props to Manchester City for winning the Premiership. What a day! We capped it off by bringing HOORAY FOR EARTH into the studio, trying to put an end to all this “Are They Boston or New York?!” nonsense. Not sure we did, b...
All sorts of fun in the WFNX studio this evening, and it didn’t have fuck-all to do with the Super Moon. Or did it? Glenn Di Benedetto and Nate Leavitt of glammed-out noir-pop band PARLOUR BELLS dropped by for a full 120-minute hang, discussing t...
Wanna go for a Ride? Tonight on Boston Accents we had the honor and privilege of world-premiering the new NOF*CKINGWHERE compilation – 11 Boston bands reconstructing Ride’s classic 1990 shoegaze album, Nowhere. Huge thanks to compilation curator ...
Pretty kickass week for Boston rock. Got a slew of new jams and we’re recapping the preliminary round week of the 2012 Rock and Roll Rumble. Though regarded more as a music festival showcasing our city’s rock scene more than its traditional bill...
We have our Local Exposure artist for April: GENTLEMEN HALL. Props to the Boston electronic pop sextet for coming up to the WFNX studios to hang, talk ragtime, and play a semi-stripped down mini-session live on air. GHall world premiered...
After two weeks down in Austin for SXSW it feels good to be back in the pilot's seat of Boston Accents, navigating 120 minutes through the clear skies of our region's finest rock, electronic, and pop music. And we now have a new co-pilot...
A bit rock heavy tonight on the ol' Accents, as I supposed I have our Phoenix Presents gig down in Allston on the mind. In fact, I'm writing this right now, as Young Adults perform live at Great Scott, so forgive any typos or bullshit th...
Big ups to the presidents! This here three day weekend edition of BOSTON ACCENTS kicked off with 20 minutes of electronic bliss, then dipped into my upcoming Spring Preview, which runs in the Boston Phoenix March 1. Hey, I had to write i...
Up against the Grammy's and everyone's self-important live-tweeting, the sonic tanks rolled hard through the rugged land of Boston rock and pop this Sunday evening. We debuted a few jams, recapped On The Download's constant stream of loc...
Photo by Kelly Davidson Here's tonight's BOSTON ACCENTS playlight, which began with a rock and roll middle finger to New York and ended with another heartbreaking football loss for our dear region. Ugh. I tried to position tonight's sh...
Was just on WFNX a few minutes ago, talking about a few bedroom pop tracks that have been showing up with regularity on my Boston Accents playlist. After Dom created "Living In America" on the strength of a computer program, a pink paisl...
Feeling frisky and festive on this easy Sunday evening in late January, and tonight's playlist is an eclectic mix of experimental weirdness and Boston beats. Got a bit bedroom-y pop-minded at the beginning, then it just turned into whate...
On a Sunday where the New England Patriots advanced to the Super Bowl XLVI, we premiered new jams from Muscle Milk, Sand Reckoner, Garvy J., and DJ/producer George Vala, who led the debut of the Boston Mix Up segment. Been a long week, s...
It's LIFESTYLE night on Boston Accents. Sean Drinkwater and Ad Frank from Boston's synthpop veterans hung with me tonight in the studio, playing new tracks, talking about their February 11 masquerade ball at Great Scott, and sampling tun...
First show of 2012 was a doozy! We forecasted the upcoming year in Boston rock, from anticipated releases by Passion Pit, Bad Rabbits, Autochrome, Girlfriends, Mellow Bravo, Soccer Mom, and others; dipped into this week's Winter Preview ...
A somber start to Boston Accents tonight, as we pour one out for DUSTIN HENGST of DAMONE, who passed away last week at the age of 39. The talented drummer was hospitalized for a few weeks with liver problems, and had been battling illne...
Ahoy! Missed y'all, as it's been a few weeks since I've been in the FNX studio, thanks to the Boston Music Awards and Flashback Weekend. But we're in the closing stretch of 2k11, so we're looking at some of the better tracks released thi...
Many questions will be answered at Sunday night's highly-anticipated BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS party at the swank-ass Liberty Hotel. Among the hot topics... -- Can our favorite rapping Town-ie SLAINE take home as many as five BMAs (for Arti...
Killer show tonight! We got into the details of the T.T. The Bear's Place renovations, played the entire Creaturos demo -- all 13 minutes, son -- and announced our ROOM PARTY next Sunday at the Liberty Hotel for the BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS....
