Experience a delightful brunch accompanied by live jazz at The Savory Grain, our sponsor. This cozy venue offers not just brunch, but also dinner, enticing happy hour specials, and vibrant live music on Thursday and Saturday nights. More info here. This week on SOUND...
Despise You, Magrudergrind, Cannabis Corpse, Suppression, Street Pizza Tuesday, September 13 at Strange Matter One of the great things about getting older, I've found, is that all of the bands I loved back in the day but never got to see are reforming and going on tour. In the case of classic 90s-era Los Angeles hardcore band Despise You, nobody...
WHA GWAAN! BRAIN DRAIN is coming up fast on Saturday, Sept. 24th with special guest Jillionaire (Mad Decent/ Major Lazer - Trinidad)! Reppin’ Mad Decent, this DJ/producer has traveled all over playing shows with Major Lazer and killing it with his own events and music. With over fifteen years of experience, the Jillionaire has created a unique...
Are We Still Rolling? by Phill Brown (Tape Op Books) As both a book nerd and a music nerd, I find myself squarely in the middle of the target demographic for this book, which is a memoir by a recording engineer with over 30 years experience in the music business. Phill Brown started his career as a teenager, working at London's Olympic Studios in...
Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here (The End) The eighth album by progressive/post-metal veterans Anathema mixes epic emotional ballads and uptempo melodic pop into a work of stunning beauty that demands repeat plays. Like Opeth's mellowest moments, or Katatonia's more recent work, this album may not strictly qualify as metal. But when it's...
It's hard to remember Richmond before Photosynthesizers stepped on the scene. Although I've never seen them live, ever since I can remember, I've heard nothing but good things. When both musicians and average citizens begin to pass around praise for a band, you can't help but acknowledge that they must be doing something right. It's easy to...
Thursday 9/22 Case Closed, Raintree, Ear Theory, Herro Sugar (photo by Mian Long), Aim For The Weekend @ Canal Club 7pm. all ages Thursday 9/22 Snarky Puppy @ Balliceaux 110pm. 21+ Thursday 9/22 HotChaCha, The Catalyst, Summer People, Jabroni, Hoax Hunters (photo by Kristel Poole) @ Strange Matter 10pm. Thursday, 9/22 Deer Hoof (pictured above),...
Are you ready for the raging firestorm of hardcore punk fury that will hit Charlottesville in less than a week? Get stoked, because the veteran Canadian sextet Fucked Up aren't going to settle for anything less than total insanity. This group, who has been around for over a decade, have been steadily developing their sound, pushing things farther...
It’s time to break out the electric Kool Aid because The Instant Pleasure Psych Fest is coming to Strange Matter this Friday and Saturday. In what will be two days of heavy vibes and ample sonic dosage, some of the region's most freaked and fuzzed out acts will be performing in a trans-dimensional marathon of eclectic sights and sounds. Richmond...
It's time for yet another Open Stage Night at Cafe Diem, presented by RVA Magazine and Radio Rubber Room. If you've missed the last four events, you've missed great music and good times provided by some of the most talented musicians in the Richmond area. With names like Downbeat Switch, The Kindling Kind, Luke and the Junk, Dane Ferguson,...
