“‘Pink Pony Club’ is about embracing exile from a boring, shitty world and remaking yourself into whatever you want—be who you are, be who you aren’t, piss people off, we don’t care!” The Berzerker Blöthar Richmond legends GWAR are back on The A.V. Club’s A.V....
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...
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...
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...
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...
After five years as a band, No Moniker has a brand new name. But the indie tunes the band has delivered throughout their career thus far remain as catchy as ever. If you reach deep within yourself, you may find the need to rush into the unknown. That’s what Jordan Scott, frontman for Richmond, VA band No Moniker, did. Fresh out of college, he...
FEATURED SHOWThursday, February 6, 8 PMCary Street Cafe's 25th Anniversary & Big Ol' Whoopty Doo feat. Whistler's Mother, Craigslist Jerry @ Cary Street Cafe - Free!This column is ostensibly about music, but if you want to get technical about it, it's really about shows. And sometimes the best, most important show of the week is about way...
On the latest album by his longtime solo project, Sincerely Iris, Todd Murray has found a new, heavier sound and learned the wonders of having a backing band. It’s a new move for Todd Murray in a lot of ways. It’s a location change, it’s adding a band, it’s a new sound, and it’s brand new creative challenges. In his creation of the strong yet...
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 Lotus, the instrumental progressive band who've spent the past twenty-plus years cementing their legacy with powerful live shows around the country and all over the world. They're...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, February 1, 6 PMSnack Truck, Ultra Dolphins, Order @ Hardywood - $20 suggested donationWhoa boy, this is a real treat. While the mid-00s in Virginia underground music is better remembered today for Municipal Waste's party thrash and the no-frills USHC of the No Way Records crowd, the fact is that a whole bunch of really...
