Rally against the ever-heating world you are extended into. Fresh out of the musical delivery room, shoegaze rockers DIIV have presented their new album Frog in Boiling Water to the world. The group will be baptizing it at the National on July 17th in Richmond. I was...
The supposed year of our Earth’s demise has proven to be a fruitful one for Goldrush. In linking up with MAD Dragon Records, they have achieved prominence beyond the local level, and they’re all the merrier for it. Between their upcoming 7 inch vinyl EP and their frequent recent tours, Goldrush are yet another of the many Richmond bands that have...
This past week, local punk-rock band The Riot Before celebrated the release of their second LP,
The press release says it all. Richmond, VA’s most hashed-out heshers, CANNABIS CORPSE, have posted a music video for “Skull Full of Bong Hits” off of their 2009 EP The Weeding (Tankcrimes). Directed by Luna Duran and Landphil, the video combines footage from 2009’s “Cannabis Corpse & Ramming Speed Do America” Tour with a heady bongload of blood,...
Monday. 1/28: Cat Power @ The National - 7:00pm Monday. 1/28: Cat Power @ The National - 7:00pm Monday. 1/28: The Delta Saints (pictured above), Long Arms, and The Blue and Gray @ Strange Matter - 9:00pm Tuesday, 1/29: Former Champions @ Cary St. Cafe - 10:00pm Tuesday, 1/29: The XX @ The National - 7:00pm Wednesday, 1/30: Susan Greenbaum @...
Coalesce and The Get Up Kids’ James Dewees will be in Richmond on Saturday with his solo project Reggie and the Full Effect, along with
Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu (Warner Bros) Two of my favorite foods in the world are chocolate and artichokes, but I don't think that there was ever a point in my life where I was dumb enough to think that they would be any good as a combination. Similarly, Lou Reed and Metallica have each, at some distant point in the past, made good music....
On Saturday June 16th, Emilio's in the fan will be showcasing an acoustic set featuring Brett Adams (photo below by Joanna Moreno) from The Riot Before, a On Saturday June 16th, Emilio's in the fan will be showcasing an acoustic set featuring Brett Adams (photo below by Joanna Moreno) from The Riot Before, a Richmond punk band that formed in...
On Saturday June 16th, Emilio's in the fan will be showcasing an acoustic set featuring Brett Adams (photo below by Andrew Norman) from The Riot Before, a Richmond punk band that formed in 2003, opening for Joe McMahon (pictured above) from Smoke or Fire , a Richmond punk band by way of Boston. WHAT: Acoustic Set Performance WHO: Brett Adams...
