Read the first chapters HERE. May 8th, 2025 RHIB crew about to head out. Photo by Kenya-Jade Pinto The call came over the night radio channel to prepare for rescue at 4:40am. A small fiberglass boat with about 50 people on board, according to Alarm Phone. The bridge...
Most car reviews focus on things such as handling, price, gas consumption, reliability, and other essentials of new car purchases. But Top Gear's review of the new Ford Fiesta, which should be available some time next year, goes above and beyond, asking extremely important questions such as What if I get into a car chase with a badguy in a...
There are fresh tracks. There are fresh videos. And then there's this, Jackin' My Fresh by Black Noise. If you like dope rhymes, great integration of animation into live film, and electro, this video is for you. And for the love of deep bass, check out their myspace (linked above) for more tracks, and if you spin, they're on BeatPort, too....
There are few pieces of serial art I love as much as I truly adore every last one of the three thousand, one hundred and sixty comic strips of Calvin and Hobbes. The humor, lessons in zen, honesty, acceptance and simplicity, and easily the finest watercolors ever to grace the sunday edition. Watterson himself changed the sunday comics format...
After digesting his fill of psychedelic drugs, the music of the Carter Family and some heavy riffage from AC/DC, John Bellows released an album in 2005 called Clean Your Clock on a handful of CD-Rs and head full of ambition. Now several years later Moniker Records has found the recording and has decided to put it out as a re-issue. After...
RVA Radio bringing the best deejay sets of the interweb to bounce to. We find em and post em. RVA Radio bringing the best deejay sets of the interweb to bounce to. We find em and post em. Big timer Frankie Chan is a one man wreaking crew and promotions machine. An audio rumble full of bangers, grinders, and anthems sprinkled with tribal. Check...
Dubstep, a form of electronic music that we here at RVAMAG absolutely love, is starting to take over, it would seem. We've seen dubstep tracks on car commercials, for crying out loud, and we all know what happens when the popularity rises for electronic music. To make sure everyone is on the same page, here's an instructional video on how to...
Gypsy Punk. Hell yes. I'm hoping to see these crazy guys play on New Years in Charlottesville. I've never seen them before, and have been told that I'm missing out- and it looks like that's the truth! Gypsy Punk. Hell yes. I'm hoping to see these crazy guys play on New Years in Charlottesville. I've never seen them before, and have been told that...
A great set that layers sonic textures and rides a disco-rave beat for over an hour. A great set that layers sonic textures and rides a disco-rave beat for over an hour. It flip-flops between dance floor heavy to electro depressing, maybe that's why he named it "When It Rains, It Pours." Check out more from Turbotito at www.myspace.com/turbotito...
Wilco: The Album wilcoworld.net Wu Tang: Enter The Dubstep wutang-corp.com Wilco: The Album wilcoworld.net Wu Tang: Enter The Dubstep wutang-corp.com Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird: The Fire Next Time jonathanvassar.com NOBS Brass Band: Alive In Richmond nobsbrass.com Iron & Wine: Around The Well ironandwine.com RVA Magazine writer and...