Dry Cleaning chose to return to Howard Theatre three years after their first ever stop in our nation's capital. An eclectic queue formed around the theatre, with businessmen, grunge folk, and families all lining up for a rather unconventional headliner. The scheduling...
As we close out the year, here’s a look at some of the most impactful stories we published in 2025. Over the past year, we covered Richmond as a living system under pressure, focusing on the people, culture, and policies that shape daily life and determine who gets held up or left behind. Thank you to everyone who read, shared, challenged us,...
Christmas soundcheck. RVA has some great stuff bookending the holidays this week. If you start feeling stuck in the house, go check out one of these shows and I bet you won’t be disappointed. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit me up at griffin@rvamag.com. J. Roddy’s Christmas to the BoneTuesday,...
Last few shows before Christmas rolls out. Got one more charity gig on the bill for this week, some great locals, and a couple folks from on the road. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit me up at griffin@rvamag.com. More information HERE Gritty City for the KidsFriday, December 19thThe Camel And here...
Editor’s Note: This story that begins, as too many do, with a clown in someone’s DMs and ends with a camera duct-taped to a toy train. The first thing to know is that Mike Shea tried to make a normal introduction. In his mind, it was a filmmaker reaching out to a musician he admired. In Jonathan Facka’s mind, it was a man in full clown...
Lotta Punks for Presents on the lineup this week, and it pairs well with a fantastic show from Richmond’s own McKinley Dixon. Both feel like solid ways to close out these oh so dark nights. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit me up at griffin@rvamag.com. McKinley DixonSaturday, December 13thRichmond...
Was giving DJ Harrison’s new album a listen preparing the interview. I’m sitting with the tracks, getting a feel for the album’s pulse, when “Seek God” comes on. Fly Anakin steps into the beat with that effortless Richmond control that comes from years of sharpening steel with steel. Right then, the notification hits. Pitchfork’s 40 Best Rap...
Only in Virginia could a raccoon get day-drunk in an ABC store and wake up a statewide celebrity by Monday. After a masked intruder broke into the Ashland ABC on Nov. 30, tore through shelves, smashed bottles, and ultimately passed out facedown in the bathroom, the internet did what it does best: adopted him. The store’s employees called...
I love Christmas time shows, everyone’s cold so they all pack in together, maybe you’re at Punks for Presents, maybe you’re seeing your friends play their last show of the year. We got a lot of great stuff this week as we close out the year. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit me up...
The Carver neighborhood sits tucked between the highway and the downtown sprawl, close enough to reach everything and overlooked long enough to feel like its own island. So when CONEX appeared there a few weeks ago, rising out of a sunken concrete pit built from cargo containers and covered in murals, it felt like the neighborhood had quietly...
