It's not every day a piece of a city's soul is put up for sale and we are a few weeks late on this piece of news. But here we are, at the edge of Hadad’s Lake, looking back at the ripples of history and community connection that this place has fostered over the years....
The duo of The Low Branches Matt Klimas and Christina Gleixner stopped in to perform for RVA Sessions. The duo of The Low Branches Matt Klimas and Christina Gleixner stopped in to perform for RVA Sessions. You can see them live tonight, Thursday November 11th playing with Homemade Knives and David Shultz at the Camel from 7 to 10pm. You can visit...
Best Of The Blogs: Part 1 No longer does the world have to suffer the carbon footprint of my almost daily musical quests. All I have to do now is sit in front of my computer to find a plethora of unique, non-mainstream inspirations that eluded me, more times than not, when I had to physically travel untold distances to get my fixes. Here are but...
Every Time I Die, Trap Them, and Howl November 5 at The Canal Club Regardless of how much I hate all the violent behavior that goes on at metalcore shows, I can't seem to make myself stay away from them. See, I love a lot of metalcore bands. As a genre, it's like a commercial version of hardcore, or metal without all the cartoonish signifiers...
You might have seen him of the TV show (Letterman anyone?). You might have heard him on the radio. You might have seen his YouTube videos. He is everywhere but finally landing at the Camel Sunday, November 28 and bringing his pop-infused, folk music with him. But we might be MORE excited about his special guest Julia Nunes. Have you seen her play...
A.D.E.N. and Mr. Mason Jones, with E*Klipse The Champloo, Cain McCoy, Bizniz, Isaiah & Hovey, The Dakotas October 28 at Strange Matter Leaving work a miraculous fifteen minutes before kitchen closing, I ran one quarter of a city block with a quickness. Much to my surprise, I was able to catch this show in its entirety. I arrived into a thick...
For reasons you will soon learn, I've been listening to a lot of Suppression lately. Their original Roanoke incarnation were one of the best power-violence bands of the 90s, and that is proved by this multi-camera footage shot in Rochester NY in 1997. They're playing the songs "Subservient Fuck" and "Blood Of Millions," both of which appeared on...
I went into work last week and a friend of mine in the kitchen greeted me with, “I have something you need to hear.” This particular individual isn’t known for getting all that giddy over most things, so his robust enthusiasm caught my attention. Everybody else in the kitchen had seen the twinkle in his eye, and were working harder than usual to...
Welcome to the November edition of The Jams of Terry. This month, we will be exploring the slick r’n’b of the 1980s, when hair relaxer was not ironic. Thanks to Mikey P. AKA Hang Glider for the input. With no further ado, I present to you... Buppie Jams! 1. Billy Ocean “Caribbean Queen” In 1986, my father bought a CD player and two CDs: some...
