COMMUNITY

These pop-savvy veterans of the Richmond indie scene have done time in such groups as Prabir And The Substitutes and The Awesome Few, and that experience shows through in their complex, brainy, but most importantly catchy power-pop tunes. Think The Strokes or the...

This young Richmond band has been together for a relatively short amount of time, but are creating quite a buzz with their off-kilter brand of soul-infused indie rock. The sunny, cheerful-sounding music calls to mind recent popular indie groups, such as Vampire...

It’s appropriate, perhaps, that it’s been raining all week in Richmond. One of our most forward thinking, locally oriented establishments has been forced to close it’s doors. I am writing, of course, about Sprout. It’s hard to find a single negative review of Sprout...

Sept 10-11th RVA Magazine and Phull Entertainment will host the first annual RVA Music Fest! Nothing like this has ever been done within the Greater Richmond Metro area since long before your moms mom could remember. With forty five local bands, two nationally touring...

Coming to Richmond by way of Lubbock, Texas, The Diamond Center bring the influence of the warm, hazy West Texas climate to their music. Their psychedelic epics evoke the feeling of high noon in the desert, while the voice of frontwoman Brandi Price provides the same...

Former Substitutes frontman Prabir Mehta takes his new backing band in a different direction; incorporating violin and double bass, Goldrush's music adds folk, country, and classical music influences into Prabir's power-pop sensibility. At points they sound like Lou...

CAPS (Community Assisted Public Safety), the well-intended but poorly utilized task force who brought an end to live music at Rumors Boutique and threatened to close down Gallery 5 two years ago, have popped up again in the Richmond arts community. Last week, city...

Monday, 9/5 Ross Harmon Memorial Show (pictured above) & Tribute CD Release with Jim O'Brien, Novios/Rabbits (joint set), Jeff Williams, Teddy Blanks (DJ set) @ Edo’s Squid (411 N. Harrison St.) Monday, 9/5 Jack of Hearts (photo by Denys Meak) @ Steady Sounds Records...