As Halloween time comes circling in around us, the leaves fallen and brown, local rock band Roughshod has released “I Can’t Be Your Girl” with an aptly timed horror-themed music video. The video starts in a desolate, misty wood, the four instrumentalists of the band...
FEATURED SHOWSunday, January 19, 9 PMChief Tail, Suppression, PCP Parade @ Bandito's - Free!It's a funny thing about musicians -- the most talented and original of them are often the type of people who live at the extremes of society. And for that reason, some of the best bands ever have also had some of the most chaotic, unhinged, and...
Hiss Golden Messenger's music may be hard to explain in a single sentence, but as bandleader MC Taylor tells us, that's entirely intentional. Assigning a genre to Hiss Golden Messenger is a difficult thing to do. Elements of folk, gospel, rock, roots, Americana, and country are all embedded somewhere in the makings of the Durham, NC-based outfit....
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week we're bringing you an encore presentation of a playlist made for us last year by Citrus City Records. We've been big fans of this label here at RVA Magazine for quite a while, and they've got a lot going on so...
FEATURED SHOWSunday, January 12, 8 PMCitrus City X Hidden Sound Showcase, feat. Ty Sorrell, Kwallah the God, Kemal, 90Wyse, Billy Capricorn @ The Camel - $8 There are a whole bunch of labels with perennial one-to-watch status here in Richmond, but Citrus City Records is always right at the top of that list. Releasing everything from indie-pop and...
RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, featuring a conversation about all things crossover between Iron Reagan's Rob Skotis and Enforced vocalist Knox Colby. On the heels of their debut LP release this summer, Enforced is amping up their name in Richmond and throughout metal and hardcore scenes with their latest...
RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, in which Spacebomb Records founder Matthew E. White and his longtime musical compatriot Reggie Pace discuss the label's path to its current status. Journey into the world of professional record-making with White as he discusses the journey of founding Spacebomb. The...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a totally essential playlist from influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's comes to us from the youthful, hyperkinetic Richmond trio known as Toward Space. While it's been over a year since their LP, Gently With A Chainsaw, graced us all with its rollicking, out-of-control, super-fun...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, January 4, 9 PMDjanuary, feat. Stu Kindle, Sweet Potatoes Music, The Pop-Up Duo, Lil Jimmy & The Robinsons @ The Dark Room - $5Well folks, it's 2020. We made it through another holiday season -- and another decade -- alive, and it's time to get our bearings and ease into yet another year here in Trump's America. And...
RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, in which we learn how Richmond's Young Flexico has wound through a career of video production, rapping, and recording by sticking true to himself in his work. “I try to have fun with it. The point of this is to do this stuff, and we don't want to work normal jobs and...
