For the 19th year running, we bring you Halloweek—a weeklong celebration packed with events and parties that finally give Halloween the respect it deserves. And let’s be real: it is the best holiday in the Universe. Halloween isn’t just for kids anymore—it’s for the...
The It*Men – Greatest Its (Stow House Records) It's easy to let a back story or a set of loudly-touted influences overshadow an album's actual content, which seems to be very much the case with The It*Men. Though the band itself had ceased to exist nearly a decade previously, the band's album Greatest Its came about as something of a reunion,...
Since we never really have time to give every great new song we run across a full detailed post all its own, we've decided to start out your weekend with a quick rundown of the best music we've heard over the past week or so. Since we never really have time to give every great new song we run across a full detailed post all its own, we've decided...
Yellow Gold 2 reunites two of RVA hip hop's heaviest hitters. Legendary emcee Nickelus F and producer extraordinaire Ohbliv previously worked together for 2011's Yellow Gold, a SHHO-sponsored mixtape that subtly made its mark as one of the best local releases of that year. Yellow Gold 2 reunites two of RVA hip hop's heaviest hitters. Legendary...
"I can lift you up..." boasts the first line of one of the catchiest songs of the year, "Safe and Sound," and Capital Cities does just that. "I can lift you up..." boasts the first line of one of the catchiest songs of the year, "Safe and Sound," and Capital Cities does just that. While Katy Perry acted like a tiger, Baauer shook in New York, and...
The alt-rock scene has just about seen it all. Well, that is until The Neighbourhood came around last year. The alt-rock scene has just about seen it all. Well, that is until The Neighbourhood came around last year. Raving about hip-hop influences that you've probably never heard of, the band merges that with a rock sound to form something that's...
Tons of artists take elements from the past to enhance their sound, but there are very few who are able to pull it off convincingly. Tons of artists take elements from the past to enhance their sound, but there are very few who are able to pull it off convincingly. From that group, there's almost nobody who does it in such a way that it still...
SOJA is a band who has redefined what modern American reggae can be. With consistently high quality releases over a ten year period, since their first EP, Soldiers of Jah Army, they have managed to walk the fine line of staying true to the ideals of their genre while still delivering fresh and innovative material. SOJA is a band who has redefined...
Carcass' newest album, their first since 1995's much-maligned (though unfairly so) Swansong, exists in the sort of awkward nexus that can only exist between expectation and nostalgia, one that easily prepares a listener for what to expect but also manages to sell short what the band has accomplished. Carcass' newest album, their first since...
I'm going to miss The Chariot. Between their brutal yet chaotic riffs, their extremely creative song structures, and their quirky and often thematically linked song titles, they're one of the most interesting and least predictable bands to ever be saddled with the frustratingly reductive genre tag of "metalcore." I'm going to miss The Chariot....
