It's officially the holiday season, and that means holiday music and concerts and everything that comes along with that. Now you, like me, might be tired of the worn out holiday classics; the same tired tunes that have been blaring out through the radio in every...
Wild Beasts - Smother (Domino) With their third album, Wild Beasts create a wonderful amalgam from Hayden Thorpe's unconventional and haunting vocals, light piano, and the sort of well placed electronic effects one could look for from Panda Bear, NIN, or recent Radiohead. Smother contains very strong songs, each incredibly complete unto itself,...
This Richmond DJ has been rocking parties and pushing the dance scene to the next level for nearly a decade. He spins a unique blend of world dance anthems and American top 40 tracks that distinguish his sets from the masses and put him in a class by himself. Raised in New York, his European travels have given him a wider variety of influences...
We live in a world where The Black Ryder need no introduction – simply mentioning the band by name results in an acquiescent nod coupled with eyes rolling back into the skull, under heavy lids and the trigger of smiling sonic memory. But as you well know, we do not live in the same world as everyone else. In our world, Galactus is alive, peace is...
The RVA Music Fest, taking place September 10th and 11th, is only a month away. We'll be counting down the days until the Fest begins by profiling a different performer each day from now until the Fest begins. Check back here each day to learn about all of the artists performing at the RVA Music Fest. This Richmond band is relatively new, but...
Iceage - New Brigade (What's Your Rupture) Back in the early days of the punk rock movement, there wasn't nearly as much of a consensus about what the term "punk" meant, soundwise, as developed later. At the time, the sorts of postpunk bands who were a direct influence on the early days of the goth scene, such as Bauhaus and Christian Death, were...
8/11 – Fuzzy Baby, Prabir/Goldrush (pictured above) @ Balliceaux 10pm. 21+ 8/11 – PUSH feat. DJs Cherub Down (pictured above), Joanna O, PMD, Jesse Split spinning Jungle, D&B, Funky Breaks @ Godfrey’s 10pm. 8/11 – Richmond Jazz Festival pres. Homegrown at the Hipp feat. Eric Stanley (pictured above), Joye B. Moore, Sharon Rae North, Forte Jazz...
Fat Shadow - Foot Of Love (Houseplant) Fat Shadow is the latest project from former Richmonders Jeff Grant and Erin Tobey, who played together in Pink Razors and separately in Stop It!! and Abe Froman, among others. Now based in Bloomington, Indiana, they've joined with vocalist Daun Fields and guitarist Chris Mott to make the most overtly...
Caves Caverns have been playing music around Richmond for several years now, and are very active in the local scene. Not only have they played over 100 shows in the past four years, the members all play in various other Richmond bands--Lost Tribe, Bermuda Triangles, and Tate House, among others. Their instrumental music is experimental and...
The RVA Music Fest, taking place September 10th and 11th, is only a month away. We'll be counting down the days until the Fest begins by profiling a different performer each day from now until the Fest begins. Check back here each day to learn about all of the artists performing at the RVA Music Fest. No Dice are a trio from Richmond who play...
