by Michael Cimaomo | Jun 4, 2016 | Newsletter, Northeast Underground
And The Kids Friends Share Lovers (Signature Sounds) Release date: 6/3/16 In the midst of graduation season in Western Mass, it’s easy to forget that graduation itself is about more than caps and gowns. Students, who four years ago were mere freshmen in high school or...
by Hunter Styles | Feb 29, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music
In 1972, the first man-made spacecraft left our Solar System. The Pioneer 10 probe could detect and record solar wind particles, magnetic fields, and UV light, but it also had a message to deliver. Mounted on the craft was a plaque, designed by NASA with help from...
by Jennifer Levesque | Feb 16, 2016 | Articles, Music
A couple weekends ago, I went and saw Springfield-based Gaiah perform at Maximum Capacity to support their recent release, Perfect Disaster. The performance was far from a disaster. I mean, these guys have been around the Valley music scene for some time. They are far...
by Hunter Styles | Jan 18, 2016 | Articles
Otter’s Slick Licks The jazz-pop quartet Northampton didn’t know it was missing With a few cold, hard months of winter on the way, Otter’s first full-length album arrives just in time to help melt the ice. “No Sleep No Dreams,” the first track on I Am My Brother, sets...
by Amanda Drane | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music
Joshua Davis: A Miracle of Birds (Independent release) Joshua Davis had me at The Voice. While other finalists in last winter’s season of the show scrambled to find themselves as artists, Davis came into the competition knowing exactly who he was — a piercingly...