Ladada has been churning out psychedelic surf with occasional punk outbursts for a little over a decade now. Having maintained a cult following with a variety of EPs and a full length album, the band is evolving into a higher form. They’ve got a new guitarist ready...
In honor of Queens Of The Stone Age's upcoming performance at The National on Monday, December 16, as part of XL102's Miracle On Broad Street, we've reached back into our archives to republish this interview with Queens Of The Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme, which originally ran in our May 2005 issue and has never appeared online before....
Marc Cheatham of The Cheats Movement blog is both an extremely hard worker and a tireless supporter of the best aspects of the RVA community. Therefore it cannot be much of a surprise to anyone that he's the man behind RVA Hot Sauce. Marc Cheatham of The Cheats Movement blog is both an extremely hard worker and a tireless supporter of the best...
So we've been hearing all over the place about the "emo revival" lately, and while I'm sure for some people the very thought causes a medically unsafe amount of eyerolling, for others, it just seems like a lot of bandwagon-jumping about a scene that has very quietly been great for years. Syracuse, NY quintet Polar Bear Club have been at the...
Chvrches, Scotland's own electro-pop wizards, took the internet by storm over the last year or so. Chvrches, Scotland's own electro-pop wizards, took the internet by storm over the last year or so. Lauren Mayberry (lead vocals, additional synthesizers and samplers), Iain Cook (synthesizers, guitar, bass, vocals), and Martin Doherty (synthesizers,...
FEATURE SHOW Sunday, December 8, 7 p.m. The Cheats Movement presents The Return of RVA Hot Sauce featuring Photosynthesizers, Anousheh, Ohbliv, Radio B, Michael Millions, Noah O, JD Haze, The Honorable Sleaze (photo by Marc Cheatham), Open Mic Freestyle Cyphers, Patience Salgado, and the Coalition Theater folks @ Gallery 5 - $10/All Ages. Marc...
Avers have just arrived on the scene in the last week or so, but they're making a big splash in the local area if the gossip I'm hearing is any indication. Avers have just arrived on the scene in the last week or so, but they're making a big splash in the local area if the gossip I'm hearing is any indication. Their calling card thus far has been...
Hey folks, not much else to say except local DJ team Gent & Jawns have a new track out. Hey folks, not much else to say except local DJ team Gent & Jawns have a new track out. You can listen to SWIZZY through the Soundcloud widget below:
Pontiak are a trio of brothers hailing from the Virginia countryside. Van, Jennings, and Lain Carney have been cranking out psychedelic rock n' roll from their homestead in the Blue Ridge Mountains for nearly a decade now, and doing so at quite a prolific rate--their upcoming album, Innocence, due out on Thrill Jockey Records in January 2014, is...
After three decades plus of chest thumping, slogan shouting, and all around dead horse beating, it can be easy to allow a disenchantment with hardcore to come crawling around the periphery of one's taste in such things. No matter how fresh or engaging some band's take on the style might be at its inception, without fail, legions of lesser bands...
