MUSIC

We don't usually post unaltered press releases, but communiques from our mighty metal overlords, GWAR, are impossible to improve upon. So here, in all its glory, is the message we received direct from GWAR headquarters in Antarctica, delivering tidings of a new addition to the band's lineup: PUSTULUS MAXIMUS, COUSIN OF DEPARTED SCUMDOG FLATTUS,...

Swans – The Seer (Young God Records) In recent statements regarding the new Swans album, frontman Michael Gira has expressed his desire that the music, no matter how tortured or torturous it may at first seem, be taken as an expression of a search for the ecstatic. And while he may insist that the intent is to spread joy through the music,...

Calling all NOLA Bounce fans--and, for that matter, all the EDM kids who love Diplo's "Express Yourself" single, and all the punk rockers who were blown away by Big Freedia's set at Best Friends Day 2011. Two of the leading lights of the NOLA Bounce scene will be invading RVA to take over Strange Matter with the awesome power of booty-shaking...

The motel room was dead, to begin with. Before Billy Joe Shaver changed my life, before the spastic arrangement of musical experiences that comprised the weekend, before the festival’s entourage of zombie-drunk fans pacing back and forth across the state line at the end of each night, and long before the Convulsing Hippie. It was certainly dying...

Using that old saw known as “linear time,” we can see that not a great deal of time has passed since we first found ourselves in the orbit of Black Tempest. But then, we didn’t need much time to become enthralled by the sounds of the tempest, and since that time, our admiration has grown boundlessly. After all, space is dark and it is so endless....

I'm kind of amazed at this particular turn of events. After all, I literally heard an Ataris song on 102.1 The X last night! And yet it's true--The Ataris are coming to Richmond next week, and instead of playing some huge arena, they'll be taking the stage at intimate local venue The Camel. I'm kind of amazed at this particular turn of events....

White Laces released their debut album, Moves, a couple of weeks ago on Speakertree Records, and we here at RVA Magazine have been in love with it ever since. Already one of the better active bands here in Richmond, White Laces really took things to a new level with their first full-length collection of songs, incorporating dynamic arrangements...

I've been meaning to show you guys this for a while, but considering that the new Black Moth Super Rainbow album will be out in a few weeks, now seems like the perfect time. "Windshield Smasher" is the first single from Cobra Juicy, the fifth album by the Pittsburgh electronic/experimental indie troupe. I've been meaning to show you guys this for...

VCU's Student Hip Hop Organization is bringing a serious party to Strange Matter this Saturday night. Featuring the talents of World's Fair & TWO-9, two up-and-coming hip hop crews from several hours down 95 in each direction (World's Fair come from Queens, TWO-9 hail from Atlanta), this show will also feature several of the best local talents...