Original post made on July 17, 2022 by Scott Burger of Oregon Hill News and reposted here with permission. For updated information on the Richmond Riverfront Amphitheater, we wrote about it HERE and HERE When I moved to Richmond in the early nineties, it was a much...
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...
Long-time Richmonder Tim Barry is beginning the recording of his new album 40 MILER, which is due in early 2012 on Chunksaah Records. Local filmmaker J LAW put together this video from inside Minimum Wage Studios and captured footage from on the road with Tim Barry. Keep in touch at TimBarryRVA.com Long-time Richmonder Tim Barry is beginning the...
Considering that we've been telling you about how amazing Conditions are for quite a while, both in the magazine and here on the website, it'd be a shame if you haven't checked them out by now. Or maybe you have, and were sufficiently impressed that you understand that you should see them every chance you get. Whichever one of these options...
Silla Eléctrica – Ritmo Suicida (Solo Para Punks) Greil Marcus once wrote that the best punk rock can “convince you that you never have to hear anything else as long as you live,” that “each record seems to say everything there is to say.” It's a wonderful idea, bestowing upon something so maligned and misunderstood the seemingly contradictory...
Beirut, Gabriel and the Hounds Tuesday, October 25 at The National The first time I heard Beirut was my freshman year at VCU. Something about the then one-man project’s sound seemed to encapsulate the fullness of life. And so, at every party my friends and I held that year, someone invariably pulled out a guitar near the end of the evening so we...
One of the most unexpectedly uplifting surprises of the year has been becoming fluent in the language of Swahili – being in this case the extraordinary band of altered-state enthusiasts from the Pacific Northwest. Learning the language of Swahili – as spoken through synth, drum, drone, and the occasional well-placed moan on their spectacular,...
