Richmond gets it. More than any other city in Virginia. So here’s your Weekend Frequency, a reader-curated playlist, built for the city, by the city.
This week’s playlist comes from Chris Adkins, the guy behind CAS, who is back under a new name: Juda Wilo.
“If I was Harry Goldfarb from Requiem for a Dream, this would be my soundtrack—the slow burn, the rush, the unraveling. At first, there’s a spark: adrenaline, sweat, the illusion that maybe—just maybe—this is all going somewhere. It’s loud, fast, alive. You’re invincible. The world bends to you. Then the comedown creeps in, and the guitars start to sound like sirens. Voices distort. Love turns to obsession. Time warps. Everything gets too bright, too close. You try to outrun it with noise, with rhythm, with pulse but the walls keep closing in. This playlist is the timeline. The high. The dream. The collapse. The cold fluorescent lights in the hospital at the end. It’s beautiful, grotesque, and real. *Listen in Order*”
Be sure to catch Juda at the All In Festival on June 14 or as he said, “New name, new music, same soul. Don’t miss it.”
Editor’s Note: We want to hear what you’ve been listening to. Drop us a line at hello@rvamag.com with Weekend Frequency in the subject line to curate your own RVA Mag playlist.
Weekend Frequency is part revival and part continuation of our RVA Mag Weekend Playlists, which we curated before the world flipped upside down in 2020. Feel free to dig through our entire archive of 100+ playlists here.
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