MUSIC

When I think of David Shultz as a songwriter, one word that strikes me is familiar. Familiar in the sense that I can hear a new song or an old song and it reminds me of a place. When I think of David Shultz as a songwriter, one word that strikes me is familiar....

Liza Kate Don’t Let the Dogs Holiday for Quince Records After years of eager anticipation, Liza Kate’s first full-length has finally arrived. Don’t Let the Dogs feels like a collection of contemplative thoughts that allow the songstress to examine herself along with...

My first encounter with Nick Coward’s music was during a show we played together. I was a last minute addition to a bill that included Billy Wallace of the Wading Girl as well as the two of us. Coward carried a level of intrigue lyrically and musically that...

As I stood on the pier on August 29th waiting to board the Eagle I, my mind kept rolling over the same memory: I’m sitting in my car at the tender age of four, listening to what I now know as late-p As I stood on the pier on August 29th waiting to board the Eagle I,...

Pissed Jeans King of Jeans Sub Pop Thank God that there are still bands out there who still possess the art of making captivating and intelligent rock records. King of Jeans is ugly, clever, inventive, and dumb in all the right ways. The band clearly has its roots in...

A mouth breather, according to UrbanDictionary.com, is basically someone lacking the mental faculties to have learned the art of nasal respiration. Why would a band self-apply such an inauspicious title? We’re not sure, but the raucous and grinding punk of Richmond...

Richmond may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of hip hop. The music that most people correlate with Richmond is either punk or metal, which have always been thriving communities here, and done very well nationally. Hip hop, on the other hand,...

Microjoy has the best qualities of a fun party band – borderline alcoholism, good-natured jams and an unbelievably wide range of musical influences to make sure all the people in the crowd are touched with the fever. The guys took some time to talk to me about a...