After its successful launch last year, the Iron Blossom Festival returned this year to The Bon Secours Training Center in Richmond, VA, bringing together an impressive lineup of musical talent while being blessed with fantastic end of summer weather. Thousands packed...
FEATURE SHOW Wednesday, August 27, 7 PM DJ Abilities, PremRock, Jake Spike, The Honorable Sleaze, Digipossum @ The Canal Club - $8 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets HERE) I hope RVA hip hop heads appreciate what a great time this is for live hip hop in this city. I can't remember anytime before the last couple of years when there were so...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, August 22, 7 PM Worn In Red (last Richmond show), Hold Tight, Late Bloomer, Sea Of Storms @ Gallery 5 - $5 Maybe I'm alone in this, but it seems to me Worn In Red never got their due. This RVA/C-ville quartet certainly has a solid fanbase around the Commonwealth, don't get me wrong, but to me it seems like they should've been...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, August 16, 6 PM Eternal Summers, The Seeers, Mas Y Mas @ Strange Matter - $6 Pay attention, people, because this is important. Roanoke's Eternal Summers, whom we have been telling you about for a couple of years now, recently released their third album. The Drop Beneath hasn't gotten a ton of hype (though Pitchfork came...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, August 8, 7 PM Hoax Hunters LP Release Show, with Positive No, Dave Watkins @ Gallery 5 - $5 Well folks, the moment has arrived. After hearing for months about the impending release of Hoax Hunters' debut full-length, Comfort & Safety, it is finally here--and Friday night at Gallery 5, you'll have the chance to grab a copy...
FEATURE SHOW Tuesday, August 5, 5 PM Foxing (Photo by Sam Leathers), The Hotelier, Little Big League, Boxer @ Strange Matter - $10 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets here: http://foxing.eventbrite.com) I've talked before about how many awesome metal shows come through RVA on a regular basis, but metal is not the only genre that enjoys a...
FEATURE SHOW Monday, July 28, 9 PM Supersuckers, Mudd Helmut (Photo by Cindy Hicks), The Blackout Shift @ Bandito's - Free! It's never a bad idea to show up for a show at Bandito's. FEATURE SHOW Monday, July 28, 9 PM Supersuckers, Mudd Helmut (Photo by Cindy Hicks), The Blackout Shift @ Bandito's - Free! It's never a bad idea to show up for a...
FEATURE SHOW Sunday, July 20, 7 PM Jonathan Vassar, David Dondero, Russell Lacy, Mermaids. I Mean Whales. @ The Camel - $8 I don't know how to categorize this show. Acoustic indie? Alt-folk? Americana? This is an important show for the local scene that it fits into, though, regardless of what word you use to describe that genre. FEATURE SHOW...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, July 12, 2 PM Hardywood & The Cheats Movement present Virginia Blackberry Release with music by The Big Payback, Photosynthesizers, Radio B @ Hardywood Park Craft Brewery - Free! Summer's here, and the time is right for chillin' on patios enjoying your beverage of choice. For everyone who agrees (a category I hope includes...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, July 4, 6 PM Fucked Up, Weed, Dry Spell, Slugz @ Strange Matter - $12 (order tickets here: https://fuckedup.eventbrite.com/) July 4 is always a day of celebration around here, but this year the fireworks will be happening onstage at Strange Matter. FEATURE SHOW Friday, July 4, 6 PM Fucked Up, Weed, Dry Spell, Slugz @ Strange...
