Sat beneath a shifting sun and a canopy teeming with chittering cicadas, Madison Turner and I ran the gamut. I first heard of her while I was covering the local music scene for a VCU student publication, and her angsty, self-critical, maniacally upbeat tunes spoke to...
FEATURED SHOW Tuesday, December 4, 6 PM Negative Approach, Battlemaster, Shadow Age, True Body, Slump, Unmaker, Serqet, Gumming, Loud Night @ Strange Matter - $15 (order tickets HERE) The holiday season is here, but for the Richmond music scene, it's a sad time, as perhaps our most reliable mainstay for live music over the past decade is going...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around we have an excellent selection of tunes from local hip-hop producer Ant The Symbol, whose latest album, The Motions, came to us earlier this summer from Gritty City Records. His gifted musical ear and knack...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, November 23, 8 PM The Big Payback, Weekend Plans @ The Camel - $10 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets HERE) Hey Richmond, it's Christmas time! Well, OK, it's still the day before Thanksgiving as you read this, but we all know what comes the day after Thanksgiving: Black Friday, the longstanding kickoff to the...
Last Saturday at the Meridian Coffeehouse, a long-running cafe and musical venue on the William & Mary campus, the crowd was alive with music. It was a jazz and hip-hop night, and Richmond musicians Kaelan Brown and The Blue Chips took the headlining spot. Per Meridian rules, Brown warned the crowd not to jump because the aged building could...
Free-form psychedelic band Crazy Doberman's on-again, off-again presence in Richmond has galvanized the local experimental music scene. The group has played several shows this year alongside Richmond DIY noise and experimental musicians. Crazy Doberman features a revolving door of collaborators in addition to the original seven-piece lineup, but...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, our playlist comes from a man who should need no introduction for the record-buying faithful of Central Virginia: Bobby Egger, the proprietor of Vinyl Conflict. Located in Oregon Hill, Richmond's leading punk...
FEATURED SHOW Thursday, November 15, 9 PM Forward, Headsplitters, Loud Night, Cement Shoes @ Flora - $10 Burning Spirits. To most, perhaps, it's a vaguely paranormal-sounding phrase with no real significance beyond that. But for the diehard punks and hardcore kids in the know, it is a password to some of the wildest, craziest, and greatest...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. While you circle-pit through your weekend trepidations, let Richmond's punk pioneer, Beau Beau from Avail, guide your nocturnal machinations in whatever direction they need to go on this gloomy November...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. When Ian Svenonius and I started talking about ISIS, I knew my interview questions were dead. Originally I planned on talking with him about the musical movements of the mid-20th Century. Instead, I found myself veering into uncharted territory; a...
