Interviewing legendary Richmond rapper, Nickelus F, is an unreserved journey into a vast and uncharted creative wilderness. From the moment you start talking — you talk — about everything — from culture and politics to theology and secret histories to quantum...
Monday, 6/4 RVA Big Band @ Balliceaux 9pm. 21+ Monday, 6/4 RVA Big Band @ Balliceaux 9pm. 21+ Monday, 6/4 Reggae Monday featuring Antero, The Love Experiment, The Band Belief @ The Camel 9pm. Monday, 6/4 Sectarian Violence (pictured above), The Devil’s Hand, and others @ Strange Matter 4pm. All Ages. (early) Monday, 6/4 Nautical Almanac,...
We might be better served to go with the flow, but we can’t resist amateurishly parsing the meaning, intention or ambition of Psychic Ills‘ most recent album – the not-necessarily-stoned-but-beautiful bliss of Hazed Dream – and the “dream” part of the equation in particular. Since their earliest incarnation, the incantations of Psychic Ills have...
The First Friday jump off continues as Long Jawns and DJ Doddie head to Republic to do what they do best. The First Friday jump off continues as Long Jawns and DJ Doddie head to Republic to do what they do best. Plenty of tunes and booze to reel in a new month, and the start of what's guaranteed to be an epic summer. Come through! WHO: Long Jawns...
Father Yod And The Source Family - The Thought Adjusters (Drag City) It'd be easy to let the backstory overshadow the music with this release--after all, Father Yod was basically a cult leader, though with none of the more terrifying aspects people usually associate with cults in these post-Jonestown/post-Manson Family times. Instead of getting...
Motion City Soundtrack, The Trillions, Kid is Qual Thursday, May 17 at The National This show resulted in an unusual circumstance--independently, and unknown to each other, both Shannon Cleary and I were working to get press passes so we could write a review. By the time we each learned that the other was going with the intention of reviewing the...
“Listen to my Mixtape,” “Support my Movement,” “Come to my Show!” These are just some of the many things we hear every day when we log on to Facebook, go to a club, or even walk to the grocery store. In today’s RVA scene it seems like everybody “raps,” but how many actually have their credentials together? “Listen to my Mixtape,” “Support my...
RVA hip-hop veterans Luggage have been steadily increasing their profile over the past year or so, playing shows regularly and releasing videos in anticipation of their new album, Sex Drugs & Rap. Now, with the release of the album just around the corner (though we still haven't heard an exact date... don't worry, we'll keep you posted), they've...
Thursday, 5/31 John Winn @ Crossroads Coffee (Forest Hill Ave. location) 8pm. Thursday, 5/31 John Winn @ Crossroads Coffee (Forest Hill Ave. location) 8pm. Thursday, 5/31 Paleface, Fuzzy Baby @ Balliceaux 10pm. 21+ Thursday, 5/31 Groovin’ in the Garden presents Carbon Leaf @ Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens 6pm. All Ages. Thursday, 5/31 Galaxy...
Dope Body - Natural History (Drag City) Dope Body are a four-piece group from Baltimore who present themselves at first as the kind of repetitively pounding, unrelentingly brutal postpunk band that would win acclaim from people who wish the Jesus Lizard were less melodic, or think that Swans went soft after Holy Money, or whatever. Dope Body is...
