The GIANTS! Exhibition Preview Party was last night at VMFA, and for the first time in my 20+ years moving within Richmond’s arts scene, I saw a mix of people I honestly didn’t expect to ever share the same room. High-end collectors, street artists, curators, younger...
Last Friday and Saturday nights saw the 12th Annual United Blood Festival take over The Canal Club in Shockoe Bottom. United Blood is a hardcore fest, showcasing an offshoot of punk rock known as hardcore due to its heavier, more metallic sound, its tough, no-frills presentation, and its street-level lyrical realism. Beginning in various American...
RVA Fashion Week’s spring events may be kicking off in just a few weeks, but the series isn’t the only event this month shedding light on emerging local artists in Richmond’s flourishing fashion scene. This weekend, Serene Culture will hold its 2nd Annual fashion show at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to showcase underground local, and...
Tired with the glorification of mumble rap? Well if you are like me and grew up listening to godfathers like Jay Z, Nas, and more, this empowering new album may just be right up your alley. Up-and-coming Richmond rapper Radio B released his 16-track concept album, Jesus Never Wore a Suit (JWNAS) early last month with producer JL Hodges (formerly...
A teenager is planning an upcoming "March for Our Guns" rally at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach this month. In an interview with Wavy TV 10 in VB, 15-year-old Aiden Jackson said he was interested in planning the rally after seeing the publicity "March for our Lives" generated nationally. Jackson, a freshman at Ocean Lakes High School, in an...
In a rare turn of events, last Wednesday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Dominion Energy’s request to extend seasonal tree cutting along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline path (ACP), the proposed 600-mile natural gas line running from West Virginia through North Carolina. Dominion Energy was originally given until March 14 of...
Facebook, every time you sign in it starts. One of the hallmark achievements of our century, this segway into a new evolutionary age of connectivity; designed to be a banner of equality to distance us from the imbalance of power. Every post to your status, you’re continuing the excavation into this new wonderland, while you lean back in your...
late ass FREE gig!! deciding to retire from booking after this one, come celebrate sinai vessel (tiny engines, nc/tn sweet southern boys with too much talent)- https://sinaivessel.bandcamp.com/ doll baby (rva legends here to hold it down)-https://dollbabyrva.bandcamp.com/ padfoot (rva/vb you’d be a fool to not know)-https://padfoot.bandcamp.com/...
The WHEAL (https://exhibitionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wheal-s-t) will be gracing our establishment with dark synth rhythms and ambiance all the way from Paris, France. A Hunting Dog casts queer propaganda as sarcastic industrial commentary, sonic and otherwise, with Richmond's favorite dystopian DJ CELL SAGA closing out the night. Your...
Super exciting lineup for late April... Flying somewhere under pop, jazz, synth and ???, Philadelphia-based Son Step brings wonderfully dreamy-catchy-groovy tunes, somehow precise and mathy all at once. If you think they sound cool, just watch them play live. Check them out at sonstep.com and in person with us on the 27th! Shormey is coming up...
