Post Thanksgiving haze, rent has unfortunately paid, Christmas looms closer and closer, and I still haven’t bought those presents. One thing stays consistent, Richmond’s music makes me happy. This week we got a whole bunch of funk and some charitable punk. Got a show...
The Black Keys had big shoes to fill when they dropped their latest album, Turn Blue, on May 12. The Black Keys had big shoes to fill when they dropped their latest album, Turn Blue, on May 12. Their seventh studio album, El Camino, raked in more than one Grammy in 2011 as did their sixth studio album, Brothers, in 2010. The latter successes...
Kathleen Hanna isn’t just a punk singer--she’s a feminist icon. Frustrated by the casual sexism she encountered in the punk rock scene of the late 80s, she formed Bikini Kill in the early 90s to strike back through loud music and angry declarations of female solidarity. The punk feminist movement Bikini Kill spearheaded was known as Riot Grrrl,...
So first we heard that the 2014 GWAR-B-Q would continue on as scheduled despite the untimely passing of Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus. Then we learned that the event's headliner would be none other than Body Count, the thrash metal project fronted by legendary rapper Ice-T. Now comes the strangest and most exciting news of all: in spite of...
For most bands, a five hour long car ride through the backwoods of two states followed by five more hours of waiting in line under tornado level wind gusts and intermittent downpours of freezing rain would be enough to dissuade me from hitting a show. But when a band has only played a handful of concerts on the east coast in the last five years,...
It's definitely been an eventful year so far for Neon Trees. Shortly before the release of their new album last month, their lead singer Tyler Glenn publicly came out, putting a new type of spotlight on the Utah band. On top of that, the band also enters the most important and pivotal point of their career so far. With two hit songs under their...
Peelander-Z, who graced the stage at Strange Matter last Thursday, has a very important question for you: How do you like your steak? You may answer however you please, but their music and live shows are built on a heavy dose of crowd participation and manipulation, so there's a sign board to let you know that the response they're looking for is...
Hey guys, this one fell in our laps at the last minute, but if you're a fan of that stuff the kids call "djent" these days, you're gonna want to pay attention, because we have a pair of tickets to give away for Animals As Leaders' show at 9:30 Club this Saturday, May 17! Hey guys, this one fell in our laps at the last minute, but if you're a fan...
Spacebomb, that homegrown label/studio/performance ensemble founded right here in RVA by Matthew E. White, has established itself over the past couple of years as a venue for unconventional creativity and talented, original American songcraft. This is truer than ever in the case of the latest Spacebomb Records artist, Grandma Sparrow. Spacebomb,...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, May 16, 9 PM Radio Rubber Room Relaunch Party feat. Those Manic Seas, Imaginary Sons, Hoax Hunters, A Woman Is A Woman @ The Broadberry - $10 suggested donation Radio Rubber Room has spent the first half of 2014 rising like a phoenix from the ashes. FEATURE SHOW Friday, May 16, 9 PM Radio Rubber Room Relaunch Party feat....
