On a steamy September Saturday, Richmond is set to explode with the kaleidoscopic energy of Pridefest 2024. The city’s Bon Secours Training Center will be ground zero for this year’s LGBTQ celebration, turning the Commonwealth’s capital into a pulsing epicenter of...
Slutever is a two-piece punk rock band from Philadelphia comprised of Nicole Snyder and Rachel Gagliardi. Both play guitar, drums and sing interchangeably. Listening to Slutever is like taking a shot made up of equal parts Courtney Love, Beavis and Butthead, cheeseburgers, weed, and rock and roll. In other words, they wail. Slutever is a...
Lotus Friday, March 15 at The National If there were ever an EDM video game (which actually doesn’t seem too implausible these days), Lotus would most likely provide the soundtrack. Their distinct sound reminds me of the fast paced, dark electronic dungeons of Super Mario, the jamminess of Sonic The Hedgehog, and even the chilled out bliss of...
The Nervous Ticks play Rock and Roll. I’m talking about out and out, bloody knuckles on guitar, manic depressive, James Dean driving a Mercury off a cliff in a teenage death race Rock and Roll. Their sound combines the flagrant intensity of hardcore punk with a maniacal juke-joint-on-fire Southern stomp that has become their calling card in the...
Kay Blokx - Eyes On My Destiny (rnbxclusive4.com) This mixtape comes from the new generation of RVA Hip Hop, and possibly the RVA version of Kendrick Lamar. Kay Blokx is one of the best lyricists that I have met so far in my journeys in this city. Kay Blokx - Eyes On My Destiny (rnbxclusive4.com) This mixtape comes from the new generation of RVA...
After three installments of this series, I can honestly say that writing it has been one of my most enlightening and informing experiences thus far. I have enjoyed talking to each and every woman I've interviewed, and have learned a lot more about how verbally and physically involved women are in Hip Hop around RVA. After three installments of...
Are you a fan of 80s metal? If so, the M3 Rock Festival, taking place the first weekend in May at Merriweather Post Pavilion, seems explicitly designed to make your head explode. Featuring two days of live performances from some of the greatest bands to uncap a can of Aquanet during that long-gone and dearly-missed decade, the M3 Rock Festival is...
So, after a few hectic weeks, things are starting to get back to normal. Radio Rubber Room’s Wednesday nights at The Republic have been my reflexive mid-week activity for quite some time now, and I must say I was a touch flummoxed when I had to devote thought to my activities that night for a couple of weeks there. So, after a few hectic weeks,...
FEATURE SHOW Thursday, March 21, 10 p.m. Zs, Guardian Alien, Suppression, Caves Caverns, Flesh Control @ Strange Matter - $8/18+ Led by the great saxophonist Sam Hillmer, Zs is a New York City based experimental band that can quite easily be construed as Avant-garde. This trio, featuring three classically trained musicians, is that band you...
For a two-piece punk band containing neither a bass player nor a singer, it’s surprising just how mathematically complex The Littlest Viking’s mostly instrumental music is. People seeing them take the stage for the first time might expect this dynamic duo to start cranking out some primitive White Stripes-style garage. But when The Littlest...
