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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/4-11/10

Marilyn Drew Necci | November 4, 2015

Topics: Akka, Antiphons, Atta Girl, Author & Punisher, Avers, Bandito's, Bare Thoughts, Bastard Sapling, Black Cobra, Capital Ale House, Charles Owens Trio, Close Talker, Colin Thibodeauxx, Daggering, Diiv, en su boca, Fever The Ghost, gallery 5, Imaginary Sons, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, Kommunion, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Magnus Lush, Manatree, Manzara, Meth Dad, Mutwawa, No Joy, Nosebleed, Shmu, shows you must see, Soda Bomb, strange matter, Sunflower Bean, Teen Death, The Broadberry, The Extravaganza, The Snowy Owls, The Trillions, The Winter Passing, Ugly, Wolf Eyes, Yob, Young Scum, Youth In Bloom

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: 6/19-6/23

Marilyn Drew Necci | June 19, 2015

Topics: 6 String Drag, Anousheh, Bandito's, Connoisseur, Cornbread, First Time's the Charm, Grlz Night, Hard Stripes, Hardywood, Hoax Hunters, Horsehead, Humungus, Kommunion, Meth Lab, My Darling Fury, Pure Disgust, shows you must see, strange matter, The Milkstains, The Sour Notes, Unsacred

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, June 20, 5 PM
Horsehead’s Casual Dracula Release Party, feat. Horsehead, 6 String Drag @ Hardywood – Free!
[Yeah, I know, this column is two days late. I made it a year and a half without ever missing a week, so please cut me a slight break on this one…–Drew]
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“Give a shit. Be in good bands. Support your friends’ bands” – RVA’s Kommunion releases first demo and it is brutal

Brad Kutner | April 23, 2015

Topics: Chris Marshall, JP Olivos, Kommunion, Marina Madden, rva music, RVA punk music, Will Jarrot

A mess of members from former RVA punk mainstays came together a year ago to form what we now know to be Kommunion.

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 4/8-4/14

Marilyn Drew Necci | April 8, 2015

Topics: 25 Watt, Adventures, Aspects Of War, Bare Thoughts, Ben FM, Blazing Eye, Carousel Kings, Church Bats, Dave Watkins, Divers, en su boca, Firing Squad, Friends From Earth, Gull, Hardywood, Keep, Kid Is Qual, Kommunion, Kromosom, Nelly Kate, Night Fever, Old Again, Omega Boys, Post Season, Skemata, Sports Bar, strange matter, Sunbox, The Lonely Teardrops, The Nervous Ticks, The Othermen, Unholy Thoughts, Whirr, Whoabear, Wildhoney, Wonderland

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, April 11, 5 PM
The Nervous Ticks (photo by Good Vendetta Photography), Nelly Kate, Dave Watkins, Gull @ Hardywood – Free!
The Nervous Ticks X Hardywood: an intriguing combination!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 1/14-1/20

Marilyn Drew Necci | January 14, 2015

Topics: Asylum, Bandito's, Bitchmouth, Burn/Ward, Castle Of Genre, Chrome Daddy Disco, Comeback Kid, Dave Watkins, Die Twice, Dorthia Cottrell, Expire, Faded Lights, Fire Faithful, Four Year Strong, Girls Rock RVA, Gritter, Gull, Handguns, Hardywood, Heart To Heart, hot dolphin, Karma To Burn, Kid Is Qual, Kings, Kommunion, Lobo Marino, Orgasm, Sex Dagger, Sex Prisoner, shows you must see, Sierra, strange matter, Swamp Trees, The Broadberry, The Camel, Watermedown

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, January 16, 9 PM
Second Annual Bad Grrrl Revue, feat. Hot Dolphin, Bitchmouth, Asylum, Kommunion, Dorthia Cottrell @ Strange Matter – $5
My, how time flies! A year ago, I was just starting to do this weekly column, and one of the first shows I wrote about was a punk show consisting entirely of female-fronted bands.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 9/10-9/16

Marilyn Drew Necci | September 10, 2014

Topics: 25 Watt, A Woman Is A Woman, Balliceaux, Battlemaster, Burn/Ward, Captive, Cherry Pits, Cloakroom, en su boca, Father Sunflower And The Golden Rays, Full Of Hell, Hard Stripes, Holy Land, hot dolphin, Jaye Jayle, Keep, Kommunion, Naked Baby, Nekrofilth, Noisem, Occultist, Punch, shows you must see, strange matter, Sungazer, The Camel, The Nervous Ticks, The Snowy Owls, Tungs, Unsacred, way shape or form, Whirr

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, September 13, 6 PM
Whirr, Cloakroom, The Snowy Owls, Keep @ Strange Matter – $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets here: https://whirr.eventbrite.com/)
Hey kids, it’s time to play my favorite show column game: guess what way in which the 90s are back THIS week!
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