Once more, bridge the gap, dear Richmonders, or close up the gap with our Monroe Park rats… But when the blasts of indie rock blow in our ears, then imitate the beaver and fill the river stage. - Griffin Shakespeare Smalley. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply...
Milo - Cavalcade (Hellfyre Club) MC Open Mike Eagle coined the term "art rap" in 2011 to help better pinpoint his musical sound. It’s a genre that is worlds away from the mainstream world of hip hop, which is held up high in public by pillars made of money stacks, gold chains, and Lil Wayne’s cheesy rhyme scheme. The art rap scene isn’t dominated...
Maybe it's the LSD, or the tour schedule, but MGMT continues to freak me out. Here's their newest video release, "Your Life Is a Lie." Maybe it's the LSD, or the tour schedule, but MGMT continues to freak me out. Here's their newest video release, "Your Life Is a Lie." This song is freaky-deaky as is the usual for the Connecticut based phsyc-rock...
Sacrilege NY - Thoughts Are But Dreams Til Their Effects Are Tried - (Wardance/Radio Raheem Sacrilege NY - Thoughts Are But Dreams Til Their Effects Are Tried - (Wardance/Radio Raheem Records) One wonders how many artifacts like this remain out there in the musical wild, nigh-forgotten chunks of adolescent noise lurking in the shadows of...
Last Friday, Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater was graced by Philly rocker Kurt Vile, along with the band Swirlies. I brought along a friend who’d never heard Kurt Vile, and it was awesome to watch her reactions to the artist. Following Swirlies, Kurt played a delightfully long set with his full band, known as Kurt Vile and the Violators. Last...
Here we go again folks! In just a couple of weeks the good people from DC to BC bring you their second annual Trillectro Music Festival. Here we go again folks! In just a couple of weeks the good people from DC to BC bring you their second annual Trillectro Music Festival. Combining Hip-Hop and EDM acts to bring you a day filled with good music,...
There is a plethora of weird stuff going on this weekend for Richmonders to enjoy. Organ Donor are returning to their home stomping grounds, and will be playing with some other crazy, thrashy acts over at Strange Matter, and the same night, Gallery 5 is hosting a Disney-themed Burlesque performance. On top of that, Speedy Ortiz is stopping off...
When you read the band name “Jimmy Eat World,” what comes to mind? When you read the band name “Jimmy Eat World,” what comes to mind? Did you just blurt out “it just takes some time…” from “The Middle” in a perfect cadence like an awkward musical reflex? Or did you start head-banging your way through “Sweetness” which undoubtedly got you some...
FEATURE SHOW Sound City Bands & Brews, Saturday/Sunday, August 10&11 Part I: Saturday, August 10, 3:30 p.m. Sound City Bands & Brews featuring The Breeders, EL VEZ, Leagues, Benjamin Shepherd, The James Badfellows @ Historic Tredegar - $35/All Ages. The seminal 90s band, the Breeders, are back, and why not make historical Tredegar, which in a way...
Don't panic--Strange Matter will not be dumping a year's supply of your own feces onto your head on Thursday. No, the fourth Year Of Shit Fest will merely bring you a jam-packed lineup of doom, sludge, crust, and other varieties of dark, heavy, brutal metal. If anything, it's an eight-hour antidote to the crappy 2013 you've had so far. And if...