For a lot of people, MTV wasn’t background noise. It was the place where you learned what music looked like. You didn’t just hear a song, you watched it. Whole afternoons vanished in front of the TV, waiting to see what came on next. As of December 31, that era...
FEATURED SHOWMonday, October 7, 7 PMMudhoney (Photo by Charles Peterson), Pissed Jeans, Gumming @ The Broadberry - $25 (order tickets HERE)Our city is lucky this week, for we are being graced by the presence of grunge royalty. But if you listen to the typical 2019 discussion around the Seattle scene of the early 90s, you might not even know it....
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's comes to us from Muther Goose, a young bluegrass/folk/Americana quintet from Richmond who are just about to release their brand new album, Enough To Go On. In fact, you'll be able to get...
You might call it Americana, but if you ask Thorp Jenson, his new single, "Carry Me Home," is nothing more than good old rock n' roll. What do you call a ginger in a Canadian tuxedo with a mustache and a guitar? If you're having this encounter in Richmond, you call him Thorp Jenson, and he has new music on the way. The local...
The Shack Band’s annual music festival is back at The Broadberry this weekend with a lineup specifically chosen to excite the Richmond local scene. This weekend, The Shack Up is hitting The Broadberry for the fifth time in as many years. On Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, your hosts The Shack Band will close out the month and the...
FEATURED SHOWWednesday, September 25, 7 PMBob Mould, Will Johnson @ The Broadberry - $25 in advance/$30 at the door (order tickets HERE)This one should just be a given, y'all. That said, we need to talk about Bob Mould, because I feel like he might be fading from the spotlight a bit for anyone who is under 40 -- and if you are under 40, and you...
With their latest album, Telltale embraces early 20-something life with a timeless pop punk sound. Pop punk is alive and well in Richmond. Its heart beats to the sound of Telltale’s timeless message, for those who face the challenges their many pop punk brethren have faced before them. With the release of their new album, Timeless Youth,...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around we're bringing you a playlist curated with love by the staff of Richmond's best new music venue 2k19 (that's right, we're calling it now): Fuzzy Cactus. They've been open for something...
Ahead of folk/Americana quintet The Way Down Wanderers' three shows across Virginia next week, Graham Stone caught up with the band's principal songwriters to talk illusions, inspirations, and good times. Austin Krause-Thompson and Collin Krause of central Illinois group The Way Down Wanderers have been playing music together since their teen...
Born out of Clair Morgan’s rotating cast of band members, New Lions evolves their sound and looks to the future on new EP End Story. Clair Morgan was not meant to be a band. Richmond-native musician Clair Morgan started the musical project under his own name as a solo act, but couldn’t stop adding friends, until he had enough people on stage to...
