I remember in 2005, my parents sitting me down and sharing that my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Later that year, for Christmas, after she had begun treatment, we visited our family and friends in New Orleans to see the wreckage of Hurricane...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, August 22, 7 PM Worn In Red (last Richmond show), Hold Tight, Late Bloomer, Sea Of Storms @ Gallery 5 - $5 Maybe I'm alone in this, but it seems to me Worn In Red never got their due. This RVA/C-ville quartet certainly has a solid fanbase around the Commonwealth, don't get me wrong, but to me it seems like they should've been...
August 17, 2014 Old Crow Medicine show returned to Maymont for the first time since 2010 to bring their trademark old-time folk music to the masses of Richmond. August 17, 2014 Old Crow Medicine show returned to Maymont for the first time since 2010 to bring their trademark old-time folk music to the masses of Richmond. As this was my first time...
Richmond's Occultist has been making waves in the local and national metal scene since 2009. Richmond's Occultist has been making waves in the local and national metal scene since 2009. Combining metal riffs, experimental noises, and the brutal 'war cries' of lead singer Kerry Zylstra, they've created a unique sound which has earned the praises...
Now when I saw weird, I mean it in the nicest way imaginable - seriously, like how people say "keep Portland weird," I like to say "the folk festival makes RVA weird." Now when I saw weird, I mean it in the nicest way imaginable - seriously, like how people say "keep Portland weird," I like to say "the folk festival makes RVA weird." I don't have...
Local indie-rock band Positive No have made a strong and, um, positive impression on the Richmond scene ever since they started playing out, and their debut EP, Via Florum, was one of the best releases to come out of RVA in 2013 according to our own Shannon Cleary (and he's right). Now, the first new song since the band's debut EP proves that...
I'm sure all you fans of the modern bluegrass revival are still feeling the buzz from the Old Crow Medicine Show gig at Maymont on Sunday, but don't let the party end just yet, because Yonder Mountain String Band is coming to Charlottesville at the end of the month, and you could see them for free! I'm sure all you fans of the modern bluegrass...
In a spectacle as grand and theatrical as the man himself, Dave Brockie, better known as Oderus Urungus, was sent off in a Viking funeral at Hadad’s Lake in Richmond, Virginia. The ceremony, held during the 2014 GWAR B-Q, saw Brockie’s stage-worn Oderus Urungus costume set ablaze on a boat, launched into the lake, and ignited with a flaming...
Belgium is likely not the first place that one thinks of when it comes to origin points for heavy music, but Oathbreaker, from Ghent, Belgium, put out one of the most under-recognized and freshest-sounding releases in terms of hardcore and metal last year in the form of Eros|Anteros. Belgium is likely not the first place that one thinks of when...
This weekend's GWARBQ was incredible - the music, the crowd, the GWARBeer, and the feeling of being a part of real memorial for a rock-god created the perfect end of summer party. Read more about GWARBQ, Dave Brockie, and how and why this event happens here. Here's a few photos and videos from the memorial held last Friday. We'll have much more...
