Instead of some quirky intro, all I would like to do today is point you toward the canned food drive happening at The Camel right now. The drive is intended to ease the burden placed on those suffering from the lack of SNAP benefits, so please donate if you can. Got a...
Richmond’s always been a great city for music, and that didn’t change one iota in 2018. If anything, it became a bit overwhelming — indeed, even the most comprehensively-minded local music nerd was likely to overlook a few things. While putting this list together, I found a few that I overlooked myself — and I’m sure you will as well. This list...
Richmond's always been a great city for music, and that didn't change one iota in 2018. If anything, it became a bit overwhelming -- indeed, even the most comprehensively-minded local music nerd was likely to overlook a few things. While putting this list together, I found a few that I overlooked myself -- and I'm sure you will as well. This list...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we close out a year of fine music with a playlist from local singer-songwriter extraordinaire Angelica Garcia. She received a lot of attention from her excellent solo debut, Medicine For Birds, released in 2016 by...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, December 28, 7 PM The Grand Finale, feat. Illa Styles, Kyle The Ghost, Big B, Yung Sums, June Elizabeth, Tyrone Leake Jr, Coffee Black @ Gallery 5 - $7 in advance/$10 at the door (order tickets HERE) If you're anything like me, your first thought upon seeing that they've titled this Gallery 5 hip hop show "The Grand Finale"...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's mix comes from DJ HOODY, one of RVA's foremost turntablists, who you've surely heard spin at many of your favorite clubs around town. He'll be hitting the decks on Saturday, December 22 (that's tomorrow night!)...
Marc Rebillet is a one-man show, a performance artist and “loop daddy,” and altogether one wild and funny man. Many will know him from his YouTube channel, which has been making the rounds on social media with such unforgettable hits as “Look at that ass,” “Chaos and Destruction”, and “Stop the Rape.” Videos like these have propelled him into...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, December 22, 9 PM L'Amour, Sick Bags, DJ Sam Slug @ Mojo's - Free (Donations appreciated) It's time to go back to the dawning days of Richmond punk -- long before White Cross or Death Piggy, back when punk hadn't yet become a pedal-to-the-metal speed competition, before it was all about rage and fury. Back in the late 70s,...
After the up-and-coming rapper got the National fired up, we sat down with Bri Steves to find out what motivates her in her nonstop climb to the top. The National was packed out the last day of November as hundreds of people lined up to see performances by singers H.E.R. and Bri Steves. The atmosphere in the dark venue radiated high-energy and...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's offering is presented by the illustrious Ace Stallings, who made his name in Richmond as the singer for local hardcore mainstays Break Away. He does quite a bit more than that, though, not only contributing vocals...
