Brace yourselves! This week we have a convergence of extremes, where sacrificial stage performances appear alongside evil riffs with demonic tongues, and profound explorations of darkness. If this sounds up your alley, you might be getting coal this year. In this...
Decapitated, Decrepit Birth, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Rings Of Saturn, The Haarp Machine Saturday, October 1 at Kingdom I arrived expectantly at the newly-christened Kingdom at 10 Walnut Alley on Saturday, October 1st. The name may have changed, but much about the club remained the same; they even brought back the delicious pizza-oven snack bar and...
Thursday, 10/20 Nothington, Cobra Skulls, Haverchucks, Landmines (pictured above) @ The Camel 8pm. Thursday, 10/20 Benefit show featuring Icon Gallery (pictured above), Soma, Whoa! @ The Nile Ethiopian 10pm. Friday, 10/21 EQ presents SHOCKOBALL featuring Conspirator, The Former Champions (pictured above), Ghost Payne @ The Canal Club 9pm. Friday,...
Jessica Jackson, Doug Fisher from The Rift and The Canary Promise were some of the names we found on the list last week. Familiar faces have been showing up regularly, but their sets are evolving to include new instruments and fresh songs. The ratio of musicians to non-musicians is beginning to even out. It makes you feel like a movement is...
The Sidekicks/Tigers Jaw - Split EP (Shout Out Loud Prints) This split is the Sidekicks’ first release since 2008’s Weight of Air. This band is capable of hitting so many dynamics and styles in a single song that it’s almost unfair. In “Little James,” chugging guitars and a rock solid but laid-back drum beat carry us through most of the song...
The Greater The Risk are a relatively new band around Richmond, but have done a lot in a short time to establish themselves at the forefront of their particular genre. The fact that that genre is emo might lead a lot of people not to give this band the time of day, but their excellent pop songcraft and driving guitars make a convincing argument...
Started earlier this year by Marc Cheatham, The Cheats Movement has become a reliable outlet for photo and video coverage of Richmond's youth culture, mixing underground hip-hop and street art with profiles of community leaders and high-profile local residents like VCU basketball coach Shaka Smart. Now The Cheats Movement has gotten together with...
Long-running Richmond hardcore band Government Warning played their last show last Saturday night at Strange Matter. They ended their set with the title track from their 2007 EP Arrested, bringing an entire era in Richmond hardcore to a close. The crowd, already whipped into a frenzy, went particularly nuts for this song, stagediving so much that...
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City Records) At this point, the arrival of a new Will Oldham album will likely prove as surprising as the content within – which is to say, not really very surprising at all. His two-decade career has shown a steady aesthetic evolution, but one that's as carefully crafted and deliberate as the...
With the Mothership Tour invading and selling out venues nationwide, many of those who have been with the dubstep genre from the start would never have guessed it would amount to this. However, with the help of acts such as 12th Planet, Skrillex, Datsik, Excision, etc., dubstep can be seen on college campuses, the Top 40 pop music charts, and at...
