Music is the lifeblood of a city. The late-night sets, the sweat-soaked venues, the dusty record bins filled with someone else’s memories. Richmond gets this. Always has. So here’s Weekend Frequency—a weekly, reader-curated playlist built for the city, by the city....
FEATURE SHOW Saturday, April 18, 8 PM From Fragile Seeds, Way Shape Or Form, Claim Culture, Antiphons @ The Camel - $5 From Fragile Seeds have been lurking in the background of Richmond's post-hardcore/emo/whatever-you-wanna-call-it scene for a couple of years now, but they've really taken a step forward in the last several months--and just in...
Every year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Class causes writers and fans alike to talk about how the Every year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Class causes writers and fans alike to talk about how the honorees aren’t worthy. This year seems exceedingly weak... two of the inductees are already in the Hall and don’t deserve a...
Neutral Milk Hotel(NMH) and its mysterious frontman, Jeff Mangnum, have been making bearded-hipsters cross their arms and bob their heads in respect since the mid 90’s (and for the super-hip, even ear Neutral Milk Hotel(NMH) and its mysterious frontman, Jeff Mangnum, have been making bearded-hipsters cross their arms and bob their heads in...
Young Fathers have been around for a while now but last year they made a huge breakthrough at the 2014 Mercury Prize awards for album of the year for De Young Fathers have been around for a while now but last year they made a huge breakthrough at the 2014 Mercury Prize awards for album of the year for Dead; beating out artists like FKA Twigs and...
While Venomspitter have kept a relatively low profile around the RVA scene in the year or so since they got started, this band has clearly been generating a buzz online. We know this because, when they uploaded their new self-titled EP onto Bandcamp last week, they ran out of free downloads in two days. While Venomspitter have kept a relatively...
After more than ten years of global touring, seven solo albums on labels such as Pretty Lights Music, Old Tacoma Records, Hefty, 1320, and Mush, Eliot Lipp's status as an electronic music pioneer is known to scene experts and weekend warriors alike. After more than ten years of global touring, seven solo albums on labels such as Pretty Lights...
Last night I watched a man easily above 200 lbs crowd surf at the Broadberry. Last night I watched a man easily above 200 lbs crowd surf at the Broadberry. It's this kind of energy, and ability to wind up a crowd, that Nashville, TN's Diarrhea Planet is known for. Since 2009, Diarrhea Planet has been raising eye brows with their band's name, and...
If you're keeping up on the world of jazz, funk, and R&B these days, you're probably aware of Snarky Puppy. This Texas-by-way-of-Brooklyn musical collective has been making waves with its instrumental fusion sound for nearly a decade now, culminating in their winning 2014's Best R&B Performance Grammy. Now Snarky Puppy keyboardist Cory Henry has...
Ben FM, a RVA native since 1986, first cut his hip-hop chops on stage with Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Joyce came to the Flood Zone. Ben FM, a RVA native since 1986, first cut his hip-hop chops on stage with Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Joyce came to the Flood Zone. They asked if anyone in the crowd knew how to rap, and he raised his hands. "She...
