In a unique twist on how I thought this week would be going, for this week's SOUND CHECK the theme is heavy space centric bands. Not one, but two space themed groups are dominating Richmond this week, with Galactic Empire playing at The Canal Club, and a local group...
This week's guest was Grinding Stone, a six-piece blues/rock/soul band that's been doing their thing for 7 years. Unfortunately, only Chris Johnson (guitar/vocals) and Allen Jarrell (drums) could make it, because the rest of the band (VCU alumni) had to be present to watch the game. We watched too, and for nostalgic purposes, gave score updates...
Young The Giant, Awolnation, and Parlour Shakedown Wednesday, March 30 at The Camel It's always interesting to catch a band when they are right in the middle of getting popular. Sometimes you end up seeing a total madhouse--the club is already way too small for how big the band is, and people are practically hanging from the ceiling. Other, more...
I'm sure a lot of you caught this from breathless facebook status updates bouncing around the internet over the weekend, but in case any of you still don't know: the lineup for Best Friends Day 10, happening in Richmond this summer from August 18 through August 21, has been officially announced. It's pretty much insane, too. Seriously, check out...
Dave Hause - Resolutions (Paper And Plastick) As the front man of The Loved Ones, Dave Hause has a lot to prove with a debut solo effort. Resolutions could easily be perceived as another example of a trend within the punk scene in recent years: the tangential release, with questionable motives, of a solo effort by a seasoned veteran of the genre....
Former Bauhaus vocalist, postpunk legend, and Godfather Of Goth Peter Murphy was in Richmond at The National last Thursday, March 31. Photographer Ken Penn was in attendance. Here's what he saw: SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW AFTER THE JUMP! Former Bauhaus vocalist, postpunk legend, and Godfather Of Goth Peter Murphy was in Richmond at The...
Asobi Seksu, Cults, Sun Airway, and White Laces Thursday, March 24 at Strange Matter If there's one huge thing that this show made clear to me, it's that the Richmond indie scene has grown quite a bit over the last couple of years. I can remember a time not too long ago when a show like this would have only filled Strange Matter (then known as...
4/4 Inter Arma, Dry Spell (Record release), Black Breath, KEN Mode, Heathens (record release--pictured above), White Cross 7pm. (early) 4/4 Explosions In The Sky (pictured above), Octopus Project @ The National 8pm. 4/4 The Extraordinaires (pictured above), Hold Tight!, Young Adult Fiction @ Sprout 10pm. 4/4 GAYRVA Live presents singer songwriter...
James Wallace has been making music, both here in Richmond and in his more recent home of Nashville, for over a decade now. When I first encountered him, he was playing drums and doing the occasional vocal soliloquy in Ved Llama, a jam band that also featured Vindication guitarist Jack Raney. Over the intervening years, he's played with such...
