In the heart of Richmond, Virginia, a star shone brightly in the drag queen sky – Dajuan Lamont Gee, known as Millennium C. Snow, a beacon of creativity and resilience. April 17, 1981, marks the birth of a true original whose journey came to a sudden halt on January...
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...
Well, we think that's what this is. This bizarre video, in which local singer/songwriter and Fight The Big Bull collaborator James Wallace is interviewed (in Chinese, but with English subtitles) on the streets of New York, was sent to us with no real explanation by James's PR people, who refused to answer any questions about its origin. Perhaps...
Frail Humanity is a 5 piece metal band from Chesterfield, VA. Raleigh Hickman (Vocals), Cameron List (Guitar), Dylan List (Bass/Keys), Michael Pak (Drums) & Brendan Fleig (Guitar) think of themselves as a christian metal band; This was something I had to dig up from the facebook info and was not at all obvious to me from the music video. The...
Fucked Up, Wavves, Black Girls Monday, September 26 at The Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville) It’s easy to forget how close Charlottesville is to Richmond. My sights were always directed towards DC or Norfolk when it came to traveling for shows. This was my first experience venturing to the home of UVA to catch a show worthy of the cities that...
10/3 The Renderers (pictured above), Sore Eros, Tyrannosaurus Awesome @ Cellar Door 9pm. 10/3 Braveyoung, The Body, Druglord (pictured above), Historic @ Strange Matter 9pm. 10/3 Miramar @ Balliceaux 9pm. 10/3 Ghost Owls, Star & Micey, Ear Theory (pictured above) @ The Camel 8pm. 10/3 Twitch the Ripper, Imperative Reaction (pictured above),...
Hans-Joachim Roedelius, the 77 year old Berlin musician and former member of Kluster, Cluster, and Harmonia, is an early champion of experimental electronic music, from Kluster's deconstructed, proto-industrial soundscapes to Cluster's spaced out, phaser Krautrock explorations and his work in Harmonia, with Brian Eno and membersof Neu!,...
