Hey, Richmond, ready for a shot in the arm? Well, next week, prepare for the maiden voyage of Richmond Music Week, a coordinated strike from some of the city's stalwart music institutions — HearRVA, Ignited, The Auricular, RVA Playlist, Shockoe Records, and Virginia...
Hostage Calm – Hostage Calm (Run For Cover Records) Hostage Calm’s second full length record is a difficult one to place. I’d be as justified saying this album sounds like a Dag Nasty record as I would saying it sounds like the Beach Boys. The band’s sound is all over the place, yet cohesive. This is one of the most musically ambitious efforts...
Obliteration – Nekropsalms (Fysisk Format/Forcefield Records) Once a genre of music has existed long enough to have a comfortable understanding of itself as a system of aesthetic parameters and preconceived notions, its practitioners often begin to cast their creative gaze backwards. The results vary – typically such artists produce banal...
Part performance artist, part musician, DBHB is from the post hip-hop and an enigma on the local scene. Take a minute and check this stuff out. www.myspace.com/diamondblackheart Part performance artist, part musician, DBHB is from the post hip-hop and an enigma on the local scene. Take a minute and check this stuff out....
Tender Forever - No Snare (K) This album's title is not just a clever phrase. It also describes its contents--instead of a snare drum, a collection of percussion instruments create syncopated beats that back melodic indie-pop music reminiscent of Fiona Apple, or Mirah. The result is a funky yet melancholy sound that's enjoyably original. Norfolk...
No pretention, just mindless fun. DJ Epoc got everybody up and dancing with an uplifting top40/house set last New Year's at New York Deli. I was there and it was good time for sure. Now he has a regular gig there every month, I would suggest making the trip and taking a few lady friends. Make sure check him out along with DJ Vic Vic this July 9th...
Dom - Sun Bronzed Greek Gods (Burning Mill) Keyboard-based pop music that owes a large debt to 80s New Wave but features just enough lo-fi fuzz to make it fit into that modern indie buzz category, "chillwave." Toe-tapping in the moment, its melodies soon blur together and are forgotten by record's end. Not terrible, not great. Acacia Strain -...
With literally millions having listened to his tracks, Richmond's own VIKING has blazed a trail and brought a national spotlight to our cities club scene. Having just played RVA's RVALUTION a few weeks ago, we hope to have him back sooner than later. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO VIKING VIKING (aka Philip J Ceconi II) is a key figure in the growing...
I first met Billy Wallace when The Wading Girl played at Empire. The show was Barn Burning, Josh Small and Brandon Peck. There was a tremendous honesty to Wallace’s craft as a songwriter. I would soon there after send him an email asking to play a show with him. This would become his first solo show ever and the beginning of something grand. I...
From the Chocolate Milk Kult :: We've been working together over a year to help cultivate a richer sonic texture in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. We believe that change is possible and we are never afraid to push boundaries. Our ambition knows no limit and our passion for good music, good friends, and a good time is held together by our love...
