Brutal Tuesday. I personally want to inject so much music into my brain to cancel out the jargon that has been floating around my head in little flashing thought bubbles. This week we have a perfect combo of heavy rippers to thrash out the tension, and then the slow...
Here at RVA Magazine, we believe you should never have to wander the streets begging people for the haps. There's a plethora of top-shelf dance parties happening around town this and every week to get everyone turnt up, so to help you along in your quest to get ridiculous, here is our list of the go-to parties for any given night of the week in...
Roomrunner and Multicult just wrapped up their tour on the east side of North America, and tried and true Strange Matter served as one of their last stops. Roomrunner and Multicult just wrapped up their tour on the east side of North America, and tried and true Strange Matter served as one of their last stops. Ideal Cities by Roomrunner The two...
Milkman is the stage alias of Electronic & Dance music producer Gregg Luskin from San Diego, CA. Milkman began his career as a mashup producer/DJ in 2007. From 2008 - 2011, Milkman toured the country extensively while simultaneously pursuing a degree in Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Milkman is the stage alias of...
We've been telling you about the impending release of the new Black Girls album, Claire Sinclaire, for a while now. They released that dramatic video teaser with the burning organ back in January, and ever since, we've been looking forward to hearing what these self-described snuff rockers have come up with. We've been telling you about the...
Though many readers might forget it, the process of assessing music and forming those assessments into some coherent form is inherently subjective. Though many readers might forget it, the process of assessing music and forming those assessments into some coherent form is inherently subjective. Though a reviewer may phrase it all like fact,...
Rebelution’s Winter Greens Tour arrived at the NorVa for two sold-out shows on February 14 and 15. Rebelution’s Winter Greens Tour arrived at the NorVa for two sold-out shows on February 14 and 15. The bands shared their Valentine’s Day love with the fans through their mixture of alternative jazz and roots, reggae music, delighting the audience...
There was a lot going on in the RVA hardcore scene in the late 90s and early 00s, and this amazing gallery of hardcore flyers from that era does a great job of capturing that fact--and reminding us all that 15 years really is a long time. There was a lot going on in the RVA hardcore scene in the late 90s and early 00s, and this amazing gallery of...
Big-band indie rock is not dead! Granted, Typhoon aren't quite as gigantic an ensemble as Broken Social Scene (or The Polyphonic Spree--man, remember them?), but they're tipping the scales at nearly a dozen members, which makes for some big enormous music that will surely echo from the rafters when they play at 9:30 Club on March 19--a show you...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, March 1, 8 PM Long Arms CD Release Show with Long Arms, Hypercolor, Mayfair, The Story Changes @ The Camel - $7 Where veteran songwriters of the RVA scene are concerned, James Menefee is an overlooked but essential part of the equation. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, March 1, 8 PM Long Arms CD Release Show with Long Arms,...
