Veteran Richmond musician and photographer PJ Sykes releases his first solo album, Fuzz, on May 7. In the run-up to the album's release, Jason Olsen caught up with PJ to talk gear, music, politics, and the old Shoney's on Staples Mill Road, among other things. It’s...
FEATURED SHOW Friday, February 9, 7 PM Rumput, Gamelan Raga Kusuma @ Sound Of Music Studios - $7 In this town, it can be easy to get focused on the local mainstays -- indie rock, metal, punk, etc -- and miss the weirder and more intriguing side avenues the incredibly...
Richmond rock group Droopies has returned to grace the local music scene with their new album, Responsible People. The album, which is the followup to their 2015 self-titled lo-fi debut release, dropped Nov. 18 and is 15-tracks of lo-fi gritty tunes with a heavy dose...
I came home after a long day of protesting the “war” in Vietnam, exhausted. I came home after a long day of protesting the “war” in Vietnam, exhausted. I sat down in my den, lit some incense, and pulled out the debut album by Droopies. I took the record out of the...