The city of Richmond has been quietly fermenting a musical movement, a kinetic uprising of creativity and community, and no one represents this dynamism quite like Tyler Scheerschmidt and Dillon Douglasson of Hourglass Sessions. Founded during the chaos of the 2020...
BRAIN DRAIN is back this month with Chicago’s WILLY JOY! Willy’s been all over, tearing it up for years now, playing countless parties and festivals around the country. Recently killing it on the production tip, his EP with Rob Threezy is out on Trouble & Bass Records and his releases have been getting support from the likes of Diplo, Drop The...
Bassnectar came through Richmond on November 4th and waged war on all ear drums present for a sold out show at the Hat Factory. Even unsuspecting fans attending yet another sold out Pretty Lights show at The National got a taste as Bassnectar opened up to get the crowd warm before jetting back to the Hat Factory for the main event. The fans got...
A lot of credit must be given to Jimmy Fallon. While I haven't watched a full episode of his Late Night show, I have been regularly thrilled by the musical performances that occur on his show. The fact that his house band is The Roots is significant enough as an indication of the good taste at work here, but he also regularly features top current...
Sometimes I get down on the current state of hip-hop music, but whenever I really look, I realize that the problem is most of the time I'm too lazy to find the good shit. Like this; Shad is a Canadian rapper whose third album, TSOL, just came out in America last month even though it's been out north of the border since the spring. If a blog site...
Stoopid Faded from Luke Tilghman on Vimeo. What goes on in your head after a night of craziness and a potent concoction of drugs and booze? Les La Britanica's new video for "Stoopid Faded" is kinda close. Eating balloons out of the cereal box? Finding yourself in a video shoot with over-sized cameras and a disco ball on your head? Its kinda like...
11/15 Kid is Qual (pictured atop), Sports Bar, Trew, DJ Air Waste @ The Cellar Door (1600 Monument Ave.) 10pm. - A guy to my right takes over for melancholy… 11/15 Kid is Qual (pictured atop), Sports Bar, Trew, DJ Air Waste @ The Cellar Door (1600 Monument Ave.) 10pm. - A guy to my right takes over for melancholy… 11/15 EQ pres. EOTO (pictured...
Friday November 12. The place was the Landmark Theater, front row seats. With an oversized Heineken in hand, and what turned out to be undersized expectations, I watched as the Experience Hendrix Tour 2010 exploded onto the stage. Friday November 12. The place was the Landmark Theater, front row seats. With an oversized Heineken in hand, and what...
Bermuda Triangles - Reptilian Intervention (CNP Records) I am going to be as objective as I possibly can in reviewing the newest Bermuda Triangles’ LP Reptilian Intervention, released last May on the CNP label. This is going to be a hard one, for these lads are dear friends of mine, but fuck it. I’ve been around music and the life behind it long...
Pretty Lights (and Bassnectar) with Chali 2na Nov. 4 at The National Last week in Richmond, something happened that I have never seen before. Two artists, Bassnectar and Pretty Lights, booked at separate sold-out venues in Richmond, coordinated a plan to leave fans of both in shock and amazement. Having been on tour together across the US for...
