Music has always been a mirror. It tells us who we are, what we value, and, sometimes, what we’re too afraid to face. But if music is supposed to reflect the world around us, then what does it say that so much of today’s mainstream music says… nothing at all? Richmond...
When The Mowgli's first came on the scene, they seemed to be a culmination of everything that the music world had become enamored with over the past five years. Pop music that's still rock with wild percussion, group chants, great harmonies, and cavity-inducing melodies. Basically a perfect soundtrack for a car ride with the windows down on a...
Philadelphia's Hop Along is the talk of the music world the past few weeks since the release of their third studio album, the wonderfully intricate Painted Shut. Backed by some strong instrumentation and gritty but stunning vocal work, the songs and the stories they contain are a clear step above the quartet's past material and it's easy to see...
The Richmond quartet known as Go & Tell is one of the newest additions to the burgeoning RVA music scene and might be one of the more unique acts even if they don't seem like it on paper. While there are plenty of blues, folk, and indie elements present in each song, it's pretty safe to describe the band as an alt-rock outfit, though clearly not...
FEATURE SHOW Thursday, May 14, 8 PM Hop Along, Field Mouse, Go & Tell, Lucy Dacus @ The Camel - $10 (order tickets HERE) This is exciting as hell. Hop Along are a band that I've been listening to constantly for the past two years, even though throughout that time, they only released one song: "Sister Cities." FEATURE SHOW Thursday, May 14, 8 PM...
Last Wednesday night, music lovers across Richmond filled the Altria Theater for a chance to hear one of indie rock's most celebrated icons of the past fifteen years: Sufjan Stevens. Last Wednesday night, music lovers across Richmond filled the Altria Theater for a chance to hear one of indie rock's most celebrated icons of the past fifteen...
Sweat-soaked chrome confetti, remnants of the previous evening’s Marilyn Mason spectacle, clung to the floor of The National as hundreds descended to devour Interpol’s unique brooding, seductive sound Sweat-soaked chrome confetti, remnants of the previous evening’s Marilyn Mason spectacle, clung to the floor of The National as hundreds descended...
If you've been following Surfer Blood since their debut in 2009, you've certainly been in for a hell of a ride. If you've been following Surfer Blood since their debut in 2009, you've certainly been in for a hell of a ride. The band's first album, 2010's Astro Coast, was very well received by critics and fans alike and an EP that followed shortly...
Over the past ten years, the five-piece from Leeds known as Kaiser Chiefs has established themselves as one of the premier rock ba Over the past ten years, the five-piece from Leeds known as Kaiser Chiefs has established themselves as one of the premier rock bands on the circuit in Britain. With numerous awards and a plethora of hit songs, the...
“I wanted to do something really different that had a wider spectrum of hip hop culture not just ‘Hey come see these guys perform’,” said Marc Cheatham, founder of the
