This week’s Yo! Hip Hop RVA is for lovers of Richmond hip-hop. Featured this week is a duo of entertaining music videos from Monday Night and TROY, as well as a unique album release from Young Flexico. Monday’s “Cobra Flex” is “less is more” personified. TROY’s...
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Thursday, May 19 at Sonar (Baltimore MD) In a few months, Odd Future has gone from internet-fueled cult notoriety to the verge of world conquering stardom, hyped by the media and masses as the controversial current definition of youthful rebellion and musical cool. The group’s immense popularity and the media...
5/26 Kylesa (pictured above), Hour of 13, War Graves, Gritter @ Strange Matter 7pm. (early) 5/26 Os Magrelos, Beleza (pictured above), Capoeira Resistenca @ The Camel 8pm. 5/26 Crucial Elements @ The Republic 9pm. 5/26 Snowy Owls (pictured above), Cinnamon Band, Silversmiths @ Sprout 10pm. 5/27 Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars (pictured above),...
Altar Of Plagues – Mammal (Profound Lore Records) There's been many a critic's pen aflutter over the recent wave of bands who incorporate elements of black metal without really buying into the whole corpse-paint-and-shitty-recording-quality aesthetic that the genre's clung to so strongly over the years. Some of these bands are great (Deafheaven,...
Young Widows, My Disco, and Lights East Thursday, May 5 at Strange Matter Maybe it marks me out as an old man, but to me, three bands on a show seems just about perfect. I've had plentiful occasion to ponder that lately--in certain of the scenes that I keep up with, the recent fashion has been for package tours featuring four to six bands,...
Brain F≠ - So Dim (Grave Mistake Records) There are some records that are great for their nuance, technical sophistication, or at least a strong association with whatever genre's luminaries. And then there are the albums that are great because they aren't really any of those things, the sort of record that sounds like the artist had ten minutes...
12th Planet with Smash Gordon Friday, May 6 at The Canal Club Earlier this month, the American king of Dubstep finally graced Richmond with his presence at local favorite The Canal Club. Rushing over from a performance by Sleigh Bells and CSS on the other side of town, some friends and I were greeted by an unusual sighting for a Steez event at...
5/23 Nocturnal, Inter Arma, Battlemaster (Photo By JRK), Witchaven @ Strange Matter 9pm. 5/24 Defeated Sanity, Macerated, Shortbus Pileup (pictured above), Sexcrement @ Strange Matter 9pm. 5/24 Matuto @ Balliceaux 10pm. 5/24 Glows In the Dark (record release) (pictured above), Zaha @ The Camel 8pm. 5/24 Sundials (pictured above), Tiger Tail,...
Just Plain Sounds Presents: JPS LOVE JAPAN Fundraiser Event Just Plain Sounds Presents: JPS LOVE JAPAN Fundraiser Event Sun 5/22 @ The Camel 1621 West Broad Street Doors 8:00pm Show Starts 8:30pm $5 Donation. Proceeds will be donated to The Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. View all details here:...
Thurston Moore - 12 String Meditations For Jack Rose (Vin Du Select Qualitite) Thurston Moore’s recent recent solo recordings and non-Sonic Youth collaborations range from the free jazz-inspired bareknuckled electric scraping and shredding of his records with Bill Nace, Paul Flaherty , and Chris Corsano; to the completely blown out white-noise...
