Introducing Chance Fischer

Richmond native Chance Fischer (shown here as Mars Blackmon) has put out a mixtape that is getting mad love up north and we are pleased to be passing this along to the hip-hop heads in RVA. The production is excellent and the kid has a sound that harkens back but is still oven-fresh. The opening track "HERE" makes an old man feel good. Check it out.

Chance Fischer - HERE mixed by DJ RNS
Download Link: http://usershare.net/l9qmdx51w25o
Preview Mixtape: http://chancefischer.bandcamp.com/album/here

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Born Ugly is infecting everyone.

Our ugly brothers from another mother are out with their newest effort to take skateboarding back from the masses.

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Freddie Gibbs: Three And A Half Stars Out Of Five

Freddie Gibbs - Str8 Killa EP (Decon)

In the last three years, Freddie Gibbs has run and completed a full horrific lap of the mainstream music industry rat race. After establishing himself as one of Indiana’s finest underground artists, he signed a deal with Interscope, endured a painfully typical raw deal at the hands of the media giant, culled together the “failed” efforts from his major label sessions, and released them the next summer as two juggernaut mixtapes--The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik. He is an unquestionably talented MC, indeed the most fresh and lyrically tight prospect in recent memory, and it’s very cool, as a fan of rap music, to watch an artist come up under hype so huge as to have the New York Times claiming he’s one of the singular MCs “keeping rap alive.” But doesn’t that feel pretty huge? The guy doesn’t even have an LP out yet, but this year he’s rap’s last, best hope? How do you get to this point of hysterical praise, and is it deserved?

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My Top 5 Sylvester Stallone Films

I am literally counting down in anticipation of The Expendables, the new action film from Sylvester Stallone that harkens back to yesteryear. (ed. note- Read what Jimmy wrote about it a few weeks ago HERE.) With that in mind, I decided to focus on the man known as Sly’s body of work for this week’s Top 5. This was definitely tough for me as I’m a lifelong fan. My oldest possession is a rusted combat knife I bought at a flea market as child after watching First Blood for the first time. I think I was 5, but I may have been 6. I begged my parents to let me spend a few nights in the woods with this mighty weapon, but they refused. I remember being very upset. I had watched First Blood, after all, and I owned a combat knife. Seriously, what could go wrong? The knife had matches, fishing line, a sewing needle, and some other shit I can’t remember. I still have the knife, but everything that came with it is long gone. There was a compass on the end, I remember that. It was like the cap.

My father said, “You don’t even know how to use a compass.”

I just held it up and said, “You see that: that means it’s pointing North. The E is for East, the W for West, and the S is for South. I’m ready to go survive in the wild now.”

My father then backhanded me across the room. I didn’t make up any of that except for the backhand part. That actually happened the first and only time I ever asked about an allowance. That was also a lie. (ed. note LIAR!)

Anyway, I’ve grown up watching Stallone’s movies, and several of his features are personal favorites of mine. He is a very talented actor, writer, and director, and his talent and charisma have won over audiences across the globe.

This is the first time I’ve ever done a list for an individual where sequels were involved, but I don’t think that hurts Sly’s legacy. He was the driving force behind two very successful franchises that yielded several hits and a number of his best performances. Here then are my Top 5 Sylvester Stallone Films:

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The Comic Con Geekity Speakity w/ special guest Baby Huey

Tonight the Geeks welcome a special guest from the Gods of Bobble Heads show Brandon Fox aka "Big Baby Huey!" Along with our special guest we Geek about Comic Con, 3G/4G myths, why TV shows are even at Comic Con, and more. So join us...Same Geek Time...Same Geek Channel, well Podcast...

CLICK HERE FOR GEEKITY SPEAKITY

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Things get WEIRD again this Saturday at NYD

Soren Well & Telltale @ 10pm
...amazing reverb-saturated post punk dark and dreamy shoegaze.....
......from NYC playing WEIRD as part of their East Coast tour!!!!!......

http://www.myspace.com/sorenwellnoise
http://www.myspace.com/telltalemusic

Followed by Richmond DJs A.D.E.N. and Fuk Stik Johnson spinning electro!!!!!
Fuk Stik Johnson (Brandon from BbopNRokstedy)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134438646593404
A.D.E.N
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ADEN/143083382370339?ref=ts

@ NY Deli
10pm - Close
FREE
21+

DRINK DANCE MAKE OUT
LET’S GET WEIRD!!!!!

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Napalm Dream – An Interview with Tenement’s Amos Pitsch

Tenement is a three-piece noisy pop punk band from a small town in Wisconsin called Appleton. Guitar player and vocalist Amos Pitsch is probably the most talented musician you’ve never heard of. Scorching solos work their way into catchy, riffy hooks with gruff, lo-fi vocals that make me think of what it would be like if the Kinks had been a Ramones-core band. When he’s not playing guitar, Pitsch is usually doing something music related. Tenement just got back from tour with Chicago’s Chinese Telephones, for whom Pitsch played drums during the tour.

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DAILY RECORD: Sundials

Sundials - The First Six Songs (Self-Released)

The sheer fact that a band like Sundials calls Richmond, Virginia their home brings a smile to my face. Sundials is a band that predicates itself on having fun and reflecting on passing years. Their flickering memories are littered with familiar faces and good times. Throughout The First Six Songs, the band takes their cues from their influences, but avoid sounding stale or dated. The lyrics are built around conversational mainstays and foundations, elevating these ideas to their fullest potential as well as offering affecting significance to these images.

In “Neighborhood Well,” there is a touching sentiment to the idea of the history that is carried through objects usually considered to be arbitrary. In the use of a well as a device, the song allows mediums to be spoken beyond literal interpretation. It could be considered that a well maintains itself around its containment of secrets and truths. When taking that concept and reiterating it towards the sentimentality displayed in our daily interactions, perhaps we are all on an adventure to escape our safety nets. In doing so, we enact a means of unveiling our true selves to those that matter most.

Sundials are a band to be excited about. After sifting through The First Six Songs, I cant wait to hear the next batch of tunes they have in store for all of us.

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Wild Wild West at RVALUTION 18

Tonight is RVALUTION 18: Wild Wild West featuring Jackie O from DC. You can listen to her absolutely kill it on RVA RADIO Jackie O, "GRIND", she is coming to Richmond and cannot be missed. We are stoked to see her tonight at the Hat Factory.

If you like the photo above taken by our own Ben Muri, make sure to check out the whole set on his Facebook HERE. There are pics of monkeys, ringmasters and general craziness.

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Fangoria Debuts Municipal Waste "Acid Sentence" Video

Richmond ragers Municipal Waste have just released a new video for their song "Acid Sentence," from last year's Massive Aggressive LP (Earache Records). With its combination of slasher mayhem and thrashing madness, it looks like the best video you'd see on any given episode of Headbanger's Ball circa 1990--except a lot gorier. Therefore, it's fitting that the video premiered yesterday on fangoria.com, the internet home of the long-running magazine devoted to all things horror.

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