I believe we are in a Richmond Music Renaissance. It seems like everywhere I look there are new bands playing their first few gigs, more developed groups putting out their first big releases, or pairs going off on their first tour. Let’s water the flowers that are...
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...
Lost Breed – Wino Daze (At War With False Noise) One of the great things about music that has survived an extended lack of popularity comes when largely unheard relics created by long-unheralded practitioners are brought to light, usually when some belated interest in the genre happens to develop. Doom metal, though the oldest subset of metal as...
Word has come to us from Chunklet that Jason Molina, leader of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co, has died. Molina, who has been out of the public eye since 2009 due to ongoing struggles with alcoholism-related illness, succumbed to organ failure related to alcohol abuse on Saturday, March 16. Over the last few years, he had been in and out of...
Whop Da Squire - Super Saiyan Tape (Datpiff) Instead of verses I see fireballs and instead of punchlines, I hear karate chops. I’m talking about RVA local emcee Whop Da Squire of Broad Street Elite. Whop Da Squire - Super Saiyan Tape (Datpiff) Instead of verses I see fireballs and instead of punchlines, I hear karate chops. I’m talking about RVA...
Last week I introduced you to a special series for this month titled “The Women Of RVA.” There are just so many phenomenal women in RVA that deserve so much attention for their contributions to the community. Last week I introduced you to a special series for this month titled “The Women Of RVA.” There are just so many phenomenal women in RVA...
In a time when it seems like the entire history of recorded music is becoming accessible with a minimum of effort, and genre revivals dominate the landscape with a ubiquity that has prompted much critical hand-wringing and even a widely-read book on the subject, it can be tough to locate artists that are truly progressive and forward-looking in...
It was only a few days ago that we were telling you about GWAR's brand new GWAR-B-Q Sauce, and already it appears that another RVA metal band has gotten in on the edible liquid production racket. As befitting their status as the hardest-partying quartet of axe-slinging metal warriors within the metropolitan area, Municipal Waste has joined with...
