Japanese art-punk trio TsuShiMaMiRe brought their long-running experiment in sound and spectacle to Get Tight Lounge last week. Formed in 1999 in Chiba, Japan, the group has carved out a global cult following with music that darts between jagged punk riffs, bursts of...
*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...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, November 10, 8 PM GWAR, Municipal Waste, Miss May I, Toxic Holocaust, HAUNT @ The National - $22 in advance/$25 at the door (order tickets HERE) Folks, it's time once again that we check in on Richmond's reigning masters of bloodthirsty metal from outer space. Everyone's favorite homicidal aliens, GWAR, will return to the...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. As you look for that sexy sweet freak this weekend, let Richmond's glam gutter punks, Shagwüf, take you on a thrill-ride full of mind-bending harmonic reverberations, suited for whatever your night-work needs...
On Halloween night, thousands gathered at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a tribute concert dedicated to the life of artist Mac Miller, who passed away in September from a rumored overdose. Miller’s closest musician friends hit the stage to perform his favorite songs and the songs they'd made together. John Mayer, Chance the Rapper, Miguel,...
As a hip-hop artist growing up on Richmond’s Southside listening to hip-hop, R&B, reggae, and jazz, I was not a fan of hardcore music. I would get exposed to alternative rock, punk, and hardcore mostly from my white friends and MTV. I couldn’t understand the ear-splitting instrumentation and random screaming for three to four minutes per...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, November 2, 8 PM Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds: The Final Performances @ The Carpenter Theatre - $67-107 (order tickets HERE) Richmond, we are in for a treat this Friday night -- one that is both rare and unlikely to come again. I suppose there's an outside chance you won't recognize Brian Wilson's name by itself like...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. It was late August but hot as early July when I rolled up on emcee Ver$ace Chachi, fresh off his tour of London, England. The globetrotting hip hop artist was meeting me on a block of West Broad Street on a typically muggy Richmond night. Normally,...
Morris Taylor, aka MoThoro, is back with another update on his Thorolyfe. Thorolyfe: Graduation is the third and final installation of the series (following Transition and Execution); it finds MoThoro dealing with everything from inconsistent friendships to the "pipe dream" stigma that plagues young hip hop hopefuls. An LA native, rapper MoThoro...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. As you grind through the pre-Halloween weekend shadows, let Richmond legend Nickelus F, guide your way with a robust playlist full of all the underground rap and hip-hop needed to brave this new world. Be sure...
