Richmond gets it. More than any other city in Virginia. So here’s Weekend Frequency, a reader-curated playlist built for the city, by the city.
This week’s mix comes from the editors of RVA Mag. We wanted to dig into the legacy of early garage rock, and draw a line connecting the sweaty basements of Detroit straight through to the dive bars of New York and Los Angeles. Where bands like The Stooges, MC5, and The Cramps really set the stage for the punk explosion of the late 70s and early 80s. These are blueprint tracks: filthy, fuzzed, and foundational to everything that came after, a snap shot of rock and roll history at its most raw.
Weekend Frequency is part revival, part continuation of our long-running RVA Mag Weekend Playlists which started before the world flipped upside down. Dig into the full archive here.
Want to curate your own playlist? Email us at hello@rvamag.com with Weekend Frequency in the subject line.
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