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RVA #31: The Evolution of Chance Fischer

It's been awhile since we last received a project from RVA rhyme-smith Chance Fischer. So when I heard he was about to release the Whisky Neat EP, I knew I had to catch up with him, preferably over the libations that inspired the title. Originally printed in RVA #31...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/3-1/9

FEATURED SHOW Friday, January 5, 8 PM Asylum, Incisor, Essex Muro, Future Terror @ Strange Matter - $8 (order tickets HERE) It's never too soon for the new year to start bringing us new records by great local bands--and the first big record release show of this year...

The RVA Videos You Missed in 2017: ROCK/INDIE/FOLK

It's been a great year in local music. The sound coming from our local scene has a cohesive quality that's pushing everything forward.  In looking through all these noteworthy videos coming out of Richmond, you get a sense that our town is making itself known all over...

The RVA Videos You Missed in 2017: HIP HOP/RAP/TRAP

For over a decade now, Richmond has had a varied hip hop scene supported by a small group of OGs that took it upon themselves to make a scene. Richmatic at the old Twisters (now Strange Matter) comes to mind as a good example of how it worked in the early 00s -- the...

The Triumphant Return of Action Patrol and Sleepytime Trio

The mid-1990s was an adventurous time for underground music, especially for punk, hardcore, and [scr]e[a]mo bands. Building off the vast musical foundations laid by the pioneers of the genre in the late 70s and throughout the 80s, the 90s emerged as a time of...

Ring in 2018 in Style With RVA Mag’s NYE Guide

Christmas has come and gone and we're nearing the end of 2017. It was a whirlwind of a year with highs and lows, and I think its safe to say many more lows this year than anything else politically, but we can only hope 2018 will be better. Now this post wasn't meant...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 12/27-1/2

FEATURED SHOW Saturday December 30 & Sunday, December 31, 8 PM New Year's Eve Weekend with The Southern Belles & Jackass Flats @ The Camel - Day 1: $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets HERE); Day 2: $25 in advance/$30 day of show (order tickets HERE)...

RVA #28: Self-Made & Singular: An Interview with Dazeases

I met up with London Perry, who performs under the name Dazeases, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Best Café on the sunny January Saturday that followed the president’s announcement of a Muslim travel ban. She and I talked for a little more than an hour, and near the end of the conversation, I mentioned that I’d been doing...

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RVA #28: Self-Made & Singular: An Interview with Dazeases

I met up with London Perry, who performs under the name Dazeases, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Best Café on the sunny January Saturday that followed the president’s announcement of a Muslim travel ban. She and I talked for a little more than an hour, and near the end of the conversation, I mentioned that I’d been doing...

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Those Manic Seas drop first full length culminating 7 years of work

It’s been a long, winding road for Those Manic Seas but after more than seven years the band is set to release their first full length LP, Telegenic. “This band and evolved and changed a lot,” said Daniel Medley, the drummer and manager for the band. Medley has since moved to Nashville, TN, and the rest of the band’s current lineup –...

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RVA Mag #28: Record Reviews (Part 3)

This article was featured in RVAMag #28: Spring 2017. You can read all of issue #28 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. If you missed Part 1 of our record reviews, you can check that out here. If you missed Part 2 of our record reviews, click here. Jens Lekman Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian) Lekman is a bit of a...

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RVA Mag #28: Record Reviews (Part 2)

This article was featured in RVAMag #28: Spring 2017. You can read all of issue #28 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. If you missed Part 1 of our record reviews, you can check that out here. Fly Anakin & Koncept Jack$on Chapel Drive Chapel Drive by fly anakin & koncept jack$on Give one listen to Chapel Drive and...

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The best inter/national music acts we discovered at MACROCK 2017

We spent an alternately chilly/beautiful/drunk weekend in Harrisonburg earlier this month and saw some noteworthy jams as part of MACROCK 2017. The annual festival that specializes in lesser-know but still noteworthy acts doubled down on the “lesser known” side which gave tons of breathing room for expectations. Sure enough, we...

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RVA Mag #28: Record Reviews (Part 1)

This article was featured in RVAMag #28: Spring 2017. You can read all of issue #26 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. Aerica Lauren If You Are Home, Welcome Home If You Are Home, Welcome Home. by Aerica Lauren Heart-wrenching songwriting by a sincere, gutsy, and ambitious artist who quickly asserts herself in a town known...

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