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The Chameleons Come Back to Richmond: An Interview with Vox

Editor's note: Edited to reflect that they have played here before. Richmond has become a burgeoning hub of post punk. Bands like Orthotonics cut through the tall grass of the scene in the 1980s, and now we have the likes of Tentative Decisions, Shagg Carpet, Hard...

Gaffer is Young, Loud, and Not Waiting Around

At age 13, singer Eli was already cutting his teeth in songwriting, lyrics, and guitar. “For a while I did solo stuff, and then one day [Henry] messaged me to play drums. I didn’t know who he was at all, and we just started Gaffer together.” The duo chose the name...

Photos | Holy Roller Packs The Camel for Back-to-Back Shows

A sold-out night at The Camel is one thing. Doing it back-to-back is another. Holy Roller (read our last interview HERE)  has been quietly building toward this for a while now. A Richmond band rooted in good time rock with a bit of country twang, pulling from all over...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 12/31-1/6

FEATURE SHOW Friday, January 2, 10 PM Occultist, Krang, Hoboknife @ Wonderland - price at door So here it is--the first really great RVA metal show of the new year! And it's happening at Wonderland, a venue whose future was uncertain at times in 2014. FEATURE SHOW Friday, January 2, 10 PM Occultist, Krang, Hoboknife @ Wonderland - price at door...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 12/24-12/30

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, December 27, 8 PM Butcher Brown, Avers, Sam Reed Syndicate @ The Camel - $7 The week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve is always going to be a bit of a weird one, due to traveling, family functions, weird work hours, traffic, etc. But writing this week off as a total loss for live music would be a big mistake....

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 12/17-12/23

FEATURE SHOW Friday, December 19, 9:30 PM No BS! Brass Band, Gina Sobel & The Mighty Fine @ The Broadberry - $12 ($8 w/canned goods) Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! And all that jazz. FEATURE SHOW Friday, December 19, 9:30 PM No BS! Brass Band, Gina Sobel & The Mighty Fine @ The Broadberry - $12 ($8 w/canned goods) Christmas is...

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RVA Shows You Must See 12/10-12/16

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, December 13, 4 PM River City Barn Dance Holiday Hoedown, feat. Andy Vaughan & the Driveline, Loversville, Cary Street Ramblers @ Hardywood - Free! I'm late to the party on this one, folks--River City Barn Dance is a monthly event that Andy Vaughan has been putting on around Richmond for something like two years now (maybe...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 12/3-12/9

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, December 6, 7 PM Ghost Of Pop 10, feat. Full Moon Fever, Andrew Leahey & The Homestead, Long Arms, The Animal Beat, Adam Eubank @ Gallery 5 - $5 Yes, it's true--Ghost Of Pop, Prabir Mehta's annual celebration of the Richmond music scene, has reached it's 10th anniversary. Perhaps pop's not so dead after all! FEATURE SHOW...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/26-12/3

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, November 29, 5 PM Video Fan Riot, feat. Hot Dolphin (photo by Joey Wharton), Navi, Manzara, Gull, Big No @ Hardywood Park Craft Brewery - Free! As a diehard music fan who was collecting records before there was even an internet, let alone filesharing, I suppose it's not that big a surprise that I'm a huge fan of physical...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/19-11/25

FEATURE SHOW Stay Sweet Presents: A Say-10 Records Anniversary Party Friday, November 21, 4 PM Tim Barry, Smoke Or Fire, Erik Peterson (Mischief Brew), Chumped, Landmines, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Timeshares, The Scandals, Divided Heaven, Kyle Oppold (Arliss Nancy), Jake Mayday, Concord America Saturday, November 22, 11 AM Iron Chic, Night...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/12-11/18

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, November 15, 2 PM RPG IPA release, feat. RPG, The Ar-Kaics, Sleepwalkers @ Hardywood - Free! Craft beer and stoner metal--can you think of a more intrinsically Richmond connection than that? FEATURE SHOW Saturday, November 15, 2 PM RPG IPA release, feat. RPG, The Ar-Kaics, Sleepwalkers @ Hardywood - Free! Craft beer and...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/5-11/11

FEATURE SHOW Thursday, November 6, 9 PM Speedy Ortiz, Ex Hex, Sundials, The Ar-Kaics @ Strange Matter - $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets here: http://speedyhex.eventbrite.com/) OK, so it probably isn't news to anyone reading this that rock n' roll is alive and well in the year 2014. While it's always awesome to see bands do some...

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