Twenty years of Halloweek. Twenty years of fake blood, fog machines, and people insisting “Halloween’s their personality now.” And you know what? We respect it. For one glorious week, Richmond drops the pretense and remembers who it really is, a city that loves...
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...
FEATURED SHOW Sunday, October 28, 7:30 PM Titus Andronicus, Ted Leo @ Capital Ale House Music Hall - $20 (Order tickets HERE) It's Halloweek, and the main thing everyone knows to expect this week is tribute shows. All sorts of different musicians from all kinds of different local bands regroup in new and fun configurations (or maybe even in the...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by influential artists, musicians, and institutions. As you slide through your weekend maneuver, let the playlist of NYHC legends Sheer Terror take you on an unexpected musical voyage which is sure to give you enough soul to battle any of those lingering night-time doubts. Get...
L’Amour was one of the first punk bands to come out of Richmond, Virginia. Now, nearly forty years later, a collection of the band’s recordings is being released on local label Beach Impediment Records. Look to the Artist: 1978 - 1981 is an anthology that includes the band’s 1979 single as well as recordings from the same studio session and...
FEATURED SHOW Sunday, October 21, 7 PM OH SEES, Escape-ism @ The Broadberry - $15 in advance/$18 day of show (order tickets HERE) Oh goodness. Where to begin with OH SEES? They've been Thee Oh Sees. They've been OCS. They've been Orange County Sound and Orinoka Crash Suite. For their past two albums, they've been OH SEES (in all caps). But...
Johnny Rotten, one of the original purveyors of all things punk, is, these days, apparently Making America Great Again (MAGA). The punk icon, who has been living in Los Angeles since the days of the Sex Pistols, was spotted ahead of a show in Louisiana wearing the dreaded MAGA shirt while hanging out of a window having a pre-gig smoke. The Sex...
