Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Whole lotta Camel shows and a whole lotta local powerhouses. I feel...
If I mention the Bee Gees to you, chances are your first thought is the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and the iconic disco hit "Stayin' Alive." But what a lot of Americans don't know about the Bee Gees is that this British/Australian brother act had a thriving career well before the disco era, originally becoming famous for the psych-pop...
Ali Thibodeau, otherwise known as Deau Eyes, changed the location of our interview the night before it took place. She'd picked up a last-minute gig, and asked that I meet her at 11AM at the Valentine Museum downtown. I showed up 15 minutes early with Hourglass Sessions co-founder/director Tyler Scheerschmidt by my side. Soon after our arrival,...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, July 23, 7 PMTired & Pissed Vol. 4 Release Show, feat. The Get Off, Krode, Skincrawler, Mean Jesus, Rough Dose @ Powers BMX - $10The pandemic put paid to a lot of lovely efforts across the underground music scene. The fact that live music basically ceased to exist for a year and a half, across not only the United States...
Jason Tyler and Alex Moore of the band Halfcast showed up at the front door to my townhome in the fan at 11:01 for our 11:00 AM meeting; about as punctual as can be expected from musicians. Both were casually dressed in jeans and t-shirts, a “MOM” tattoo poking out from beneath Tyler’s right sleeve. We exchanged pleasantries as I gave them the...
Tyler Meacham should be celebrating -- or at least relieved. The Richmond-based singer-songwriter just self-released her first full-length project, Into The Fray -- on vinyl, no less. But just after completing all of the independent work it took to make that release happen, she started to look to another crossroads further along her path. Tyler's...
RVA Mag was able to chat with the seventeen-year-old Richmond area singer that is making waves in the music pool. Ru: is a singer and songwriter who is able to spin both her own feelings and those of strangers into beautiful songs. Still developing her eclectic sound, Ru: has only released one single thus far, "Where Did My Light Go." However,...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, July 15, 8 PMToward Space, Bad Larrys, Scare City, Station Aries @ City Beach - Free!When I think of Richmond in the summer, I can't help but think about punk rock. This isn't exactly a universal experience in our gentrified, playground-for-the-rich city circa 2022, but fifteen or so years ago, Richmond summers were all about...
Christopher Adkins Stone, otherwise known as CAS, requested that I meet him at his Richmond townhome on a rainy Monday afternoon. I was greeted at the door by his roommate and bass player in his backing band, Tien. He showed me into a living room lined with dividers emblazoned with east Asian inspired artwork. CAS emerged from his studio in the...
Klogg Wallabee and I used to work together at a gas station. If you caught him in the right kinda light, Klogg looked like he could’ve played Sean Astin’s cousin in some movie. He had a shitty sedan with a dent in the side, a bunch of trash in the back and on the floorboards. Cigarette butts and soda bottles, single socks, pistachio shells, and...
