We love music. We love Richmond’s music venues. We love the city’s record shops. Now that we’ve covered the obvious, we’re excited to introduce Weekend Frequency—a weekly, reader-curated playlist made for the city, by the city. It’s a continuation of our RVA...
Let it be known that 2014-15 will be the year of never-ending-awesome-80's-synth tributes and RVA has its own electro project to keep up with the trend. Let it be known that 2014-15 will be the year of never-ending-awesome-80's-synth tributes and RVA has its own electro project to keep up with the trend. Thanks to movies like "It Follows," "The...
Positive No started over three years ago, but for a variety of reasons, the band took a while to get going. Positive No started over three years ago, but for a variety of reasons, the band took a while to get going. Yet from the start, there's been a buzz surrounding their efforts. This article was featured in the latest RVA Mag print magazine,...
Maybe it's Gabe Lozpez's belly, or John Sizemore's beard - but this cover of Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" is what I'm going to start sending people when they ask what the music scene in RVA is like. Maybe it's Gabe Lozpez's belly, or John Sizemore's beard - but this cover of Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" is what I'm going to start sending people...
The Mad Extras are a new RVA band who've been picking up a buzz around town with some excellent live performances around town, and now this fun-loving quartet is about to release their debut EP, cheekily titled Best New Artist. They just sent us the brand new video for EP track "Nevermind The Nevermind," and it's a total blast. The Mad Extras are...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, April 18, 8 PM From Fragile Seeds, Way Shape Or Form, Claim Culture, Antiphons @ The Camel - $5 From Fragile Seeds have been lurking in the background of Richmond's post-hardcore/emo/whatever-you-wanna-call-it scene for a couple of years now, but they've really taken a step forward in the last several months--and just in...
Every year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Class causes writers and fans alike to talk about how the Every year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Class causes writers and fans alike to talk about how the honorees aren’t worthy. This year seems exceedingly weak... two of the inductees are already in the Hall and don’t deserve a...
Neutral Milk Hotel(NMH) and its mysterious frontman, Jeff Mangnum, have been making bearded-hipsters cross their arms and bob their heads in respect since the mid 90’s (and for the super-hip, even ear Neutral Milk Hotel(NMH) and its mysterious frontman, Jeff Mangnum, have been making bearded-hipsters cross their arms and bob their heads in...
Young Fathers have been around for a while now but last year they made a huge breakthrough at the 2014 Mercury Prize awards for album of the year for De Young Fathers have been around for a while now but last year they made a huge breakthrough at the 2014 Mercury Prize awards for album of the year for Dead; beating out artists like FKA Twigs and...
While Venomspitter have kept a relatively low profile around the RVA scene in the year or so since they got started, this band has clearly been generating a buzz online. We know this because, when they uploaded their new self-titled EP onto Bandcamp last week, they ran out of free downloads in two days. While Venomspitter have kept a relatively...
