Local hotshots VV just went on an extensive tour and have released some new music, so CJ Payne thought it was time to sit back down with the band and pick their brains about the state of the RVA music scene, how it has changed, and how they have adapted. CJ PAYNE: So...
This week, Destiny Da Chef came in and kicked with those wacky lunatics on Radio Rubber Room. We where also joined in studio by White Urban Comedy Specialist, Patrick McCarthy. The guys probed Destiny and got down on what it takes to cut your chops as a female Emcee. She brought super dope songs and the guys got mad stupid while Patrick led the...
Jesuit – Discography (Magic Bullet) In the process of retrospectively analyzing anything, it can be difficult to avoid compartmentalizing history into categories far neater than the amorphous flow of human existence tends to actually be. Alliances between people and similarities in thought processes which may not have been readily apparent as...
Pharoahe Monch – W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (Duck Down) Since the beginning of his career, Queens-based rapper Pharoahe Monch has been forced into the underdog's role; constantly on the verge of larger things, but never quite earning the success for which his ability should rightly qualify him. He's shared stages and guest spots with...
4/18 David Liebe Hart Band, La Mere Vipere (pictured above with engineer/producer John Chambers by PJ Sykes), Bermuda Triangles, Buck Gooter, Grown Ass Men @ Strange Matter 7pm. (early) 4/18 Menya (pictured above), Trouble, Tyrannosaurus Awesome, Digging Up Virgins @ The Camel 9pm. 4/19 Vanna (pictured above), Our Last Night, A Bullet For Pretty...
Ayo Homie, you ain't heard? Black Liquid might be the hardest working name attached to Richmond Hip Hop. From opening up for notable acts like Bone Thugs N' Harmony to headlining at The National, Black holds it down. It don't stop there neither. His discography is vast and free for download at various locations around the web (like this one)....
Spanish Gamble, White Wives, and Landmines Wednesday, April 6 at Empire Empire's kind of a strange place to see shows; with its long, narrow shape and relatively little room for a band to set up down at one end, it can create an awkward viewing environment for anyone beyond the first couple of rows in the audience. For that reason, I always try...
Every year the SXSW interactive festival in Austin fills me with such enthusiasm and excitement that it takes a few weeks after I return to Richmond before I come down from it. I find myself missing the world where every conversation is conducted amidst constant iPhone cosultation-multitasking. I find myself searching endlessly for lunch...
I've known Lloyd for a long time now from skating in VA Beach. He always had good steez and dope tricks and rolled with the ill crew VA Fleezers. I moved to RIC but kept in touch and he would hit me up whenever he was in town. Everytime I saw him he would talk about a music project he was working on and before I knew it I was at the album release...
UDACHI (Party Like Us / T&B) comes to Richmond from NYC for April’s edition of BRAIN DRAIN! We’re super excited to have Party Like Us artist and one of New York’s underground bass heroes, Udachi, join us for Brain Drain! Riding a bullet out of hell on a path to nowhere, Udachi's influence lies heavily in the psychedelic and manic aspect of dance...