It went from warm to hot real quick, but that doesn't mean Richmond concert-goers are going to skip the outdoor concerts! It appears to be indie Friday with Mitchy Rich & The Coalminers headlining Friday Cheers, then that night Twen takes over The Camel with a few...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Constellation Records) Hearing of this album's imminent release, and knowing full well that I couldn't bear to live with myself if I didn't lay hands upon it and commit to the page some words on the subject, I was filled with a sense of trepidation bordering on terror (at least the...
Grimes, Elite Gymnastics, Myths Saturday, September 29 at U Street Music Hall (Washington DC) Normally when one attends a show, especially a sold-out show, one expects a line, or at least a clutter of people, by the time doors open. Well, at 5:55 in NW DC outside U Street Music Hall, I found myself casually leaning on a railing with three other...
Since 2004, Worn In Red has consistently churned out material that recalls both the moody post-hardcore of Hoover or Four Hundred Years and the triumphant rock-based approach of Hot Water Music or Planes Mistaken For Stars. Through years of steady touring, the band has refined their approach, evolving more and more with each successive release....
UPDATE: The Fantoberfest event has apparently been CANCELLED, which means that neither this giveaway nor this show will be taking place. We have no further details on the reason this has happened, but we sure are bummed out about it. We're really excited about this one--longtime Minneapolis alternative rockers Soul Asylum, who had one of the...
Though the comparisons are not 100% accurate, Richmond’s Brad Ohbliv does not shy away from being mentioned in conjunction with musical geniuses Madlib and the late James Yancey, aka J-Dilla. “I consider it an honor and great compliment to be mentioned in any sentence with those guys. I have mad respect for both of them. I could talk about their...
Jack White Thursday, September 27 at Charlottesville Pavilion Jack White is a lot of things. He is a father. A musician. A businessman. He is mysterious and he is unique and if you ask the right person, he might be classified as the best guitar player this generation has ever come in contact with. But one thing Jack White is not known to be --...
We have a lighter column this week, as folks are transitioning to the autumn and adjusting to the sudden increase in number of homicides since September. Sometimes there are releases out there that are just half-assed or mediocre. Also, I don't post dubstep. Let's step it up, RVA! We have a lighter column this week, as folks are transitioning to...
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence (Metal Blade) Bringing the fear and taut urgency of 2007's Colors, together with the conciousness/humanity/planetary concerns that characterised 2009's The Great Misdirect, into a full blown narrative concept, the brief but substantial 2011 EP The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues provided...
Word has it that this is the premiere episode in a new ongoing video series out of our very own town of RVA, and if so, they've sure started off on the right foot. Word has it that this is the premiere episode in a new ongoing video series out of our very own town of RVA, and if so, they've sure started off on the right foot. Their inaugural...
