RVA Magazine | Richmond, VA

Bacon Fest: Prepare For Greasy Pork Deliciousness

Bacon has seemingly become America’s favorite breakfast meat in recent years, with popular sitcom characters regularly expressing a penchant for it (I’m looking at you, Ron Swanson). Big name diners like Denny’s recently started serving "bacon sundaes" on their menu along with a slew of other bacon-centered dishes. Clearly, we’re a country that loves bacon, and Richmond is no different.

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Win Tickets To See Best Coast At The National!

They're back! California indie-rock sensation Best Coast, who charmed the city with their excellent set at RVA Music Fest 2011, are crisscrossing the country right now on tour. They'll be bringing their brand of sun-drenched punk/pop back to the river city with a performance at The National on Monday, June 3, and your friends at RVA Mag have the hookup!

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RVA Nails: Flashy Nails = Instagram Success

Hitting 4000 Instagram followers is not an easy task. It takes a special kind of appreciation for the art form - quick photos of a specific nature, maintaining themes, and more importantly, providing content that people find interesting. But in a social media platform rife with spam-bots and cat photos, Minh V. Le and Natalee Trinh, the owners and stylists at RVA Nails, have achieved the impossible.

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Haiku Show Review #1: Rock n' Roll Haiku

Sara Bohannon has a graduate degree in poetry, and goes to a lot of local shows. She was writing show reviews for us for a while, until she got bored with the format. But recently she came up with a new spin on the old formula, so we hereby present the inaugural installment of Sara's haiku show review column, which we will hopefully be running every couple of weeks. Enjoy!

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I Drink Wine Out Of Skulls: An Interview With Duane Denison Of Tomahawk

Duane Denison started out studying classical guitar before hitting the scene with The Jesus Lizard, a daring noise band that never really got their due amid the alternative craze that defined the 90s. Denison has also performed with Hank Williams III and Firewater, among others. In 2001, he started Tomahawk, a brazen rock band boasting Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) on vocals and John Stanier (Helmet, Battles) on drums.

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TUESDAY: oOoOO Brings Witch House Sounds To Strange Matter

oOoOO--say it with me now: "oh"--a San Francisco based witch house project created by Chris Dexter, is playing at Strange Matter tonight. oOoOO is slow, repetitive, dark, and bassy. Take a listen here...