My god, I thought, this place will kill me one day… The door squeaked shut behind me; there was no turning back. The second floor of the office was as wide as a football field, with a maddening yellow tent and the stench of stale coffee and bleached paper. There...
Bobby La Beat heads to the Deli for a Black Friday edition of bangers and bass. Come through and unwind, have a drink and get buck. Bobby La Beat heads to the Deli for a Black Friday edition of bangers and bass. Come through and unwind, have a drink and get buck. WHO: Bobby La Beat WHAT: Black Friday WHEN: Friday, November 25th 2011 WHERE: NY...
“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man,” declared Dr. Thompson – and true or not, you’d be mistaken in moving past the idea too quickly. Which brings us to Weird Owl. Build Your Beast A Fire is the recently released album by Weird Owl, and even without the band having a doctor in the bunch, it succeeds spectacularly...
Here's a brand new video by local noise merchants Mutwawa, for the title track from their second cassette release, Mayan Mutations. Mutwawa, a duo consisting of Jason Hodges (Suppression/Bermuda Triangles) and Gary Stevens (Head Molt), have been spreading their psychedelic soundscapes around Richmond for a while now, and we've told you a bit...
Void – Sessions 1981-83 (Dischord Records) There is a long-held and largely fallacious belief that hardcore is characterized by an embrace of a chaotic aesthetic. It's easy to see why – an unfamiliar ear might find the buzzsaw guitars and barked vocals abrasive. But abrasion doesn't necessarily equate to a wholly unhinged methodology. For every...
Monday, 11/21 Un-Open Mic, featuring performances in 30 minute rotations by: Bruno Haynie, Mark Slomski (photo by Bailey Glasscock), Steve Organ @ The Camel 9pm. Monday, 11/21 War Graves (photo by Jodi Donkel), Khann, Gnawed @ Strange Matter 10pm. Free. Tuesday, 11/22 The Listening Room Series 2nd Anniversary Show featuring Nelly Kate, Bonnie...
AC Slater joins Audio Ammo for this month’s Brain Drain – coming from Brooklyn, NY. One of the four DJ’s that make up the Trouble & Bass crew, AC’s been killing it as one of the scene’s biggest producers and best DJs. Along with his releases on T&B, he also runs his own Party Like Us label. AC Slater is a non-stop touring machine, commanding the...
Station 2 is one of Richmond’s newest restaurants to emerge downtown. The converted firehouse, now a restaurant and bar, offers gourmet burgers as well as a variety of tasty local beers not readily available elsewhere. The dining space is open with high ceilings promising excellent acoustics, and tonight, for the very first time, Station 2 will...
That's right, folks, NYHC legends Agnostic Front are playing Richmond for the first time in something like a decade (my flawed memory may be lying to me on that one, but it feels like it's been that long). They're touring in support of their 10th album, My Life My Way, but you're bound to get tunes from across the spectrum of their entire career...
The monthly NY Deli visit from the Audio Ammo dudes is going down tonight! The weekend starts now! WHO: Long Jawns and DJ Doddie WHAT: RVA Presents Prime Time WHERE: NY Deli WHEN: Friday, November 18th 2011 The monthly NY Deli visit from the Audio Ammo dudes is going down tonight! The weekend starts now! WHO: Long Jawns and DJ Doddie WHAT: RVA...
