Out of the Bedroom

by | Jan 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

Local songstress Ella Longpre (full disclosure: she is a former editorial intern here at the Advo) has self-released a CD, Dust Be Your Savior. The CD pleased me before I even stuck it in my CD drive on my Dell: The disc is white with the outline of a horse...

Wasted

by | Feb 5, 2009 | Uncategorized

Woody Pistrich has been a rabid, supportive fan of Valley music since the late ’80s, and his face has been visible at hundreds of shows since then. His house is a veritable museum of flyers that bring back so many awesome memories of local rock shows, and the...

Linq: Life Goes On

by | Feb 13, 2009 | Uncategorized

And so does this CD–popping it in right here and now. Although by the time you read this, it will have been popped in there and then. But anyway.First impressions: burpy bass, slow old-school fingerpicked guitar, earnest lyrics, female folk-style singing....

Laura Siersema's Talon of the Blackwater

by | Feb 25, 2009 | Uncategorized

By Ryan Duffy Currently based out of Greenfield, singer/songwriter Laura Siersema offers her third album. According to her biography, she loved music as a child, attempted nursing school and dropped out, and fell back into music—not exactly the worst move, in...

The Prozacs

by | Mar 18, 2009 | Uncategorized

The Prozacs' Playing the Chords We Love is in for a spin. Straight-up punk, at least in terms of sound–whiney SoCal vocals on top of buzzy Les Paul (and I'm guessing a Marshall?). Have to respect the choice to just embrace the old school, unencumbered by...