When we saw the lineup, it definitely caught our attention. Major hip hop legends coming to Charlottesville, VA for a locally grown festival? We are down to know more. Digging in with Jay "Jaewar" King, the dynamic creative force behind Vibe Riot and the creator of...
Double Negative - Daydream Nation (Sorry State) The members of Double Negative had to realize that naming their newest album after Sonic Youth’s 1988 opus would turn a few heads, and that the name would be a considerable sticking point in a good number of reviews. Perhaps the choice of name was simply an attention-grabbing move, but it is...
It is around 3:30PM and we're in South Beach Studios in Miami Beach, Florida, shooting a music video with Pharrell Williams. Alex Germanotta, the DP of the video and I began talks with VA natives Clipse a little while ago. We wanted to shoot a video off of their album Till the Casket Drops, which features Pharrell, and fellow Virginia native...
I was randomly checking the Alley Katz website (which is still active) and it looks like the venue might be reopened for business. The site says that there is a grand reopening on Sunday, Aug. 29 (The RVA Metal Fest has been moved to the Canal Club). A bunch of bands are playing including Boltt, A Sound of Thunder, Engulfed in Flames, Elisium,...
Antagonist - World In Decline (Prosthetic) Antagonist have good energy and excellent production, but this brand of metalcore has been done often, and without an extra spark of creativity and originality, it's hard to find something to latch onto. This album slides in one ear and out the other without leaving behind anything memorable. Oh well....
This show was absolutely bananas. Thank you to BFD 2010 for taking the city up a notch again but now they are absolutely fucked. How are they going to top this year? It can't get more ridiculous right? These photos are of Andrew WK but there is a wide selection of photos from the whole show by Chris Lacroix to be found HERE. Check them out....
T-Division - A Problem For Your Solution (Self-released) Existing on the fringes of the Richmond scene for the past two years, T-Division have not yet had the opportunity to make a name for themselves in our fair city. However, it is clear from listening to their first EP, A Problem For Your Solution, that this is not due to a lack of talent. In...
Yesterday, Propagandhi singer/guitarist Chris Hannah posted his impressions of their experience with Best Friends Day 9 this past weekend, and had a lot of nice things to say about the festival, and Richmond in general. Yesterday, Propagandhi singer/guitarist Chris Hannah posted his impressions of their experience with Best Friends Day 9 this...
Yawning Man - Nomadic Pursuits (Cobraside) FOUR AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS This album should win an award for managing to be transcendentally amazing in spite of its cover art. Actually, never mind, I take that back. Nomadic Pursuits being so perfect in spite of that goofy Easter Island-inspired Geocities cartoon on the jacket is wholly...
Check out the dope mix from Designer Drugs, and download this set and more from their Myspace page. CLICK HERE FOR THE DATAMIX 09 PODCAST Designer Drugs DJ Michael Vincent Patrick recently played RVALUTION at The Hat Factory and completely killed it. I had a chance to hang with him and his crew at the show, introducing him to the local scene and...
