New energy, new life, more shows, more sounds. Don’t give up, give ‘em hell! That being said, 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=PWaDWxd9TEo Box Factory, Crush, The...
Five years ago, unknown artist Nu3ra Ness performed at The National, the sold-out venue’s crowd were in awe of the up and coming hip hop performer, loving every bar from him. At least that is what Nu3ra Ness (pronounced New Era) thought until he turned around and saw Future standing behind him and realized that’s who the crowd was really cheering...
Egghunt Records' Feral Conservatives have been on our radar since the Virginia Beach punk/indie pop band released a short political film "Twenty-Eight", targeting Donald Trump. Since then, the group put out the well-received album Here's To Almost, come back from a Southwest tour, added a band member, and earlier this month, dropped a new LP,...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, November 11, 5 PM Antiphons, Private Cry, Castle Of Genre, Twin Drugs, Groovy Movies @ Hardywood - Free! If there's one takeaway from the Richmond music scene in 2017, it's that the whole Citrus City crew just keeps going with a high rate of great stuff. Antiphons are further proving this with their brand new EP, the...
Canadian DJ Rezz accomplished her mission of bringing peace through music as she blew the crowd away at Friday night's show at the National. Sporting her signature spiral glasses, Rezz had fans hypnotized with her tunes. Promoting her Mass Manipulation album, the show featured many songs off the DJ's debut album. Hearing the single “Premonition”...
When you think of Richmond jazz in 2017, Butcher Brown is one of the first names that springs to mind. The group has been making moves and churning out funky grooves in the scene since 2012 and on Nov. 17, the quintet is set to release their latest material, Live at Vagabond, a live performance album via Gearbox Records. The six-track album...
FEATURED SHOW Saturday, November 4, 7 PM Ladygod, Rikki Shay, Ben Shepherd, Cool Moon @ Flora - $7 They've cultivated an air of mystery around themselves throughout their time in the RVA scene, which stretches back at least three years now. Releases have been few and far between, with too few songs on them. It's always been hard to pin down who...
EDM lovers get ready for a mass hallucination as Canadian DJ and producer Rezz will take you through a mind-altering experience you don’t want to miss. The 22-year-old, whose real name is Isabelle Rezazadeh, is kicking off her world tour for her debut studio album Mass Manipulation and will be making a stop in Richmond this Friday. The Mau5trap...
I don’t think I was mentally prepared for how great Primus’s Wednesday night performance at The National was going to be. Going into the sold out show, I had almost no idea what to expect. I had seen videos of their old concerts, but a lot of what you can watch was from the 90’s, and I was expecting the band to be slightly jaded or their...
There was a point in 2003 where Long Island's The Movielife felt like an unstoppable force in the melodic hardcore scene. With the release of their second full-length, Forty Hour Train Back To Penn, their audiences were growing and they were finding themselves on bigger and bigger tours. Then, spontaneously, the band broke up without even as much...
