Author Jessica Bannon

Stage Presence. Material. Skill. These are the categories WVOF is using to decide which Fairfield University based band - Reviving Samurai, Essex, Arriving Sun, Johnnie Proud, Madison Prep, This Blue Holiday, White Noise or Roamer - will ultimately win the Battle of the Bands.

by Jessica Bannon At about 7:49 p.m. on Saturday, the lights dimmed and the crowd cheered. Then they went back on, and the crowd booed. But then the lights went off for good, and Mike Doughty opened up the near sold-out show at Alumni Hall. About an hour later Rusted Root appeared and the crowd went positively wild.