Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Whole lotta Camel shows and a whole lotta local powerhouses. I feel...
The return of live music to Richmond in the post-pandemic era brings us the return of New Orleans bounce legend Big Freedia, who'll take Richmond's Pride Month celebration to the next level this Friday at Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House. Just in time to kick it up a notch for Pride Month, Big Freedia is bringing her famous New Orleans...
Richmond alternative rockers Gold Connections follow up on last fall's Ammunition EP with a brand new song, "Confession," which drops today and is sure to get your weekend moving. Today, Richmond's Gold Connections are releasing a brand new single, “Confession,” which features Will Evans of Charlottesville's Stray Fossa, on hi-hat and toms. If...
Fifteen years ago, Ryan Kent interviewed Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe for RVA Mag. Fifteen years later, they reconvene for another conversation about everything that's changed and everything they've learned over the past decade and a half. I haven’t gotten much better at interviewing bands in the 18 years since I started doing so, and there...
Richmond's Butcher Brown has been on a roll as of late, which is impressive considering the worldwide lockdown, but they kept their music out there and grew their fanbase. Not easy. The guys launched their YouTube series #MothershipMonday and stayed connected during the pandemic. They hit national level news when ESPN reached out to create the...
Veteran Richmond musician and photographer PJ Sykes releases his first solo album, Fuzz, on May 7. In the run-up to the album's release, Jason Olsen caught up with PJ to talk gear, music, politics, and the old Shoney's on Staples Mill Road, among other things. It’s rare to find a voice that’s both smart and true, and rarer still to find one with...
It doesn't happen every Friday night any more, but occasionally RVA Mag still brings you a super-fun playlist from Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. Our first playlist of the Biden administration era comes to us from Washers, a Richmond melodic indie-punk trio featuring members of quite a few bands you've probably...
The pandemic still rages, so Eyehategod have not returned to Richmond yet. But their new album, A History of Nomadic Behavior, gives local sludge-metal fans something to look forward to. Ryan Kent speaks to Jimmy Bower and Mike IX Williams about the new album, their billboard in NOLA, and more. Maybe sometime today, you'll need to pull your...
With the debut EP from his new mostly solo project, White Beast, musician and filmmaker Jeffrey Rettberg is hoping to inspire introspection in the minds of those "who have drifted into radical right wing ideology." Jeffery Rettberg produced a lot of music at the beginning of quarantine, but he had no immediate plans to release it. Then came the...
With her first solo album in a decade, Sally Rose is getting back to her Americana roots. But don't worry, she's still a rock n' roll riot grrrl at heart -- and she's bringing some much needed queer femme representation to the world of country music. In a year in which the world of local music has seemed frozen, somehow Sally Rose has managed to...
