by Kristin Palpini | Dec 14, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music
Elvis isn’t dead, he’s been hanging with Santa at the North Pole. On Saturday the Florence VFW is hosting an all-ages yuletide shindig featuring Lord Elvis, Johnny Memphis Band, Court Etiquette, and Christmas karaoke. Flo Ho Ho — Elvis Meets Santa: 12/19 at 7 p.m. $5,...
by Gary Carra | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Music, Nightcrawler
By definition, alchemy is a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of base metals into gold. Whether it be with the band the Alchemystics band he co-founded back in 2003, the band Bay Rd he inspired while working at...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music
It’s fitting that the album art for Kindling’s new Galaxies EP shows a color-tinted lunar landscape, because this four-track collection lifts off with a boom and a shockwave, like a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral. From the first moment of play, singer and band...
by Gary Carra | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Music, Nightcrawler
What was supposed to be a triumphant new chapter in a prolific career turned tragic. Then a tribute. For more than two decades, Keith Hopkinson’s howl could be heard soaring over such circuit regulars as The Smacktones and Black Cat Frenzy. On Friday, Nov. 20, his...
by Emily Atkinson | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music
“I don’t want to say stupid,” says Adam Ives, laughing, “but stupid.” I’m in the middle of a conversation about songwriting, sitting in a Northampton ice cream parlor with Rool Bunk, a rock-punk band made up of Ives and his bandmates Jasper Coles and Nate Jones. Ives...
