Lots of my favorites out here this week. Great way to enter fall with a nice mix of atmospheric drone balanced out by some twangy fun. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit us up at griffin@rvamag.com....
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‘Love & Vinyl’ Is a Rom-Com Set and Staged Inside Plan 9
Record stores have always been more than retail. People go in saying they’re just browsing, but that’s rarely the whole story. It’s a treasure hunt. They’re chasing a feeling. They’re hoping to recognize themselves in someone else’s taste. That’s why Plan 9 Music makes sense as the setting for Love & Vinyl, a site-specific...
Richmond Live Music | The Wombats, Mighty Joshua, The Knee Hi’s & More
Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Another cold week in RVA, luckily we have some warm shows coming up. Got some big names and familiar faces that we have not seen in quite a while, I...
The Interview | Mad Skillz
UPDATE February 2nd, 2026: Mad Skillz has won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. You can read about that HERE. In honor of that win here is our interview with him back in December. ------------- "A life lived through music, is a life well lived." - Mad Skillz Mad Skillz is a journey. Nine hip-hop albums. Two poetry albums. Three Grammy...
Richmond Live Music | House and Home, White Beast, The Wayward Leaves, Artschool & More
Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Shovel your way to one of these gigs ‘cause I am sure you are also stir crazy from our time snowed in. Got a whole bunch of locals releasing a whole...
Richmond Live Music Picks | Butcher Brown, Nate Smith, Plunky, Division of Mind, Congress the Band & More
Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. As the new year rolls in, familiar faces return and new, ambitious acts step forward. All of it feels alive in RVA. This week, we’re looking at...
GWAR Go Full GWAR on Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club”
“‘Pink Pony Club’ is about embracing exile from a boring, shitty world and remaking yourself into whatever you want—be who you are, be who you aren’t, piss people off, we don’t care!” The Berzerker Blöthar Richmond legends GWAR are back on The A.V. Club’s A.V. Undercover for an unprecedented seventh appearance, because of course they are. This...
Richmond Live Music Picks | Justin Golden, Pissed Jeans, Cassidy Snider & the Wranglers, & More
Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Blues is on the menu today, sprinkled in with some hardcore and a bit of noise. We’re mainly looking at local artists this week, but we’ve got a...
Pusha T Headlines Spanberger Inaugural Event at 17th Street Market
Virginia Beach legend Pusha T will headline Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s Made in Virginia Market on Friday, January 16, as part of inaugural weekend events in Richmond. The Spanberger Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday that Pusha T will take the stage from 7:35 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the 17th Street Market, closing out an...
Photos | Heart of Winter Fest
An unseasonably warm Friday afternoon set the tone for Day 2 of Heart of Winter at The Canal Club, a strange but welcome contrast to the bleak, frostbitten sounds pouring out of the venue. Despite the mild weather, the atmosphere inside was anything but soft. Black metal and doom devotees packed the room early for a sold-out show, battle vests...
