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 lot of personal favorites on the bracket today. Some far off...
Hip hop is the only genre of music you will ever hear described as a game. The way people talk about "running the rap game," you'd almost think it was a sport. Here's the thing: it is, kind of. Or at least, it kind of started out as one. And here in Richmond, some of the most talented artists, creatives, movers and shakers are working together to...
On their latest EP, Moon Maniac, Richmond metallic punk quartet 3:33 explore the horrors of modern life between falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes about true crime, serial killers, and beer. Always beer. There used to be a crew of hardcore kids around the central Virginia area who called themselves the 333 crew, by which they meant they were...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, January 21, 9 PMSexbruise? @ The Camel - $10 in advance, $12 day of show (order tickets HERE)I keep telling myself, week after week, that I'm not going to start the column this week by talking about the pandemic. And then I find myself, week after week, having to do so. Why am I bringing it up this week? Well, just to give...
Richmond duo Digital Hell makes distorted, foreboding noise and discusses heady philosophical concepts, but if you ask them, they're really just making pop music. I was greeted by a joyful character with a teddy-bear beanie covering her long black locs. "What's good!!! You're finally here!" she said, as she gave me a friendly hug. This is...
On Time Is The Price, Blackliq's first release for Sage Francis's Strange Famous Records, the veteran Richmond MC lays out his dark history, his bright future, and his methods for hacking life -- all overtop of the best production he's received in his career thus far. I've always enjoyed the work Blackliq, aka Black Liquid, does as an MC. I've...
So here's what happened: we compiled our original list -- which ran to 175 bands, give or take -- from suggestions dropped into Reddit threads, group texts, and email lists. The original plan had been to create a list of 100 great Richmond bands, and at first no one thought we'd come up with that many. Hahahahahaha. Once it became clear that we...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, January 14, 6:30 PMDwight Yoakam, Reid Haughton @ The National - $45-$52.50 (order tickets HERE)Every week I start the column with it, and every week I say it's for the last time. Let's stop kidding ourselves. I'm gonna bring up COVID to start this one, and it's not the last time. If you're fully vaxxed AND boosted, you might...
My stepfather had been good at taking photos. As a kid, I often saw zippered leather bags with the names Nikon and Canon on his dresser. Sometimes, there were rolls of film in the refrigerator. Sometimes, a loose camera on the kitchen counter. I knew not to touch these loose cameras because they were heavy, which meant expensive. Coincidentally,...
I’ve heard urban legends of people throwing a bunch of pot seeds into the woods only to come back a year later to find a forest of weed. It’s easy to forget what’s in your backyard, especially when you’re busy. Weeks into months. Months into – you get it. Maybe you caught a ton of bands at AlleyKatz. Maybe it was the Flood Zone or Rockitz. Or...
