It is simply a great time to be a Richmond music fan. This week we have great touring bands, revivals of older groups, and an abundance of new music coming from the blank generation. As everyone prepares for the holidays, travel, and the expected rotation of Christmas...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, June 6, 9 PM Noah-O Monument Ave Release Party & Birthday Party for Noah-O, Streetz Deep, B-Giles, & Fire Marshall Skrill @ The Broadberry - $10 (order tickets HERE) Congratulations to The Broadberry, which has been open for less than two months and is already occupying the exact niche in the local live music scene it was...
Fans of underground folk music, primitive rock n' roll sounds, and the kind of stuff Greil Marcus once called "the old, weird America" should dig what The Southern has in store on Thursday, June 19. This powerful double bill featuring Shakey Graves and Wild Child should get the whole place heated up enough to make the warm not-quite-summer air...
Dave Brockie, the frontman of Richmond-based shock-metal band GWAR, died from an accidental heroin overdose, the Richmond Medical Examiner's Office confirmed in a phone interview with RVA Magazine. Brockie was found unresponsive in his West Seminary Avenue home on March 23, 2014. He was 50 years old. Best known by his onstage persona, Oderus...
Local surf/punk/grunge mainstays The Milkstains celebrated their 10th anniversary this past weekend with a WRIR-sponsored party at Strange Matter on Saturday night. That same day, they also surprised and delighted their fans with the appearance of a brand new EP, Gored, Kicked, Beaten. Local surf/punk/grunge mainstays The Milkstains celebrated...
Fresh from their Spring Greens Tour, Rebelution is set to release their fourth full-length album, Count Me In, on June 10, 2014, just in time for the Count Me In Summer Tour. Fans got a taste of a few of the album's songs on their last tour, and they’re eager to absorb the messages embedded in this new music. Fresh from their Spring Greens Tour,...
Richmond hardcore band Holy Land, formerly known as Spirit Animal, are a bit of an anomaly. They formed in 2012, released an EP called Real the same year (which featured Justice Tripp of Trapped Under Ice on one track), and got signed to Six Feet Under Records in 2013. Richmond hardcore band Holy Land, formerly known as Spirit Animal, are a bit...
Are you an aspiring guitarist looking to make a name for yourself and join Richmond's fantastic music scene? Or do you just know someone who can play guitar and want a free meal and drinks? If either of these apply to you, you are in luck, as Those Manic Seas is currently searching for a new guitarist to join their band! Are you an aspiring...
The music of local quartet Toxic Moxie is tough to slot into a convenient genre category. When we interviewed them last year, just before the release of their first EP, Episode IV, we called them "punk-funk." That made sense at the time, in light of the clear influences from bands like Gang Of Four, The Rapture, and Moving Units that shone...
Diarrhea Planet might seem like a jokey name for a band, and that’s because it is. While the band is not shy about liking a good laugh and a good riff, they’re one of the more dedicated and hard working bands you’ll find in the scene today. Not only known to put on a fantastic live show, the band is slowly building a large dedicated following...
