The surviving fetus of Fall Line Fest, AKA Extragavanza 2015 (we’re still not 100% on how that’s pronounced) happened last weekend and it showed RVA can handle a multi-venue show despite limited time
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/4-11/10
FEATURE SHOW
Friday, November 6, 5 PM – 2 AM
The Extragavanza! – $30 (order tickets HERE)
5 PM @ The Broadberry: DIIV, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, No Joy, Sunflower Bean, Avers, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, The Trillions, Manzara – $20
10 PM @ Strange Matter: Wolf Eyes, Author & Punisher, Mutwawa, Daggering – $12
10 PM @ En Su Boca: The Snowy Owls, Soda Bomb, Manatree – Free to ticketholders
There’s a brand new all-day music throwdown coming to RVA this weekend, and do you know how many times I had to look at the name before I realized it wasn’t called “the extravaganza” (nope, it’s not–look at it again)?
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 4/29-5/5
FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, May 2, 3 PM
RVA Noise Fest IV, feat. Mutwawa, Coteries, Predation, SB & C, Scant + IGM, Flesh Control, Yohimbe, Subklinik, Cristal, Daggering, Richard Ripper, Golden Retriever, Broadcastatic, Brown Piss, Crack Bytch, Floodbeast, Dyrt, Fake Object, Creeping, Yoga Demon, ENE, Ting Ting Jahe, Cecelia, Toner War, The New Loft, Negative Space, Thieves Of Shiloh, 10-56, War Anus, SARS, Lacanthrope, Blue Nine, Le Bron, France Gall Entity, Alpha Decay, BSK @ Strange Matter – Free!
It’s time for your fourth annual dose of total noise overload, as this Saturday RVA Noise Fest IV takes over Strange Matter for nearly 12 hours.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 4/15-4/21
FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, April 18, 8 PM
From Fragile Seeds, Way Shape Or Form, Claim Culture, Antiphons @ The Camel – $5
From Fragile Seeds have been lurking in the background of Richmond’s post-hardcore/emo/whatever-you-wanna-call-it scene for a couple of years now, but they’ve really taken a step forward in the last several months–and just in time to release a new album!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 1/28-2/3
FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, January 31, 9 PM
Evan Dando, Sara Johnston, Long Arms @ The Camel – $15 in advance/$18 day of show (order tickets HERE)
Some might say this recommendation is pure nostalgia–and listen, I get that. It’s been nearly a decade since Evan Dando has released any new original material, either as a solo artist or as the frontman for his longtime band The Lemonheads. But isn’t there something to be said for celebrating the classic, timeless work of a truly great American singer-songwriter?
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 9/24-9/30
FEATURE SHOW
Friday, September 26, 8 PM
Municipal Waste, Snack Truck, Earthling @ Hardywood – $10 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets here: http://hardywoodwaste.eventbrite.com)
Oh man, is this real? Things are about to get crazy over at Hardywood!
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