*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. Author and academic Julietta Singh flunked out of college on her first try. Now almost 20 years later, she’s a tenured professor at the University of Richmond, and she’s...
Johnny Rotten, one of the original purveyors of all things punk, is, these days, apparently Making America Great Again (MAGA). The punk icon, who has been living in Los Angeles since the days of the Sex Pistols, was spotted ahead of a show in Louisiana wearing the...
Last Friday and Saturday nights saw the 12th Annual United Blood Festival take over The Canal Club in Shockoe Bottom. United Blood is a hardcore fest, showcasing an offshoot of punk rock known as hardcore due to its heavier, more metallic sound, its tough, no-frills...
Rock and freakin roll out yall. Posi jump contest at the strike of midnight COQ (RVA) Nah-wave trash-jazz spoofers Bonjinski (RVA) makes you wanna screw up yr face and sharply exhale https://bonjinski.bandcamp.com/releases Invaluable (VB) punk rock n roll from the...
The mid-1990s was an adventurous time for underground music, especially for punk, hardcore, and [scr]e[a]mo bands. Building off the vast musical foundations laid by the pioneers of the genre in the late 70s and throughout the 80s, the 90s emerged as a time of...