Given our current political predicament, no line in cinema feels more relevant than when Bob Hauk, the police commissioner in Escape from New York, says to Snake Plissken, “The president’s gone missing.” To which Plissken coolly responds, “President of what?” ...
Legendary clown princes of punk, The Dickies, have been making music since 1977. Legendary clown princes of punk, The Dickies, have been making music since 1977. Stan Lee, the band's guitarist, told RVA Mag about how the San Fernando Valley punk scene came to be in the 70's, despite some people regarding it as “irreverent noise”. “At the time it...
Start gearing up for the debauchery, the antics, drunken depravity, guts and blood shed because the 6th annual Gwar B-Q will be upon us next weekend. Start gearing up for the debauchery, the antics, drunken depravity, guts and blood shed because the 6th annual Gwar B-Q will be upon us next weekend. The extravaganza is three days of madness and is...
Acclaimed alt-country musician and Richmond native Drew Gibson returns home this Wednesday for an intimate show at The Tin Pan and while it w Acclaimed alt-country musician and Richmond native Drew Gibson returns home this Wednesday for an intimate show at The Tin Pan and while it will be the first time many in town will see him live, the...
Virginia artist Phill's latest track "Fauxlove" recently premiered on MtvU.com. Virginia artist Phill's latest track "Fauxlove" recently premiered on MtvU.com. It's the newest material from his upcoming EP Phillmysoul, which he plans to release this October. "Fauxlove" is a melodic song that takes a sincere, raw look at the good and the bad of...
Despite now having two albums under their belt, Radioactivity still have some very big shoes to fill. Despite now having two albums under their belt, Radioactivity still have some very big shoes to fill. Rising from the ashes of the acclaimed punk band The Marked Men, the Texas quartet was naturally going to have an uphill battle once they...
With the June release of their debut album, Dead Weight, RVA trio Sea Of Storms has grabbed quite a bit of attention in the underground scene. As a result, you could be forgiven for thinking that these guys are new to the music world. However, nothing could be further from the truth. This article ran in RVA 21 Summer 2015, to check out the entire...
Four-piece band The Blue and the Grey have a sound that’s very genre-bending and a sound you wouldn’t want to close off into one little box. Four-piece band The Blue and the Grey have a sound that’s very genre-bending and a sound you wouldn’t want to close off into one little box. Some of its whimsical and folksy, other times it’s...
This Saturday at Hardywood, minimalist dance musician KATTIE will debut her uniquely crafted sound to a This Saturday at Hardywood, minimalist dance musician KATTIE will debut her uniquely crafted sound to a Richmond crowd that will surely be unprepared for what's to come. Describing KATIEE'S style at first is almost a contradiction when you use...
LA's darkest electro-noise-pop project HEALTH is about to release their third album, Death Magic, on August 7th, but you can hear the entire LA's darkest electro-noise-pop project HEALTH is about to release their third album, Death Magic, on August 7th, but you can hear the entire record now on NPR's First Listen through the link below. Do it...
