We covered the country twang kickoff of Friday Cheers' new season on Brown's Isle in Downtown Richmond and was treated to a truly magical evening. The event, captured through the lens of local photographer Noah Autry, featured stirring performances by Bella White and...
Hey, guess what, everybody? Local ragers Hex Machine are releasing a new full-length album entitled Fixator next month on Learning Curve Records. The first track has hit the internet, and we've got it here for you! Hey, guess what, everybody? Local ragers Hex Machine are releasing a new full-length album entitled Fixator next month on Learning...
Ladies and gentlemen, we present a new column from John Lewis Morgan, local raconteur and sole proprietor for the past three years of OneWayRichmond.com, the irreverent and passionate locally-oriented website that represents somewhat of a flipside to what we do here at RVA Magazine. Since John is always very aware of what's going on in the local...
Tonight, Jacksonville, Florida's Folk Is People will be performing at Bogarts In The Fan. They're about midway through their East Coast tour in support of their debut EP, That Was Then. Tonight, Jacksonville, Florida's Folk Is People will be performing at Bogarts In The Fan. They're about midway through their East Coast tour in support of their...
Remember Duchess Of York? The Richmond-based band started by talented teenaged brothers Michael and Austin York was making some waves on the Richmond scene a few years ago, playing regular gigs at the National and Toad's Place, as well as performing on RVA Magazine's own Carytown New Year's Eve celebration back at the dawn of 2007. Remember...
We live in a Richmond, Virginia nowadays where the music scene and where one goes to see a band can be rather political. Whatever happened to just having fun, and literally letting your hair down? There are thousands of folks, mainly Henricofielders, who don’t want to deal with pretentious frat boys at a jam band show, the whiny hipster-doofus...
We’ve taken a weird path to arrive as admirers of the music made by Matt Valentine – whether that music is made with his partner Erika Elder in the long-running MV & EE, with friend Jeremy Earl of Woods (as we were fortunate enough to experience live this past winter), or of the purely solo variety, as is the case with Valentine’s recent solo...
This week's pickins are pretty hefty, as some really great musicians have crafted some wonderful chunks of music for our discerning ears. The column this week is a little bit shorter than usual, but it's packed to the brim with goodies: This week's pickins are pretty hefty, as some really great musicians have crafted some wonderful chunks of...
Check it out, everybody--here's a brand new video from Noah O, who put RVA hip hop on the national map once again last year with his hugely popular clip for "I Got It" (remember, you saw it here first). "Blowed," which also comes from Noah's latest mixtape, Thug Wilder For President, has a different feel to it than that of "I Got It'--instead of...
That's right, folks, regardless of what sort of debacles may have ensued last year, the interstellar warriors of GWAR are undaunted, and have every intention of bringing you another kickass annual installment of the GWAR-B-Que, this time restored to its rightful location at Hadad's Lake! The final lineup was released last week, and tickets went...
