Brief Lives Archives

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 2/17-2/23

Marilyn Drew Necci | February 18, 2016

Topics: Antelope King, Big No, BLK LLC, Brief Lives, Chris Bernstorf, Circle Thrift, Clair Morgan, Comrades, Dr. Millionaire, Farma Wes, gallery 5, Gemtone, Geometers, Ghastly City Sleep, Glass Twin, Gull, Hardywood, Ishmael, landis wine, Manzara, Ms. Proper, Naked Pictures, People's Temple Project, Plain Scrap, Ruckzuck, Segga Spiccoli, shows you must see, Sleeper Wave, strange matter, Tennison, The Blue Sky Disaster, The Camel, The Cheats Movement, Tigerwine, Truman, Ultra Flake, Uncle Drunk, Van Hagar

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, February 19, 8 PM
People’s Temple Project, Sleeper Wave, Van Hagar, Truman @ Circle Thrift – $3-5 suggested donation
[NOTE: Late this week, for the second time in this column’s two-year, 100+ episode existence. What can I tell ya? Life gets in the way sometimes. Hope you didn’t sit home bored last night! Here’s the rest of the week, and we’ll be on time next Wednesday, I promise. –Drew]
Swamp Fest was not a fluke!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 7/8-7/14

Marilyn Drew Necci | July 8, 2015

Topics: 25 Watt, 36 Crazyfists, Brief Lives, Clever Girl, Crucial Rip, Dead Tenors, First Decree, Ghost Foot, Gutted Christ, Hemingway, hot dolphin, In This Moment, Intercourse, Lara Ruggles, Little Tybee, Lobo Marino, Lucy Dacus, Manzara, Minimum Balance, Missives, Monsoon, New Turks, Night Idea, Pathogenesis, Short Bus Pile-up, shows you must see, Simple Obsession, strange matter, Teen Death, The Alberts, The Broadberry, The Camel, The Defiled, The National, The Protomen, Toxic Moxie, Ultra Flake, Vomit Stain, Yoga Demon

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, July 11, 9 PM
Hot Dolphin, Toxic Moxie, Brief Lives, Manzara @ Strange Matter – $5
Free Slurpee Day is not generally a major holiday in my life. In fact, every summer when it comes around, I have to be reminded all over again that it’s even a thing.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 2/25-3/3

Marilyn Drew Necci | February 25, 2015

Topics: 45 AD, Ashland Coffee & Tea, Autarch, Bad Magic, Braincell, Brief Lives, Comrades, Die Twice, Doubtfire, emilio's, Force Of Habit, gallery 5, Grace For The Fallen, Grass Panther, Headless Mantis, John & Jacob, josh small, Kacey Musgraves, Loxodonta, Marshall Crenshaw, Motel Fire, MSD, Neutron Rats, Outer Spaces, Pile, Plain Scrap, Radiator King, radio rubber room, Ramlord, Scuzz, shows you must see, strange matter, The Milkstains, The National, Tir Asleen, Tungs, Unnerve, Vomit Stain, Wing Dam, Young And In The Way

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, February 27, 6 PM
Winter Apocalypse Festival 2, Day One: Ramlord, Scuzz, Autarch, MSD
Saturday, February 28, 6 PM
Winter Apocalypse Festival 2, Day Two: Young And In The Way, Neutron Rats, Vomit Stain, Braincell, 45 AD, Unnerve
@ Strange Matter – $10
I love it when Strange Matter does shows like this–huge multi-day extravaganzas full of brutal bands from all around the country who come together to rip everyone’s faces off.
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Cut The Cord Radio kicks off 2015 season next week; check out highlights from 2014

Marilyn Drew Necci | January 9, 2015

Topics: black liquid, Brief Lives, Chris Dorsey, Cut The Cord Radio, Dirtwoman, gwar, internet radio, Kepone, Patrick Bates, podcast, RVA, Tesco Vee, The Meatmen, Valient Himself, Valient Thorr

As locally-focused RVA podcasts go, Cut The Cord Radio is certainly unique. Founder and host Tyler Matthews, soundman James Seretis, and their rotating cast of guests always bring a humorous and entertaining viewpoint to the internet’s airwaves on Thursday nights at 7 PM when their “radio” show streams live across the internet from its online home at cutthecordradio.com.

Check out some killer new post-hardcore jams from Brief Lives

Marilyn Drew Necci | September 15, 2014

Topics: Brief Lives, music, RVA, Valient Himself, VHS

As was previously mentioned, RVA post-hardcore quartet Brief Lives revamped their lineup and kicked things up a notch earlier this year with the addition of Valient Thorr’s Valient Himself on vocals. This month brings us the first recorded appearance of Brief Lives’ new lineup with the release of their new EP, VHS.
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Valient Thorr Singer Valient Himself Tells Cut The Cord Radio About Joining RVA’s Brief Lives

Marilyn Drew Necci | June 30, 2014

Topics: Brief Lives, Cut The Cord Radio, music, RVA, Valient Himself, Valient Thorr

RVA’s Brief Lives, who have been struggling over the past several months to lock down a permanent singer, hit the jackpot earlier this year when they responded to a Craigslist ad from a singer seeking a band.
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