The streets are buzzing with whispers of new releases from some of RVA’s favorites, and I’m stuck in the present, waiting for them to drop. The only thing keeping me grounded is the constant rotation of shows at The Camel, Banditos, Gallery5, and beyond. If...
Recording an album is not only an arduous task, but an expensive one too. However, thanks to crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter, bands and other such artists have been able to reach out to audiences across the globe for support. Recording an album is not only an arduous task, but an expensive one too. However, thanks to crowdfunding websites...
Somewhere between Johnny Cash and the shallow depth lys the incredible vocal stylings of RVA's own Tim Barry. Somewhere between Johnny Cash and the shallow depth lys the incredible vocal stylings of RVA's own Tim Barry. Barry, who released Lost & Rootless last November, worked with Good Day RVA to make this video and continue the new RVA trend of...
Elisa Ambrogio has spent roughly the past fourteen years working through various monikers and mutations. She first came onto my radar in 2004 as a bracing performer in the group Magik Markers, confronting the audience and treating her guitar with a combination of abandon and intensity that I've seen/heard from few others. Elisa Ambrogio has spent...
“I really wanted to be that bridge to the idea of hope,” said Oliver Bierman, lead singer of local pop-punk outfit Broadside, who described his own issues with depression and anxiety when he was growing up. He remembered honing in on bands as a teenager and how their music helped him deal with his own emotional issues. Taking inspiration from...
Wow, it's been a big month for national acts announcing Richmond shows - Weird Al is set to come this summer, now we've got hipster-hippy-pseudo-spiritual-NPR-wunderkind Sufjan Stevens coming to the Altria Theater on May 6th! Wow, it's been a big month for national acts announcing Richmond shows - Weird Al is set to come this summer, now we've...
Whether your week has been good or bad, it certainly can't hurt to end it with a bit of sacred beauty, so with that in mind, we now present "Holy River," the latest video from RVA/worldwide duo Lobo Marino. Whether your week has been good or bad, it certainly can't hurt to end it with a bit of sacred beauty, so with that in mind, we now present...
Last week, Richmond's own one-man-band Gull opened for the Lobo Marino "Holy River" video r Last week, Richmond's own one-man-band Gull opened for the Lobo Marino "Holy River" video release show at Hardywood Brewery. While Marino's got a lot to celebrate in their own right (check out their new video here), another highlight of the night was...
All-female powerhouse band Sleater-Kinney returns after nearly a decade-long absence with a fittingly brash album that doesn’t skip a beat. All-female powerhouse band Sleater-Kinney returns after nearly a decade-long absence with a fittingly brash album that doesn’t skip a beat. Not even One Beat (I’ll stop with the album title jokes at some...
Back in 2012, local record label Spacebomb released their first full length album, Big Inner, the debut of Matthew E. White. No one could have predicted the success that record would bring Spacebomb, the heights to which it would propel White, and the welcome attention it would bring to Richmond. Three years later, Spacebomb is looking to make...
