I love Christmas time shows, everyone's cold so they all pack in together, maybe you're at Punks for Presents, maybe you're seeing your friends play their last show of the year. We got a lot of great stuff this week as we close out the year. Got a show coming up? New...
Nine Pillars Hip Hop Cultural Fest, Charlottesville's own homegrown hip hop festival, returns for its third year with more hip hop music, art, and culture than ever. Returning for its third year, Charlottesville’s Nine Pillars Hip Hop Cultural Fest begins Monday, April 22 and continues throughout the week, closing with a block party on Sunday,...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #36, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. Segga Spiccoli is only in his mid-20s, but he's been a visible and productive member of the Richmond hip-hop community for quite a while now. I got a chance to sit down with the East End rapper shortly after the release of his latest project, The...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, April 20, 8 PMBattlemaster (Photo by David Morton), Sinister Purpose, Horse Culture, Doll Baby, Shormey @ Gallery 5 - $6 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets HERE)This year 420 falls on a weekend, and for quite a few of y'all out there, that's a particular cause for celebration. I may not choose to partake in the...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops an absolutely amazing playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. Our playlist this week is by Toxic Moxie, the dirty disco punks who've been beloved by Richmond for most of the past decade. Having created several EPs worth of outstanding tunes that won the heart of...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #36, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. After being on the road for more than a week, Nickelus F and I left Chicago for the midwest leg of our tour and headed south to its final shows. After a short stop in Lexington, Kentucky for a pop-up show, the next day we found ourselves riding...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, April 12, 9 PMHorsewhip, Infant Island, Eliza Battle @ Wonderland - $5The loss of Strange Matter at the end of 2018 was, as everyone reading this knows firsthand, a devastating blow to the Richmond music scene. We were really feeling its departure in January of this year, when it became a real struggle some nights to find a...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around we're getting jams from an excellent local purveyor of dusted psychedelic grooves. Book Of Wyrms released their debut LP, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, a couple of years ago, and they're currently...
FEATURED SHOWThursday, April 4, 5 PMSports Bar (photo by Samuel Dixon Photography), Tommy And The Commies, Les Lullies, Nightcreature @ Hardywood - Free!I've teased Sports Bar within this column in the past for being slackers. If you've been reading for a while, you surely know about it; I've even gotten emails from the band themselves about it...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, with all the excitement surrounding the return of Avail on July 19th at The National, we decided to dig back into our archives and bring you the excellent playlist Avail's exuberant...
