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Up All Night With Birds Again

Inspired by their own pent-up creativity during the pandemic, two Richmond musicians have joined forces to form an eclectic, energetic record label. Musicians typically spend evenings in crowded spaces, either playing shows or watching friends play shows. Or they’re...

Post Sixty Five Returns With New Single, ‘Middle Child’

Spurred on by pandemic-provided alone time and inspired by the loss of a loved one, the Richmond/Charlottesville indie-rock quintet brings us their first new music in three years. Over three years removed from their last release, Richmond-via-Charlottesville...

Keeping It Gritty

Johnny Ciggs may regret the goofy name he gave himself at the start of his hip hop career, but with his new album, Lighters and Lightbulbs, the Gritty City Records label head shows that his talent is no joke. Before Johnny Ciggs became a rapper and owner of Gritty...

Late Nights With Nancy Raygun

Richmond-based psychedelic indie trio Nancy Raygun bring their first EP into a quarantined world with the hope of spreading happiness through music, even in trying times. “Late Nights” opens with the sound of waves crashing on a beach, transporting you to the...

Inciting A Riot Of The Spirit

Holy River's latest single, "Spirit Riot," spotlights the two-years-and-counting struggle of the Yellow Finch Forest Blockade and their work to shut down the Mountain Valley Pipeline. It also rocks. If you were to travel to the forests of Southwestern Virginia, you’d...

A Musical Message That’s Long Overdue

Dust's multi-genre collaboration mixes Afrobeat, hip hop, and digital experimentation to create a musical message of progress toward civil rights and away from institutional racism. As social issues and civil rights have become more prevalent in the city, many local...

Perfect Posture: Weekend Playlist By PJ Sykes

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a truly fantabulous playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we've got a set of tunes from PJ Sykes, a veteran musician and photographer who's been making noise around...

AARNxBRWN: The Prodigal Son

Recording artist and producer AARNxBRWN dropped a new video and has a new album on the way. His musical journey over the summer coincided with a quest to find himself and justice for his people through protests and activism. Before this summer, rapper/producer Aaron...

Slow Death: Weekend Playlist by Toward Space

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...

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VA Shows You Must See This Week: January 2 – January 7

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...

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Inside Flexico: The Mind, The Rise

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...

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All-Night Party: Weekend Playlist, NYE 2020 Edition

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a totally essential playlist from influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, the whole staff got together to celebrate the end of the year and the decade with a killer mix of party jams to keep your body moving well into the new year. From classic disco, funk, and soul jams to modern hip...

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VA Shows You Must See This Week: December 26 – December 31

FEATURED SHOWSaturday, December 28, 10 PMThe Return of Sp***** Ed and the Sh****** @ Cary Street Cafe - $10This week's show column is entirely focused on that weird end-of-year week between Christmas and New Year's Day -- that week we all are so sure will be a total loss that plenty of businesses shut down entirely until the new year rolls...

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VA Shows You Must See This Week: December 18 – December 24

FEATURED SHOWThursday, December 19, 7 PMGritty City For The Kids 5, feat. Gritty City Records (Photo by Jake Cunningham), Segga Spiccoli, Radio B, 3WaySlim, Reppa Ton, Scuba, Bandolero, Illa Styles, Versace Chachi, Shawn Mike, Starr Nyce, A.Day, Gritty City Sound Machine @ The Camel - $10 (order tickets HERE)Y'all, when you're the editor of a...

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Crime Pays: Weekend Playlist by The Flavor Project

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, we've got some tunes selected for your enjoyment by The Flavor Project, a wide-ranging ensemble featuring some of the most talented musicians Richmond has produced in recent years. It's led by...

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Strangers Forever

The Menzingers' sold out performance at The Broadberry last week was a dream come true for true-blue fans of the veteran melodic punk band. Those unsayable words that anyone with a favorite song has heard: “You know you’re not in the band, right? You know you don’t know these people, right?” “Yes, mom. I know I’m not in the band.” She’s smiling,...

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