We stepped down the cobblestone steps, our backs to that gothic tower of bricks seeing us off into a damp night. Jesse’s face was blue as he stared down into his phone and said: C’mon, I think it’s this way. It’s west? I asked. No, it’s in this direct—I mean...
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Jahman Brahman Saturday, March 17 at The Camel The simple gesture of marking the calendar is all it takes. The multitude of social media resources have increasingly enabled this facet of my life, making it incredibly easy to locate and track familiar acts, but also discover so many new ones. And as such, I ventured out...
The Jazz Addixx are dope! This three-beast, Central/Northern Virginia based Hip Hop entity has had true underground heads craving more since they dropped Oxygen back in 05'. A few years later, they refreshed Oxygen - afterwards adding producer, emcee and sneaker fanatic, The Unown, to the original duo of DJ Ragz (Producer/DJ) and MUDD...
In this episode, Just Plain Sounds took over Radio Rubber Room for the evening. Though JPS is a vast and abundant Hip Hop organization, the studio is small and only four members could represent, so Just Plain Ant, James Dangle and Drano held it down with a slew of dope tracks new and old. The last time Just Plain Ant was on the show, Hurricane...
Ladies and gentlemen, here it is: the brand new video from Richmond hip-hop sensation Noah O. "Oh My" is a powerful, politically oriented track that begins with a sample from one of Barack Obama's speeches and goes on to outline the concerns and struggles of working class people trying to get by during the current tough economic times. Ladies and...
Houdan The Mystic - Archer's Jamboree (houdanthemystic.bandcamp.com) Swirling eerie sevenths open, taking you somewhere into a vortex… deeper... deeper… then, BAM! You are smacked in the face with a spastic explosion of strings and beats, which quickly shapes itself into a thoughtful head-bobbin’ jam. This is the opening track of Houdan The...
Monday, 4/2 "A Hobo Cabaret" featuring This Way To The Egress & Mr. Joe Black with Buster Britches and Alison Self (pictured above) @ The Camel 8pm. Monday, 4/2 "A Hobo Cabaret" featuring This Way To The Egress & Mr. Joe Black with Buster Britches and Alison Self (pictured above) @ The Camel 8pm. Monday, 4/2 Bermuda Triangles, Floodbeast,...
Lupe Fiasco, the rapper whose relevance in the electronic music scene can be traced back to his crossover hit "Day-N-Night," has now lent his vocal stylings to the man credited with helping push bass music into the mainstream spotlight, Bassnectar. Lupe Fiasco, the rapper whose relevance in the electronic music scene can be traced back to his...
Rufus Wainwright, the talented singer-songwriter with a penchant for operatic balladry and baroque pop gorgeousness, was in the central Virginia region very recently. He appeared at Charlottesville's Jefferson Theater on Wednesday, March 21 in support of his soon-to-be-released seventh album, Out Of The Game, which will be released next month on...
A willingness to suspend disbelief may encourage the enjoyment of the dark, bloody world of Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats – the willingness to disbelieve the fact that the Blood Lust album was not released in 1972, the willingness to disbelieve the idea that Uncle Acid’s voice alone can slit your throat, the willingness to disbelieve the very real...
