Kick back and check out the conversation with Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison, a down-to-earth local with some serious skills. He started Jellowstone Records from his living room, signed to the legendary Stone’s Throw label, put out several great albums, solo and with...
A new video from Richmond locals Marionette introduces eerie guitar strums over trance-like vintage film clips. A new video from Richmond locals Marionette introduces eerie guitar strums over trance-like vintage film clips. Marionette cleverly combines electro, folk and pop while sprinkling some high-powered psychedelics atop for good measure....
What’s good, RVA bass fans! Gearing up for the Paper Diamond and Polish Ambassador show at the Canal Club tonight. What’s good, RVA bass fans! Gearing up for the Paper Diamond and Polish Ambassador show at the Canal Club tonight. I've decided to hit this instead of the SOJA show I previously mentioned. Paper Diamond is part of the Pretty Lights...
Get your first Friday party on with Long and Doddie of the Audio Ammo crew as REBEL continues to be a proven destination to start your weekend off right! Get your first Friday party on with Long and Doddie of the Audio Ammo crew as REBEL continues to be a proven destination to start your weekend off right! WHO: Audio Ammo WHAT: REBEL WHERE: The...
Brooklyn-based black metal band Liturgy have had a divisive presence in the music scene over the past year or so, with many going nuts over their second album, Aesthethica, and just as many people reviling their lack of evil metal "cred" and their unwillingness to "keep it real." I personally am very much pro-Liturgy, even going so far as to make...
Poison Idea – Darby Crash Rides Again (Southern Lord Records) The relatively recent trend of plundering hardcore's darkest recesses for the previously unheard and unknown can come dangerously close to the sort of necrophiliac nostalgia to which the music was supposed to stand antithetical from the start. It's an approach that assumes the greater...
Thursday, 2/2, Rehab, Rittz, Downbeat Switch (pictured above) @ Canal Club 7:30pm 18+ Thursday, 2/2, Rehab, Rittz, Downbeat Switch (pictured above) @ Canal Club 7:30pm 18+ Thursday, 2/2 NO BS Brass Band @ Balliceaux 10pm. 21+ Friday, 2/3 EQ Produktions presents Paper Diamond, The Polish Ambassador @ Canal Club 9pm. Friday, 2/3 Wrenn Mangum: Elvis...
Richmond stoner metal group RPG has been working for quite a while on their soon-to-be-released new LP, High Loathsome, and now the end of their quest is in sight. Richmond stoner metal group RPG has been working for quite a while on their soon-to-be-released new LP, High Loathsome, and now the end of their quest is in sight. They've been...
Festival season is almost upon us, and you know what that means. Many Richmond bands will be taking their sound on the road and spreading the good word. Festival season is almost upon us, and you know what that means. Many Richmond bands will be taking their sound on the road and spreading the good word. In addition to Black Girls’ recent...
Richmond based DJ Pari is the host of the monthly Soulpower dance party at Balliceaux and co-host of Midnight Soulstice on WRIR 97.3 fm (every Friday from 11pm until 1am.) Pari spins at clubs and festivals worldwide, and he has worked with Soul legends like James Brown, The Impressions, Marva Whitney, Bobby Byrd, Mandrill, Sharon Jones & the...
