MUSIC

This fast, harsh, and totally excellent Richmond hardcore supergroup, featuring current or former members of Brainworms, The Catalyst, Operation Latte Thunder, and Forensics, has been playing around town for about six months now, and I for one have eagerly awaited the...

The Greater The Risk, Farewell Fighter, T-Division, and No Hands Thursday, February 3 at Strange Matter I'm sure every band would love to play every show to a sellout crowd. That's not going to happen every time, though, and the show Thursday night at Strange Matter...

The Low Branches - Sinking Rising (Church Hill) When I hear the Low Branches, all I want to do is wrap my arms and thoughts around everything. Sinking, Rising is not an exception to this reaction. Christina Gleixner and Matt Klimas have contained everything that makes...

Filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers. The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with...

Kid Sister has been in the game longer than you might imagine. Having grown up during the house-genre takeoff in Chicago, she was fed dance grooves at an early age. Combined with the talents of her DJ brother (half of group, Flosstradamus), Kid Sister began to MC...

2/7 Lightfoot (pictured above, pic by Joel Didriksen), Digging Up Virgins, Lubec, Ghost Lotion @ The Camel 8pm. 2/8 Jimmy Eat World (pictured above), David Bazan @ The National 8pm. 2/8 Jazz Night feat. Jazz By Numbers with Trio of Justice, Bryan Hooten (pictured...

It seems at least mildly unnecessary to put too much elbow grease into an introduction of Rob Chapman. Mr. Chapman maintains a robust website--www.rob-chapman.com--that does a far more compelling and comprehensive job of detailing his past and his future than could...

James Blake - James Blake (ATLAS/A&M) James Blake is a common name. A quick online search reveals several influential James Blakes, the most popular being a professional tennis player. Soon, this tennis player is going to be facing some tough competition. James Blake...