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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 7/16-7/22

Marilyn Drew Necci | July 16, 2014

Topics: Amp Death, Astraes Pestis, Bare Thoughts, Blooddrunk Trolls, Captain Maximum, Close Talker, Corporate Park, Coteries, David Dondero, Diamond Hairbrush, Dromez, Dwight Howard Johnson, en su boca, Fake Object, Filth, gallery 5, Great Apes, Hail Blackbird, Heavy Breathing, Horsehead, jonathan vassar, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Ma Jolie, Mermaids I Mean Whales, Mutant Supremacy, Public Health, Russell Lacy, RVA Noise, Scant, shows you must see, Skullshitter, strange matter, The Camel, The Sheiks, The Stargazer Lilies, Tobacco, Trepanation, Undergang, Zackey Force Funk

FEATURE SHOW
Sunday, July 20, 7 PM
Jonathan Vassar, David Dondero, Russell Lacy, Mermaids. I Mean Whales. @ The Camel – $8
I don’t know how to categorize this show. Acoustic indie? Alt-folk? Americana? This is an important show for the local scene that it fits into, though, regardless of what word you use to describe that genre.
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First Friday RVA, June 2014: School’s Out, But It’s Not Quite Summer

Marilyn Drew Necci | June 5, 2014

Topics: 1708 Gallery, Amelia Blair Langford, Andrew Brehm, Art 180, Barcode, Books Bikes & Beyond, Chet Naylor, Diamond Hairbrush, ed trask, EDIT Gallery, Elizabeth Kendall, Functional Art Movement, gallery 5, Ghostprint Gallery, Glave Kocen Gallery, Harrison Haynes, Henry Street Gallery, Luke Harman, Mary Fleming, Nathan A King, Navi, New Normal Apparel, Nicholas Crider, Page Bond Gallery, PT Burnem, Quirk Gallery, Rachel Rader, Sam Shaban, Spencer Lee Erickson, The Mix Gallery, Turnstyle, Uptown Gallery, VCU Anderson Gallery, Willie Anne Wright

I don’t know about you, but I’d love for summer to take as long as possible before getting here this year.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 5/28-6/3

Marilyn Drew Necci | May 28, 2014

Topics: A Woman Is A Woman, Blooddrunk Trolls, burn ward, Diamond Hairbrush, Diarrhea Planet, Enabler, Eyehategod, Foxy Shazam, Gritter, Heavy Midgets, Horizontal Hold, hot dolphin, Kevin Gates, Larry And His Flask, Locusta, Lotus Grid, Maruta, Miramar, Morticia, Ocean Vs Daughter, Oxidants, Paradise Lounge, Rat Meat, Richmanian Ramblers, Ringworm, School Dance, shows you must see, Softspot, strange matter, Teen Death, The Cales, The Camel, The Canal Club, The Milkstains, WRIR, Yeni Nostalji

FEATURE SHOW
Tuesday, June 3, 7 PM
Eyehategod, Ringworm, Enabler, Locusta, Gritter @ Strange Matter – $20 (order tickets here: http://eyehategod.eventbrite.com/)
OK, yes, it’s another weeknight feature show already, but it’s necessary, because this coming Tuesday, a legend will walk among us.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 5/21-5/27

Marilyn Drew Necci | May 21, 2014

Topics: Ashland Coffee & Tea, Asylum, Atrocious Kontrol, Coupler, Diamond Hairbrush, Empire, Extinction Of Mankind, Helms Alee, Hex Machine, Lord Nelson, LYLAS, Miss Tess And The Talkbacks, Murphy's Kids, music, Nefarious Characters, No BS! Brass Band, Nuclear Santa Claust, Occultist, Orgone, RVA, shows you must see, Stone Jack Jones, strange matter, The Camel, The Flavor Project, Those Manic Seas, Vinyl Conflict, War Master, Young Widows

FEATURE SHOW
Thursday, May 22, 9 PM
Young Widows, Helms Alee, Hex Machine @ Strange Matter – $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets here: https://ywha.eventbrite.com/)
OK, so usually I pick a show that’s happening on the weekend for our feature show, because the weekends are always packed with great stuff. But if Young Widows are going to be in Richmond, then that’s the most important show happening this week, regardless of the day.
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Sounds Of RVA Presents: On The Horizon, January 2014

Marilyn Drew Necci | January 21, 2014

Topics: Black Water Gold, Cannabis Corpse, Devonne Harris, Diamond Hairbrush, DJ Harrison, Gracious Ghosts, Graphic Melee, music, On the Horizon, richmond, Rob Milton, RVA, Slayton Dixon, Sounds Of RVA, The Welcome Hips

2014 is our year. How difficult is it to not get inspired this time of year? I’d like to see some research some time that focuses on the month with the highest in composition. Let’s face it, January sorta blows, but musicians know how to make the most of it.
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