Despite its modest size, Richmond is home to a bevy of gifted MCs. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of venues around the city capable and willing to have them grace their stages. This not only frustrates MCs but also hip-hop lovers like Brandon White. So, he...
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...
It’s not exactly news to any reader of this magazine that Richmond is a hotbed of creativity, both musical and artistic. For one thing, we have a well-known art college right in the middle of town. For another, like Austin, Texas (which our mayor just visited to see what all the fuss was about), we are a proverbial jewel in a toilet bowl: an...
Punkabilly pioneers Social Distortion have been around for over 30 years now, with frontman Mike Ness surviving struggles with drug addiction, a revolving door lineup, and the death of longtime bandmate Dennis Danell to keep the band going strong. The struggle obviously paid off, as Social D are still raging today, even though Ness is the only...
6/2 Matt Woods, Ryan Brosmer (photo by Dani Palmer), Matt Seymour, Wrist Rocket @ Mojo's 10pm. 6/2 The Kraken: El Fiesta Del Calamar feat. Todd Matthews, Central Garage (pictured just above), Glasseye Sugardaddy @ Emilios 9pm. 6/2 Toots and the Maytals @ Maymont Park (1700 Hampton St.) 6pm. 6/2 Prabir/Goldrush (pictured above), Scolaro, Zepp...
Danzig, with Devildriver Friday May 13 at The National Of late, the topic of Danzig always seems to start with an account of how the guy went slightly batshit in the ‘90s following the dissolution of the Eerie Von/John Christ/Chuck Biscuits lineup. The inevitable reference to the awful Blackacidevil and the elbow length black gloves with those...
