MUSIC

Witchmond is a blog devoted to the underground and experimental music scenes in Virginia. Despite the punning reference in the title, Witchmond's coverage stretches beyond the boundaries of Richmond, incorporating other central Virginia cities such as Harrisonburg and...

Rehasher - High Speed Access To My Brain (Moathouse/Paper And Plastick) Based on band name and cover art, I expected crossover/thrash-revival stuff. Instead, I got something like the third Down By Law album. Speedy, melodic tunes straddling the line between punk and...

Race The Sun, Broadside and Patent Pending Friday, September 10 at the Canal Club Though Richmond's own Race The Sun have been around in one form or another for most of the past eight years, their hometown has seemed largely ignorant of them during that time. Even at...

Various Artists - Been Here All My Days: Selections From the George Mitchell Archive (Mississippi Records) Portland, Oregon’s Mississippi Records (named for the street on which the label is headquartered rather than any particular geographical/cultural pattern in...

Ambient indie-rock kings Broken Social Scene played in Richmond this past Saturday night, making them yet another big name to grace The National over recent months. Having hosted such outstanding acts as Wilco, Devo, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hank III, and Deftones, in...

Providence, Rhode Island’s The Body are a study in contrasts. The band began as a guitar/drums duo but has augmented their newest release All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood with an additional thirty musicians. Known mostly for churning, down-tuned dirge, the...

Arson Anthem - Insecurity Notoriety (Housecore) Phil Anselmo equals Pantera in a lot of minds, but he's had plenty of other great bands, of which Arson Anthem is just the latest. Anselmo on guitar, plus Eyehategod's Mike Williams singing and Hank III drumming, crank...

Southside’s Dream Atlantic tore the roof off The National last Friday night. The hardcore quintet’s double bass blasts and Southern-fried shredding brought out their fans in anticipation of getting an early copy of the band’s new EP, Gunslingers, which dropped for the...