Sweeping into Brown's Island, the now-annual Over The James showcase ignited the night, with local legends AVAIL leading the charge. Amidst the sweltering heat and an unforgiving sun that emerged after a summer rain, thousands of fans converged, their energy crackling...
Punk is thriving in Richmond, as punk tends to do anytime the country feels in turmoil, and disarray, a tightly wound spring of frustration and discontent just itching to burst forth. Punk is that outlet. To many of our readership, punk is THE truth. Punk is what...
I think the first time I saw Avail was at Dayton’s More Than Music fest in 1993. In an era of hardcore where 90% of Midwestern affairs were just a wall of people standing with crossed arms staring blankly at a band just exploding, Avail provided the experience I had...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, August 6, 3:30 PMOver the James 2022, feat. Avail, Quicksand, Cave-In, Ceremony, Screaming Females, Terminal Bliss @ Brown's Island - $35 (order tickets )If you've been reading my music-related writing on this site for a while, you know by now I...
As recently as 2019, if you stuck your hand into the mud of the James River, chances are you would have traces of kepone in what you pulled up from below. If you weren’t around in the 60’s and 70’s when it was dumped into the river by the Allied Chemical Corporation...