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,...
Local hip hop Mikelis bounces between RVA and the 757, but it looks like he got stuck in Henrico over the weekend where he got with @KultureGeorge. Local hip hop Mikelis bounces between RVA and the 757, but it looks like he got stuck in Henrico over the weekend where he got with @KultureGeorge. Armed with a drone and the snowy landscape, the...
Central Virginia has hiking trails and hills but not much else - and it has even less now that the roadside attraction Foamhenge has been taken down. But your chance to see it with a nice RVA bend is alive and well thanks to Dumb Waiter and Good Day RVA. Dumb Waiter has been gigging around RVA for the last few years. Their mix of metal, prog and...
Shortly after the release of 2014’s False Light, people’s ears finally started perking up to Unsacred’s sound. Perhaps it was an article in another popular publication that awoke some, maybe a savage live performance for others. The point is, one of the many gems of Richmond’s contemporary music scene emerged anew two years ago, a lean, taut...
Moving here three years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. Sitting on a pillow, doing my best to see over the wheel of a 20’ moving truck I barreled down from Boston to Syracuse to Richmond, I arrived sleep-deprived and sore from carrying boxes to break into the apartment where my new landlord had forgotten to leave out keys. Like so many...
It might be the holidays, but there's still plenty of great live music this week - check out the list below: FEATURED SHOW (top image) Sunday, January 1, 8 PM The Big Payback @ The Camel – $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets HERE) OK, so I get that the big party night is New Years Eve, not New Years Day. People are just so fascinated by...
Some of RVA's best party animals, Party Liberation Front, are set to host another fantastic New Years Eve event - Decemberween 11. Some of RVA's best party animals, Party Liberation Front, are set to host another fantastic New Years Eve event - Decemberween 11. This in deed their 11th year of celebrating the new year in their unique way, and...
Just in time for the holidays, RVA favorites Sleepwalkers have dropped a new track to keep you rock'n on pine scent and good family times. Just in time for the holidays, RVA favorites Sleepwalkers have dropped a new track to keep you rock'n on pine scent and good family times. "We had some extra time in the studio yesterday and wanted to spread...
There were a couple of years during the second George W. Bush administration when I was playing at Curbside Cafe every Thursday night with an acoustic trio called Captain Slicktalk. During that time, I had a MacBook with Pro Tools installed and (apparently) a ton of time to experiment with recording and mixing. Hours and hours were spent getting...
Ashes, an up and coming noise/shoegaze band out of RVA is the latest group to sign onto local indie label Crystal Pistol Records, and on New Years Eve, they will drop their debut album, MyBadYerGood. They also have a new video they are allowing RVA Mag to premiere! Ashes, an up and coming noise/shoegaze band out of RVA is the latest group to sign...
