A musical based on Pharrell Williams' childhood is set to be filmed in Richmond. It's a coming-of-age story set in 1977 Virginia Beach, drawing from Williams' upbringing in the Atlantis Apartments. Williams will produce, and Michel Gondry, known for Eternal Sunshine...
Juicy J, Fat Trel Friday, March 2 at Epic Theatre aka Hat Factory On Friday, March 2, fans gathered outside of the Hat Factory for the much-anticipated show that everyone had been hearing about for weeks. If you were lucky enough to get a ticket for the sold-out show, you got a firsthand experience of a crowd that, for the most part, paid more...
Richmond's favorite thrashers are back! Municipal Waste are about to drop their fifth album, and first for Nuclear Blast, The Fatal Feast. It'll be out a week from today, on April 10, and you can preorder it . In the meantime, check out the brand new video for the album's title track. Richmond's favorite thrashers are back! Municipal Waste are...
Acephalix – Deathless Master (Southern Lord Records) For a long time, one of the worst sins a hardcore band could commit was that of turning towards more metal-influenced material. It may seem strange, since the two styles have informed each other for decades and lines between the two have become pretty well blurred, but there are definitely some...
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,...
