A woman works in a diner. The kind with refills, regulars, and fluorescent lights that never quite turn off. She’s married to a man who doesn’t deserve her. She bakes pies that are better than most people deserve. And she wants out. That’s Waitress, more or less....
Just Plain Ant: Just Plain Ant: The founder of local hip-hop crew Just Plain Sounds has been producing music since he was a teenager. He incorporates a variety of influences into his shifting sound, which merges hip-hop and soul with jazz, electronic music, and more experimental styles to bring a unique feel to his own work, as well as that of...
WHO: RVA Magazine & Radio Rubber Room WHAT: Open Stage Night WHEN: Every Wednesday from 9pm-1am (Signup starts at 8:30pm) WHERE: Cafe Diem, 600 North Sheppard Street in the Fan WHY: BECAUSE WE NEED YOU TO MAKE A STRONGER MUSIC SCENE!!!! WHO: RVA Magazine & Radio Rubber Room WHAT: Open Stage Night WHEN: Every Wednesday from 9pm-1am (Signup starts...
As I followed Alison Miller Barber, owner of Taboo for the last decade, to her office to sit and chat about the effects of technology on her business, we passed aisles of product, arranged by type and fetish—a sexual candy store for adults that has exactly what the customer came for, and endless opportunities for exploration. As customers...
A few months ago I reviewed Tyler, the Creator’s new record, Goblin, and opened myself up to some criticism regarding my response to the record’s misogynistic, homophobic, and rape-glorifying lyrical content. The lines that most people seemed to take issue with were: “Go ahead and tell me that I just don’t get it, I’ll tell you that you’re a rape...
Monday, 9/12 Secretly Y'all Presents: The Musician's Secret featuring Zach Hryciak, Browning Porter, Herschel Stratego (pictured above), Cole Sullivan, Chris Milk, Lydia Ooghe, Andy Vaughn, Chris McNew @ Balliceaux 7pm. Monday, 9/12 Eternal Summers (pictured above), Reading Rainbow, Articulate Chewbacca @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar (414 E. Main...
Pittsburgh DJ Gregg Gillis may not have invented the art of the mash-up, but few would deny that he's perfected it. His recordings may exist in a legal grey area, but there's no doubt about the awesomeness of his performances. Creating music with nothing but a laptop covered in shrinkwrap (to protect it from sweat), Girl Talk's live sets are...
Sept 10-11th RVA Magazine and Phull Entertainment will host the first annual RVA Music Fest! Nothing like this has ever been done within the Greater Richmond Metro area since long before your moms mom could remember. With forty five local bands, two nationally touring acts and an seemingly endless list of DJ's, this year is just the first taste...
This lo-fi pop trio from California transform the day-to-day reality of frontwoman Bethany Cosentino, a 20-something slacker who loves weed, TV, and her cats, into catchy tunes that draw equal inspiration from 60s retro sounds and the post-grunge indie rock of the 90s. Their most recent album, Crazy For You, is an instant classic, on which Motown...
This group, consisting of a drummer and somewhere around a dozen horn players, combines traditional brass-driven music like Dixieland jazz and R&B funk with influences taken from all over--klezmer, calypso, heavy metal, punk rock, you name it. Their live sets combine creative original compositions with all kinds of unexpected cover tunes (Rush,...
