Shows, shows, shows. Got some big out of towners, some big locals, some good causes, and plenty of good folks. That’s what it's all about at the end of the day anyway. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, June 23, 6 PM Rock N' Roll Benefit for Daily Planet, feat. Toward Space, Ladygod, Long Arms, Venus Throw, Minimum Balance @ Sound Of Music - $10 donation Music isn't all fun and games. Often, it helps us get through our toughest moments, when we're struggling with some of the most intense emotional experiences of our...
Fresh off a two-week break after a mid-summer festival run, the East Hollywood indie rock outfit The Neighbourhood looks to resume the latter half of their tour through the East Coast, making a stop here in the River City tonight before continuing onto performances in Norfolk, and New Haven, CT. The band is touting their latest self-titled...
This past Thursday, Cold War Kids took the stage at The National, a mid-summer stop on their North American Tour since the April release of their live album, Audience. newest album, L.A. Divine. After catching the end of a madcap opening by the Regrettes, it would be another hour until the band would begin. Lighting over the stage revealed the...
Bill Draper is a fast talker. His grey blazer and slacks are a hair too large, and a worn cap conceals his unruly mop of gray-black hair. He speaks with a sneering, southern-tinged drawl that can be as sweet and funny as it is biting. It has been over 30 years since his band Insinuations called it quits, but he still speaks fondly about the early...
A night before they take the stage at Delaware's Firefly Music Festival, California's Cold War Kids will make a stop in Richmond as part of their North American Tour entertain us with that all too familiar sound we've come to love since they delivered their debut album, Robbers & Cowards 12 years ago. And tonight at The National, the jangly...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, June 16, 6:30 PM Saw Black, David Shultz, Graham Stone @ Hardywood - Free! Summer's here; it's time for long evenings out on the porch, watching the sun seemingly take hours to set as we all relax with some tasty beverages. I know, I know, summer actually doesn't start for another week, but here in Richmond, it might as...
It’s been five years in the making, but we finally have a debut album from Richmond brass ensemble, Brunswick. The 13-piece jazz orchestra is the brainchild of John Hulley, member of another little Richmond brass group who you may have heard of, NO BS! Brass Band. Hulley, a former trombonist in the VCU Pep Band, recruited the talents of his...
Earlier this month, nearly half of the row houses and storefronts on the 800 block of West Cary Street were demolished to make way for the construction of 805W, a controversial $18 million 100-unit apartment complex that will sit at the border of the Oregon Hill neighborhood on the corner of Laurel and Cary streets. The distinctive, historic...
FEATURED SHOW Thursday, June 7, 5:30 PM Doll Baby, Gladie, Hurry, Clayton England @ The Lilly Pad Cafe - Free! Let's start from first principles: music is the literal best thing in the world, y'all. Nothing else can be relied upon the way music can be. And music is best when you're seeing people make it right in front of you; that subjective...
