While the first thing you may notice about Ryan Ashley is that she is painfully beautiful to look at, don’t let that stop you from recognizing the absolute unit of an artist that she is. She’s a Pennsylvania native, an erstwhile New Yorker, and a current resident of...
Janelle Monae (born Janelle Monae Robinson), 27, is more than just a singer, she's a storyteller, a gifted musician, a songwriter and an artist. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Monae would often build alternative realities for herself in which she would sing or perform to escape the realities of her area. It was in these alternative realities where...
Cold Cave is the pseudonym of LA and NYC based musician Wesley Eisold. The project, in existence since 2007, has 2 full albums under its belt - Love Comes Close and Cherish The Light Years. The sound bounces between heavy-new wave synth and low-bit dance beats. With many 80’s influences in the project, it’s hard to nail down any one band that...
Pepper, Grieves, RDGLDGRN September 19 at The National “Do not be afraid of the Pepper! The people want the Pepper.” --Dana Carvey, Saturday Night Live On September 19, 2013, the fans in Richmond did indeed want the Pepper, and these Pepper boys, from Kona, Hawaii via Southern, California, gave Richmond the “perfect amount of Pepper!” Pepper,...
Walk The Moon is just one of those bands that you just can't help but fall in love with. Whether you're an ardent music fan or a casual radio listener, you're going to learn every last note and lyric of every last song quicker than you'd care to admit when you start listening to their catalogue. Walk The Moon is just one of those bands that you...
A Change.org petition to get Gwar to be the halftime entertainment at the 2015 Super Bowl has almost hit 30K signatures. A Change.org petition to get Gwar to be the halftime entertainment at the 2015 Super Bowl has almost hit 30K signatures. The petition, started by Kentucky man Jeff Cantrell, has a fairly simple demand: The time for GWAR to...
On the outskirts of town, a band practices in the midst of a decrepit cellar. A sound combining Appalachian roots, vaudeville-style piano compositions, and slurred, soulful vocals fills the space. Cigarette butts and empty beer cans are scattered around the room. This cellar makes an ideal home for the songs of Wolf//Goat. Your first impression...
Eric Copeland, founder of Black Dice, comes to Gallery 5, possibly for his first visit to Richmond, in support of new DFA Records LP Joke in The Hole. Copeland specializes in a very wet deconstructed mutant sample-based pop. Eric Copeland, founder of Black Dice, comes to Gallery 5, possibly for his first visit to Richmond, in support of new DFA...
It’s Saturday night, and through the vacant silence of the warehouses and glowing street lamps of Scott’s Addition comes one of the deepest, most gut-rattling sounds ever heard from an electric guitar. Its immensity is primordial, almost unnaturally low, churning against the smashing of cymbals and throbbing drums that blare through a practice...
Ladies and gentlemen, Roanoke psychedelic pop masterminds The Young Sinclairs will be returning to Richmond this Friday night with a free show at The Well (900 W. Franklin St, fka Cous Cous). Ladies and gentlemen, Roanoke psychedelic pop masterminds The Young Sinclairs will be returning to Richmond this Friday night with a free show at The Well...