by By Will Meyer | May 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
It is worth noting the congruity between the Western Mass underground 30 years ago and the scene now. Take the power duo Wydyde. In the Bandcamp tags for their recently released debut EP Hadley Fire, Wydyde claim Dinosaur Jr. as a reference point. And there are...
by By Will Meyer | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I reached out to Lynne Bertrand of Signature Sounds and The Parlor Room for an interview, she made one thing clear: she doesn’t sleep much. She was lobbying me to call her any time before 2 in the morning. When we did finally sit down to talk, it was after 11,...
by Will Meyer | Apr 18, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Basemental, Columns, Music
As a 24-year-old musician in the Valley, my world centers around Hadley basements and Easthampton community centers — the places where you can catch the best of the area’s DIY music scene. The what scene?Exhausted by the exploitative pay-to-play model often used by...