I feel a gravitational pull towards heavier music now that the days are darker. It feels right to match the heavy sky. In the same breath I feel like no matter what season it is, you have to listen to a little bit of Spring music, stuff to remind you what the sun...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, November 13, 9 PM Shy Low, Night Idea, Clair Morgan @ Strange Matter - $7 Let us once again celebrate the breadth and diversity of the RVA music scene. FEATURE SHOW Friday, November 13, 9 PM Shy Low, Night Idea, Clair Morgan @ Strange Matter - $7 Let us once again celebrate the breadth and diversity of the RVA music scene. On...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, November 6, 5 PM - 2 AM The Extragavanza! - $30 (order tickets HERE) 5 PM @ The Broadberry: DIIV, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, No Joy, Sunflower Bean, Avers, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, The Trillions, Manzara - $20 10 PM @ Strange Matter: Wolf Eyes, Author & Punisher, Mutwawa, Daggering - $12 10 PM @ En Su Boca: The Snowy...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, October 30, 5 PM Return Of The Living Dead Bands VII, feat. local musicians performing their interpretations of Bad Religion, Candlemass, Death Piggy, Killing Joke, The Minutemen, L7, Nirvana @ Strange Matter - Free! Halloween has come around once again, and what just might be the greatest Richmond Halloween tradition of all...
FEATURE SHOW Cheap Fest VI @ Strange Matter Day One: Friday, October 23, 2 PM-Midnight - $5-15 (sliding scale) Daggering, Stone Garden Jam Temple, Mutwawa, Broadcastatic, Scant, Creeping, Stress Orphan, Burak, Neurology, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Zack Kouns, Bernard Herman, Nate Schieble/Ian McColm, Astrology Diet, Cornelius Van Strafin III, Jim...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, October 16, 9:30 PM Torche, Pontiak, Snack Truck, Snakehole @ Hardywood - $13 in advance/$15 at the door (order tickets here: http://torchehardywood.eventbrite.com) Florida metal heroes Torche have been around for over a decade now, and they've come a long way. Their various Richmond shows have proven this; in ten years,...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 10, 6 PM Richmond Zine Fest Afterparty, feat. Mostly Crying, Atta Girl, Colectivo Caliban, Yaya @ Gallery 5 - Free! OK, yes, I partly picked this event as my featured show of the week in order to shine some light on Richmond Zine Fest. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 10, 6 PM Richmond Zine Fest Afterparty, feat....
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 3, 9 PM The Diamond Center (LP Release), Big No, DJ Marty Violence @ Black Iris - $6-10 (sliding scale) The Diamond Center may have moved to Austin, Texas back in the spring, but during the five or so years they lived here in RVA, they made a lot of fans. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 3, 9 PM The Diamond Center (LP...
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, September 26, 6 PM Let There Be GWAR book signing, feat. Kepone, Manzara, DJ Marty Violence @ Hardywood - Free! Ladies and gentlemen, this weekend at Hardywood, the first name in Richmond music rears its frightening alien countenance once again. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, September 26, 6 PM Let There Be GWAR book signing, feat....
FEATURE SHOW Friday, September 18, 7:30 PM Positive No (Record Release), Rebecca Gates, Nelly Kate @ Gallery 5 - $8 The release of Positive No's debut album, Glossa, has been years in the making, and I for one am very excited to see it finally happening. FEATURE SHOW Friday, September 18, 7:30 PM Positive No (Record Release), Rebecca Gates, Nelly...
