Richmond gets it. More than any other city in Virginia. So here’s your Weekend Frequency, a reader-curated playlist, built for the city, by the city. This week’s playlist comes from Marilyn Pham. "Summer is around the corner, which means more...
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Platinum-recording artists Migos literally shook the Altria Theatre last weekend
You’ve heard “Bad and Boujee,” the number one song in the country, but you truly haven’t heard it until you’ve heard it live. Initially, I was skeptical about a major rap act in the Altria Theatre. I had seen Travis Scott perform there some months prior and the weight of his audience in the pit caused the floor to become unstable,...
RVA’s power pop/grunge band Fat Spirit to drop new record ahead of spring tour, catch them 4/14 at Hardywood
A splendid mix of dark power pop, shoegaze and grunge, Fat Spirit’s newest record is one you need to add into your rotation if you aren’t hip to them already. The four-piece, which consists of Ian McQuary (guitar), Matty Seabass (bass), John Graham (vocals/guitar), and Robert Lindstedt (drums), will drop their new album Nihilist Blues April 16...
Reggae artist Matisyahu discusses his latest EP and upcoming projects before Tuesday’s show at The National
The rapping, beatboxing, reggae star, Matisyahu, came into fame in the mid 2000s with his chart topping sophomore album, Youth, as the “Chassidic Rapper.” Six years after posting a beardless picture on Twitter captioned “Sorry folks, all you get is me…no alias,” Matisyahu has been just that – beyond novelty; a complex, creatively...
RVA’s Venus Guytrap bids farewell tonight at Strange Matter
RVA’s Venus Guytrap will be calling it a day this evening at Strange Matter. In a short span of time, the group articulated several ideas that resonated strongly with listeners around the Richmond music scene. For many, the first song heard by the group was what might have appeared as a protest of an establishment in town. After a few...
RVA’s Spacebomb Records signs local gospel trio Resound, releases powerful new track, ‘Black History’
Jessica Fox, Mariah Hargrove, and Joseph Clarke are no strangers to singing. The long-time friends have spent time in recording booths providing backing vocals to other artists until they were called to take center stage, so to speak. The local gospel trio, known as Resound, released their first single, “Black History,” in February and they...
RVA garage rock group Sports Bar drops new self-titled 7″ record
Sports Bar’s new self-titled 7” dropped in February, and it’s time to realize what you’ve been missing. The garage rock group, consisting of Kemper Blair (bass), Stuart Holt (drums), Mark Miller (guitar), and Brent Delventhal (guitar), have been gracing Richmond with their electrifying tunes for years. Blair and Miller, the prominent...
Broccoli City Festival brings massive hip hop and R&B acts to DC to spotlight urban blight
Problems of urban blight, food deserts and ultimately gentrification plague poorer neighborhoods of color at disproportionate rates. Simply put, lower-income city neighborhoods put more precedence on surviving urban-ills than living sustainably, as a trend. To address that issue in our Nation’s Capital, two young visionaries set out to...
Atta Girl’s new ‘Betty’s Begonia’ EP offers indie-realness as a love letter to a missing loved one
This city’s no stranger to powerful femme voices and local indie punk band Atta Girl fulfills all your spunky female singer/songwriter needs with their new EP, Betty’s Begonia. With RM Livingston as the vocalist, Darien Day on guitar, Carl Athey on bass, and Chris Carreon on drums, the 4-track album is a fast-paced yet powerful and personal...
Seven artists manipulate everyday images into art in Candela Books & Gallery’s exhibit, ‘CHOP SHOP’
Through various processes of manipulation, six international and one Richmond artist aim to transform everyday images in Candela Books & Gallery’s latest exhibit, CHOP SHOP. All of the works in the group exhibition have been altered through digital manipulation, but each one has been “chopped” or changed through some medium whether it be...
