Hypercolor Archives

Avers’ Debut Album Drops Tomorrow; Check Out A Wild, Crazy, And Way-Too-Short Video Trailer

Marilyn Drew Necci | April 21, 2014

Topics: Avers, Empty Light, Farm Vegas, Hopscotch Festival, Hypercolor, Mason Brothers, music, RVA, the head and the heart, The Trillions

By now you definitely should know what’s up with RVA indie supergroup Avers. After all, we’ve explained it all to you before! But here’s a quick refresher: members of The Head And The Heart, Hypercolor, Mason Brothers, Farm Vegas, and The Trillions (among others) getting together to make some psychedelic noise away from their more folk/pop-inclined main gigs.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 4/16-4/22

Marilyn Drew Necci | April 16, 2014

Topics: Bandito's, Cadaver Dogs, CJ Milli, Cut The Architect's Hand, Des McMahon, DJ Jerm, Don Babylon, Failed Mutation, gallery 5, Hypercolor, Imaginary Sons, James Wallace And The Naked Light, Jung Funk, Local H, North Broad, Phil Dice, Red States, Rudeecash, Seraph, shows you must see, strange matter, The Ar-Kaics, The Audacity, The Cales, The Camel, The Canal Club, The Cloth, The Coathangers, The Hat Factory, The Nervous Ticks, The Trillions, The Vacant Stairs, Tittsworth, Tre Justice, Venomspitter, Wonderland

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, April 19, 9 PM
Hypercolor (photo by Coldon Martin), James Wallace & The Naked Light, The Trillions @ The Camel – Price at door
This show has nothing to do with dayglo t-shirts from the early 90s that caused all of your sweat stains to glow brilliantly. No, this Hypercolor is a local Richmond band whose lush psychedelic sounds are like a warm hug from an old friend.
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The Art of the Tribute Band: What It Means to Play Somebody Else

Brad Kutner | April 1, 2014

Topics: Fear of Music, Hypercolor, music, RVA, The Big Payback, The Camel, The Trillions, Todd Herrington, tribute bands, Zep Replica

“I used to be nasty about it. I used to be like: it’s a tribute band,” said Kelli Strawbridge, leader and James Brown role-player in The Big Payback, when asked the obtuse question, “What is it like to be in a cover band?”

Inter Arma, Hypercolor, Dumb Waiter & Many Other Local Bands To Appear Live On WRIR During Spring Fund Drive

Marilyn Drew Necci | March 14, 2014

Topics: Clay Spokes, Don Babylon, Dumb Waiter, Gamelan Raga Kusuma, Hypercolor, Inter Arma, Kevin's Kats, Marcus Tenney Trio, Mighty Joshua, Milagro Saints, Miramar, music, Old Dominion Playboys, RVA, RVA Old Timers, The Awesome Few, The Moonbees, The Stray Birds, Twain, WRIR

We’ve already mentioned the 2014 WRIR Spring Fund Drive to you this week, but we just received some new information about the event that only makes it clearer how important WRIR (97.3 on your FM radio dial) is to the Richmond music community.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 3/12-3/18

Marilyn Drew Necci | March 12, 2014

Topics: Alison Self, Ashland Coffee and Tea, Avers, Balliceaux, Dave Watkins, Dogs On Main Street, Everyone Dies In The End, Firehouse Theatre, Henry Upshur Coffin, Hex Machine, Hypercolor, jonathan vassar, Lugweight, MewithoutYou, New Turks, Nora Jane Struthers, shows you must see, strange matter, Tail Light Rebellion, The Body, The Camel, The Canal Club, The Listening Room, The Milkstains, The Trillions, The Vendors, Those Manic Seas, Tungs, Twain, White Laces, Wonderland, WRIR

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, March 14, 10 PM
WRIR Spring Fund Drive Kickoff, feat. The Milkstains, The Trillions, Tungs, Dave Watkins @ Strange Matter – $5
Don’t get me wrong, great bands are indeed essential to a good music scene–but the glue that holds things together often comes from the institutions that help bands reach their audience. Last week in this space, we talked about the importance of Strange Matter, and this week is the perfect time to talk about the equal importance of WRIR.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 2/26-3/4

Marilyn Drew Necci | February 26, 2014

Topics: Big Mama Shakes, Black Kids, Boatrocker, Brief Lives, Bryan Elijah Smith And The Wild Hearts, Chris Brokaw, Dead Fame, Empire, Family Cat, Fight Cloud, from fragile seeds, Hoax Hunters, Horsehead, Hypercolor, I Am Heresy, Ipanema, Iron Chic, Live At Ipanema, Long Arms, Mayfair, Midnight Suggestion, Nothing, Parentheses, Sea Of Storms, shows you must see, Snowy Owls, Steady Sounds, strange matter, sundials, The Camel, The Dimmer Twins, The English Majors, The Story Changes, Weekend

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, March 1, 8 PM
Long Arms CD Release Show with Long Arms, Hypercolor, Mayfair, The Story Changes @ The Camel – $7
Where veteran songwriters of the RVA scene are concerned, James Menefee is an overlooked but essential part of the equation.
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