Well it's officially the holiday season, and there's no avoiding it now. Some artists are fully embracing the season, while others are choosing to chug along and continue releasing their music and playing their tracks live like it's any other time of the year....
Acrassicauda, The Catalyst, and Gull Friday, May 6 at Strange Matter On Friday, May 6th, Strange Matter was graced with the presence of Acrassicauda, the only currently thriving heavy metal band from Baghdad, Iraq. The band has succeeded against insurmountable odds, including constant danger, a bombed-out practice space, lack of available...
It was about a year ago that our boy from Virginia, ST/MiC (who’s also a world renowned well respected emcee, DJ/remixer/producer/beatmaker/engineer as well) told us to he copped an INTUA iPhone app called BeatMaker and a synth app called Noise.io then proceeded to make an entire project using them. We heard a few of the original rough tracks on...
In anticipation for the new Jazz Addixx album that is about to drop, I've posted a selection from the critically acclaimed, moderately successful, and quite possibly one of the most slept on records of the last ten years: Oxygen. Jazz Addixx is composed of Dj Ragz and Mudd. From Fredricksburg, VA, the Jazz Addixx represent Hip Hop in it's purest...
In this week’s episode, the guys and gal from Downbeat Switch joined us for two hours packed full of lowbrow humor and sexual innuendo. Because Manzelli arrived late, Dan and Derrick decided to punish him by forcing him to eat something strange and disgusting they found around the radio station. Dan immediately kicked off the interview segments...
Obnox – I'm Bleeding Now (Smog Veil Records) I've been writing my way through this stack of records that never quite seems to get any smaller (thank heavens), and the one thing most of these platters have in common is that they're all pretty grounded in a time, a place, a genre. There's fast hardcore bands and slow folk singers, bedroom...
Atmosphere, Blueprint, Grieves and Budo, DJ Abilities, and Sab The Artist Thursday, April 28 at The National Ideally, every show review would occur under optimum conditions. You'd show up at the venue feeling open-minded, well-fed, and well-rested, ready to be blown away. Unfortunately, things aren't always like that. They definitely weren't like...
Of all the people I’ve interviewed, Wolfgang Gartner has one of the most impressive track records. And yet, people seem to know very little about him. Joey Youngman, stage name Wolfgang Gartner, has skyrocketed to fame over the past few years. Now, with an essential mix on BBC Radio1, a collaboration with deadmau5, and a Grammy nomination for...
This summer, the loose-knit crew of musicians and psychedelic explorers who have previously brought you Jeeb Sound and Caves Caverns, among many other projects, are taking to Richmond's cable airwaves to present 86 Reality, a public access cable television show that begins on Wednesday, June 22. The show will run every Wednesday at 9 PM on...
5/16 Invisible Hand, My Other Friend, Fashion Bath (pictured above), Young Adult Fiction @ Strange Matter 10pm. 18+ 5/16 Lions Of Tsavo, Inter Arma (pictured above) @ The Triple 9pm. 5/17 Valkyrie (pictured above), Bible of the Devil, High Spirits, Battlemaster @ Strange Matter 10pm. 18+ 5/17 Defeater (pictured above), Fixtures, Vessel, La...
