Paul Willson - Heaven Reaches (paulwillsonmusic.com) Paul Willson’s new album, Heaven Reaches, was recorded at Montrose Studios over this past spring and is now available online. For those of you who don’t know Paul, he is the diligent organizer of the monthly...
Welcome to RVA Magazine's Top 25 Albums Of 2013! This is our first year doing an end of the year list, and hopefully not our last. Before we get into our top 25 albums of the year, here are five albums that didn't quite make the cut, but are still worth your time and...
“I know it might come across as cliche, but I find inspiration in everything. Good artists excel most when they recognize patterns that are social, philosophical, physical, historical, political etc. An artist’s ability to utilize these patterns to provide delight or...
Heavy Midgets, one of the best new indie-rock groups to arrive on the RVA scene in the past couple of years, blew us away with their 2012 split LP with Tungs, Sisters. Since then, though, there's been very little new music from the Midgets camp, and some of us (not...
Hard Stripes – Hard Stripes (Vinyl Conflict Records) The ability of hardcore bands, even some of the best in the genre, to sound strikingly similar to a decidedly recognizable set of influences yet still retain a compelling intensity is one of the greatest elements of...