Via App

Dylan Scheer became Via App three years ago, when she was living in one of Boston's longest-running DIY venues. The vinyl-sided, three-story home sits on a back street in a dense neighborhood where unlicensed basement shows were once common—at least up until a few years ago, before the latest wave of gentrification. She and her roommates would book local noise and leftfield techno acts, though bigger names would swing through for secret shows after playing less-cool venues like The House Of Blues.