Richmond's music scene has been buzzing about the collective success of local hip-hop group, Kidz At Play. This sensational 11-member collective, which began as a close-knit group of high school friends, has recently been signed to AWAL, a label under the Sony banner,...
Wavves - King Of The Beach (Fat Possum Records) Yet another bassless two-piece band, but these guys are a far cry from the blues-punk of The White Stripes and The Black Keys. Wavves create lo-fi jangle-pop tunes that sound like Guided By Voices on a Beach Boys kick. Possibly a touch overhyped, but great fun nonetheless. Musical Charis - People...
Local sound spelunker PSY/OPSogist has passed his next soundtrack onto to RVA to post. If you ever need someone to help you on the horror or weirdo spaced sci-fi tip, this is your man. Check out the rest of his work on his blogspot psyopsogist.blogspot.com. CLICK HERE FOR FIEND OF MINE Local sound spelunker PSY/OPSogist has passed his next...
Coliseum - House With A Curse (Temporary Residence) A surprising new direction for Coliseum, who've replaced the raw, dirty hardcore we've come to expect from them with a more ambient, progressive sound reminiscent of Mastodon or fellow Louisvillians Young Widows. Don't get me wrong, it's good, but I'm somewhat disappointed that it's so far from...
Okkultokrati – No Light For Mass (Fysisk Format Records) While not much attention has been paid to Norway’s Okkultokrati (yet), it seems that pretty much every interview/review/feature has made a point of trying to pin down the band’s stylistic allegiance –metal, punk, et cetera – with varying degrees of success. It probably doesn’t clarify...
Usually when someone hears the word “diva” in reference to music they think of strong female personalities like Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, or Liza Minelli who’s larger than life talents often outshine even the brightest of their male counterparts. Unfortunately, there is usually a bit of pretentious negativity linked with that characterization as...
RVA Sessions is our new RVA TV series showcasing local talent in studio with this episode featuring Orioles lead singer Nick Woods. CLICK HERE FOR RVA SESSIONS If you would like to know more about RVA Sessions or to possibly be featured in future episodes contact Jonathan Martin at jon@rvatv.com. RVA Sessions is our new RVA TV series showcasing...
Bounce is happy to bring you Marvin Nguyen, a Richmond D that shares his love for music in everything he does. Here he hits us up with his 3rd installment of MARVelous Sessions.... Tastemakers Reinhold and Jennings bring you BOUNCE, our showcase of the best in local and regional deejays sets. PLF/RVA - working on bringing you the newest sounds...
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound - When Sweet Sleep Returned (Tee Pee Records) Swooshy, swirly psychedelic epics with tendencies in the hippie rather than the heavy directions. Guitars are jangly rather than distorted, and vocals feature the male-female group singing that characterized early Jefferson Airplane. Plenty of relaxed tempos and hazy,...
On April 27th, 34 year old Dan Duggins suffered a catastrophic brainstem stroke. As a long term member of the Richmond music community Dan's former bands include Hot Rod Circuit and Lazy Cain. At the time of his stroke Dan was living in New York and was the drummer for The Queen Killing Kings and Zagmat. Although his condition has improved over...
