It seems like these next few weeks are packed with packed bills. We’ve got fests, big 4 band bills, and for the folks that can’t stay out too late, we got the classic 3 band situation. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your...
When you read the band name “Jimmy Eat World,” what comes to mind? When you read the band name “Jimmy Eat World,” what comes to mind? Did you just blurt out “it just takes some time…” from “The Middle” in a perfect cadence like an awkward musical reflex? Or did you start head-banging your way through “Sweetness” which undoubtedly got you some...
FEATURE SHOW Sound City Bands & Brews, Saturday/Sunday, August 10&11 Part I: Saturday, August 10, 3:30 p.m. Sound City Bands & Brews featuring The Breeders, EL VEZ, Leagues, Benjamin Shepherd, The James Badfellows @ Historic Tredegar - $35/All Ages. The seminal 90s band, the Breeders, are back, and why not make historical Tredegar, which in a way...
Don't panic--Strange Matter will not be dumping a year's supply of your own feces onto your head on Thursday. No, the fourth Year Of Shit Fest will merely bring you a jam-packed lineup of doom, sludge, crust, and other varieties of dark, heavy, brutal metal. If anything, it's an eight-hour antidote to the crappy 2013 you've had so far. And if...
Lets start slow, it's a gross and rainy day out. Check out this chillwave mix of "Call Me Maybe:" Lets start slow, it's a gross and rainy day out. Check out this chillwave mix of "Call Me Maybe:" Chillwave mixes can be fairly hit and miss - criticism usually comes down to "this sounds like they put this pop-song through an adult-contemporary...
Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana (Carpark) I think I might have finally figured out what’s missing from too many modern hit indie records that makes them seem, in some ways, transient. Ease and beauty and self-confidence abound, and we’ve got plenty of well-tempered soundscapes and reverby one-note guitars. No, it’s none of these. In fact, it’s hardly...
Richmond/Seattle based indie-folk band The Head and The Heart released their new single, "Shake," today, and it's already received over 8,000 listens. Have a listen in the widget below: The Head and The Heart have been under the radar for the last few years. After the wild success of a home-burned CD-R release, indie-lable Sub Pop scooped them up...
Weasel Walter has been playing extreme takes on American jazz, no wave punk and metal since the early 90s. His original claim to fame was his prolific, infamous, self-described "brutal prog" ensemble The Flying Luttenbachers, and their dark no wave counterpart Lake Of Dracula. Weasel Walter has been playing extreme takes on American jazz, no wave...
Evidently, there is the world's greatest children choir and they go around covering a mess of modern songs... here's "Untrust us" by Crystal Castles - set ears to stun. Evidently, there is the world's greatest children choir and they go around covering a mess of modern songs... here's "Untrust us" by Crystal Castles - set ears to stun. Let me...
Once again, we were overwhelmed with great new songs from outside RVA that showed up in our inbox or around the net this week--and once again, we're sharing them all with you! So check out these fresh new jams and get your weekend started right! Once again, we were overwhelmed with great new songs from outside RVA that showed up in our inbox or...
