This week is insane. We’ve got the insane cello goblin, some insane performers like Shagg Carpet, and bands like Drook that are just insanely good. If I’m going to a show, I need it to be insane. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I...
Last year, the inaugural Stone's Throw Down in RVA brought major act Lettuce and several prominent bands such as the London Souls and The Bright Light Social Hour, along with Richmond staple No BS! Brass Band to Brown's Island for an all-day festival of music, local and regional breweries, food trucks, and more. The beer and music festival from...
Local film collective RVA Track continues to show us how much musical talent there is right here in our town with its monthly live music video series. From McKinley Dixon to Saw Black to Kenneka Cook, the crew over there does a great job of capturing different bands and musicians performing in intimate settings and sessions. The group recently...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia's (or the UK's) most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week UK actor, Samuel Roukin, from AMC's "Turn: Washington Spies," "Harry Potter", "Agents of SHIELD," and "Salem" brings you an EDM playlist that will burst your eardrums, shatter your lousy...
Last night there was rain, thunder, lightning, and then there was Cole Hicks. Sometimes a great night will have a sense of destiny, some purpose that shakes us from the mediocrity of our everyday lives - last night's musical showcase at The Camel felt like that. With Richmond squads like the Association of Great Minds ripping up the East Coast,...
Richmond's alt-psych duo Illiterate Light has been on our radar since RVATRACK premiered their live music video for the song "Better Than I Used To" back in the spring. Most recently, the Harrisonburg natives have been busy goofing around with the folks over at GOOD DAY RVA to create a silly and fun video for their song, "Here Lie The Bones Of My...
There is undoubtedly a difference between the musical influences associated with the east coast versus the west, but what happens when they merge? Los Angeles-based rapper Peter $un released his EP, “Valencia,” giving Richmond a taste of what it sounds like to be bi-coastal. After releasing his 2017 album, “Beautiful Piece of Shit,” the...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, August 31, 8 PM Inter Arma, Valkyrie, Genocide Pact, Paint Store @ Strange Matter - $12 in advance/$15 day of show (order tickets HERE) The summer is drawing to a close. The fall semester is starting, Labor Day is upon us, and the constant stream of awesome shows that makes summertime one of the most fertile periods of live...
You may not be familiar with the name Holy Roller or even know what it is, but you will definitely recognize some of the faces in this four-piece band that has recently made its debut, with an album slated to drop this fall. Holy Roller is a new project from the guys of former Southern rock band Big Mama Shakes, who performed their last show...
A little "post-punk, a lot of psychedelic, a little bit of krautrock and shoegaze." If that splendid mix of music doesn't pique your interest then there's no hope for you. That's how Fat Spirit guitarist Ian McQuary described their latest sound when we caught up with the band last year. The Richmond four-piece was just about to drop their album,...
