Meet Jonah Livingston aka kisscharge, a staple in the unseen music scenes bubbling under the surface and the brains behind the zine, Information Dominance Zine. As fans of his work, we wanted to shoot him a few questions about the gritty world he’s documenting and get...
Former Champions Saturday, May 19 at The Otter House (Fredricksburg, VA) Finally, a band I had been seeking for many months arrived in my backyard. My numerous attempts to get to Cary Street Cafe to see these RVA legends in the making had routinely gone unfulfilled. But no worries. The Former Champions landed in Fredericksburg last Saturday night...
Will Oldham is a Louisville, Kentucky singer-songwriter who has been releasing records for nearly two decades under a variety of different pseudonyms--Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Palace Songs, even plain ol' Will Oldham. But in recent years, he's mostly gone by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, a name that simultaneously references 18th Century English...
Flux Pavilion, Cookie Monsta, Brown & Gammon, Mammals Friday, May 11 at The National Two Fridays back, The National sold out. Kids packed the GA floor like sardines for Flux Pavilion. Flux Pavilion, AKA Joshua Steele, is one of the biggest names in all of electronic dance music right now, specifically bass music. To put things in perspective, The...
Thursday, 5/24 Silo Effect, Compass Rose Orchestra @ The Camel 9pm. Thursday, 5/24 Silo Effect, Compass Rose Orchestra @ The Camel 9pm. Thursday, 5/24 Zac Hryciak and the Jungle Beat @ Cous Cous 10pm. Thursday, 5/24 Promethean (pictured above), Hadron Delay, Phantasm, Solace Sovay @ Strange Matter 10pm. Thursday, 5/24 Love Canon @ Ashland Coffee...
Cory Branan - Mutt (Bloodshot Records) Here’s a little weird trivia for you. The first article that I ever wrote for RVA Magazine was an interview feature with singer-songwriter Cory Branan. From the first time I saw him perform, I was sold on the incredible prowess he exuded. His songs were quirky and honest, and his furious guitar playing just...
Father John Misty, Har Mar Superstar Saturday, May 19 at Rock N' Roll Hotel, Washington DC Plentiful hip thrusting and sassy stage presence were close to the last things I was expecting to see at a Father John Misty show. I was honestly expecting to watch a bearded faux-mountain man dude play acoustic guitar for an hour, but was instead...
Here's some downtempo hip-hop that's perfect for this overcast day in RVA. Up-and-coming local hip-hop artist Avance, who's part of the Mix Breed Entertainment crew, released his Aviation mixtape a few weeks ago (which you can download for free HERE), and "Choly Weed" is a track from it. Here's some downtempo hip-hop that's perfect for this...
Cadence Weapon - Hope in Dirt City (Upper Class Recordings) Cadence Weapon is a serious rapper on a label boasting both backpacker and club credentials that has toured with respected indie bands and commands high-profile remixes. A quick Google search absolves me of any embarrassing questions along the lines of “wait, who is this guy?” as it...
Australian quartet Royal Headache are probably considered a punk rock band by most of their fans, but if they'd been around 40 or 50 years ago, they'd have simply been rock n' roll. They write short, hyperactive three-chord tunes with simple song structures and choruses that are easy to remember and sing along with. The guitars are jangly rather...
