On a steamy September Saturday, Richmond is set to explode with the kaleidoscopic energy of Pridefest 2024. The city’s Bon Secours Training Center will be ground zero for this year’s LGBTQ celebration, turning the Commonwealth’s capital into a pulsing epicenter of...
10. Controlled Kaos - Revelation EP (Dank N Dirty Dubz): This aspiring RVA producer creates a unique brand of “deep” dubstep very different than the screeches and squeals of artists like Skrillex. Although the rise in popularity of this genre has spawned a lot of boring, background-music making clones, Controlled Kaos blends soothing melodies and...
While attempting to assemble a year-end list, a few concerns immediately arise. I can showcase my favorite full albums of the year, but there will be a few outliers that deserve similar recognition, and in some cases, one song really stands out from the rest of the release. Focusing on singles released by Richmond artists is a way to acknowledge...
I sat down and compiled my annual best-of list for the past year, but in doing so I realized that pretty much everything I could put down was going to be covered by so many other music writers that there wasn't much point. Great as the new Neurosis is, do we really need another list explaining why it's the best album of the year (though it...
While it is not actually the vanished island community of early United States history, Roanoke, Virginia has long been a sort of cultural lost colony. It’s no wonder that, in recent years, the city has taken on a majestic quality. The bands that make up the Roanoke-based musical confederation known as The Magic Twig Community--including The Sad...
FEATURE SHOW Wednesday, January 2, 10 p.m. Sports Bar, Nervous Ticks, Warren Hixson, Big No @ The Nile - Price at door/21+ What a stupendous show this will be to kick off 2013 the right way. I always said that my favorite day of the year was January 2nd, because it meant we are out of the bullshit that is the holiday season in America. It's time...
Here we have another lumped review, combining the last two Wednesdays of debauchery at The Republic. Back there on the 19th, Radio Rubber Room was balls deep at The Republic, presenting The Big Payback with The Kindling Kind for their Bad Santa Celebration. Here we have another lumped review, combining the last two Wednesdays of debauchery at The...
As the lights dim and the house music slowly becomes awkward silence, the opening band appears from behind the curtain. As usual, you’ve never heard of them; and by the looks of things, you probably don’t want to. There are four of them; a bass player and guitarist who could be picked out a lineup of generic local band members, a drummer who has...
Here's a brand new mix from DJ Pari of WRIR's Midnight Soulstice and the popular Soulpower monthly dance nights. This mix is Pari's first from his new home at Mixcloud, and it's dedicated to the memory of Curtis Mayfield, who passed away on December 26, 1999. Here's a brand new mix from DJ Pari of WRIR's Midnight Soulstice and the popular...
Olde Shame - 5 Song Demo, December 2012 (self-released) Olde Shame could be counted as a supergroup of sorts, if you're heavily involved with RVA's noise/experimental music scene. Featuring Caves Caverns drummer Mike Raftery on vocals, Bermuda Triangles drummer Tony Lynch on guitar, Flesh Control mastermind Leo Heinzel on drums, and bassist Wilbo...
