It is always exciting to see bands you have heard of, maybe come to love, drop into town. This week we have bands like Colony House who I heard in my adolescence, Balaclava who is currently in my rotation, and Divide and Dissolve who I am new to and eagerly await....
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, March 7, 2 PM (music starts at 4:30) Plan 9 33 1/3 Anniversary/33 1/3 Black Vinyl Stout Release Party, feat. Kepone, White Laces, The Diamond Center, Hotel X @ Hardywood - Free! Plan 9 Records has been a Richmond institution since pretty much anyone in the scene these days can remember, and this weekend they'll celebrate an...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, February 27, 6 PM Winter Apocalypse Festival 2, Day One: Ramlord, Scuzz, Autarch, MSD Saturday, February 28, 6 PM Winter Apocalypse Festival 2, Day Two: Young And In The Way, Neutron Rats, Vomit Stain, Braincell, 45 AD, Unnerve @ Strange Matter - $10 I love it when Strange Matter does shows like this--huge multi-day...
FEATURE SHOW Sunday, February 22, 9 PM Humungus, Budd Dwyer, Led To the Grave, Vorator, Mower @ Strange Matter - $7 Metal. Strange Matter has been the place for it, for quite a while now, and I'm sure all the fans of this most glorious and triumphant musical genre know to check their upcoming show listings first when you want your live metal fix....
FEATURE SHOW Wednesday, February 11, 8 PM Anousheh (Make Noise album release show), My Darling Fury, Lucy Dacus @ The Broadberry - $10 (order tickets HERE) Anousheh's had a long artistic journey over the past decade or so. FEATURE SHOW Wednesday, February 11, 8 PM Anousheh (Make Noise album release show), My Darling Fury, Lucy Dacus @ The...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, February 7, 8 PM A Benefit for Jay Moritz feat. Pink Razors, Cloak/Dagger, Brainworms, Sundials, Modern Things @ Strange Matter - $10 (order tickets here: https://savejay.eventbrite.com) RVA punk rockers, get stoked! This show is for a good cause (more about that later), but even if it weren't, it'd be a momentous occasion....
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, January 31, 9 PM Evan Dando, Sara Johnston, Long Arms @ The Camel - $15 in advance/$18 day of show (order tickets HERE) Some might say this recommendation is pure nostalgia--and listen, I get that. It's been nearly a decade since Evan Dando has released any new original material, either as a solo artist or as the frontman...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, January 23, 5:30 PM Slapshot, Night Birds, Barge, Friend Or Foe @ Strange Matter - $15 (order tickets here: http://slapshotbarge.eventbrite.com/) Well damn, this right here is about as old-school as it gets. FEATURE SHOW Friday, January 23, 5:30 PM Slapshot, Night Birds, Barge, Friend Or Foe @ Strange Matter - $15 (order...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, January 16, 9 PM Second Annual Bad Grrrl Revue, feat. Hot Dolphin, Bitchmouth, Asylum, Kommunion, Dorthia Cottrell @ Strange Matter - $5 My, how time flies! A year ago, I was just starting to do this weekly column, and one of the first shows I wrote about was a punk show consisting entirely of female-fronted bands. FEATURE...
FEATURE SHOW Thursday, January 8, 6 PM High On Fire, Windhand, Mountain Of Wizard, Inter Arma @ The Broadberry - $20 (order tickets HERE) Cancel all of your plans for tomorrow night! The band through which Pitchfork-worshipping hipsters and diehard purist metalheads find common ground will be arriving in Richmond to steamroll The Broadberry with...
