Record stores have always been more than retail. People go in saying they’re just browsing, but that’s rarely the whole story. It’s a treasure hunt. They’re chasing a feeling. They’re hoping to recognize themselves in someone else’s taste. That’s why Plan 9...
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...
Today marks the long-awaited release of Deau Eyes' first full-length album, Let It Leave, on Egghunt Records. We caught up with Ali Thibodeau to get the full story behind her all-encompassing debut release. Creativity and positivity mesh in a stylistic rainbow with power and purpose in Let It Leave, Deau Eyes' first album. Deau Eyes is Ali...
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In the underbellies of Virginia’s smallest music communities, DIY scenes preserve hardcore and metal over generations in Roanoke and throughout Appalachia. Hardcore punk has been burning strong in the fabric of American music for nearly four decades now. What originated in the slums of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and within the urban...
To ensure that COVID-19 doesn't end independent live music as we know it, Broadberry Entertainment Group's Jessica Gordon has joined with some industry allies to form the Independent Promoter Alliance. The entertainment industry is going to need all the help they can get in the ensuing months. Not only are artists postponing or outright...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we're bringing you an encore presentation of a playlist put together for us a while back by Bobby Egger, the proprietor of Vinyl Conflict. As we discussed earlier this week here at RVA Mag,...
