Vincent Candela—Vinny to some—got in touch with me about a year ago. Happens all the time: people looking to get their shots published, their names out there. But his work stood out. There was a rawness, a kind of unpolished ferocity in the way he captured the world,...
The 2014 edition of the long-running punk music event known simply as Fest was held Oct 31, Nov 1st, and Nov 2nd at various venues, restaurants, bars, and public parks in Gainesville, Florida. Bands playing The Fest come from all over the globe--including quite a few from Richmond. The 2014 edition of the long-running punk music event known...
Richmond's Gritty City records has been making impacts around the region for years, and this new track from Sophisticated Basic, produced by Profound 79 and featuring rhymes by Fan Ran, is sure to make the list of solid tracks from the label's already-epic catalog. Richmond's Gritty City records has been making impacts around the region for...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, November 15, 2 PM RPG IPA release, feat. RPG, The Ar-Kaics, Sleepwalkers @ Hardywood - Free! Craft beer and stoner metal--can you think of a more intrinsically Richmond connection than that? FEATURE SHOW Saturday, November 15, 2 PM RPG IPA release, feat. RPG, The Ar-Kaics, Sleepwalkers @ Hardywood - Free! Craft beer and...
Richmond's own Nickelus F dropped a new track late last week and it's a love song for the city he call's home. Richmond's own Nickelus F dropped a new track late last week and it's a love song for the city he call's home. "Richmond" dropped late Friday night and it's already built up over 3,500 spins on Soundcloud. "It's my experience here. It's...
Ladies and gentlemen, the Dismemberment Plan. They were one of the most influential bands of the late 90s indie rock scene. They fell apart as the decade turned, only to come back together with a series of jubilant reunion shows followed by a brand new album in 2013. And at this point, they're showing no signs of going anywhere. Ladies and...
The Revivalists are coming to the Jefferson Theater--and you can see them for free! This band may have seemed to come out of nowhere in recent months, but in actuality, they've been laboring away for most of the past decade in pursuit of the career zenith they've just recently reached. The Revivalists are coming to the Jefferson Theater--and you...
What do we talk about when we talk about music? We talk about the immediate sensations. We talk about how it inspires us. We talk about where it will lead us next. When Sleepwalkers talk about music, they talk confidently with a genuine admiration for the songs of the past, while maintaining an interest in making an impact on the present. This is...
Have you been keeping up with Mark Lanegan lately? If not, you should be--between multiple solo albums, full-length collaborations with Duke Garwood and Isobel Campbell, a Queens Of The Stone Age album, his work with Soulsavers, and even an archival album of unreleased Screaming Trees recordings, he's appeared on close to a dozen albums in the...
Maryland native Eric Hutchinson is no stranger to our home state, having played the central Virginia area for years dating back to his breakout album, 2008's Songs Like These. Since those early shows, we've been lucky enough to watch the crafty singer-songwriter grow with his music at a remarkable rate and also strengthen his unique musical...
