It is that time of the year that we as a society collectively use Saint Patrick's day as an excuse to drink Guinness and wear paddy caps. I'm not much of a hat wearer myself, but I do love Guinness and city streets closed off to listen to music while perusing...
Here's something crazy and awesome that kind of came out of nowhere for me. Xenia Rubinos is a Brooklyn-based musician, the child of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, who just released her debut album, Magic Trix. The wild, chaotic, but most of all fun sound she creates on that album is most wildly brought to life on "Pan Y Cafe," a short but...
4/12 Trevor Dunn & Endangered Blood (pictured above), Scott Clark 4tet @ The Camel 8pm. 4/12 Trevor Dunn & Endangered Blood (pictured above), Scott Clark 4tet @ The Camel 8pm. 4/12 Fort Wilson Riot (pictured above), Good Weird Collective @ The Nile 10pm. 4/12 An Mekong's Engagement Vaganza featuring DJs Reinhold & Paul B (pictured above by...
The Trillions - Tritones (Worthless Junk) The Trillions are an RVA-based power pop band who formed a couple years ago and have been making a big impression on the Richmond music scene during their time together. Featuring former members of previous RVA power-poppers Prabir And The Substitutes and The Awesome Few, these guys have plenty of...
Remember what happened the last time Paul Devro played a Brain Drain party? Yeah... me neither. Fortunately, we have some evidence left as to how crazy of a party it was. Just look how much fun this guy is having with a smoke machine: Remember what happened the last time Paul Devro played a Brain Drain party? Yeah... me neither. Fortunately, we...
The latest from 19-year-old EDM prodigy Porter Robinson is a stellar follow-up to the last tracks we heard from his Spitfire EP. Debuting the single yesterday over at Rolling Stone, Porter explains that "There's so much spine-chilling, goosebumps-inducing music out there and it's barely getting heard in the United States. I want my music to not...
[Unfortunately, due to a sudden, unexpected page-count crunch, Alexander Rose's interview with up-and-coming 757 metal band Glass Cloud had to be cut from our newest issue. It's way too good an article to just disappear, though, so we decided to present it to you in all its uncut glory on our website! --ed.] READ THE FULL VERSION OF RVA #8 HERE!...
Black God is the latest iteration of a Louisville hardcore supergroup who were originally known as Black Widows. After releasing one EP in 2002, the group, which teamed Endpoint/By The Grace Of God vocalist Rob Pennington with brothers Ryan and Evan Patterson of National Acrobat, were forced for legal reasons to change their name to Black Cross....
Windhand – Windhand (Forcefield Records) The year's definitely still young, but it seems like 2012 has already proven itself a great time for more traditionally-minded doom metal bands to kick out some really killer material. Between Pallbearer, Pilgrim, and the first Saint Vitus album in a decade and a half, the number of bands who can...
Noah Larmz, the creative force behind the iconic Fantastic Planet parties, have returned with Round 2 of their successful Fantastic Voyage boat party. This time around, I've come onboard to help recruit NYC Moombahton heavyweights Sazon Booya, who will be performing alongside Richmond favorite DJ Doddie of Audio Ammo. Setting sail from downtown...
