Three-time Grammy-winning rapper and activist Michael Santiago Render, better known as Killer Mike, will be a featured panelist in an upcoming discussion on the future of free expression, hosted by the University of Richmond. Co-moderated by UR liberal arts professor...
Sad news for the world of metal today--Billboard reports that Slayer co-founder and lead guitarist Jeff Hanneman has passed away. Hanneman, who was 49, had been in failing health recently, and had not performed with the group live since contracting necrotizing fascitis (most likely from a spider bite) in 2011. Sad news for the world of metal...
The legendary Tokyo String Quartet is on its final tour after 43 prestigious seasons and over a hundred concerts worldwide each season. One of the quartet’s last U.S. stops will be here in Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University’s W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday May 4 at 8 PM, in which they will perform pieces by...
Barn Owl – V (Thrill Jockey Records) For a band whose music unfolds as gradually and ponderously as Barn Owl's, their sonic evolution has occurred at a relatively rapid clip. From the start, they proved themselves one of the better bands who took after the sinister, vaguely spaghetti western-ish sturm und twang dirge that Earth brought into the...
Of course you all know that White Laces dropped one of the best albums to come out of this town in 2012, Moves. But if there's one thing we've learned by watching this indie-rock quartet develop over their relatively brief career, it's that the members of White Laces are not content to rest on their laurels. Of course you all know that White...
This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of the birth of James Brown, the self-proclaimed Godfather of Soul. As such, this is a great weekend to celebrate the power of the soul by checking out some sweet local events, from the soul dance parties that will be going on throughout the weekend to the heart-warming Love Exhibition children's art show...
FEATURE SHOW Sunday, May 5, 10 p.m. Ulan Bator, Caves Caverns, R-Complex, projections by Lord Candy Dish @ Strange Matter - $7/18+ Featuring members of the band Faust, the French band Ulan Bator are a journey into the third consciousness. This harsh heavy industrial rock band is one not to be missed. FEATURE SHOW Sunday, May 5, 10 p.m. Ulan...
If you follow the career of alternative metal renaissance man Mike Patton, then you're surely already stoked about this, but fans of the Jesus Lizard, Helmet, and Battles have just as many reasons to rejoice. Tomahawk, the supergroup featuring members of all of those bands and more, will be bringing their inimitable brand of auditory chaos to the...
It's been a long time coming--James Wallace, a songwriter from RVA who has spent the last several years mostly residing in Nashville, recorded his debut album back in 2011. Backed by The Naked Light, which featured a variety of Richmond associates, including Matthew E. White and other members of the Spacebomb Records crew, James recorded More...
We are truly blessed to live here in RVA, where the rock never stops and even on a Wednesday night, there are great shows happening at rad venues--and for reasonable prices, too! This May Day, The Camel has a great lineup on tap for all you rock n' rollers, and if you're feeling strapped because it's just not quite payday yet, have no fear--you...