In 2018, Marc Rebillet showed up at The Camel in Richmond, a 200-cap room with sticky floors and a knack for producing nights that linger longer than they should. He wore robes then silky, gaudy, ceremonial things and improvised entire sets out of loops that seemed...
When Shormey Adumuah started writing songs in her Chesapeake bedroom at age 14, she never anticipated releasing tapes or playing sold out shows. “My goal was to put a song on SoundCloud and have it get maybe like 500 plays, 100 plays,” said Adumuah, who performs as Shormey. But in this year alone, Shormey has already released Boogie Tape Vol. 1...
The lights on the stage cut out. Roars filled the crowd. That’s when it became clear that this wouldn’t be an ordinary show. The 1975 graced the stage of Virginia Credit Union Live on Wednesday, May 22 with no intention of being any less than they played themselves up to be. Lead singer Matty Healy stated, “We are objectively the best we’ve ever...
It’s no secret that Richmond has a prolific crop of hip-hop artists working to build on and expand elements of the genre – from scene stalwart McKinley Dixon’s full band jazz-rap, to Alfred’s sample-heavy, forthcoming Topshelf Records debut. The hard work and influence of these local heavyweights hasn’t just raken Richmond by storm, but...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops an absolutely amazing playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, WWE superstar Mickie James brings you a heaping helping of champion sounds to get you through your long Memorial Day weekend. You may be familiar with James' exploits in the...
With Shagwuf's Sweet Freakshow, the Charlottesville surf-garage band celebrates five years of advocating for safe spaces, being vocal about intersectional issues, and rocking out. Gutter-glam swamp-rock band Shagwuf is on a mission. The Charlottesville-based trio hopes to recreate inclusive safe spaces across the East Coast, and change the...
FEATURED SHOWSunday, May 26, 12 noonJonny Z Fest 2019, feat. Kenneka Cook, Washers, Gull, Josh Small, Night Kid @ Hardywood - Free!It's hard to believe that it's been 12 years since we lost Jonathan Zanin, known to all and sundry as Jonny Z. To get personal right out the gate, he was a longtime friend, and I still can't think too much about his...
Michael Millions is an up-and-coming hip-hop artist and music engineer whose roots are planted and thriving in Richmond. It’s the city he refers to in “Sirens,” on his 2018 album Hard to be King, as “once one of those capitals where those murders be.” It’s a calm Wednesday evening in the city’s East End, and at the beginning of a dead-end street...
The movers and shakers of Fredericksburg’s music scene are younger than you might expect. Fredericksburg All Ages is a non-profit organization run by and for the youth of the city, and since 2006, it has been one of the primary sources for live music events, as well as other fun events like improv shows and coding and digital arts classes, in the...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops an absolutely amazing playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This one comes to us from Blessed, a British Columbia-based band who remind us with their music that, yes, Canada really is pretty far north. They'll be bringing their gothic, metallic postpunk to The Camel...
