As part of the Big Dipper Innovation Summit, on Thursday, April 24th from 6–9pm at Common House Richmond, RVA Magazine’s co-publisher and editor-at-large, Landon Shroder, will moderate a featured panel: The Obsolescence of Culture: Can Authenticity Survive the Tech...
Manpig – The Grand Negative (Deep Six Records) One of the most decisive points in the development of any aesthetic movement comes with the application of its apellation. Matisse and Braque took elitist derision and wore it as a badge of pride. Alan Freed took a slang term for fucking and blanketed the world with it. And, in Man Is The Bastard's...
Tonight marks the first ever Richmond Music Review presented by RVA Magazine, Taste The Local & Radio Rubber Room. This is a non-competitive showcase style event that features four local bands. Starting at 9pm, Proverbial, Black Girls, Downbeat Switch and After Nasa will all be sharing the stage for prizes that include gift certificates to West...
St. Vincent, Shearwater Thursday, May 24 at The National There's a fascinating quote about performing live from My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields. He concludes that, to the best of his abilities, he could never truly dictate what happens on a stage. Performance becomes more of an element that exists within one’s subconscious, and your...
Tragedy fans have been awaiting a new album since 2006’s Nerve Damage, and, similar to the aforementioned release, this year’s Darker Days Ahead has been greeted with mixed reviews. While many die-hard fans feel that Nerve Damage was a bit too poppy and catchy, preferring the newer album, some music critics have stated that they feel the band...
Tragedy fans have been awaiting a new album since 2006’s Nerve Damage, and, similar to the aforementioned release, this year’s Darker Days Ahead has been greeted with mixed reviews. While many die-hard fans feel that Nerve Damage was a bit too poppy and catchy, preferring the newer album, some music critics have stated that they feel the band...
Tragedy fans have been awaiting a new album since 2006’s Nerve Damage, and, similar to the aforementioned release, this year’s Darker Days Ahead has been greeted with mixed reviews. While many die-hard fans feel that Nerve Damage was a bit too poppy and catchy, preferring the newer album, some music critics have stated that they feel the band...
Tonight, Folk is People by way of Jacksonville, Florida will be performing at Bogarts in the Fan, almost midway through their East coast tour and album debut, "That was then". Tonight, Folk is People by way of Jacksonville, Florida will be performing at Bogarts in the Fan, almost midway through their East coast tour and album debut, "That was...
Tonight, Folk is People by way of Jacksonville, Florida will be performing at Bogarts in the Fan, almost midway through their East coast tour, with album debut, "That was then". Tonight, Folk is People by way of Jacksonville, Florida will be performing at Bogarts in the Fan, almost midway through their East coast tour, with album debut, "That was...
If you’ve talked to anyone who regularly sees live local music, one name seems to come up quite a bit. The self-declared cabin-fi acid surf outfit Warren Hixson has left quite the impression on everyone. It could be seen early on that the group had promise when they astounded WRIR listeners during their live performance on Paul’s Boutique. If...
