I am super excited for this week of shows, there are some shows that I will be singing along to every word and some where I will be carving new memories of unfamiliar groups. It is an ideal combo of pioneers who slashed their way through the music world, and the...
Recently I caught up with one of the hardest working women in local hip hop: Ms. Proper. We got a chance to talk before her show on October 6th at The Kingdom. Recently I caught up with one of the hardest working women in local hip hop: Ms. Proper. We got a chance to talk before her show on October 6th at The Kingdom. I was also greeted by So...
Here's a seasonally-appropriate set of jams by RVA's favorite avant-garde indie-jazz quintet, Glows In The Dark. Recorded live back in 2010, it was released this week in honor of the holiday. Here's a seasonally-appropriate set of jams by RVA's favorite avant-garde indie-jazz quintet, Glows In The Dark. Recorded live back in 2010, it was released...
FEATURE SHOW Tuesday, November 6, 10 p.m. Election Night Show featuring Bermuda Triangles, Peace Beast, Canary Oh Canary, Hot Dolphin @ The Nile – Free/21+ I don’t know who you are voting for in today’s election driven by lies, stupidity, corporations and a fake Jesus, but I’m voting for the best live music in Richmond. Well, look at here; it’s...
Ladies and gentlemen, RVA has been gifted with a rare treat! Satire-punk legends The Dead Milkmen, who you may remember from such all-time classics as "Punk Rock Girl," "Bitchin' Camaro," "Smokin' Banana Peels," and "If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire," amongst many others, will be performing live within this very city in less than two weeks!...
One thing about hurricanes--there is a peculiar tempestuous calm in the air as we wait for them to pass. Not just any music will suffice for this mood. On twitter, we asked what everyone's favorite hurricane music is, and got a variety of responses. One thing about hurricanes--there is a peculiar tempestuous calm in the air as we wait for them to...
Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay (Neurot Recordings) “To erase decay or consciousness of decay, decline, entropy, and ruin is to erase the understanding of the unfolding relation between all things, of darkness to light, of age to youth, of fall to rise. Rise and fall go together, they presume each other.” --Rebecca Solnit, The Ruins Of Memory...
It feels like damning with faint praise to reveal how utterly unprepared we were for our reaction to Drink the Sun, the full-length debut from Brooklyn’s masters of time and space, Eidetic Seeing. It feels like damning with faint praise to reveal how utterly unprepared we were for our reaction to Drink the Sun, the full-length debut from...
Dethklok - Dethalbum III (Williams Street) I'm not really a big TV watcher, as a general rule, but as a longtime metal fan with many friends who are as into metal as I am (and way more into TV), I've had plenty of opportunity to catch episodes of Metalocalypse over the half-dozen years it has been on TV. Dethklok - Dethalbum III (Williams Street)...
We've already told you folks about how great the sixth annual edition of the Spooky Throttle party at the Hat Factory is gonna be--the penultimate event in our 2012 Halloweek blowout is guaranteed to blow your mind with the bass-filled rave massive to end all rave massives! But now it's about to get even better--because you could potentially go...
