It is simply a great time to be a Richmond music fan. This week we have great touring bands, revivals of older groups, and an abundance of new music coming from the blank generation. As everyone prepares for the holidays, travel, and the expected rotation of Christmas...
After a successful inaugural edition of the Red Wing Roots Music Festival, the festival has announced the full lineup for this year's follow-up, which will take place at Augusta County, VA's Natural Chimneys Park on July 11-13, 2014. After a successful inaugural edition of the Red Wing Roots Music Festival, the festival has announced the full...
Local electro-noise duo Mutwawa has released a new 3 track EP and it replicates a sound we’re all too fond of and familiar with. Local electro-noise duo Mutwawa has released a new 3 track EP and it replicates a sound we’re all too fond of and familiar with. Subterrestrial Creeps by MUTWAWA With a heavy stress on the electro, the first track...
Evan Barlow - Trials To Triumph (Datpiff) Everyone has a story, but not everyone has the courage to tell you theirs. Trials To Triumph, Evan Barlow's first release, is up front about his personal truth from the get go, and through its 17 tracks is a testament to how far one can come. Evan Barlow - Trials To Triumph (Datpiff) Everyone has a story,...
You'd be forgiven if you expected metal from this band made up of former Lord By Fire, Facade Burned Black, and My War members. However, a mere ex-member pedigree does not provide sufficient insight with which to comprehend Everyone Dies In The End. An instrumental quartet with song titles as long and complex as the songs they refer to, Everyone...
Various Eggs are a relatively new indie rock group from right here in RVA. Having released their debut EP, Don't Expect Much From Others, late in 2013, the group recently went on a brief Valentine's Week tour that they aptly christened the Love Sick/Sick Of Love Tour. Various Eggs are a relatively new indie rock group from right here in RVA....
MACRoCk (The Mid Atlantic College Radio Conference), happens this year on April 4 and 5 in Harrisonburg, VA. MACRoCk (The Mid Atlantic College Radio Conference), happens this year on April 4 and 5 in Harrisonburg, VA. The fest began in 1996 as the brainchild of JMU's student-run radio station, WXJM. The idea was to bring independent music to the...
Philadelphia jam band Disco Biscuits, known for their pioneering work in fusing the genres of progressive rock and electronic dance music into the genre now known as "jamtronica," have developed quite a following in the nearly 20 years since their formation. Therefore, their return, for the first time since 2009, to Electric Factory, the...
FEATURE SHOW Friday, March 14, 10 PM WRIR Spring Fund Drive Kickoff, feat. The Milkstains, The Trillions, Tungs, Dave Watkins @ Strange Matter - $5 Don't get me wrong, great bands are indeed essential to a good music scene--but the glue that holds things together often comes from the institutions that help bands reach their audience. Last week in...
Major Lazer's new EP, Apocalypse Soon, could be called "more of the same"--but when sameness means wild new sounds and guest appearances by producers from all over the globe, it’s actually nothing to groan about. Major Lazer's new EP, Apocalypse Soon, could be called "more of the same"--but when sameness means wild new sounds and guest...
