This week’s edition of YO! HIP HOP RVA features hip-hop artistry in three forms: boom-bap, jazz and punk respectively. Tajahmad’s record will make you scrunch your face and nod your head, McKinley Dixon’s will give you hope and inspire you, and the Kidz will awaken...
We could probably get away with a factually and chronologically correct detailing of the work engaged in by Shazzula/DJ Shazzula/Shazzula Nebula/§ђ∆ZzV⇂∆. But what would be the fun of that? Whether you know her from the music she made with Aqua Nebula Oscillator, or from her frequent cameos with such galaxy-crushing luminaries as White Hills and...
Doddie's on deck and he's sure to clear the bench! Mad hits all night! WHO: Dj Doddie WHEN: Saturday, June 24th 2011, 10PM WHERE: Belly Timber WHO: Long Jawns WHEN: Friday, June 23rd 2011, 10PM WHERE: Europa WHO: DJ Moses WHAT: Change WHEN: Friday, June 23rd 2011, 10PM WHERE: Addis Doddie's on deck and he's sure to clear the bench! Mad hits all...
Our friends over at the Steez Promo headquarters have some very exciting shows coming up in the near future. Our friends over at the Steez Promo headquarters have some very exciting shows coming up in the near future. Having booked international electronic headliners, MSTRKRFT, for the first time in the area, they have provided loyal fans an...
6/23 Girls Rock RVA Present “Art Inspired By Women” Exhibit Closing Party, featuring The Diamond Center (pictured above), Shahrrah, Tyrannosaurus Awesome @ Gallery 5 7pm. 6/23 Loose Lips Presents Spectra with Big Freedia (pictured above), Rusty Lazer, WEOK @ The Hat Factory 10pm. 6/23 Pahaa Verta (pictured above), Ydinperhe, Siren, Real Talk @...
Art Brut - Brilliant! Tragic! (Cooking Vinyl) The fourth full-length outing by these British art-punks is more subdued than some of their earlier LPs, though there are still a few ragers to be found. Think of The Fall (if their singer had a soul) collaborating with the Pixies. Or something like that. Either way, it's awesome. The rest of the...
I'd pick Hysterical - If I had to choose one word to describe the conversation that took place when Even Howard and Dave Klemencic from The Air Circus joined the show last week. I'd pick Hysterical - If I had to choose one word to describe the conversation that took place when Even Howard and Dave Klemencic from The Air Circus joined the show...
When Carl Hamm’s curiosity and compassion drove him to reach out to Indonesian residents after the tsunami of 2004, he had no idea it would send him on a 7-year research project of “some of the most beautiful, soul-stirring music I have ever heard”—the quirky psychedelic sounds of Malaysian Pop Yeh-Yeh. Carl, aka DJ Carlito, a local Richmond DJ...
RVAlution continues this Tuesday with Candy Rave! WHO: RVAlution WHAT: Candy Rave WHEN: Tuesday, June 21st 2011, 9PM WHERE: Hat Factory Don't make the same mistake twice and get your tickets early using the promo code "RVA" to get the discount online HERE and at the door until 11pm. Photos by KC Johnson Video by Todd Raviotta RVAlution continues...
Dry Spell – Dry Spell (Vinyl Conflict Records) One of the most reviled acts a punk band can indulge in is a drastic alteration of style, especially the all-too-common phenomenon of toning things down, of “going rock.” Maybe the drummer's sick of playing fast all the time. Maybe the guitarist learned a few scales and wants to throw in some solos....
