Just because it's the slow season for live music doesn't mean YOU need to slow down. Sure most of the outside venues are calling it quits until the spring, but there are still plenty of places around town to catch some music every single night of the week if you so...
Monday, 9/19 Carolina Chocolate Drops @ U of R Modlin Center 7:30pm. Monday, 9/19 Dale Watson @ Shenanigans Sept. 19 @ 8pm Monday, 9/19 Witches, Little Master (pictured above), Julie Karr @ Cellar Door 9pm. Monday, 9/19 Mean Jeans, Le Singe Blanc (pictured above), Hollywood, The Shirks @ Strange Matter 10pm. Monday, 9/20 Bent Left, Team Extreme,...
I'm sure you've heard by now that this year's edition of the annual GWAR-B-Que will not be happening at Hadad's Lake water park as originally scheduled. Despite GWAR and the Slave Pit's efforts to cover all of the legal bases in order to have the event, Henrico County denied the permits at the 11th hour. But do not despair, fun-loving citizens of...
Many years ago I heard an interesting theory. It said that women musicians generally tend to be bass players because they’re drawn to lower frequencies, which are more like a man’s voice. Meanwhile men like playing guitar because they like high frequencies: more like a woman’s voice. I can’t speak for everybody but it’s certainly true for me. I...
Long and Doddie battle the bass gods as Audio Ammo hit the Deli tonite with an arsenal of 18" power subs. WHO: Long Jawns and DJ Doddie WHAT: RVA Presents Audio Ammo WHEN: Friday, September 16th 2011, 10PM WHERE: NY Deli Join DJ Doddie and the Noah Larmz crew in celebrating the 3rd Anniversary of Fantastic Planet with special guest Nick...
Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestial Lineage (Southern Lord) Winston Churchill once quipped: “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something at some point in your life.” And while the rancor that a band like Wolves In The Throne Room elicits from their genre's orthodoxy might not necessarily constitute enmity in the sense that...
Thursday, 9/15 Thou, B L A C K I E (pictured above), Fat Tony, Windhand, Bermuda Triangles @ Strange Matter 10pm. Thursday, 9/15 Richmond Jazz Society's Guest Educators Series Pres. Steve Turre Quintet (pictured above) with Billy Harper on sax, Larry Willis on piano @ Capital Ale House Music Hall (two shows) 7 & 9:15pm. Thursday, 9/15 Mutemath @...
Pack your bags. Drive across the country. Join a band. This all seems like a movie plot we’ve seen time and time again--a plot many of us are unable to think of in a realistic light. For those who have ventured down this path do not often reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Following your dream and leaving those who care about you behind...
Fantastic Planet, which has its roots in RVA, is celebrating it's three-year anniversary at The Norva on Saturday, Sept 17th with DJ Doddie (Noah Larmz/Audio Ammo) and special guest DJs Nick Catchdubs (Fools Gold Records), DJ Sega (Mad Decent), and Dirty South Joe (Mad Decent)! If you're in the Norfolk area, you're set, but Richmonders are also...
Sleigh Bells, an electronic duo consisting of Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, have been on a very fast-paced rise to fame. Alexis, a full-time teacher, met Derek for the first time in 2008. She saw potential in Derek’s idea for a new musical project, and decided to commit to it full-time in 2009. Derek, who had previously played guitar in...
