From its humble beginnings over twenty years ago, Richmond’s vegan food festival, VegFest, is returning this weekend Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 6 PM in Byrd Park. VegFest is a family (and dog) friendly, free event in Richmond that promotes a plant-based...
FEATURE SHOW Sunday, October 27, 1:30 p.m. "Stay Spooky Fest" featuring The Swellers, The Menzingers, Pianos Become the Teeth, Diamond Youth, United Nations, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Daylight, Candy Hearts, Timeshares, Gates, Placeholder, Wolves At Bay @ The Camel - $20/All Ages All kinds of punk rock is at...
Phantogram are back! This indie electronic duo, who released their first album, the appropriately titled Eyelid Movies, back in 2010, haven't done any major work since then, contenting themselves with a series of EPs and guest appearances with artists as eclectic as Big Boi and The Flaming Lips. Now, though, on the heels of a new, self-titled EP,...
A few weeks ago we brought you the first video from up-and-coming RVA new wave revivalists Cosby. Now the brothers Cosby have premiered two more tracks from their soon-to-be-released debut album, In Flight. A few weeks ago we brought you the first video from up-and-coming RVA new wave revivalists Cosby. Now the brothers Cosby have premiered two...
The It*Men – Greatest Its (Stow House Records) It's easy to let a back story or a set of loudly-touted influences overshadow an album's actual content, which seems to be very much the case with The It*Men. Though the band itself had ceased to exist nearly a decade previously, the band's album Greatest Its came about as something of a reunion,...
Since we never really have time to give every great new song we run across a full detailed post all its own, we've decided to start out your weekend with a quick rundown of the best music we've heard over the past week or so. Since we never really have time to give every great new song we run across a full detailed post all its own, we've decided...
Yellow Gold 2 reunites two of RVA hip hop's heaviest hitters. Legendary emcee Nickelus F and producer extraordinaire Ohbliv previously worked together for 2011's Yellow Gold, a SHHO-sponsored mixtape that subtly made its mark as one of the best local releases of that year. Yellow Gold 2 reunites two of RVA hip hop's heaviest hitters. Legendary...
"I can lift you up..." boasts the first line of one of the catchiest songs of the year, "Safe and Sound," and Capital Cities does just that. "I can lift you up..." boasts the first line of one of the catchiest songs of the year, "Safe and Sound," and Capital Cities does just that. While Katy Perry acted like a tiger, Baauer shook in New York, and...
The alt-rock scene has just about seen it all. Well, that is until The Neighbourhood came around last year. The alt-rock scene has just about seen it all. Well, that is until The Neighbourhood came around last year. Raving about hip-hop influences that you've probably never heard of, the band merges that with a rock sound to form something that's...
Tons of artists take elements from the past to enhance their sound, but there are very few who are able to pull it off convincingly. Tons of artists take elements from the past to enhance their sound, but there are very few who are able to pull it off convincingly. From that group, there's almost nobody who does it in such a way that it still...
