The Buzz

Northampton is full of great musicians and fun bands that can jam out hard. Add Mammal Dap to this list. Featuring some of the...

Do you like good reggae music that gets you jumping? The Part Time Regulars are a fun rock/reggae band from the Springfield area fronted by...

Frank White’s rock/hip-hop group Bangfield brings a great mix of styles to an exciting, all-original live show. Frank moves seamlessly between busting sick rhymes...

Jay Chung is best known for his work as a guitarist for Springfield’s reggae/rock powerhouse Fear Nuttin’ Band.  Jay is also a prolific songwriter...

1.) Who is behind Shiprock and Anchordog? +++ I’m Evan Curran, and Shiprock and Anchordog is my multi-media modern mythology. I’m trying to tell stories...

First Musical Memory: Hearing “Kashmir” for the first time in my dads red Ford F-150 when i was 2.5 years old. I was hooked to...

On May 30th an incredible event will take place in downtown Florence at the VFW, Llama Lasagne will “Return To The Wild Kingdom” to...

History In early 2012, I (Greg Eramo) was in between projects and decided to create my own band. Being a drummer (I don’t play any...

Sweeping string quartet structures, plucking lines with rhythmic delay, massive crushing distorted guitar/bass or guitar synthesizers, ambient drones, and reverbed/delayed vocals or brass instruments all find their place, and often battles between feels, rhythms, and emotions between members even exist within songs as devices to further the story of song from point A to point B.

Saturday night, April 12th, local rockers LuxDeluxe celebrated the release of their second full-length album, “It’s a Girl,” by playing it in its entirety...