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Richmond rapper The Honorable Sleaze has just released his new full-length, This Funk, for free download on blocSonic. Grab it here: THE HONORABLE SLEAZE - THIS FUNK The Honorable Sleaze comes to you from the talented Richmond, Virginia based Just Plain Sounds crew--the same crew that includes blocSonic fam Just Plain Ant, Joey Ripps & Friends or...
Swerve 36 comes through with his bi-monthly showcase joined by some of Richmond's finest MC's and musicians. Luggage (RVA Music Fest Performer), Divine Prophets and Joe Threat are sure to get the crowd hype while Myke Terry and The Silent Age (RVA Music Fest Performer) come on for a high powered change of pace. The Silent Age WHO: Luggage, Divine...
Mit Hamine - Pagojet (hitmachine.bandcamp.com) This local Richmond band caught my attention, as well as that of many others, last week with their somewhat ill-fated appearance on Tom Scharpling's Best Show on WFMU. So with that in mind, I decided to check out their latest album, which is available on bandcamp as a free download or a low-priced...
White Laces are creating quite a buzz in the Richmond scene right now, playing their loud, distorted, but still melodically-infused indie rock to bigger and bigger crowds around town. They've also been touring a lot lately, which has led to positive notices from press in other cities, and even in national outlets. Their self-titled 12" vinyl EP...
A Pale Horse Named Death - And Hell Will Follow Me (SPV) These guys really want to be Alice In Chains circa Dirt. There's just no way to avoid it--from the downtuned dirge-metal riffage to the singer's grim, funereal baritone to a song called "Heroin Train," this whole album gives off an inescapable Dirt vibe. Which is not to say that it's...
Cannabis Corpse, Infernal Stronghold, Coffin Dust, Tombstalker, and Lady Piss Sunday July 17th at Strange Matter On Sunday, July 17th, Strange Matter was graced with yet another, hazy, sticky, dank show that will live on in the annals of Richmond history. I’m talking about the Cannabis Corpse CD release show, which celebrated the release of...
Gillian Welch – The Harrow And The Harvest (Acony Records) The title of Gillian Welch's newest effort goes a long way towards covering her whole approach. On the most literal level, there's the rustic imagery that so much Americana strives to incorporate – the farming implement and the end result of its use. But the respective halves of the...
7/25 Treble Lifter, Floating Colors (pictured above), Free Market Ensemble, Sloth Herder @ Strange Matter 10pm. 7/25 Erika Blatnik (photo by Diana Porter), Ben Henry, Nighty-Night @ Sprout 10pm. 7/25 Bake Sale (pictured above), White Laces @ Steady Sounds 6pm. 7/26 Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Teen Dreams (pictured above) @ Steady Sounds 6pm. 7/26...
On Sunday September 11th, we are throwing the biggest street festival the city has seen down in Shockoe Bottom with national headliners Girl Talk and Best Coast leading the way and supported by the finest musicians this city has to offer. If you haven't caught GT before here is the clip ----> We "borrowed" this set from when he played at the now...
