MUSIC

This is a special time of year for many music enthusiasts around the country. Thousands of people are making their annual pilgrimage to Gainesville, Florida for this year’s Fest. Being one of the last major stops between DC and Atlanta has placed Richmond in the...

Tim Barry and Josh Small Saturday October 16 at The Camel There's a man from North Carolina on stage at The Camel with Tim Barry and Josh Small. He's not singing or playing an instrument. He wasn't on the bill. What he is doing is proposing to his girlfriend. She says...

Night Birds - Midnight Movies (No Way) Night Birds' new EP is less raw than their demo, less surf-y than their first EP, and probably the best recording they’ve released so far. This EP is chock full of surf-rock inspired guitar riffs underneath punchy, snotty vocals...

Rusko and Smash Gordon Saturday, October 23 at The Canal Club When it was first announced that dubstep artist Rusko was playing a show at Richmond's Canal Club, many people didn't take a second look. However, seemingly between the time of the announcement and the day...

Take heart, all of you who've mourned the absence of Avail from the Richmond scene these past several years. Freeman, a new band who've been around for the past year or so, reunites 3/5 of the classic Satiate/Dixie lineup of Avail, bringing them back together for the...

The New Pornographers and Tokyo Police Club Monday, October 18 at The National Monday night’s show at the National started promptly at 8:00, and by the end of the night, the New Pornographers and Tokyo Police Club had delivered a solid three hours of all that rocks,...

Wow And Flutter - Equilibrio! (Mt. Fuji) These guys remind me of recent sounds from Washington DC; their herky-jerky, structurally complex, but still quite melodic music isn't exactly like Black Eyes, Smart Went Crazy, or the Dismemberment Plan, but it would surprise...