CJ: Alright, I'm CJ. I'm sitting here with Mondo from Richmond Vampire. Happy to have you here. MONDO: Thanks for having me. CJ: Starting off, can you tell me about how you guys started the band? M: Yeah, me and Shiv and Caleb -- Shiv plays guitar and Caleb's the...
It was Friday the 13th and I was “fresh off the boat,” as people like to call new arrivals in New York City. It’s not hard to figure out anything to do in NYC because shows--good shows--happen most nights here. While Jason Voorhees was busy taking the island adjacent to me, I found solace at Williamsburg’s Glasslands, where Vancouver’s Dirty...
Richmond's Orson Whales teams up with Pusha once again to bring you another single off the Fear Of God Mixtape, "Alone In Vegas". Richmond's Orson Whales teams up with Pusha once again to bring you another single off the Fear Of God Mixtape, "Alone In Vegas".
If this year's Starscape Festival was anything like years past, I feel like shooting myself in the foot for not attending any of the past 12 rounds. This being only my second time to Baltimore ever (I know, I’m sorry!), I knew I would see a new part of the city at Fort Armistead Park, where the festival was being held. However, I did not piece it...
The Felice Brothers - Celebration, Florida (Fat Possum) The back-story behind the title of the new Felice Brothers record provides a lot to unravel. The city of Celebration, Florida was constructed to represent a small town with moral integrity. Its proximity to Disney World is no mere coincidence. In the spirit of this American institution,...
Drying out by the second, my eyes stay fixed on Chun Li’s movements, manipulated by incoherent button mashing and jolting the joystick around as if I were a five-year-old attempting a Commodore 64 F-16 flight simulator. As I finish off another nameless Capcom vs. SNK 2 character, a distorted rumble builds from the stage to my left. I know this...
Perhaps the least compelling thing to be said about Rob Young’s book Electric Eden is that it’s the best book about folk music you’re likely to ever read. It’s a fair enough assessment, but ultimately lackluster and unambitious, in a way that Electric Eden never is. To belabor the point, Electric Eden is not only the best book about folk music...
Big K.R.I.T. - Return Of 4eva (returnof4eva.com) There are certain mix tapes that will always remain classics to me. In high school, I use to cruise with a cup of coffee and listen to my favorite new tapes before my morning Psychology class. Somehow, despite my morning daze and sporadic attendance, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs resonated as an...
6/6 Cafe Diem Comedy Night feat. David carter (pictured above) and many other local comedians @ Café Diem 8pm. 6/6 Bermuda Triangles, The Sediment Club (photo by Fabian), Roy G Biv, Flesh Molt @ Strange Matter 10pm. 6/6 Captain We're Sinking, Red City Radio (pictured above) @ Empire 9pm. 6/6 Chris Pureka (pictured above) & Nicole Reynolds @...
Sennen - Age Of Denial (Minty Fresh) Taking their name from a track on Ride's 1991 EP Today Forever, Sennen wastes no time declaring their genre allegiance, indelibly associating themselves with the current shoegaze revival. And these UK guitar-slingers clearly evoke the hazy, distorted sounds of that early-90s musical movement as well, sounding...
