Twenty years ago next month, Mastodon released one of this century’s great works of art, Leviathan—a metal masterpiece inspired by the great American novel Moby Dick. Just as Herman Melville opened his novel with the eternally prescient line, “Call me Ishmael,” so too...
You can hear it if you listen closely, a pulsating beat through the dark and narrow, rigid alley ways of Richmond, Virginia. As the sun dwindles, the manifestation begins. The sound of deep thumping fills the angsty core with an uncontrollable urge to suit up, for the sole purpose of ripping it all off later. The dirty city nightlife is not for...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, February 1, 7 p.m. WRIR Anniversary – Party for the Rest of Us 8 featuring - Main Stage: Dead Fame, Samson Trinh and the Upper East Side Big Band, Canary Oh Canary, Wolf//Goat, Opening drum ceremony by YoughTaNund. Other performances from: Colloquial Orchestra, The Cheats Movement presents: local hip hop showcase featuring...
Soundgarden Friday, January 18 at Dar Constitution Hall, Washington DC “We’re Soundgarden--the only band playing tonight. So there’s no confusion,” Chris Cornell announced to over 3,000 wide-eyed fans packed into D.A.R. Constitution Hall in our nation’s capital. All of us were beside ourselves as we prepared to witness the resurrection of the...
Tegan and Sara Friday, January 25 at Dar The National, Richmond, VA Tegan and Sara didn’t let a little Virginia snow stop them from their Heartthrob debut in Richmond last night. Sporting matching black motorcycle jackets and opposite hair parts, the Canadian-born, twin-lesbian-musicians opened their 2013 tour to a packed house at The National....
For several years now, there's been a strong and passionate scene percolating just under the radar in the world of Richmond music. Call the style Southern rock, alt-country, Americana, roots music, or anything else that might be appropriate--the truth is there isn't really one term that can describe all of it. But it's united by a love for the...
As a front-runner of beat culture with 20+ years of experience in the EDM scene, Russia’s DJ Vadim is known for taking electronic hip hop to inspiring new heights. As a front-runner of beat culture with 20+ years of experience in the EDM scene, Russia’s DJ Vadim is known for taking electronic hip hop to inspiring new heights. After touring Europe...
This is the era of the hip hop weirdo. As high-speed internet became ubiquitous over the last decade or so, and websites like Datpiff and Bandcamp started allowing anyone who could record on their laptop to upload free mixtapes and distribute them far and wide online, we've seen an explosion of rappers and would-be rappers who just do not fit the...
Aural Exile – Attrition (Misereality) It can be difficult for a musician to reflect his or her influences in a manner where any comparison is going to seem at all accurate. Having brought the songs into being, it's easier for their creator to point out that a particular chorus was an attempt to play a Band A deep cut backwards, or that the bridge...
Here's a brand new mix from DJ Pari of the Soulpower RVA team and WRIR's Midnight Soulstice radio show. Featuring tracks from Gonzalez, Bobby Patterson, Sam Dees, Maurice Jackson, The Procedures, and more, this mix is 75 minutes of sweet soul music to help you pass a mellow winter afternoon. Here's a brand new mix from DJ Pari of the Soulpower...
