This Friday, The Head and The Heart will return to the stage in Richmond for the first time in awhile by headlining the new Allianz Riverfront Amphitheater with their biggest local show to date. While the band originally formed in Seattle, two of its founding members,...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, February 2 & Saturday, February 3, 8 PM Cory's Big Sloppy Hate Fest Round 2, feat. Day 1: Charmer, No Mas, Jars Full Of Blood In Hell: Action Unit III, War Bonds, Cremains; Day 2: Uncle Buck, Nerve Rot, Kryptcest, Van Hagar, Musket Hawk @ McCormack's - Free! Guess who's back? OK yes, the show column is back after a...
United Blood Festival is making its way back to the Canal Club this April 6 and 7 for the 12th year in a row, and the just-announced lineup has people losing their shit. The headliners are just the beginning--the broader lineup as a whole reflects the strength and richness of Virginia's hardcore tradition. Virginia has cultivated a following when...
“True Rock. True with no E, Rock with no C -- Tru Rok.” This is the sound of Richmond's Flight Club. “Tru rok, if I had to say it was one thing it would be Foo Fighters meets Four Year Strong -- 'Foo Year Strong',” said guitarist Charlie Mahoney when describing the four-piece band's music. “Cause it has that aggressive bouncy part of it from Four...
Mix And Meet is an event created by recording artist Money Makin Campaign, his producer, The Few, and business partner Adolphus Ingram. It’s an industry mixer open to the public, and to any genre of music and arts. Richmond artist Campaign had done some touring with AddVentures Music, a company that provides production and promotion help in...
In a newly released video by Overcoast Music, the “Virginia is for Lovers” campaign goes metal with an eight-minute long performance by homegrown Richmond metal band, Inter Arma. At first glance, the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) seems comedically juxtaposed against the sludge metal sound of Inter Arma, but a closer look at Richmond’s rich...
Richmond is a town thriving with music from all genres and sub-genres. Whether it is punk, hardcore, metal, indie, emo, rap, or hip-hop, bands always need to figure out a way to stand out in a scene packed with other bands. Dog Lagoon has managed to do so. This up-and-coming 2000s emo-meets-Julien Baker indie-punk band from Richmond is one that...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, January 19 & Saturday January 20, 7 PM both days Be Bad Weekend @ Strange Matter Day 1: Doll Baby, Kenneka Cook, VV, Listless, Wabeya, Magnus Lush, Madison Turner, Talk Me Off, Ice Cream Support Group DJs - $10 Day 2: Haircut, Serqet, Gumming, Dazeases, Locker Room, Liu Light, Itsy Bitsy, Butt, DJ Dogpants - $10 It's...
The best foil in a story is one under the perfect contrast, it’s opposite. A white bold text shows best on a black canvas. On Sunday night, on a cold bitter night, an audience waited patiently, dispersed murmur. A rather coy man walked up to the mic, calmly introduces himself and precedes to show the best title in its respect: On the screen sits...
Richmond's Southern-Americana rock band, Big Mama Shakes are back and shakin' things up you could say with some pretty extensive plans to reshape themselves this year. Since forming in 2013, the five-piece has entertained intimate crowds at Capital Ale House, held down a regular residency at The Camel, played alongside big-name acts like Dirty...
