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RVA Mag #24: Ostraca on their debut album, redefining screamo, and coming up in the DIY music scene

Amy David | April 21, 2016

Topics: Ostraca, post-rock, punk, rva music, screamo

Ostraca aren’t as well known around Richmond as they should be, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t a force to be reckoned with.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 12/9-12/15

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 9, 2015

Topics: Affasia, Antiphons, Atta Girl, Aye Nako, Bottomfeeder, Des Ark, Doll Baby, Doubtfire, Ex Hex, Fuck The Facts, gallery 5, Intronaut, Left Cross, Lucy Dacus, Mac McCaughan & The Non-Believers, Ostraca, Que Sera, Salvaticus, Scuzz, Set For Tomorrow, shows you must see, Silent Music Revival, Sleepwave, speedy ortiz, strange matter, The Ar-Kaics, The Camel, The Canal Club, The Saddest Landscape, Two If By Sea, Vattnet Viskar, Venomspitter

FEATURE SHOW
Monday, December 14, 7 PM
Speedy Ortiz (Photo by Amazon Music), Aye Nako, Atta Girl @ The Camel – $12 (order tickets HERE)
Christmas is coming a little early for showgoers here in Richmond–and the bumper crop of touring bands coming to town over the next seven days make it seem like the holiday’s gonna last an entire week for clued-in locals!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 10/7-10/13

Marilyn Drew Necci | October 8, 2015

Topics: 25 Watt, Abbie Morin, Annabelle Chairlegs, Atta Girl, Bermuda Triangles, Buck Gooter, Cannibal Corpse, Cattle Decapitation, Child Bite, Colectivo Caliban, Empty Hands, gallery 5, Garrett Jamieson, Hardywood, KEN Mode, Lady God, Left Cross, Lower, Lucy Dacus, Makthaverskan, Mostly Crying, Neurology, Night Magic, Ostraca, Pop. 1280, Prayer Group, Shadow Age, shows you must see, Soreption, Spirit Caravan, strange matter, Teen Death, The Broadberry, Torch Runner, Treatment, Valkyrie, Yaya

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, October 10, 6 PM
Richmond Zine Fest Afterparty, feat. Mostly Crying, Atta Girl, Colectivo Caliban, Yaya @ Gallery 5 – Free!
OK, yes, I partly picked this event as my featured show of the week in order to shine some light on Richmond Zine Fest.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 8/5-8/11

Marilyn Drew Necci | August 5, 2015

Topics: 25 Watt, Amygdala, Antiphons, Backtrack, Bad Dinner, Bane, Bitter Rivals, Blind Authority, Caust, Cayetana, Chumped, Coma Regalia, Dumb Waiter, Ephraim Nuit, Eyelet, Facility, Forced Order, gallery 5, Gas Up Yr Hearse, Gillian Carter, Gull, Kaoru Nagisa, Lucy Dacus, Lyed, Mad Existence, Marcy, Methcharge, Mizery, Mothlight, New Turks, Newagehillbilly, Omega Boys, Ostraca, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, People's Temple Project, Petal, Prisoner, shows you must see, Slingshot Dakota, Smoke Break, Society Abuse, Solitary Confinement, strange matter, Stressors, Swamp Fest, Swan Of Tuonela, Swells, The Canal Club, The Cloth, The Heads Are Zeros, The Weak Days, Thin Lips, Truman, Turnstile, Ultra Flake, Under A Sky So Blue, Vivian K

FEATURE SHOW
Swamp Fest
Day 1: Saturday August 8, 5 PM
Swan Of Tuonela, Gillian Carter, Swells, Marcy, Kaoru Nagisa, Amygdala, Gas Up Yr Hearse, Mothlight, Facility, Truman, Vivian K, Ephraim Nuit @ Strange Matter – $10
Day 2: Sunday, August 9, 6 PM
Ostraca, The Heads Are Zeros, Coma Regalia, Caust, Lyed, Under A Sky So Blue, People’s Temple Project, Bad Dinner, Eyelet @ 25 Watt – $10
The variety and vitality of the RVA music scene never ceases to amaze me. The inaugural edition of Swamp Fest is just the latest example of these factors, highlighting a segment of the RVA hardcore scene that has mostly flown under the radar before now.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 1/21-1/27

Marilyn Drew Necci | January 21, 2015

Topics: 8t88, Arpetrio, Bandito's, Barge, basmati, Big No, Buck Gooter, Cherry Pits, Downfall Of Gaia, en su boca, Expert Alterations, Fight Cloud, Friend Or Foe, gallery 5, HeadlessMantis, High Priest, Houdan The Mystic, Left Cross, Manzara, Mensroom, Monsignor, Night Birds, Ostraca, Parentheses, Post Pink, Shrunk, Slapshot, strange matter, Suneater, The Camel, Various Eggs, Wildhoney

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, January 23, 5:30 PM
Slapshot, Night Birds, Barge, Friend Or Foe @ Strange Matter – $15 (order tickets here: http://slapshotbarge.eventbrite.com/)
Well damn, this right here is about as old-school as it gets.
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