This week’s edition of YO! HIP HOP RVA highlights my favorite hip-hop videos out of Richmond this year. The transcendent cinematography, lyricism and creativity in these videos truly made me say “wow.” Among the pack are Richmond mainstays Big No & Noah-O, Peter...
Monday, 10/10 Precious Fluids (pictured above), Challenges, Take Charge @ The Camel 7pm. Monday, 10/10 Wayside benefit BEEPSHOW featuring DJs B. Ultra & Basic, Paranoid Androidz, Joanna O, Pixeltank @ Strange Matter 9pm. Monday, 10/10 Cafe Diem Open-Mic Comedy Night with James Paulk @ Café Diem 9pm. Monday, 10/10 Secretly Y’all - The unique...
Big Sean, CyHi the Prynce, Shawn Chrystopher, Nickelus F (with Conrizzle), Suburban District Wednesday, October 5 at The National Make no mistake, Big Sean is “Famous.” The Detroit native welcomed a large hip-hop crowd to The National Wednesday night; headlining a night of GOOD Music. Thanks to my friends over at Slapdash (Cain McCoy and Octavion...
Southport – Armchair Supporters (Boss Tuneage Records) England’s Southport features members of prominent English punk band Snuff, but you’d never know it by listening to them. Armchair Supporters shows a diversity of range in songwriting styles that Snuff may never have demonstrated. Simon Wells, lead singer and guitar player for Southport, has...
Veteran Richmond singer-songwriter Jonathan Vassar and his backing band, The Speckled Bird, have just released a video for "Turn To Face The Wind," from their album Signs And Wonders, available from local label Triple Stamp Records. The video was shot by Richmond-based director Kevin Gallagher, Vassar and the Speckled Bird's music has a quiet,...
Brain F≠ - Sleep Rough (Grave Mistake/Sorry State Records) An argument has been proffered by many writers more inclined towards authoritative statements than myself that the seven-inch EP is the perfect format for punk rock. The line of reasoning is that the short, sharp shock aesthetic is dulled by the attempt to reach past the twelve minutes of...
Thursday, 10/6 Useless Eaters (pictured above), Haverchucks, Caves Caverns @ Strange Matter 10pm. Thursday, 10/6 The Vendors (pictured above), Eric Hunter @ Emilio's in the Fan 9pm. 21+ Thursday, 10/6 TUNGS (pictured above), Heavy Midgets, Sleeping with the Aviary @ The Nile Ethiopian 10pm. 21+ Thursday, 10/6 The Moonbees (record release), Joshua...
Ross Harman was one-half of The Gaskets, a quirky electro-pop duo who were active in the Richmond scene throughout the past decade. Sadly, he took his own life last year. At his memorial service, music from his little-heard solo project The Ballpoint Pens was played, and blew everyone away. Inspired by the reaction, Gaskets manager Nate "Igor"...
Fresh off their tour with fellow Richmond noisemakers Flesh Control, Mutwawa have sold out of their limited edition Mayan Mutations cassette, and have therefore decided to make it available to all interested parties for free on the internet. Mutwawa is a duo consisting of two of the hardest-working men in the Richmond extreme music scene: Gary...
As presented by Progressive Music Group in association with hardworking local promotion teams Slapdash and NLP, G.O.O.D. Music recording artist Big Sean is hitting Richmond tomorrow night for the first time since the release of his breakthrough album Finally Famous, which dropped back at the end of June. Since then, singles like "Marvin and...
