All day long, buzz at the festival hinted that Anderson .Paak might be dropping by to show some love for his pals in Richmond's very own Butcher Brown. And the rumors were spot on. At DayDream Fest, Anderson .Paak was seen with Richmond’s own musical talents. Captured...
Here it is, folks, the new video from RVA noise-rock auteurs Hex Machine! Yes, it's true--a few months ago, I presented you guys with a new Hex Machine video that was basically just an album cover floating overtop of an abstract background while a song plays. And I'm not apologizing for that, either, because the song was just that good! But this...
On Saturday, August 18th, Oderus Urungus of GWAR reserved a special VIP pavilion at the GWAR-B-Q at Hadad's lake. In the heat of the day, Oderus sweated, took pictures with, and greeted many VIPers and press. On Saturday, August 18th, Oderus Urungus of GWAR reserved a special VIP pavilion at the GWAR-B-Q at Hadad's lake. In the heat of the day,...
The Guns – The Guns (Smog Veil Records) There's been something of a cottage industry built up in recent years around the unearthing of long-lost pieces of hardcore's distant history. It's easy to see the appeal – the genre's early years are one of the last solid vestiges of regionalism and autonomous aesthetic development in the years leading up...
Katrina Jones passed away July 9th 2012 at the young age of 19 while in the custody of the Richmond Sheriff's Department. Her death is surrounded by a set of tragic circumstances, which raise important questions about the treatment of inmates at the Richmond City Jail and the attitudes of those in charge of it, not the least of which being: How...
R.A.I.G.E. Records - Wat's The Word (self-released) Up and Coming local trio R.A.I.G.E Records (Real As It Gets Entertainment) brings us a lot more than just rage on their mixtape, entitled Wat’s The Word. Members Fat B, Wize aka Dub-I, and Torch take us on their journey into learning who they are. R.A.I.G.E. Records - Wat's The Word...
Music is always somehow in the news, and this week is no exception. From crimes against the loud to our boy Matthew E. White (pictured above, photo by Samuel Dixon Photography) getting national attention at Rolling Stone, NPR, and Pitchfork, to name a few, our music is out there. Music is always somehow in the news, and this week is no exception....
Monday, 8/27: Puffy Areolas, Olde Shame, Toxie, Nervous Ticks @ Strange Matter 10PM Monday, 8/27: Puffy Areolas, Olde Shame, Toxie, Nervous Ticks @ Strange Matter 10PM Monday, 8/27: Nothington, Sundials (pictured above), The Haverchucks, Amateur Thieves @ The Camel 7PM Monday, 8/27: Jack Grisham's LOST Soul (songs of TSOL/Joykiller, pictured...
Trillectro Music Festival 2012 Saturday, August 11 at DC Fairgrounds, Washington DC Having recently returned to Washington DC, I couldn’t have asked for a better time to come back to the city that raised me. For the first time, DC was getting something that its been needing for a long time; a festival that combines two different genres that...
Xiu Xiu - Always (Polyvinyl) It's taken me a long time to find my way into Xiu Xiu's music. Led by Jamie Stewart, this strange indie band has been around for a decade, and I've run across several of their songs during that time--on the internet, on mixtapes friends made for me, etc. I always found them intimidating, both due to the intensely...
