This week’s edition of YO! HIP HOP RVA features Richmond hip-hop legend Radio B and rising star T.R.I.G. with former’s record serving as a showcase of lyrical prowess, and the latter delivering a raw, beautifully produced album. Additionally, in recent weeks,...
This local beatmaster has been doing a lot of work lately. In addition to his Yellow Gold mixtape with Nickelus F and his Hydrosub mixtape with his Chocolate Milk crew, he's released two solo EPs this year (Monoatomic and Raw Oasis), and is always posting new tracks to his soundcloud. His solo music consists of instrumentals that incorporate...
The Slomski Brothers are a bit of an enigma on the Richmond music scene. While vaudeville music and burlesque performance have seen a big resurgence recently, I am fairly confident that nobody else is playing a steel drum and ukulele combo, which oddly enough works quite well. But the music itself is only part of what makes the Slomskis one of...
This band, which spotlights the excellent songwriting and vocal talents of singer/guitarist Miriam Martin, use acoustic instrumentation to create surprisingly melodic tunes with some downright poppy choruses. They should appeal equally to folk music aficionados and fans of pop/rock songcraft. Their self-titled EP is currently available on iTunes,...
Monday, 8/22 Lord By Fire, Hex Machine (photo by Luna Duran), Totimoshi @ Strange Matter 9pm. Tuesday, 8/23 God-Des and She @ Babes in Carytown 9pm. Tuesday, 8/23 The Former Champions (photo by Richmondimage.com) @ Cary St. Cafe 10pm. Tuesday, 8/23 Free Jazz Night feat. The Abinnet Berhanu Group, Jeremy Quick @ The Camel 8pm. Tuesday, 8/23 Pedals...
This rapper and occasional producer hails from the Petersburg area and brings his hardcore boom-bap style to the local rap game. He's done three volumes of his Precipitation mixtape series, which are available for free from his label, Smooth Dirty Productions, and has collaborated with talented local hip-hop crew Suburban District. Expect to hear...
This six-man hip-hop crew have got plenty of Southern-style jams to get the party started and the crowd hyped. Each of the members has their own distinctive rhyming style and the results of their collaboration are clearly greater than the sum of its parts. Their newest mixtape, I'm An Outkast And I Don't Care, dropped this spring and features...
This veteran acoustically-driven local group mixes folk, funk, jazz, and rock styles in a manner that some might associate with jam bands, but also recalls groups like Sublime, The Wallflowers, and Counting Crows. Their album Falling Anyway has been out for a few years now but is still available and gives a good idea of what this band is capable...
This local singer and model, who just recently signed with Night Life Promotions, has been performing her original songs around town lately at places like The Camel and RVAlution. Her soulful vocals bring an element of classic house music to the electronic backing tracks laid down by NLP's DJ M.A.S.S. Fx. Expect her to dominate the stage whenever...
HeavyGrinder was born in Seattle and spent her teenage years traveling the globe as a model before settling down in LA and beginning her DJ career. She has performed all over the United States and the world, headlining the biggest clubs from Los Angeles to Ibiza. She's released singles on labels like Star Fruits and Soundmen On Wax, and had an...
