"When Nate first got on my radar, it was via SNACK TRUCK. Thanks to @falseidolstoys for this wonderful discovery. There were so many Virginia-based bands absolutely knocking it out of the park, really helping me and my bandmates in our project at the time, The...
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...
Springtime in Richmond: every year when the days get warmer, there’s an energy to the air as the locals slip into their summer routine. The warm weather has an unmistakable effect on this city. For many of us, these endless days are spent on the banks of the James. Thanks to Minor Poet’s Andrew Carter, there’s a soundtrack for that feeling. His...
The beloved story about the Boy Who Lived is coming to the Altria Theater in the near future. The soundtrack from the movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone will be played by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra on February 10, as part of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series. The movie itself will play on a large screen behind the...
There are a lot of mediocre bands in Richmond, yet McKinley Dixon is emerging as the face of what the music scene should be. Why? Because in a political age cast from the worst excesses of our own human nature, Dixon is making us confront our most unpleasant realities. Unlike other bands who lead us to believe that things are somehow alright, he...
