This week is insane. We’ve got the insane cello goblin, some insane performers like Shagg Carpet, and bands like Drook that are just insanely good. If I’m going to a show, I need it to be insane. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an epic, glorious playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This weekend, we're flying high and going hard with a playlist from Harsh World, a Virginia rapper with ties to 804 and 757. Also known as Chef Boyarbing, Harsh World, who has an EP coming soon...
As Inter Arma gears up to release their latest album, we catch up with lead vocalist Mike Paparo for a look into their inspirations on the new cover tracks. Richmond’s Inter Arma has something new for the city’s music scene, and it’s unlike anything they’ve done before. Garbers Days Revisited is releasing on July 10, and the eight-song cover...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an epic, glorious playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's comes to us from up-and-coming Richmond rapper Yung Sums, who has made a name for himself around town as a battle rapper with strong displays at Southpaw Battle Coalition events,...
Virginia Beach's Berries have used the quarantine to put together some new tunes, but what they really look forward to is playing shows again. Berries is a five-piece band out of Virginia Beach that evolved from the high school recording project of singer and guitarist Chris Ledbury. They just put out a new album called Soliloquy Road, and miss...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an epic, glorious playlist curated by Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, we've got a great one from Doe The Paperboy, aka D.O.E., an independent hip hop artist hailing from Petersburg, who recently released his second album, The 2nd Harvest. It may have just...
In the time of COVID-19, Silent/Music Revival are bringing their unique combination of local music and silent film into the digital realm. Silent/Music Revival has been a staple in the Richmond music and film community since 2006, but like so many things in the age of the quarantine and the COVID-19 pandemic, this long-running live event has had...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a wonderful, awesome playlist curated by Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's comes to us from The Silent Boys, a long-running indie-pop group from right here in Richmond, who've been making music for over three decades and are releasing their latest LP, entitled...
Reppa Ton's new EP on Gritty City Records, A Flower In The Pot, shows the veteran RVA rapper weathering the storms of life and finding new ways to grow. It’s been five years since we last caught up with RVA’s very own Reppa Ton, and a lot has changed since the last time we spoke with the Gritty City Records rapper. New singles, new videos, and...
D.T. Jones wraps his head around Hot Tropic, the brobdignagian 6-hour quadruple LP released a couple years back by zany musical experimentalists Reptile Tile. “One does not simply listen to Hot Tropic. Its black tones are guarded by more than distortion. There are beats there that do not sleep. Reptile Tile is ever watchful. It is a music...
