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Photos | Dave Matthews Band Draws Record Crowd in Richmond

Dave Matthews Band played to a capacity crowd at Richmond’s new Allianz Amphitheater on Tuesday night, delivering the venue’s biggest show since it opened earlier this year. Roads around the Riverfront were closed off as thousands of fans packed into the area,...

Play Music I Love, With People I Love, For People I Love

When Jeff Gorman of Illiterate Light steps on stage, it’s not hype you feel, it’s heat. Not the kind that grabs at you immediately, but the kind that builds steady, loud, and unflinching. Just two guys onstage with a sound that hits like a full band. Offstage is where...

When the Music Ends, The Bukit Hedz Begin

I came across them one night, sitting in the grass at Kanawha Plaza. Two men, buckets stacked like makeshift toms, a lone snare resting in one lap, framed by the warm glow skyline of downtown Richmond. Beside them, a sign made the economics clear: VENMO DRUMKEEM....

Because None of This is Important, All of It Is.

Amid feedback loops, flickering lights, and fleeting connections at Get Tight Lounge, a local sound tech finds clarity in the chaos and meaning in the impermanence. by Eric Kalata I had to go across town first, to a different venue, to grab the microphones and...

200 People, One Backyard, and a Whole Lot of Heart

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...

Photos | Carnifex at The Canal Club With Suffocation and Distant

Carnifex headlined and crushed. Suffocation brought the weight. Distant opened and set the tone. Photographer Vinny Candela was in the pit. Here’s what it looked like when Richmond got wrecked. For those that don’t know… Carnifex is a veteran metal band from Southern...

Lamb of God Answers the Call at Black Sabbath’s Final Stand

When Richmond's Lamb of God touched down in Birmingham, England for Back To The Beginning, the final show from Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath lineup, front-man Randy Blythe was stepping into sacred ground. The bill was stacked, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses,...

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