Despite what the critics say, this week’s edition of YO! HIP HOP RVA proves trap and drill music aren’t monolithic. Burt AllWyld croons and raps over a moody sound bed while Hotboii VL, 249Ballout and Corey2x deliver menacing raps over thumpy production. The diversity...
Miniature Tigers are a band that belongs to this generation. From their inception, they have been widely praised as a band that could be compared to everything under the indie-rock sun. With the release of Fortress, their first full-length LP, Miniature Tigers have expanded and refined their sound to escape easy comparisons to the Flaming Lips...
Consisting of DJ Skywalk3r, DJ Rent, and DJ Yen, Nint3ndo is a dynamic three-headed hydra of a group that loves video games, anime, hot chicks, and partying like a beer-breathing dragon! We can all thank these guys for providing the giant panda head used by Steve Aoki on the cover of the recent RVA Magazine! They bring the anime style to the club...
He sits down on a couch lining the manila wall of a backstage room in the Knitting Factory; a room not so far in appearance from a ‘90s guest bedroom of a Floridian condo. The space is decorated with glass sliding doors, a loveseat backed by a horizontally hung vanity mirror, a side table topped with a modest pastel living room lamp, and a...
The Moste Potente Potions, The Diamond Center, The Milkstains, and Tyrannosaurus Awesome Thursday, August 11 at Strange Matter A funny thing happens when creative people move away from a prominent music scene. People like Chris Terry of Light the Fuse and Run as well as Jeff Grant from Pink Razors come to mind; Richmond will always be a home to...
Thursday, 8/18 Flesh Mountain Boys, Whiskey Rebellion (pictured above), Mills Family Band @ The Camel 10:30pm. Thursday, 8/18 The Moonbees @ Balliceaux @ 10pm Thursday, 8/18 Quango Almo (pictured above), Cellar, Devin Grubbs @ GlobeHopper 6pm. Friday, 8/19 Alexander & the Girl (pictured above), Arabia Terra, Lauren Michael Sellers @ Sprout 10pm....
It’s so beautifully obvious which bands Dead Fame had huge crushes on when they started writing songs. With their gothic cues, the newly formed group seeps personality in every lyrical swoon and electronic dash. Their songs could find a home as the soundtrack to a Bret Easton Ellis party or in the dirges of a society missing its core. Dead Fame’s...
Led by former Funsize/River City High vocalist James Menefee and featuring members of Prabir/Goldrush, Long Arms burst onto the scene last year with their debut LP, Long Arms To Hold You. Their most recent release is a split 7 inch EP with fellow local indie rockers Horsehead. Though they are clearly influenced by the work of Paul Westerberg,...
15 years ago, Euphoric Productions threw one hell of a party called PSYKAFUNKAPUSS at the historic Millenium Center in Winston Salem, NC. It featured many DJs that epitomized the rave scene back then...which brings us to the present. This party reunites most of those same DJs that rocked the dancefloor back then and they are are sure to bring the...
In Episode 25 of Radio Rubber Room we were lucky to have The Kindling Kind grace us with their presence. They brought their instruments and displayed a great folkish sound that was highlighted by the beautiful vocals and lyrical ability of the lead singer, Miriam Martin. In Episode 25 of Radio Rubber Room we were lucky to have The Kindling Kind...
