Ken Brisby, known in Richmond's electronic and experimental music scene as Stephanie AKA Steph, has been a fixture in both the local music and Virginia's film production communities, where they have worked on various movie sets. Their life experiences and creative...
Axewound - Vultures (Search And Destroy) Axewound is yet another addition to the growing list of "supergroups"--a title quickly evoking a yawn with every new group of dudes that get together between tours to play something over-the-top. This particular group has Matt Tuck (Bullet For My Valentine), Liam Cormier (Cancer Bats), and some guys from...
It’s been a hell of a year for Richmond music. I couldn’t believe half of the things I listened to, and how impressed I was. It’s been a hell of a year for Richmond music. I couldn’t believe half of the things I listened to, and how impressed I was. Making the list for this year was a difficult task but a rewarding one at the end. I have to make...
Electronic music fans, listen up! Thievery Corporation, that legendary DJ duo from Washington DC, is taking over the 9:30 Club, located in their hometown of the nation's capital, for three straight days later this month, and you have an opportunity to make the scene for free! Electronic music fans, listen up! Thievery Corporation, that legendary...
Manpig – The Grand Negative (Deep Six Records) One of the most decisive points in the development of any aesthetic movement comes with the application of its apellation. Matisse and Braque took elitist derision and wore it as a badge of pride. Alan Freed took a slang term for fucking and blanketed the world with it. And, in Man Is The Bastard's...
2012 was a great year for Richmond music. While we bid adieu to 2012 and look forward in 2013, let's take a last little look at some of the unforgettable moments in 2012. 2012 was a great year for Richmond music. While we bid adieu to 2012 and look forward in 2013, let's take a last little look at some of the unforgettable moments in 2012. Here...
One of my favorite things about this city is the fact that you can see great live music every night of the week. It’s a grand tradition that never fails to leave me feeling excited for the next evening. I often think the way to truly understand a band is to see them in the live environment. It’s not that studio recordings don’t hold up--it’s that...
Ryan Muldoon of Revolt Of The Apes presents his top 10 albums of 2012 (with a bit of a cheat). In no particular order... Ryan Muldoon of Revolt Of The Apes presents his top 10 albums of 2012 (with a bit of a cheat). In no particular order... 1. TIE: "Frying On This Rock" by WHITE HILLS / "Echo Ono" by PONTIAK Apart from sharing a label (Thrill...
There is a particular and unnamed sensation that accompanies the realization that a band you’ve enjoyed for a while hadn’t really discovered themselves yet, all those times you saw them before. It’s a sharp breath pushing their past performances into the periphery of memory, to be regarded as a soft search of the great sonic something, a feeling...
In Richmond, hardcore, punk, metal, and crossover bands pop up all the time--incestuously sharing members, recruiting friends, feeding off of past bands and lineups for inspiration, then warping it to make something new and different and fresh. What makes Richmond’s own Unholy Thoughts stand out, despite the fact that they are doing all the...
