It's a busy time of year, with kids getting out school, vacations being planned who knows what else on the docket, but that doesn't mean you can't time for a little music in your life. All over the city all week long you can find it if you're looking, but let me give...
No introduction this week. Let's get to the goods: No introduction this week. Let's get to the goods: photo by Phillip Harper First we got to have a few words with Ian Hurdle of Boxer. This pop-punk band has just released a vinyl EP called Undertow. The band is about to head back into the studio in a couple weeks. Are you all from Richmond? Yes!...
I suppose it's possible that a few of our readers have not yet heard that garage rock wunderkind Ty Segall (who we told you all about back in issue #5) is performing this Saturday at Strange Matter along with psych-punk legends Thee Oh Sees. But both for those who have heard and those who are just learning about it now, it's undoubtedly a...
Here's an interesting event that's happening in support of a great cause: the So RVA Fest is a benefit for Special Olympics VA, and looks like it's going to be a totally off-the-hook party to boot! If you like VA hip hop, and you want to get in on what's probably going to be the hottest hip hop show of the brand new season, then you've got to be...
Monday, 9/17: Misser, Diamond Youth, Young Statues (pictured above), Broadside @ The Camel 8PM Monday, 9/17: Misser, Diamond Youth, Young Statues (pictured above), Broadside @ The Camel 8PM Monday, 9/17: Mureau (pictured above), A Hero A Fake, Life As A Ghost, I Am The Rapture, Regretfully I, Fall To Eternity, The Dark Shores, Tetryl, Embers From...
Dope Body, White Laces, Navi, Mutwawa, New Turks Thursday, September 7 at Gallery 5 I missed Baltimore’s Dope Body the last time they were in town. They opened for Future Islands and I had heard quite a stir about their set. According to a few of my friends, they outshined Future Islands in many ways. Yet the very noticeable differences in style...
Friday, September 14th: Garbage @ The National 8PM Friday, September 14th: Garbage @ The National 8PM Friday, September 14th: Murphy's Kids, Herro Sugar, Red States, Splendid Suns (pictured above), Among Criminals, DJ Phil Dice @ The Camel 7PM Friday, September 14th: Autodefiance (pictured above), Hoax Hunters @ Strange Matter 6PM (EARLY) Friday,...
Attention music fans of all stripes--an amazing event is going down in Washington DC tomorrow, and regardless of what genre you typically prefer, there's going to be something you're interested in seeing going down. DC's own electronic music pioneers Thievery Corporation are taking over DC's Half Street Fairgrounds to throw an all day party...
Richmond based DJ Pari is the host of the monthly Soulpower dance party at Balliceaux and co-host of Midnight Soulstice on WRIR 97.3 FM (every Friday from 11pm until 1am). Pari spins at clubs and festivals worldwide, and he has worked with Soul legends like James Brown, The Impressions, Marva Whitney, Bobby Byrd, Mandrill, Sharon Jones & the...
As much as it’s readily recognized and accepted that the music that continues to enhance our lives throughout the years reverberates with what was born out of the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, there would seem to be little consideration for the long-tail influence of yesterday’s underground press on the way we read and interact with...
