The singer, an off-the-grid farmer hailing from Farmville, Virginia, named Oliver Anthony, has erupted into the music universe with his politically potent song, “Rich Men North of Richmond.” Raw and unfiltered, this track has not only gone viral, amassing over 9.5...
Here’s a challenge for any person reading this, a challenge that I struggled with for nearly a week while getting ready to write this piece: name another hip-hop group that can rival the one-two punch of bubblegum harmony and filthy lyrics Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony have been providing for nearly two decades. Go ahead, I’ll wait. You’ve got nothing,...
Recorded live at The Hat Factory, RVA MAG presents an hour of Audio Ammo's Brain Drain. CLICK HERE FOR RVA RADIO For more Audio Ammo www.facebook.com/audioammo ---------------------> BRAIN DRAIN & AUDIO AMMO PRESENT: DEATHFACE BRAIN DRAIN returns for September with DJ guest DEATHFACE (T&B) Deathface (aka Johnny Love) has been blowin’ up the scene...
Witchmond is a blog devoted to the underground and experimental music scenes in Virginia. Despite the punning reference in the title, Witchmond's coverage stretches beyond the boundaries of Richmond, incorporating other central Virginia cities such as Harrisonburg and Charlottesville. Founder Andy Dunlap is still based in Richmond and covers...
Rehasher - High Speed Access To My Brain (Moathouse/Paper And Plastick) Based on band name and cover art, I expected crossover/thrash-revival stuff. Instead, I got something like the third Down By Law album. Speedy, melodic tunes straddling the line between punk and hardcore, with a touch of emo in the Smalley-ish vocals. What's not to love?...
Race The Sun, Broadside and Patent Pending Friday, September 10 at the Canal Club Though Richmond's own Race The Sun have been around in one form or another for most of the past eight years, their hometown has seemed largely ignorant of them during that time. Even at their most active, they always played to bigger crowds on tour than they ever...
Various Artists - Been Here All My Days: Selections From the George Mitchell Archive (Mississippi Records) Portland, Oregon’s Mississippi Records (named for the street on which the label is headquartered rather than any particular geographical/cultural pattern in their releases) has again and again proven itself a godsend for music fans...
Ambient indie-rock kings Broken Social Scene played in Richmond this past Saturday night, making them yet another big name to grace The National over recent months. Having hosted such outstanding acts as Wilco, Devo, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hank III, and Deftones, in the past 6 months, The National is steadily reinforcing Richmond as an...
Providence, Rhode Island’s The Body are a study in contrasts. The band began as a guitar/drums duo but has augmented their newest release All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood with an additional thirty musicians. Known mostly for churning, down-tuned dirge, the band now incorporates quieter and more intricate passages which add nuance to...
Arson Anthem - Insecurity Notoriety (Housecore) Phil Anselmo equals Pantera in a lot of minds, but he's had plenty of other great bands, of which Arson Anthem is just the latest. Anselmo on guitar, plus Eyehategod's Mike Williams singing and Hank III drumming, crank out seventeen songs of dirty, ugly D-beat hardcore. Dark, swampy, and awesome....
