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Butcher Brown and the NPR Tiny Desk Session

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...

In The Toughest Year Ever, PJ Sykes Cuts An Album of Hope

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...

Dreaming Is Free: Weekend Playlist by Washers

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...

Nomads With Billboards: A Conversation With Eyehategod

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...

Music As A Weapon

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...

We’re Strong Apart, We’re Stronger Together

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...

Aesthetic Anarchy: Weekend Playlist By J. Roddy Walston

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we present a special throwback playlist from J. Roddy Walston, soon to be featured in the next print issue of RVA Magazine. A lot has changed for Walston since we first featured this playlist, back in October...

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True Body’s Heavenly Rhythms

For Richmond gothic punk quintet True Body, expressing themselves through music helps them find true freedom amid a repressive cultural environment. True Body in its truest form has no body at all. Aside from the bodies of five musicians and their instruments, the body of the music is formless, taking the shape of fog within the minds of those...

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VA Shows You Must See This Week: February 19 – February 25

FEATURED SHOWThursday, February 20, 7 PMBracewar, Division Of Mind, Combust, Mutually Assured Destruction, Guardrails @ The Camel - $15There's a lot going on in the Richmond music scene these days, within all sorts of different genres. And that's wonderful! But if you want to talk about the styles of music that have a fertile, longstanding...

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The Art Of Soundsmithing With Slipped Disc Audio’s Bill McElroy

Bill McElroy has been operating Slipped Disc Audio in Ashland for over a decade, but his love affair with the sound of music goes back a lot farther than that. For Grammy-winning soundsmith Bill McElroy, the art of sound engineering came naturally to him from a young age. “It’s almost always been audio,” McElroy recounts with a faint smile. “In...

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VA Shows You Must See This Week: February 12 – February 18

FEATURED SHOWSunday, February 16, 7 PMTalk Me Off, Doll Baby, Pedals, Xed Out @ Gallery 5 - $8 (order tickets HERE)Where music is concerned, Richmond always has a lot going on, and in recent years, that activity has spread across a more widespread spectrum of genres than ever. That's to be applauded. At the same time, this city would lose...

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The Clout Cloud Takes Poor Boys

With their recent event at Poor Boys, RVA hip hop collective The Clout Cloud graduated from house parties to club gigs in high-energy style. Richmond’s very own music and culture news collective, The Clout Cloud, hosted its first ever sold-out show at a local restaurant and bar, Poor Boys, on Tuesday, February 4. As this was their first time...

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You Want It Darker: Weekend Playlist by S. Preston Duncan

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's playlist comes to us from our old pal S. Preston Duncan. Now, if you've been reading RVA Mag for a while, you've surely seen Duncan's many contributions to the magazine over the years, both as a writer and an...

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The Band Is Family

Music means a lot to Richmond's Crain Brothers Band, but community, family, and fun are just as important. Deep family roots, community, and having fun are what The Crain Brothers Band is all about. Their slogan, “good music, good people, great times,” pretty well sums up the experience of people who have seen them over the past ten years since...

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