http://www.valleyadvocate.com/section.cfm?uid=59 Copyright 2013 The Valley Advocate TheOtherRoom.com CFML RSS Generator Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:27 PM MST en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:27 PM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16890 Since 2003, Northampton has hosted an event that is, by the standards of the musical subculture involved, major. It’s become major outside that world, too. Andrew Lawrence, who heads up Community Guitar, started Django in June back in ‘03, when a concert by the Robin Nolan Trio expanded... By James Heflin http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16890 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:30 PM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16889 The Source Family The Source Family (Drag City) The Source Family is the soundtrack of the same-titled documentary about the followers of Father Yod, a spiritual leader of the early 1970s. Father Yod describes himself as “the father you always wanted but never had,” serving... By Advocate Staff http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16889 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16886 “I scream my heart out just to make a dime,” Tom Keifer famously sang in Cinderella ’s 1986 breakthrough hit “Nobody’s Fool.” Considering that the house was filled to the rafters on a recent rain-soaked Friday night at the Palace Theater in Stafford, Conn.,... By Gary Carra http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16886 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16884 Y ou can always count on Northampton’s Thane Thomsen to put the brakes on your thought process, no matter how scatterbrained or over-committed you might be in your daily reality. The material on the singer/songwriter’s latest project, Goldwater The Second , carries over the same relaxed,... By Tom Sturm http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16884 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16875 Hometown pride has always been an inspirational force for Sakara. Featuring members Joe Rogers (bass), Cody Bryden (electric guitar), Dan O’Brien (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Mike Bilodeau (drums), the band grew up watching Valley acts like Staind, Shadows Fall, and Killswitch Engage. Now having... By Michael Cimaomo http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16875 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16874 He may very well, as the lyrics to his hit song say, “carry contraband across state lines.” When it comes to the annual benefit concert for his It Takes A Community(ITAC) Foundation, however, hometown hero Aaron Lewis will not have to leave the confines of the Bay State, where he was... By Gary Carra http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16874 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16868 Supervision Telekinetic (Pretty Lights Music) There’s a weird, futuristic exuberance in the wild sampling and squidgy electronic sounds of Texan producer/musicmaker Supervision. Supervision says he’s after “futuristic electronic hip-hop beats. The process I... By Advocate staff http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16868 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16848 According to the popular ’90s science fiction series The X-Files, “the truth is out there.” The only stumbling block, as that show’s Special Agent Mulder might say, is an individual’s ability to believe. Fortunately for music fans in the Pioneer Valley, there is a band... By Michael Cimaomo http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16848 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16839 Iceage You’re Nothing (Matador)   Denmark’s Iceage burst onto the scene two years ago with the full-throttle assault of New Brigade. The quartet of 19-year-olds offered a fresh take on hardcore, injected shards of New Wave synths, springy rhythms, and memorable hooks... By Advocate staff http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16839 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16842 Like her fellow Rotarians the globe over, West Springfield Rotary Club member Stella Kalamarkis exemplifies the organization’s motto, “service over self.” In fact, in her other role as entertainment chair for the upcoming West Side’s Taste of The Valley—taking place... By Gary Carra http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16842