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Yngwie Malmsteen’s Asteroid-Level Force Hits The National

The National wasn't exactly packed when Swedish guitar maestro Yngwie Malmsteen hit town on a recent Sunday night. But Ryan Kent was there, and he brings us back this report of stellar Stratocaster shredding. It would’ve killed us all had it made impact. Twenty-seven...

Nothing Loves You

Philly shoegazers Nothing will be coming to Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House on Tuesday, bringing some unlikely holiday harmonies along with their haze of melodic guitar noise. As breaks from the holiday madness go, this should be a particularly refreshing...

Giving The Gift of Music, RVA-Style

We all know how tough it can be to get someone a really great gift, especially if you don't want to just order some mass consumer product from an online mega-retailer. This year, though, Kieran Cleary has a locally-oriented solution -- give the gift of music. One...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: December 8 – December 14

FEATURED SHOWPunks For Presents 2021Night One: Friday, December 10, 8 PMImaginary Toys, X-Mas, Toy Division @ Wonderland - $10 (order tickets HERE)Night Two: Saturday, December 11, 7 PMBouncing Coals, It's A Wonderful Lifetime, Santa Day Real Estate, International...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: December 1 – December 7

FEATURED SHOWSaturday, December 4, 7 PMColin Phils, Houdan The Mystic, The Late Virginia Summers, Shapes In The Water @ Black Iris - $6 (order tickets HERE)It sure is nice to see local music surviving and thriving in our post(?)-pandemic world. Live music shutting...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: November 24 – November 30

FEATURED SHOWFriday, November 26, 9 PMButcher Brown, Michael Millions, Chance Fischer, Teddy Belafonte @ The Camel - $15 (Order tickets HERE)Saturday, November 27, 9 PMButcher Brown & Nigel Hall, Sam Reed, Kenneka Cook, Charles Owens @ The Camel - $15 (Order...

The Remains Of The Day

When George Wethington headed to the Broadberry for an early November evening of live music, he was thinking about the aging process -- specifically as it applied to him. He applied those reflections to appraisals of headliners the Districts, Atlanta artist Girlpuppy,...

Richmond Bids Farewell To Steady Sounds

Steady Sounds owner and longtime Richmond music scene figure Marty Key is moving to another state, and with his departure, we must say goodbye to one of Richmond's best record stores. Richmond is not only losing an Arts District staple but a significant creative contributor to our community. Owned and operated by Marty Key since 2010, Steady...

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Birds Flyin’ High: Weekend Playlist by Harsh World

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...

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Survival Of The Fittest: Weekend Playlist by Yung Sums

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,...

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Sweet, Sweet Berries

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...

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Guess Who’s Back: Weekend Playlist by Doe The Paperboy

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...

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Silent/Music Revival Goes Viral

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...

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Taking You With Me: Weekend Playlist by The Silent Boys

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...

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Hip Hop In Full Bloom

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...

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