Between the Lines: Classic Higgins

by | Sep 22, 2011 | News

As even people who reside far from Paradise City may have noted, Clare Higgins left her job as mayor of Northampton on Friday, Sept. 9, handing off the job to City Council president David Narkewicz. Higgins will become the new executive director of Greenfield-based...
Captains of Crunch

Captains of Crunch

by | Sep 22, 2011 | Music

Springfield and its environs have long been a heavy metal haven, thanks to clubs like the Fat Cat and the now-defunct Infinity, and bands like All That Remains, The Acacia Strain, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and the multi-platinum-selling Staind. Promoters like...
GBS2011 Winner: Ruby's Complaint

GBS2011 Winner: Ruby's Complaint

by | Sep 22, 2011 | Music

Winners in this year’s GBS cover band category, Ruby’s Complaint first formed in the 1980s, using the name Street Justice, which the members took in haste from a Twisted Sister album. For a few years, the group of talented Turner’s Falls High School...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Sep 22, 2011 | Music

The HorrorsSkying(XL) After a pair of goth-inspired psychedelic albums, the third release by these U.K. indie rockers finds the group in an optimistic mood. Instead of rehashing their love of ’60s garage rock and ’80s post-punk, the band has become fixated...
2011 Grand Band Slam Winners

2011 Grand Band Slam Winners

by | Sep 22, 2011 | Music

First, the nominations flooded in. Then we put the top nominees on the ballot, and you let us know who you liked. An impressive list of bands came from that process. The top vote-getter for the “new band” category was The 413, a band so new it seems...