Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Blues is on the menu today, sprinkled in with some hardcore and a...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's comes to us from Richmond metallic punk band 3:33, who are releasing their new EP, Jaws Of A Wolf, this weekend with a killer release party on Saturday night at Wonderland. The EP is their first new material...
FEATURED SHOWPrsmcat Birthday Bash MinifestFriday, January 24, 8 PMSpooky Cool (Photo by Joey Wharton), Deau Eyes, Kate Bollinger, SHE Saturday, January 25, 8 PMSleepwalkers, Majjin Boo, Castle OG, Hollywood Cemetery@Poor Boys - $12 in advance/$15 at door/$20 two-day pass (order tickets HERE)It's my birthday today; I am 44 years old, which means...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's installment of this long-running series is brought to us by none other than Mikrowaves, an all-star band featuring a variety of the city's musical household names coming together for a multi-genre party...
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...
