This past Friday, the Camel hosted a sold-out Deau Eyes show with supporting sets from Shera Shi and Catie Lausten, featuring a collaboration song composed by the 3 songstresses. Deau Eyes has cemented herself as one of the most anticipated acts in the city,...
Ryan Muldoon of Revolt Of The Apes presents his top 10 albums of 2012 (with a bit of a cheat). In no particular order... Ryan Muldoon of Revolt Of The Apes presents his top 10 albums of 2012 (with a bit of a cheat). In no particular order... 1. TIE: "Frying On This Rock" by WHITE HILLS / "Echo Ono" by PONTIAK Apart from sharing a label (Thrill...
There is a particular and unnamed sensation that accompanies the realization that a band you’ve enjoyed for a while hadn’t really discovered themselves yet, all those times you saw them before. It’s a sharp breath pushing their past performances into the periphery of memory, to be regarded as a soft search of the great sonic something, a feeling...
In Richmond, hardcore, punk, metal, and crossover bands pop up all the time--incestuously sharing members, recruiting friends, feeding off of past bands and lineups for inspiration, then warping it to make something new and different and fresh. What makes Richmond’s own Unholy Thoughts stand out, despite the fact that they are doing all the...
10. Controlled Kaos - Revelation EP (Dank N Dirty Dubz): This aspiring RVA producer creates a unique brand of “deep” dubstep very different than the screeches and squeals of artists like Skrillex. Although the rise in popularity of this genre has spawned a lot of boring, background-music making clones, Controlled Kaos blends soothing melodies and...
While attempting to assemble a year-end list, a few concerns immediately arise. I can showcase my favorite full albums of the year, but there will be a few outliers that deserve similar recognition, and in some cases, one song really stands out from the rest of the release. Focusing on singles released by Richmond artists is a way to acknowledge...
I sat down and compiled my annual best-of list for the past year, but in doing so I realized that pretty much everything I could put down was going to be covered by so many other music writers that there wasn't much point. Great as the new Neurosis is, do we really need another list explaining why it's the best album of the year (though it...
While it is not actually the vanished island community of early United States history, Roanoke, Virginia has long been a sort of cultural lost colony. It’s no wonder that, in recent years, the city has taken on a majestic quality. The bands that make up the Roanoke-based musical confederation known as The Magic Twig Community--including The Sad...
FEATURE SHOW Wednesday, January 2, 10 p.m. Sports Bar, Nervous Ticks, Warren Hixson, Big No @ The Nile - Price at door/21+ What a stupendous show this will be to kick off 2013 the right way. I always said that my favorite day of the year was January 2nd, because it meant we are out of the bullshit that is the holiday season in America. It's time...
Here we have another lumped review, combining the last two Wednesdays of debauchery at The Republic. Back there on the 19th, Radio Rubber Room was balls deep at The Republic, presenting The Big Payback with The Kindling Kind for their Bad Santa Celebration. Here we have another lumped review, combining the last two Wednesdays of debauchery at The...
