"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth" - Albert Camus Dispatch NUmber One: Salon de Résistance | presented by RVA Mag, Black Iris, and Le Cachet Dulcet Not long ago, salons were a catalyst for intellectual expression. Spaces where creators,...
Richmond hip hop producer NameBrand has worked with many of the city's top rap talents, including Nickelus F and Michael Millions. But his story is about a lot more than just beats and rhymes. NameBrand is a staple figure within the hip-hop culture of Richmond. Known for his versatility and dynamism as a sample-based producer, he has worked with...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, February 16, 8 PMSister Radio Fundraiser, feat. Black Plastic, BUTT, Black Naked Wings, Real Daggers @ Gallery 5 - $7 - 10 donation at the door It's often said in this day and age -- the radio sucks. It's such a known fact that I recently saw an entire documentary about it. But even if you haven't read deeply into it, you...
New EP Sweet Beast finds Virginia duo Illiterate Light becoming their best selves as they work to conquer the music world beyond their home state. Illiterate Light, the duo of guitarist/vocalist Jeff Gorman and drummer/back-up vocalist Jake Cochran, released their new EP Sweet Beast on January 18. For the fruit of over a year's worth of...
Every weekend, RVA Mag drops a banger of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, we've got a playlist from Gritty City Records majordomo Johnny Ciggs, who has been rapping, producing, and curating some of the finest hip hop this city has produced for most of a decade now. His latest EP, Hotel...
The newly-formed local folk ensemble is grappling with powerful emotions like loss and grief through the healing power of old-time harmonies. Sitting together in a circle, one band’s practice looks more like an old-time country jamboree than a rehearsal. Laughs are passed between them as they talk and tune their instruments by ear, plucking a...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, February 9, 8 PMThree Sheets To The Wind presents the 8th Annual Love Boat Luau @ The Broadberry - $12 in advance/$15 day of show (order tickets HERE)Valentine's Day is a difficult, fraught holiday. And I say that as a happily married woman -- imagine what the single people are all going through out there. Of course, a lot...
Reptile Tile is one of the most remarkable bands working in this era of music. They have enough musicians to start a soccer team. The core members all use cheeky pseudonyms: Terry Cloth, Ellen Degenerate, Ken Shiro, Kiwi Clementine, Bury White, Peter Chopoff, Tanith Fox, Door Ajar, and Lorenzo Mozo. They frolic through genres like sonic Scott...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops a ridiculously amazing playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around we've got a playlist from Manatree, the youthful Richmond quartet whose intricate melodies and complex latticework of guitar leads, synth burbles, syncopated percussion, and gorgeous vocals is both...
Take a ride to the improv crossroads of rock, pop, and funk with one of Virginia’s longtime visitors. Burlington, NC’s BIG Something uses the unique feng shui of their sound to build songs around movie characters, almost making them into comics with each lyric. “It’s almost like we bring the characters to life,” said Nick MacDaniels, lead...
