Turnstile returned to Richmond on Wednesday, and it felt like Brown’s Island could barely contain them. The Baltimore hardcore outfit has long since broken past genre borders, crafting songs that reach across generations of music fans. Last night, they looked every...
Last week was a double kicker for Diamond Youth, the Baltimore-based alternative rock band. Their new EP, Shake, was released on Tuesday the 4th by Topshelf Records, and they started their tour with Turnstile, Turnover, Blind Justice, and Angel Du$t the next day at Strange Matter. Like their other albums, Shake is far from disappointing. With its...
Duane Denison started out studying classical guitar before hitting the scene with The Jesus Lizard, a daring noise band that never really got their due amid the alternative craze that defined the 90s. Denison has also performed with Hank Williams III and Firewater, among others. In 2001, he started Tomahawk, a brazen rock band boasting Mike...
When we last checked in on the shape-shifting, convention-defying, mighty, musical mystery that is Datura Blues, we had been shaken by the seismic sonics emanating from their Pacific Northwest locale, shaken in particular by their commanding EP entitled Damn These Shackles of Gravity! At the time, we were at a loss to properly describe the...
Update: According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, an autopsy revealed that Cory Smoot died from a coronary artery thrombosis, brought on by his pre-existing coronary artery disease. The medical examiner found no evidence of drugs or alcohol in his system, concluding that Smoot's death was due to natural causes. The Richmond music...
RVA magazine planned to do a story about Richmond metal and wanted to interview Randy Blythe of Lamb of God and myself. I thought well we’re friends so why don’t you just have us interview each other? They went for it and the following is what took place.Thanks RVA! RANDY: And we are rolling, here. We are at City Dogs in Richmond, Virginia. TONY:...
What can one say about Slaughterama that hasn’t already been said? It’s loud, it’s rowdy, and most of the time, it’s the kind of muddy, beer-soaked fun that you can only have in Richmond, VA. Slaughterama started seven years ago with 60 kids in an Oregon Hill cul-de-sac. It has grown into an epic three-day weekend of bike events whose main event...
If you’re anything close to my age (30), there’s a small collection of bands that have been a part of all our lives for a good number of years. You’ve probably spent over half of your life listening to some of them, even the ones that you weren’t necessarily all that fond of to begin with. These bands, over time, become a part of the lexicon of...
PJ Sykes has been taking photos around town for a few years now. Consistently and diligently documenting the local scene in black and white, his photographs present the community from the perspective of someone independently involved. There is no sense of assigned coverage. His images are captured glimpses of the concert experience, the silence...
My photography has become the way I give back and respond to the world around me. In the streets, in the clubs and in the studio, photography allows me to make art and tell stories in ways I never would have been able to experience without it. When I discovered the craft in high school, long before it became my everyday, photography was an...
