Every community needs a few traditions that are homegrown and represent the overall vibe of the people in it. Dominion Energy Riverrock is a great event. The Sport Backer Marathon races are a pain to drive around but hell yeah, let's get people healthy! But think...
It really amazes me when I think about the fact that Converge are still around and going strong. Back in 2001 when they were touring on breakthrough fourth album Jane Doe, my friends and I thought of them as longtime veterans who had survived way longer than we ever expected of a hardcore band. And that was 16 years ago! This year, Converge...
I admit I’ve never been the biggest follower of bluegrass music. That said, I always enjoy this sort of stuff when it comes across my radar, and I enjoy it even more when bands push their boundaries and spread their wings a bit. Therefore, when I saw that Chatham County Line’s Electric Holiday Tour was coming through town later this week, I...
I went to see Thor: Ragnarok the other night, and caught a really awesome trailer for The Last Jedi before the movie. I know it’s out today, but I must admit, I’ve been slacking on keeping up with the Star Wars franchise over the last few years. Those prequels in the late 90s definitely made me feel a bit burned, and I just haven’t bothered to...
A Raisin in the Sun at Virginia Repertory Theatre FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 11, 2018 The November Theatre Lorraine Hansberry’s Tony award-nominated domestic drama follows the story of the Younger family, as they discover the dangers of dreaming big and the heartbreak of reality. GET TICKETS (804) 282-2620 Times vary. Visit va-rep.org for...
The Broadberry will host No BS! Brass Band’s annual canned food drive for the third year in a row on Friday, Dec. 8. This is the band’s 8th Annual Canned Food Drive event benefiting the Central Virginia Food Bank, FEEDmore. The show will be at The Broadberry, 2729 West Broad Street, with doors opening at 8pm. Tickets are $12 dollars in advance,...
Join us once again as we collect toys and raise money for TOYS FOR TOTS this holiday season. Strange Matter December 7th, 2017 8pm -2am Performers: Gritty City Noah-O Black Liquid Michael Millions Tef Wesley Chance Fischer Segga Spiccoli Reppa Ton Ant The Symbol Hosted by Been Official Music by Swerve 36 A donation of a toy or $5 for entry....
I’m always stoked when TSOL come around. This LA punk band got started at the dawn of the 80s by fusing that early American hardcore punk sound, what with the stripping down and the speeding up, with a dark, doomed consciousness that soon took them in a far more gothic direction–at a time when goth wasn’t even really a thing yet. Early work like...
Hey hey, it’s Parker Gispert from The Whigs! Only this time, he’s not coming to town with the Whigs in tow; instead, he’s out on a solo tour, bringing his songs to the Camel’s stage in their most minimal form. Even though Gispert has been bringing the rock with the Whigs for years now, he’s apparently always started out conceiving of his music as...
I spent the 90s being really into quirky, chaotic hardcore bands who stepped outside the usual cultural mold around that genre to challenge preconceptions and make people think while they slam-danced. And since I was living in Richmond then, too, one of the bands I paid the most attention to in that vein was Action Patrol, whose brief existence...
