It truly is the slow season; few shows, fewer releases and snow falling all around. Now of course you can hit up your regular spots with music every night of the week, but many of the venues are taking it easy for a while, and I don't blame them. But, for those that...
There’s a sense of mystery moving throughout the music of Mmoss – a sense of something familiar perhaps surreptitiously altered, or of traveling a well-worn path only to arrive at a destination previously unknown. It’s a mystery not to be solved, but rather a mystery to be enveloped by. On their debut album – the enigmatically titled i, available...
Thursday, 12/15 Mermaids I Mean Whales, Lobo Marino, The Moonbees (pictured above) @ The Camel 9pm. Thursday, 12/15 Double Negative, Bukkake Boys, Unholy Thoughts, Slugz @ Strange Matter 10pm. Thursday, 12/15 PC Worship (pictured above), Mutwawa, Nightshade, Navi @ Ghostprint 7:30pm. Thursday, 12/15 Paul Ivey vs. the Board of Education (pictured...
New York's Woods have long had a special relationship with the RVA underground music scene, which dates back to their pre-Woods band Meneguar. However, over the last few years, they've been seeking their fortune around the country and the world, and while their profile has greatly increased in those intervening years, Woods hasn't actually played...
Indie torchsinger and rookie sensation Lana Del Rey caught our attention a few months ago with the powerful, disquieting clip for her debut single, "Video Games." The low-budget video, assembled by the singer from found Youtube footage and shots of herself standing in a hallway singing along with the song, drew a lot of attention online, and four...
Hey! Guess what: we're bringing you a new BOUNCE mix, finally! It's been a hectic year here at RVA & PLF - we're getting back into the swing with parties and new mixes. Seems appropriate for our 40th mix to be by one of our favorite people: Bobby LaBeat! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST! Find Bobby here: soundcloud.com/bobbylabeat...
Here's your introduction, in video form, to a hot new rapper coming out of the RVA: Mikealis. His debut EP, American Tourist, just dropped from local hip-hop label Charged Up Entertainment, and the video features short previews from two songs off the EP: "The New Rat Pack" and "Loud Spinning Rooms," both of which feature guest verses from Yung...
A few months back, I got an email from DJ Lavan, a Richmond music lover who had just started K&B Music, a booking, promotion, and management company for musical talent in and around RVA. I was instantly interested in what DJ’s new company was attempting to accomplish because we both appear to have the same attitude about abundance of diverse...
Known as much for their diverse and creative riffs as they are for their powerful lyrics, Mercy Screams has spent half a decade building a solid underground following on the East Coast. Having been signed to the Illinois-based label Red Cord Records, they recently released their first full length, Broken Mirrors, and are preparing to tour in...
In her music, Nelly Kate examines the most organic of sounds that surround all of us. The sounds of cluttered dryers clanging in basements and the high pitches of tea kettles would seem right at home on her new album, Ish Ish. As a self-contained artist, Kate approaches her compositions in multitudes of layers. While the use of looping mechanisms...
