Local Brandon Crowe has quietly built something special in Richmond’s underground scene, a Fourth of July tradition called Crowefest. No corporate sponsors, maybe a few local ones. No massive gates or fences, just the usual short backyard one. What you get is a...
If you could tune out cheers from the sold out crowd, PJ Harvey’s stop in Richmond felt distinctly funereal. But as it was, it seemed a darkly joyful proceeding, an end-of-the-world party with Harvey and her nine piece band as the horsemen ushering in the demise of all things. The National was among the band’s first stops touring off of her...
Sonic Youth Frontman Thurston Moore might be the closest thing we've got to a living poet and noise rock legend (even if the band's breakup might have left everyone's head spinning). But even if you walked away thinking he was an asshole, it would still be neat to see him at the tiny Rock and Roll hotel up in DC on his tour for Rock N Roll...
It’s been a long, winding road for Those Manic Seas but after more than seven years the band is set to release their first full length LP, Telegenic. “This band and evolved and changed a lot,” said Daniel Medley, the drummer and manager for the band. Medley has since moved to Nashville, TN, and the rest of the band’s current lineup - Drew Rollo...
Musicians need reassurance too, even those as dazzling, empowering, and forceful as New York duo Diet Cig. You can have all the buzz in the world and a fanbase that grows by the hour, but the confidence has to be there no matter how you get it. Sometimes, it comes from just a pep talk. "I had to kind of remind myself that I'm good at this,"...
A Gogol Bordello show is an all-consuming force. The air is charged; a nearly violent happiness (ala Bjork) travels out from the stage and infects the crowd. It is as joyous and wild as a megachurch taken over by a gang of tongue-and-cheek pirates, and this past weekend’s show at The Jefferson in Charlottesville, Virginia was no exception....
After playing two new, comically nihilistic “state of the union” songs in the middle of their set, Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy joked. “It’s usually closer to the end of our show that the realization we’re all going to die sets in.” However, the mood at the National’s Sunday night was anything but grim, as the sold-out crowd hung onto every...
Richmond indie rock outfit Camp Howard has been steadily putting out good music since they released their self-titled debut album last year in March. Apparently they've been toiling away in the studio because they just released a new track, and a new album is set to follow via Egghunt Records next month. The guys just premiered a sneak peek of...
Richmond indie rock outfit Camp Howard has been steadily putting out good music since they released their self-titled debut album last year in March. Apparently they've been toiling away in the studio because they just released a new track, and a new album is set to follow via Egghunt Records next month. The guys just premiered a sneak peek of...
The Norfolk avant-garage outfit, You’re Jovian, creates a sonic dreamstate with the release of their full-length, They Were Selected and Divided. The eight tracks encompass dynamic fluctuations without abandoning the central sound of stormy euphoria. Elliot Malvas has come quite a long way since writing the first tunes for first You’re Jovian in...
