The following was originally published by Deserter HERE.Life in your twenties is a series of revelations. The realisation that I would never play football for England was a bitter pill to swallow. But, when I could only make the bench for Red Star Camberwell, it...
Thursday, 12/29 Keller Williams and the Pimps of Joytime @ The National (Kids matinee show 2:30pm) (9pm evening) Thursday, 12/29 A Tribute to Bluegrass on MacArthur featuring The Slack Family, Reckless Abandon, Cook County Bluegrass, Shockoe Bottom Boys @ Shenanigan’s 7pm. Thursday, 12/29 Hanzel Und Gretyl (pictured above), Synthetic Nightmare,...
Childish Gambino - Camp (Glassnote) Childish Gambino isn’t an easy artist to peg. If you called Donald Glover “an actor turned rapper,” you would be completely off. This new full-length is preceded by six releases that span back to 2008. If you were assuming this would be another attempt at a comedy/hip-hop hybrid akin to Lonely Island, that...
Midnight Soulstice is a Richmond Soul and Funk radio show, hosted by Mr. Felty & DJ Pari, featuring guest artists and DJs.The show airs every Friday from 11pm-1am EST. Listen live at 97.3fm or WRIR.org Most of us will never forget where we were when we got the news that the Godfather of Soul James Brown had died on Christmas Day five years ago....
The 21st century brought with it many technological advances, including affordable consumer grade recording gear and exponential access to a global audience via the internet, all of which have led to sweeping changes within the hip-hop game. Luggage is among the names to emerge victorious from the chaos, and rightfully so. After almost three...
Misery – From Where The Sun Never Shines (Inimical Records) So here's something that might excite somebody, somewhere (maybe). Long-dormant Minneapolis crust punk purveyors Misery emerged from a seventeen-year hiatus to offer up a double-album worth of new material, originally released digitally by the band and soon to be released on vinyl....
I keep feeling the urge to listen to some ol' soul music. I've been diggin' on Dreams In Audio lately. They host soulful world and funk mixtapes from deejays worldwide, and on rainy days like today, they make good listening. You can check out their full catalog HERE. ------------------------------------------- I’m trying something new for this...
Monday, 12/26 THINK, People's Blues of Richmond (pictured above) @ The Camel 9pm. Monday, 12/26 Max Levine Ensemble (pictured above), Delay, The Haverchucks @ Strange Matter 9pm. Tuesday, 12/27 Night Idea (photo by Derek Keaton), Brother Wolf, Plastic Traps, Son Of The Sea @ The Camel 8pm. Tuesday, 12/27 Nine Mile Island (pictured above), South...
Happy Holidays to everyone on the dance floors this past year. EDM has flourished in 2011 like no year before, and dubstep has captivated mainstream audiences across the US. I think the beautiful thing about our “genre" (for lack of a better term) is that there is no other live sensation like it. An unparalleled experience: brilliant masses of...
I’ve known BoJankans since we were kids (I’ve always referred to him by the name of his alter ego, Brett Selestay). We grew up in the same neighborhood in Herndon, Virginia. He was a year younger than me so he was more friends with my little brother, but we all did the normal neighborhood gang of kids thing together. Kickball, street hockey,...
