Referendum

by | Sep 10, 2013 | News

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno has called for a moratorium on new refugees in Springfield, saying that the city has become a “dumping” ground for the U.S. State Department’s resettlement program. Should the State Department pay heed to Sarno’s...

CD Shorts

by | Sep 10, 2013 | Music

Wire Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag) Over the course of its long career—including two reunions—Wire has steadfastly refused to trade on nostalgia. Change Becomes Us tweaks its forward-looking aesthetic by revisiting songs written but never properly recorded...
Grilling With Guillermo

Grilling With Guillermo

by | Sep 10, 2013 | Music

Boston band Guillermo Sexto visits the Sierra Grille this week in support of the Sept. 24 release of the new album Dark Spring. True to its name, Dark Spring often offers counterintuitive combinations of sound—airy male/female harmonies sometimes sit atop grungy...
Northampton, 1806

Northampton, 1806

by | Sep 10, 2013 | Music

Once upon a time in the not too distant past, Northampton was anything but a bastion of liberalism. A century before Calvin Coolidge was mayor–two centuries before the town’s lesbians outnumbered its Republicans–Northampton was the site of a public...
Nightcrawler: Fair Judging

Nightcrawler: Fair Judging

by | Sep 10, 2013 | Music

Like many an agricultural fair, Franklin County’s fair (fcas.com)—occurring Sept. 5-8—will include judging of livestock. What makes the Greenfield-based event different than others is that in this, its 165th installment, live musical acts will also...