Comrades

Post-Rock trio Comrades enrich their sound while continuing to rep Richmond tonight at Smatter

Brad Kutner | July 14, 2016

Richmond pride has always offered a much needed boost to the local music scene, with some artists simply flourishing because of what their area or zip code is. As fervent as the local community is though, there are always going to be instances of amazing artists and bands getting overlooked here in town, even as they make their name across the country.
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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 10/14-10/20

Marilyn Drew Necci | October 14, 2015

Topics: 25 Watt, 3:33, All Hell, Among The Rocks And Roots, Antelope King, Being As An Ocean, Birthright, Caspian, Circle Takes the Square, Comrades, en su boca, gallery 5, Hardywood, Hash Cult, Hoax Hunters, hot dolphin, Lou Breeders, Naked Baby, Narrow Grave, Partition, Pontiak, Prude Boys, Radiator Hospital, Set For Tomorrow, shows you must see, Smoke Break, Snack Truck, Snakehole, Stay In, strange matter, Suppressive Fire, The Broadberry, The Camel, Torche, Wandcarver

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, October 16, 9:30 PM
Torche, Pontiak, Snack Truck, Snakehole @ Hardywood – $13 in advance/$15 at the door (order tickets here: http://torchehardywood.eventbrite.com)
Florida metal heroes Torche have been around for over a decade now, and they’ve come a long way. Their various Richmond shows have proven this; in ten years, they’ve gone from rocking the basement of a sushi restaurant (RIP Nara) to blasting the roof off a deluxe craft brewery, as they will do this Friday night.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 3/25-3/31

Marilyn Drew Necci | March 25, 2015

Topics: Animal Planet, Antiphons, Bandito's, Beldam, Buck Biloxi & The Fucks, Comrades, en su boca, Everyone Dies In The End, gallery 5, Hardywood, HeadlessMantis, Heavy Lids, Hivelords, Houdan The Mystic, Mcrvwvs, Narcoleptics, Pianos Become The Teeth, Roz And The Rice Cakes, shows you must see, Sleepwalkers, Slowing, Stay In, strange matter, Suppression, The Ar-Kaics, the loose cannon, The Mad Doctors, The Mad Existence, The Trillions, Torche, Witch Mountain, Wrong

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, March 28, 8 PM
Torche, Wrong, Hivelords, Suppression @ Strange Matter – $12 (order tickets here: https://torchesmatter.eventbrite.com/)
Florida metalheads Torche have been a Richmond favorite for quite a while, and for good reason.
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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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Death steals the show: Fall Line Fest at the National, Day One

Marilyn Drew Necci | September 9, 2014

Topics: Close Talker, Comrades, Death, Fall Line Fest, Landlady, live music, music, RVA, The Diamond Center, The Hold Steady, The National

There’s going to be a lot of words used to describe the second year of Fall Line Fest in Richmond this past weekend in this review. Amazing, wonderful, unforgettable, stylish; you get the gist. Really though, there’s only word that matters when you describe Fall Line Fest: success.
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