Right now is a good time to be a vaporwave fan. Gone are the days of rampant Floral Shoppe memes and obtuse criticisms of lazy production techniques. Some of the genre’s most prominent creators are putting out their best work and finding more mainstream success online...
Iceage, a mysterious and sometimes controversial (though not actually evil as far as we can tell) group of Danish teenagers who took the indie world by storm last year with their excellent debut album, New Brigade, are returning to Richmond just less than a year after their last visit to once again wreak havoc upon our local punk scene. Iceage, a...
I still kind of can't believe this happened. Last night, Refused, the groundbreaking Swedish punk band who attempted to shake the world with their Situationist-inspired 1998 LP The Shape Of Punk To Come, finally reached the masses nearly a decade and a half later by performing their signature song, "New Noise," live on Late Night With Jimmy...
Regardless of whether you consider them alt-country, indie rock, the American answer to Radiohead, all or none of the above, there's no denying that Wilco have been one of the most important bands in the rock scene for the past decade-plus. Led by songwriter extraordinaire Jeff Tweedy, the once-fluctuating lineup of musicians that make up Wilco...
Master – The New Elite (Pulverised Records) With the renewed interest in the more stripped-down, primitive strains of metal that has come about in the past few years, it's hard to conceive of a better time for a band like Master to release a new album. Since 1983, the band has been plugging away without ever really altering much in their...
Parasytic, Battlemaster, Deadly Reign, Pissheads Monday, July 2 Black Breath, Martyrdod, Burning Love, Enabler, Dead In The Dirt, Balaclava Tuesday, July 3 At Strange Matter An alternative weekend of alternative weekends. Yeah, I know Monday and Tuesday doesn’t sound like the weekend, but it is for a lot of musicians who usually work in food...
This week's Sounds Of RVA column needs no introduction. Here you go! This week's Sounds Of RVA column needs no introduction. Here you go! This past week, Sounds of RVA was treated to a free Groovin' in the Garden pass, and you guys get to reap the benefits. First, Mavis Staples came on stage, and Brent Baldwin caught this iphone video of her...
Monday, July 16th Dual Album Release Party, with Hold Tight, Pedals on Our Pirate Ships (pictured above), Ramshackle Glory, Sundials @ The Camel 9 PM Monday, July 16th Dual Album Release Party, with Hold Tight, Pedals on Our Pirate Ships (pictured above), Ramshackle Glory, Sundials @ The Camel 9 PM Monday, July 16th RVA Big Band @ Balliceaux 9 PM...
Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord passed away today after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71. It seems a lot of the time that people who talk about heavy metal pioneers hold Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath up on lofty pedestals, but neglect the equally profound legacy of Deep Purple. I've never held with that perspective, though--in their...
Lemuria, Hold Tight!, Family Cat, Volunteer Monday, July 2 at Gallery 5 A funny thing happened to me on the way back from my last Lemuria show. As I met up with a few friends, I received a text from my girlfriend at the time. As you can imagine, one thing lead to another, conversations were had, and the relationship was no more. It never...
