As I write this, my favorite current band from Richmond is somewhere between Virginia and Texas, on their way to SXSW. I was lucky enough to catch Lobby Boy's sold-out show at The Camel late in February, along with Burning Sun, Drook, and Strawberry Moon. Arriving...
There are those who reject the application of genre definitions to music as they feel it can be limiting and putting the art inside unnecessary cages. This view, however, neglects the idea that there are schools of thought that riff off each other developing a...
Sometime in late 2018 I was at a house show to see one of my favorite local bands, Plastic Nancy. There must have been over a hundred people packed into a tiny living room, with bodies spilling into the kitchen and outside onto the back deck. Sweat and smoke mixed...
Somehow, despite its modest size, Richmond has managed to cultivate over the years a sizable and eclectic music scene. But, with hundreds of active bands releasing music constantly, it can be difficult to keep up and sort the worthwhile from the “needs work”. So, in...
A global pandemic can give a person a lot of time to think. If there's one thing we've learned from the social upheaval of the past two years, it's that a lot of unforeseen things can happen when people are stuck at home, spending way too much time together. From...