In Virginia's countryside, picture a scene straight out of a postcard – rolling hills, farms, and winding roads leading through the sometimes misty mountains. That's Waynesboro for you, a cozy town nestled in the Shenandoah Valley. With about 22,000 folks calling it...
It’s a rare occasion in which a band creates a record that simultaneously sounds like a solo album and a full on rockin’ masterpiece. But Adam & The Amethysts’ latest release, Flickering Flashlight (Kelp Records), is teetering on this precarious bridge - one that can often lead to an incoherent or misunderstood album. However, Montreal’s Adam &...
This past weekend, the young and young-at-heart flocked to Richmond for Stay Sweet Fest, a three-day/night festival showcasing the grimiest and dopest pop punk bands. Richmond bands like Close Talker, Hold Tight!, and Sundials sweated it up at the Camel with the coolest punk rock kids in the region. Not only was Richmond host to this "sweet"...
Formed in 2002, All Shall Perish is a breakdown-heavy, sociopolitical deathcore band that hails from Oakland, CA. Ben Orum (rhythm guitar) and Mike Tiner (bass) were the original founding members, and have remained in the lineup throughout the past decade. In 2005 they released their debut album, Hate, Malice, Revenge, on Amputated Vein Records,...
Here's a wild new video for VA Beach rapper Fam-Lay's Neptunes-produced track "Skrung Owt." Astute followers of the VA hip-hop scene will probably have encountered this track before--a leak has been kicking around in various internet circles for at least a couple of years. However, with Fam-Lay's new album TYBO (Turn Your Brain Off) finally...
Cannibal Corpse, Exhumed, Abysmal Dawn Tuesday, April 10 at The Canal Club I remember bringing home my first Cannibal Corpse record. It was the first time my parents were ever seriously worried about my sanity, and they are fairly open minded, non-religious folks. It’s pretty funny to look back on it, but now I can see where they were coming...
Dr. John – Locked Down (Nonesuch Records) It must be difficult for any artist who has established self-conscious personae to step away from the characterizations that they've applied to themselves over the years. A case in point being Dr. John, who launched his solo career in the late '60s as “The Night Tripper” and offered a sinister combination...
On the morning of January 3, the members of Black Girls woke up in their borrowed Winnebago in Wilmington, NC, posted to Tumblr that “coffee and bacon fumes are currently pouring out of the camper like Breaking Bad,” and began looking forward to rocking a venue called the Soapbox Laundro-Lounge that night, unaware that they were about to receive...
You think you know, but you have no idea. This simple quote was originally the slogan for the MTV series “Diary” when it debuted in February of 2000. But the fine folks in Austin who put together South by Southwest (SXSW) may want to open their pockets and adopt it as their official tagline. You think you know, but you have no idea. This simple...
On a night when UFO's filled the sky and only by pure fate none of the members had gigs with any of the other bands they are also members of, super group Think/Effect made their way to the Rubber Room. Comprised of members of Silo Effect and Think, these guys can bust out the jams. They might be robots? Enjoy. On a night when UFO's filled the sky...
