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, August 18, 8 PM Bad Magic, Big Huge, Candy Spots, Kid Claws @ Strange Matter - $5 in advance/$7 day of show (order tickets HERE) Jet Trails Music is becoming a more powerful force in the local live music community by the week, and I for one am here for it! There are a whole bunch of booking agencies in this town who have a...
This article was featured in RVAMag #29: Summer 2017. You can read all of issue #29 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. LOCAL Blame Blame Blame by Blame Blistering d-beat hardcore from a band of straight-edge punkers with an enthralling sense of melodicism. There are hints of metal in their songwriting foundation, maybe...
There are few bands like Camp Howard that have left such an impression on the city of Richmond. In the span of two short years, the band has received unanimous acclaim within the scene and beyond with their smart approach for writing eclectic indie rock numbers. In their work, they display a penchant for understanding and focusing on their...
For a band of its size and youth, Big Baby can please a room. At last night's show at Sound of Music Studios in Scott's Addition, the band shared the stage with Big Quiet, Big Bliss, and Serqet. Big Baby closed off the night with a softer, more pop-infused sound than the previous bands. The trio, comprised of Ali Mislowsky, Chris Smith, and Brian...
The twee-pop scene of Richmond has a fresh face from local band Big Baby. The band’s second EP, Sour Patch, was dropped on July 15. Mixing lo-fi vibes with pop-y vocals and harmonies, Ali Mislowsky (guitar, vocals), Chris Smith (guitar), and Brian Dove (drums) providing music lovers with the pop charm we need. “It’s this movement opposing the...
FEATURED SHOW Sunday, August 13, 8 PM DRI, Sunlord, Cruelsifix, Enforced, 3:33 @ Strange Matter - $15 (order tickets HERE) Trends in the world of metal come and go (and that's true no matter what some "anti-trendy" metalhead might tell you). However, if the last 35 years are any indication, it appears that thrash is evergreen. Speedy drumming,...
Some of Richmond's finest musicians will bring their acts together for the first time on stage at Dominion Arts Center next month. Matthew E. White, Natalie Prass Tim Barry, Bio Ritmo, and Clair Morgan will headline RVA Live! a showcase put on by The Broadberry and Richmond Symphony designed to incorporate the musical arts of all genres and...
“My spirit is rattled inside” - No Malice Prison. The idea is so embedded in the American consciousness that it is hard to conceive of an America without it. This thought remained with me as I drove towards the penitentiary in Chesapeake, Virginia. Even more so, since I was accompanying a musician who famously inaugurated an entire sub-genre of...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, August 4, 8 PM Don't Look Back Fest, feat. Clair Morgan, Navi, Keep, Smoke Break, Good Neighbor @ The Camel - $6 in advance/$8 day of show (order tickets HERE) The kitchen fire that closed down Don't Look Back a month or so ago has created some awful situations. For one thing, a whole bunch of people are out of work. For...
