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 HERE)If you've been reading my music-related writing on this site for a while, you know by...
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...
I get asked a lot by people: what Richmond bands should I check out? After a decade of trying to help everyone out, I decided to take a shot at putting them all down. So here is a catalog with every good local band we could think of. There are over 180+ bands listed...
Well, here we are again, stuck at home with no shows to go to, trying to find a way to survive without live music for... who knows how long? I don't have any good news for you on that front, but I can offer you another collection of great live footage with which to...