Sat beneath a shifting sun and a canopy teeming with chittering cicadas, Madison Turner and I ran the gamut. I first heard of her while I was covering the local music scene for a VCU student publication, and her angsty, self-critical, maniacally upbeat tunes spoke to...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, July 21, 10 PM PT, Fan Ran, BC Music 1st, Reppa Ton, Rah Scrilla, Johnny Ciggs, Starr Nyce, Ben FM, Been Official @ Emilio's - Free! Richmond hip hop is an endless well of delights. There are so many different corners of the scene that merit keeping up with, and it can be tough to give equal attention to it all. But if you...
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...
