It’s hard to believe hip-hop was once the red-headed stepchild of jazz and soul. Purists complained the genre was a crude regurgitation of its predecessors over a break beat, but 50 years later, a once misunderstood genre is now Big Brother—omnipresent in virtually...
Monday, 8/29 Arete, East Coast Secondaries (pictured above), From Fragile Seeds, Low Flying Planes, Jessi Teich @ The Camel 8pm. Monday, 8/29 Dustin Edge (pictured above), Miss Me Tomorrow, Love Bullets & Dynamite @ Sprout 10pm. Monday, 8/29 Unholy Thoughts (pictured above), Brain Tumors, Siren, Much Worse @ Strange Matter 10pm. Tuesday, 8/30...
After a summer hiatus, AUDIO AMMO’s BRAIN DRAIN party returns to the Hat Factory on Friday, August 26th. We’ve got a lot in store for the next year – new and familiar guest DJs, different stage setups, new music, and weird things to throw into the crowd! For our August party, the whole Audio Ammo DJ Crew will be in the building dropping bombs all...
The artistic variety shown by this collaboration between local artist Mauricio Patarroyo and Steady Sounds co-owner Drew Snyder is no surprise in light of the collective resume of these two DJs. They've been collaborating lately on spinning an eclectic mix of tunes around the Richmond area, both at their semi-frequent Drop parties at Balliceaux...
This hot young female rapper is blowing up fast, with recent appearances in The Source magazine and on MTV's Sucker Freestyle, as well as high-profile gigs opening for nationally-known artists. Her mixtapes, The Miseducation Of Audra and No Such Thing Does Exist, have both gotten a lot of attention, so we can expect bigger and better things from...
Don't let this acoustically-driven Richmond indie group fool you--despite their quiet instrumentation, there's still a dark, ominous quality to what they do that shines through no matter how gorgeous their vocal melodies get. Their complex, delicate song construction yields fascinating moods and gorgeous sonic textures that will enrapture...
One of the hardest-working artists in Richmond, Nickelus F never seems to stop coming up with new ideas and new ways to get his music out. In the last year or so, he's released his second full-length album, Season Premiere; RARE, a mixtape that used the music of Portishead and led to a collaboration with that group's producer, Geoff Barrow; and...
This MC is probably the biggest success story in Richmond hip-hop right now. Without benefit of a label or a full-length release to support, he nonetheless managed to crack regular MTV Jams rotation with the video for his self-released single "I Got It." With his long-awaited LP Struggle Music dropping soon, everyone's paying attention to see...
Thursday, 8/25 NIGHTSHIFT pres. by Dope on Plastic, Rumors, RVA Mag feat. music by Beatdown the Kid (pictured above), Et Vulpes @ Strange Matter 10pm. 18+ Thursday, 8/25 Parlour Shakedown, Strumpet, Herro Sugar (pictured above) @ The Camel 5pm. All ages (Early) Thursday, August 25 Noah O presents Beat Battle 6 featuring Audra the Rapper (pictured...
Here's the brand new video for the excellent new White Laces single "Hands In Mexico," which will be released in the near future by Harding Street Assembly Lab on a split 10" vinyl record with The Snowy Owls. We've already told you in detail how awesome the song is, so if you haven't heard it yet, let me just say you're in for a treat and leave...
