This week’s edition of YO! HIP HOP RVA features three gifted MCs, two of which hail from cities outside of Richmond. Tajahmad and Bucky Malone, hailing from South Hill and Northern Virginia respectively, are on opposite sides of the spectrum sonically, but both get...
Back in the spring, I saw Title Fight at the now-sadly-defunct hardcore warehouse, and the show was completely off the hook! Their mixture of melodic hardcore and the more melancholy emotional tone of bands like Hot Water Music was a huge hit with the hundreds of energetic kids crammed into that sweaty cinderblock-walled room, and as soon as they...
11/18 Municipal Waste (photo by Ryan Hackett), Parasystic, Grown Ass Men, Humungus @ Kingdom 8pm. 11/18 Bassface & Overtone Promo present Bass Invasion featuring DJs Mayhem, Numbernin6 (photo by Britney Seydel), Mike Phear, An0dyne, Disco Shaman, Serenity Pink @ Canal Club 8pm. 11/18 3rd Annual Canned Food Drive featuring Pierce Edens & the Dirty...
New electronic dance label Sex Cult Records has sent the great majority of its roster out on tour together, and that tour is touching down tomorrow night here in RVA. Featuring a headlining set by NYC's Designer Drugs, who've rocked the Hat Factory and the city of Richmond in fine fashion before, this tour boasts a ridiculous assortment of acts,...
Local hip-hop crew Slapdash have been working hard all year to bring the best in local hip-hop to the stages and the people of RVA. Now, to cap off their great 2011, they'll be kicking off the holiday season in style, tomorrow night at Strange Matter, with Thankspittin! This show will feature performances by half a dozen great local hip-hop acts...
Back at the end of September (the 26th, to be exact), Primus played an epic three-hour gig that featured two full sets--one full of older hits, and a second that featured their entire new album, Green Naugahyde, in sequence. Photographer Ken Penn was in attendance, and he brought us back some great photos of the evening's events. More after the...
Here's a brand new video for Kid Is Qual's "Knights Of Ole," from their soon-to-be-released debut EP, Damn, Son. Kid Is Qual are led by Jonathan Sullivan, formerly of Jack's Mannequin, who clearly takes heavy influence from Zapp's Roger Troutman (younger readers will remember him as the guy who sang the hook on Tupac's "California Love"), with...
Timeshares – Bearable (Kiss of Death Records/Kind of Like Records) What strikes me most about Bearable, the new full-length album from Timeshares, is the depth and texture of the recordings. This group of four clowns from New York have taken a sound that is constantly on the verge of becoming stale and repetitive (that is to say: bands that sound...
11/14 Caves Caverns, Sgnls, Buck Gooter (pictured above), Slaw, Head Molt @ Strange Matter 10pm. 11/14 Mychildren Mybride (pictured above), Within The Ruins, Lionheart, I Declare War, The Plot In You, Belle Gunness, Still I Rise, Within Our Gates @ Kingdom 5pm. 11/14 Fox Street AllStars, Parlour Shakedown, Those Manic Seas @ The Camel 8pm. 11/14...
Lu Lu Lu Luggage rapping and The Catalyst rocking under one roof. A nice little treat to start your week off. Stroll through the Nile tonite and see for yourself. Lu Lu Lu Luggage rapping and The Catalyst rocking under one roof. A nice little treat to start your week off. Stroll through the Nile tonite and see for yourself. WHO: Luggage, The...
