Anyone who loves post punk or any other kind of alternative music can vividly tell you how it felt the first time that they heard a song written in that vein. The first time that they heard The Cure or Joy Division, or the first time that they heard the end trails of...
RVA Shows You Must See This Week: November 16 – November 22
FEATURED SHOW Monday, November 21, 7 PM R.O.T.W.L.C.F.T.S.C.B.M.H., Dry Talker, Charger Port, Gull @ Ipanema - $5-10 sliding scale In a typical week, it stands to reason that the most interesting shows that happen will take place on the hottest nights of the week --...
Cooking Lessons: An Interview With The Menzingers’ Tom May
Coming up in the punk world in 2006 was tough. There was a lot you had to do in order to stick out from your contemporaries. Let's face it: when the aughts pop/punk era was both at its height and nearing its end, a lot of bands trying to make it started to make their...
RVA Shows You Must See This Week: November 9 – November 15
FEATURED SHOW Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 PM Shockoe Sessions Live! presents Classical Revolution RVA feat. Curt Sydnor, Radio B @ In Your Ear - $10 (order tickets HERE) Where the Richmond music scene is concerned, there's not much currently happening within it that...
Magnolia Park Wants Pete Wentz’s Attention
In an era where an entire generation grew up with the world’s most famous rapper being white and the world's best golfer being Black, you'd think some of the race-based stereotypes about who does what should be things of the past. Though these stereotypes sadly remain...
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