Japanese art-punk trio TsuShiMaMiRe brought their long-running experiment in sound and spectacle to Get Tight Lounge last week. Formed in 1999 in Chiba, Japan, the group has carved out a global cult following with music that darts between jagged punk riffs, bursts of...
For a band quintessential to the pop punk burst of the early 2000s, Say Anything has been vigilant in its capacity for recreation - for holding true to a fundamental attitude, which could be described as sentimental amity behind an impish smirk, without epitomizing the sound that once made them the generators of angsty anthems like those from the...
If you’re new to the world of instrumental metal music, you may not have heard of DC's Animals As Leaders, a reference to Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael. And if you’re new and near a device like most people are, you might soon find yourself, jaw dropped, seeing this trio of progressive musicians with advanced playing techniques unfurled, slicing through...
Most metal-savvy people in Richmond are at least somewhat aware of Cannabis Corpse, and are therefore aware of Josh Hall, or Hallhammer, through his drum work with Cannabis Corpse and Six Feet Under. On the other side of the recording booth, Hallhammer has also made a name for himself through work with Municipal Waste, Bat, and Iron Regan and if...
Richmond is getting doused in sludge on August 8 when The Melvins grace The Broadberry with their brand of punk jams. The Melvins, forming in the 1980s, have been a staple of punk music since riding the waves of Washington grunge popularity into national embrace. The Melvins, not far from their 2016 release, Basses Loaded, an album featuring a...
Most metal-savvy people in Richmond are at least somewhat aware of Cannabis Corpse, and are therefore aware of Josh Hall, or Hallhammer, through his drum work with Cannabis Corpse and Six Feet Under. On the other side of the recording booth, Hallhammer has also made a name for himself through work with Municipal Waste, Bat, and Iron Regan and if...
With the release of their sophomore EP, Worst New Artist, RVA’s Clever Girl taps into a classic punk drive with a pop feel. Momentum does not waver through the five-song EP however, a dynamic rhythm section and thought out guitar thwarts any dullness. Clever Girl is made up of Ryan Cacophony (bass/vocals), Chris Durgin (drums), Derek Shelton...
“If you hold my beer, I think I can make it,” I said to Ben. Handing him my beer, bracing myself with his free hand, I stretched as far as my legs would go to make it from the pillow on the floor up to the tiny recliner where he was perched, feet carefully up in the seat. When I made it without falling or touching the floor, the room erupted in...
“If you hold my beer, I think I can make it,” I said to Ben. Handing him my beer, bracing myself with his free hand, I stretched as far as my legs would go to make it from the pillow on the floor up to the tiny recliner where he was perched, feet carefully up in the seat. When I made it without falling or touching the floor, the room erupted in...
With the release of their sophomore EP, Worst New Artist, RVA’s Clever Girl taps into a classic punk drive with a pop feel. Momentum does not waver through the five-song EP however, a dynamic rhythm section and thought out guitar thwarts any dullness. Clever Girl is made up of Ryan Cacophony (bass/vocals), Chris Durgin (drums), Derek Shelton...
