This year’s autumn equinox was ushered in with cool temperatures in Richmond. The weather app and sky spoke in cautious portents as they told a story of Tropical Storm Ophelia’s coming rain. Ophelia had not yet arrived to crash the party by the time that I had decided...
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...
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...
