Last Thursday night, Brown’s Island played host to flipturn, Colony House, and Richmond locals Dogpark as part of the Richmond Area Honda Dealers LiVE LOUD Concert Series. Photographer Joey Wharton documented the scene. flipturn has never been the kind of band to rush...
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve attended any shows in Richmond. Prior to the onslaught of holiday shows happening at Strange Matter (Down to Nothing, Pig Destroyer, etc.) there didn’t seem to be a lot of shows that were catching my attention. Someone might disagree and point out a few shows at other venues, but chances are I didn’t notice....
Occultist – Death Sigils (Primitive Ways Records) Syncretic approaches to music can provide fascinating results, though these tend to be the exception rather than the rule. So often these blends of different approaches, disparate or otherwise, come off like an audio version of fusion cuisine, something that reduces each component element to a few...
Six months ago, we couldn't have blamed anyone who thought Swordplay's rap career was a thing of the past. The Richmond rapper, known to the government as Isaac Ramsey, was a fixture on the local scene around the middle of the last decade, playing tons of shows and dropping strong studio releases like 2005's Tilt EP and 2007's Cellars And Attics....
Hey folks, it's been a few weeks since we brought you a roundup of great new tracks we've heard lately, but we're always finding new stuff, so of course we have some things to share with you. Hey folks, it's been a few weeks since we brought you a roundup of great new tracks we've heard lately, but we're always finding new stuff, so of course we...
Supa Soop - Soop Nation (Hosted By DJ Smirnoff Ice) (Datpiff) Supa Soop has teamed up with DJ Smirnoff Ice of 24kMixtapes.com (you'll hear that a lot) to bring us a mixtape that raises the question: Should one do what others do because you do it well, or for better or worse, should you risk doing you? Supa Soop - Soop Nation (Hosted By DJ...
On Thursday, December 19th, The Well, located at 900 W. Franklin St, had one of its last shows, featuring Spacemonster, Antiphons, Lobo Marino, Spandrel, and Zac Hryciak & the Jungle Beat. The crowd at this show was a pretty decent size, which displays there is a considerable folk music following in Richmond. On Thursday, December 19th, The Well,...
In a year chock full of highlights and surprises, Richmond did it again. The city’s music scene had a spectacular year that made me wonder--is there any end in sight for how crazy awesome the bands in this city have gotten? I surely hope not. In a year chock full of highlights and surprises, Richmond did it again. The city’s music scene had a...
This is the first installment of the new year for RVA Magazine's weekly live music preview column, and we're beginning the year with a changing of the guard. For over three years now, our live music coverage has been handled by John Lewis Morgan, head honcho at One Way Richmond. Unfortunately, due to other responsibilities related to day jobs and...
Yesterday we brought the focus back to local music with Shannon Cleary's Top 10 RVA Releases of 2013. Today, Shannon continues the festivities with his Top 15 individual songs released in RVA in 2013. Yesterday we brought the focus back to local music with Shannon Cleary's Top 10 RVA Releases of 2013. Today, Shannon continues the festivities with...
