Slow Death: Weekend Playlist by Toward Space

by | Jan 3, 2020 | MUSIC

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a totally essential playlist from influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This week’s comes to us from the youthful, hyperkinetic Richmond trio known as Toward Space. While it’s been over a year since their LP, Gently With A Chainsaw, graced us all with its rollicking, out-of-control, super-fun dose of garage-punk noise, the band’s been quite active lately, following up the release of their latest video, “Abella,” this fall with a series of US tours, including the upcoming jaunt that will find them trekking through assorted Southern states later this month.

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a Richmond date for that tour, but while you can’t necessarily see them locally this month, you certainly CAN enjoy the killer playlist they’ve put together for us, full of punk, garage, glam, classic rock, all of which you might predict, and a fair amount of hip hop and country, which might be a little less expected. It all adds up to a great soundtrack for a winter weekend dance party.

Rock with it, Virginia.

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