Amy Faulkner, promoter and producer extraordinaire in Seattle, Washington made her way back to Richmond this fall to put on the Carnival of Cocktails at Main St Station on October 21st. She’s a dear old friend and creator/co-host of our podcast The Dead Men of...
DEATHFACE (T&B) returns to Richmond at CLUB 534 for the FALL OF MAN TOUR supporting his new EP! Audio Ammo's taking this party back to Club 534 where Brain Drain blew up! Don’t miss out on this one-off event and your chance to see Deathface in an intimate club setting – let’s make this one crazy. MORE BELOW THE BREAK DEATHFACE (T&B) returns to...
Deafheaven - Roads To Judah (Deathwish Inc.) The past few years have been a boon to any hesitant black metal fans out there: the type who might like some of the music, but couldn't fully get behind the questionable politics, the cartoonish makeup, or the tendency for production values to either be overly slick or to make the albums sound like...
The Mountain Goats, with Megafaun Thursday, March 24 at The National My discovery of the Mountain Goats had a lot to do with skateboarding. In a short segment on a DVD from Transition Magazine, I watched as John Darnielle attempted to skate for the first time in years. I found myself mesmerized by his ability to place such importance on something...
The Black Angels encourage you to rethink your preconceived notions, question authority and create other methods for survival. They also know how to throw a pretty awesome party. The Austin Psych Fest--now approaching the deployment of its fourth mind-blowing year--is a creature with an atom brain conceived and created by The Black Angels, being...
3/31 Capsule, The Catalyst (pictured above), Nimbus Terrifix, Backslider, Balaclava @ Strange Matter 10pm. 3/31 Peter Murphy (pictured above), Livian @ The National 7pm. 3/31 PUSH feat. Drum & Bass DJs The Insiders (pictured above), Dan Soda, Jesse Split @ Godfreys 10pm. 3/31 Mindless Faith (pictured above), Worms of the Earth, DJ Biodread @...
It's hard to believe, but Richmond's own Rorschach Records has been releasing music for five years now. The Rorschach staff--label founder Curtis Grimstead and his recently recruited business partner Talia Miller--have had their ups and downs over those years, but they've also put out some of the best underground, DIY music to come from the...
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (Atlantic) It’s hard to write a review of an album when even the artist himself says he doesn’t like it. After months of battling with Atlantic over the release date and content, Lupe Fiasco delivered an album that has received with a broad range of reactions. Growing up as a dedicated Lupe fan since his debut (bootleg and...
If you're anything like me, one of the things you like to do when you come home exhausted late at night is to put on MTV and veg out for a while before bed. I'm not talking about the original MTV, either--the network of Jersey Shore and Teen Mom 2 no longer holds much interest for me. I mean the MTV channels that still show videos--MTV Hits or...
Big timer STEVE AOKI comes to Richmond on March 30th with opening sets from AUDIO AMMO and DJ Mass F.X. The man who’s behind Dim Mak Records has been credited with launching the careers of some of the most influential acts of the last decade including Bloc Party, The Kills, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Mystery Jets, The Rakes, The...
