Last weekend in Richmond, Remi Wolf took Brown’s Island and didn’t give it back. Her sound doesn’t fit in a box — pop, funk, soul, indie — all smashed together and dragged through the dirt. Openly fluid, proudly weird, she’s built a world where you don’t ask...
Moogfest aims to bring an incredible experience to Durham, North Carolina, next month, even if
Somewhere between Ty Segall and Lou Reed sits RVA's Pete Curry. Somewhere between Ty Segall and Lou Reed sits RVA's Pete Curry. With jangly guitar riffs and droning vocals, Curry offers a unique-twist on the fuzz-pop genre and his new video for "1998" reflects that... as well as a love for Winona Ryder. “Winona Ryder was someone I was really fond...
Well known and ever-evolving RVA beatmaker DJ Harrison can always be counted on to release material that's unique to make us get out of our comfort zone. On Friday, the man behind Jellowstone Records will release Slyish, a nine-track cassette of fuzzy lo-fi sounds and vocals dedicated to the funk man himself, Sly Stone. With it's hazy, record-on...
Camp Howard is probably a band you have seen before. And there’s a reason for that. When I first got into the music scene here in RVA Camp Howard frontman Nic Perea is a name that I heard constantly. It seemed like he and his band were playing every venue every night of the week, and they basically were. The band, once called Nic Perea, has since...
A number of RVA musicians and bands will be heard in Blacksburg, Va. this weekend at the fifth annual Rock the Blocks Music and Arts Festival. A number of RVA musicians and bands will be heard in Blacksburg, Va. this weekend at the fifth annual Rock the Blocks Music and Arts Festival. Founded in 2012, the Rock the Blocks Music & Arts Festival in...
Check out these sweet shows coming up at The Camel this month: Check out these sweet shows coming up at The Camel this month: April 4 Dirty Dishes, What Moon Things, Don Babylon, Candy Spots. 8:30pm, $10 April 5 EARLY: Bachelor Boys Showcase. 7pm, FREE! LATER: Rec Room: Live Local Beats. 9pm, FREE! April 6 EARLY: Mo’ Mojo. 6pm, $10/$12 LATER:...
Check out these awesome shows coming up at The Broadberry this month: Check out these awesome shows coming up at The Broadberry this month: April 5 Crowbar, Dead & Dreaming, The Medusa, Uproar. 8:30pm, $12/$14 April 7 Steez Promo Presents: Mija. 9pm, $12/$15 April 8 The Congress. 9pm, $12/$15 April 9 Full Moon Fever: A Tom Petty Tribute Band,...
RVa's weird and wacky costumed rockers Imaginary Sons are back to their old shenanigans, alter egos included, and this Sunday the group wi RVa's weird and wacky costumed rockers Imaginary Sons are back to their old shenanigans, alter egos included, and this Sunday the group will release a new single from their upcoming album at Strange Matter,...
It's been a few years since members of RVA thrash-metal kings Municipal Waste took a hiatus and started perusing individual projects. It's been a few years since members of RVA thrash-metal kings Municipal Waste took a hiatus and started perusing individual projects. Local man-about-town and MW front man Tony Foresta found high levels of success...
