Getting lost in it. Really loving this week's lineup, all sorts of different stuff, dancing to it all. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy at griffin@rvamag.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMzV4llPgMs&t=51s...
For the last year, pianist and singer-songwriter Calvin Brown has been working on a solo project under the name Calvin Presents. Best known for his work with artists like Kenneka Cook, Angelica Garcia, and Steven Boone, he said the inspiration for his solo work comes straight from the headlines that he tries to ignore. “As much as I try to avoid...
The latest extended play from The Demos, "If You Only Knew," gives you the dreary Monday morning pick-me-up you didn’t know you needed. With a 60s-inspired musical bounce and aesthetic, their newest indie power pop piece by the same name feels nostalgic, but the type of nostalgic that a 20-something-year-old would feel–someone who didn’t actually...
Just over a year since we last met, Carbon Leaf is back for a summer show at Maymont. I sat down with band members Terry Clark and Barry Privett in their suburban Richmond home studio to catch up on their new projects and the trials and tribulations they've faced over their long career. Carbon Leaf has been a mainstay in the folksy,...
Dormant, the latest extended play release by Richmond band Hoax Hunters, addresses blurred lines between art and politics. The band’s previous release, 2017’s “SAD!” was a reaction to the virulent political discourse of the 2016 presidential election, but their latest work takes a more nuanced approach to the topic. The new tracks are ostensibly...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, July 14, 7 PM Vinyl Conflict 10th Anniversary Celebration, feat. Night Birds, Dark Thoughts, Gumming, Scarecrow, Talk Me Off @ Gallery 5 - $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets HERE) I had no idea Vinyl Conflict had been around an entire decade now. Why, it seems only yesterday that the store's original owner,...
Virginia's Pusha T and his new album Daytona is a savagely brilliant rescue to an already miserable summer. Produced entirely by the erratic and perpetually provocative Kanye West, the album, which only clocks seven tracks with a run time of just over 20 minutes returns us to the world where it all began with Pusha in the early 2000s–look no...
In the summer of 1979, Petersburg funk band Trussel made it to the #23 spot on the Billboard charts with their song, “Love Injection,” an infectious disco groove that became a national hit. The song was especially popular in gay bars in New York City, like Paradise Garage and The Loft, where pioneering DJ Larry Levan made it a nightclub staple....
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, July 7, 7 PM Dumb Waiter, Piranha Rama, Naked Pictures @ Champion RVA - $6 Happy birthday, America! Or what's left of it. Things are kinda going to hell out in the world, what with the guy running against Tim Kaine for a VA Senate seat having ties to white nationalists, Trump getting a chance to push the Supreme Court even...
Strawberry Moon is part of who Katie Bowles is. The young band was the brainchild of her obsession with music, and wanting to create her own “stuff.” “I've been in some weird, crappy relationships with musicians who were not always super supportive of you making your own stuff and are looking for that support themselves,” Bowles said. “It felt...
