On Dec. 10, the eighth installment of Flag On The Moon (FOTM)—the brainchild of Richmond hip-hop legend Radio B—returned to The Broadberry. The intergenerational hip-hop showcase invites the city’s best MCs to grace the stage. Blaine Cooz by Christian...
The Girls Rock! Showcase was the finale of a week-long daycamp for girls hosted by local female musicians with the purpose of empowering girls to grow into empowered women. With instrument lessons and band practices, each girl was able to tap into her inner rock star. Each band wrote a song in the span of a week, and in tie dye and knee socks,...
8/1 Merciless #1 – An Evening of Industrial Noise & Heavy Electronics feat. Black Bloc, Head Molt, Heavy Breathing, Hostage Pageant, Sex Of Distance @ The Warehouse 10pm. (1300 School St. - No booze – all ages) 8/1 GAYRVA pres. B. Steady & Taylor Johnson @ The Camel 8pm. 18+ 8/2 Heathens (pictured above), Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire,...
Battle Flags is one guy, Jack Budd, who created an album, Color Engine, out of an 8X10 bedroom in a small shanty house in Oregon Hill. Jack used Battle Flags as a moniker for his art, which was originally BFFCC, an acronym standing for Battle Flags For Counter Culture. He needed a short video for his Kickstarter page and we were happy to help,...
About a year ago, I was sitting right where I am now, scrolling through all the Wikipedia pages of the colleges I was thinking of attending. Out of all the choices, one small detail stuck out to me. I came to the conclusion Richmond that was quickly becoming the pioneer city in Virginia for Hip-Hop. Epic Fest was a fine example of the wondrous...
Dead Language – Dead Language (Iron Lung Records) I don't know what the rest of his life is like, but when it comes to musical endeavors, it must be pretty nice to be Andrew Beattie. Though he was featured on one of the greatest hardcore releases of the past twenty years (No Comment's Downsided EP from 1992), the breakneck ferocity of his...
Barn Burner – Bangers II: Scum Of The Earth (Metal Blade) As anybody who has had the misfortune of sitting through their albums can attest, joke bands are almost never funny. This can be attributed to different causes. All those inside jokes that the band members developed while spending far too much time in each other's company usually fail to...
Wow. Tuesday night was the best RVAlution in a while. Thanks to Midnight Conspiracy, everyone had an awesome time going fucking insane to some of the best music I’ve heard in Richmond in a while. Really, you need to see the pictures from this one. I want to date those two girls making out. Both of them. Check out the full photo set HERE. Wow....
7/28 Cough (pictured above), Pledge of Cain, Churches Burn, Flying Snakes @ Strange Matter 10pm. 18+ 7/28 Delta Rae (pictured above), Apollo Run @ Capital Ale House Music Hall 8pm. 7/28 Underground Alley Party feat. Dan Soda, Double 07, Jesse Split (pictured above) and others spinning house; this event will be Map Point Style (A downtown location...
Our friends over at the Steez Promo headquarters have an exciting performance coming up for next Friday, August 5th. Our friends over at the Steez Promo headquarters have an exciting performance coming up for next Friday, August 5th. Making his area debut, Boys Noize, is set to headline the next installment of their Bass Drop event taking place...
