Get dolled up for the show! Whether you’re deciding how to incorporate your Doc’s into your costume or putting together a year's worth of dressing up plans, I hope your Halloween schedule includes going to these killer shows. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply...
We've made it to the end of another week, thank goodness. Between a stressful election and rushing to finish the new issue of RVA Mag, sometimes it felt like the life-giving force of new music was all that got us through the days. Here are the new songs that helped us survive this week: We've made it to the end of another week, thank goodness....
Spacebomb Records, the label who caused an international sensation last year with their debut release, Matthew E. White's Big Inner, has returned with their first new signing since White. Howard Ivans has previously achieved recognition for his work with North Carolina indie rockers The Rosebuds, as well as star-studded Midwestern indie group...
Atlanta rock band, Manchester Orchestra, will return to the National this Sunday night with openers The Front Bottoms and O’ Brother for support. Keyboardist Chris Freeman was nice enough to answer some questions about their new album “Hope”, getting ready for tour, and why The National is one of his favorite venues. Kyle Shearin: Hey Chris,...
Beastmilk – Climax (Magic Bullet Records/Svart Records) It's tempting to write about Beastmilk in terms of what they sound like and from whom they've drawn influence. There is a fairly wide strata of antecedent bands to whom parallels with Beastmilk could be drawn, mostly from the darker and heavier end of the post-punk spectrum, but these have...
Cheap Fest IV went down down the weekend before Halloween at Strange Matter and Gallery 5, featuring three days crammed with the best experimental music and outright noise craziness promoters Gary Stevens and Matt Boettke were able to dig up. Cheap Fest IV went down down the weekend before Halloween at Strange Matter and Gallery 5, featuring...
FEATURE SHOW Thursday – Sunday, November 7-10 Stoner Hands of Doom Fest (Weekend Passes $60 / all shows 21+) Day 1: Compel, Pilbuster, Insano Vision, Clam Fight, APF, Druglord, Gritter @ Strange Matter - 7 p.m. - $10 Day 2: Order of the Owl, Weed is Weed, Lo Pan, Gozu, Fire Faithful, Demonaut, Pike Possum, Iron Front, It’s Not Its Space @ Strange...
Since their heyday in the late 90s and early 2000s, The Dismemberment Plan have secured a significant part for themselves in the long history of punk and indie rock in Washington D.C. Having originally started while members were attending Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, the band cut their teeth playing shows throughout Virginia....
There was more than beer being consumed downtown at Capital Ale House on Sunday, October 27. Reggae rockers Passafire and Ballyhoo! brought their co-headlining tour to our fair city and, like a fine India Pale Ale, their music was filled with golden copper tone, smooth effect, and the highest quality ingredients. There was more than beer being...
Hip hop heads, get ready--two of the best emcees in the game will be hitting central Virginia in less than two weeks, and you need to be there! Hip hop heads, get ready--two of the best emcees in the game will be hitting central Virginia in less than two weeks, and you need to be there! Talib Kweli, one half of the legendary Black Star and an...
