As the sun-soaked days unfurl and music festivals grip our collective consciousness, we can't help but cast an introspective glance at the plethora of exceptional talent teeming right in our own backyard, within the vibrant locale of Richmond. This city, a pulsating...
Sometimes you can’t help but wonder what the fuck is wrong with the world. As he lay dying on the pavement on a street in New York, Hugo Tale-Yax probably wondered the same thing. On April 18th, around 6 AM, in Queens, NY, a woman was accosted by an unknown assailant wielding a knife. After stumbling upon the situation, presumably by chance,...
BOUNCE is back with one of our own local Richmond Dj's. DJ Boggle joins us from the Turnstyle crew here in town. This mix hits us with some good house tunes with kinda a Chicago vibe at times..... BOUNCE is back with one of our own local Richmond Dj's. DJ Boggle joins us from the Turnstyle crew here in town. This mix hits us with some good house...
Upon first listen, Songs About Fucking Steve Albini seems like an oddity when compared to much of Kid 606's recorded output. Upon first listen, Songs About Fucking Steve Albini seems like an oddity when compared to much of Kid 606's recorded output. His newest release is a contemplative effort - consisting of little more than processed...
“The Low Branches craft careful, quiet, poem songs--sung so sweet. Elegant in form, elaborate in beauty.” –Jonathan Vassar “"My oh my, these songs of yours send me to a sweet, dreamy land where all things can happen - good and bad. It makes me think of dust and history and spiders - families, secret powers, and special nights.” –Liza Kate “It is...
If Jacques Cousteau’s ghost was eating mushrooms at the bottom of the ocean and watching a giant squid doing battle with a great white shark, and he had his ipod on him, he would be listening to Antlers. Amidst a wall of ambient noise reminiscent of church organs comes a barrage of sound, droning and melodic, polyrhythmic and mesmerizing, harsh...
A Sunny Day In Glasgow Nitetime Rainbows EP (Mis Ojos Discos) On their new EP, A Sunny Day In Glasgow mixes conventional instrumentation with synths and programmed beats to create shimmering soundscapes. They make up for their lack of defined choruses by creating lush beds of sound that your head can sink peacefully into. Tough to categorize, but...
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BOUNCE is back with one of Playloops Records own, we are very excited to get this podcast up. DJ Everyday joins us from the PEX/ PLAYLOOP crew out of Philly. BOUNCE is back with one of Playloops Records own, we are very excited to get this podcast up. DJ Everyday joins us from the PEX/ PLAYLOOP crew out of Philly. Tastemakers Reinhold and...
To examine “True Love Cast Out All Evil,” the recent pairing of the legendary Roky Erickson with Okkervil River, on its own merits is difficult, because Erickson is an artist whose back story is inextricable from his recorded output. Erickson's story has been recounted many times, but for those unfamiliar, in a nutshell: helped invent psychedelic...
