Tom Applegate is a super nice guy and, by all accounts, an excellent teacher of second graders. Recently retired, he has returned to his roots as a punk. Back in 1976, he started his own punk band, L'Amour, whose complete discography was recently reissued by local...
More Richmond Music Catalog 1980-2021: Part 5!
So here's what happened: we compiled our original list -- which ran to 175 bands, give or take -- from suggestions dropped into Reddit threads, group texts, and email lists. The original plan had been to create a list of 100 great Richmond bands, and at first no one...
Richmond Punk Godfathers L’Amour Drop Massive Archival Release
L’Amour was one of the first punk bands to come out of Richmond, Virginia. Now, nearly forty years later, a collection of the band’s recordings is being released on local label Beach Impediment Records. Look to the Artist: 1978 - 1981 is an anthology that includes the...
Beex, Memory Loss, Smoke Break, DJ Baby Maria @ Strange Matter
All the young and not-so-young punks need to be paying attention for this one. It’s yet another installment of Strange Matter’s Locals Only series, and this one features some punk-as-fuck tuneage from a variety of different scenes and eras of Richmond punk history....
RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/22-11/28
FEATURED SHOW Friday, November 24 - Sunday, November 26, 7 PM all three nights J Roddy Walston & The Business 3 Night Stand, feat. The Trillions (Fri), Spooky Cool (Sat), Sleepwalkers (Sun) @ The Broadberry - $25 in advance/$30 day of show (order tickets HERE)...
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