Music is the lifeblood of our city. The late-night sets, the sweat-soaked venues, the dusty record bins filled with sonic treasures and hidden frequencies. Richmond gets this— more than any other city in Virginia. So here’s Weekend Frequency—a weekly,...
“Sick of long sets, tough guy personas, and exclusive scenes,” probed the Swamp Fest official website. “Sick of long sets, tough guy personas, and exclusive scenes,” probed the Swamp Fest official website. Everyone that intuitively nodded along as they read the first line is in luck. This weekend, August 8-9, marks the first annual celebration of...
Richmond's Sleepwalkers dropped their album Greenwood Shade last summ Richmond's Sleepwalkers dropped their album Greenwood Shade last summer, Ryan Adams and Judd Apatow are both talking about them at the moment. SLEEPWALKERS - Images This should be the biggest band right now Wtf https://t.co/MjNtdiJjZn...
Rob Milton is making music for the carefree Black kid in you. Rob Milton is making music for the carefree Black kid in you. The one who could play games in the street without thinking about state-endorsed violence on their newsfeed. The one who wasn’t weighed down by concerns over respectability politics. Milton supports being unapologetically...
“The whole thing is just to get out and play you’re freakin heart out whether people are engaged or not," said Swampcandy guitarist Ruben Dobbs. “The whole thing is just to get out and play you’re freakin heart out whether people are engaged or not," said Swampcandy guitarist Ruben Dobbs. "It doesn’t matter because at the end of the day it’s not...
Former Richmond-based psychedelic-folk band
FEATURE SHOW Swamp Fest Day 1: Saturday August 8, 5 PM Swan Of Tuonela, Gillian Carter, Swells, Marcy, Kaoru Nagisa, Amygdala, Gas Up Yr Hearse, Mothlight, Facility, Truman, Vivian K, Ephraim Nuit @ Strange Matter - $10 Day 2: Sunday, August 9, 6 PM Ostraca, The Heads Are Zeros, Coma Regalia, Caust, Lyed, Under A Sky So Blue, People's Temple...
Pop rock group Griff’s Room Band just released new single "Bad News," and are scheduled to headline a show at The National this Saturday. Pop rock group Griff’s Room Band just released new single "Bad News," and are scheduled to headline a show at The National this Saturday. This will be a farewell show of sorts for now the group as guitarist...
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...
