Richmond has always been a hub for heavy music, but this weekend, we’re about to witness something special. Dark Days, Bright Nights is making its debut, and if you’re into metal, punk, hardcore, or anything in between, this festival’s lineup has something for you....
LJ MTX is an up-and-coming electro-house DJ from the Washington DC area who has been increasing his profile in a big way lately. With tracks climbing the Beatport charts and a recent tour of Australia taking him all the way around the world, the co-owner of Phethouse Recordings is working on becoming a household name. LJ MTX is an up-and-coming...
Cut The Architect's Hand – Remove the Head, Destroy the Stairs (Aunt Mary Records) Cut The Architect’s Hand is a band that defies any sort of pigeonholing other than some sort of vague metal reference. But even that could be confusing, like when you tell a co-worker you like metal and they respond with something that might pass for metal in a...
Baths, Houses, D33J Sunday, June 16 at Strange Matter With VCU students gone for the summer and a draining work week looming ahead, I was expecting a low-key, low-volume show from Baths. Upon arriving at Strange Matter on Sunday night, my prediction appeared spot-on at first—a handful of concertgoers lingered near the bar, some played arcade...
Former Champions, perhaps Richmond’s most prominent jam-rock band, is set to play at the Summer Solstice Wine Festival at Grayhaven Winery in Gum Springs, Virginia this weekend. Touring behind their second album, Special FX Machine, the group is hitting the festival scene pretty hard this summer. Former Champions, perhaps Richmond’s most...
LD 50 is 22 year old Thomas Widmer, an up and coming rapper from Richmond, Virginia, whose presence on the local scene has not gone unnoticed. While he can usually be spotted at house shows around the Greater Richmond area, he's recently begun his breakout into the club scene with shows at The Camel opening for local favorites Black Girls. The...
Immolation - Kingdom Of Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast) When it comes to death metal, there are a million variations; deathgrind, melodic death metal, blackened death metal, the list goes on and on. In some cases, though, the best way to describe a band is as pure and simple brutal death metal. One of the bands that fits this description perfectly are...
Richmond doom metal band Windhand are playing a release show at Strange Matter this Saturday. However, instead of the release they're celebrating being one of the usual things bands put out, such as a record, this show commemorates the release of the new Windhand IPA, an India Pale Ale brewed by South County Brewing. Richmond doom metal band...
Night Idea, the Richmond indie post-rockers who are one of the many bands included in RVA’s Subterranea Collective, have just released their second record, Paths. The band spent two years on Paths, the follow-up to their first album, Ocho The Cat, released back in October of 2011. Night Idea, the Richmond indie post-rockers who are one of the...
It's hard not to be proud of RVA's music scene, even if you don't think you're "in it." So many people are working their asses off, getting things done, and hustling that sometimes it's hard to absorb everything. Literally, there is more local music out there than I can physically write about. It's hard not to be proud of RVA's music scene, even...
