Richmond hardcore punk band Asylum has some big plans on their plate after releasing their debut album, Modern Hysteria. I sat down with Kasey Simcoe, lead singer of the band to discuss touring plans, the bands unique recording process, and what to expect from them in...
RVA #30: Prisoner’s Pummeling Odyssey Through Richmond, And Beyond The Infinite
The phrase “beyond the infinite" is incomprehensible. What does that mean anyway, to be “beyond” something that the human mind can hardly comprehend? It’s a mysterious phrase that, in the context of Prisoner’s music, becomes terrifying: it’s the name of the title...
VA Beach’s Feral Conservative’s drop new LP, ‘Better Lives’
Egghunt Records' Feral Conservatives have been on our radar since the Virginia Beach punk/indie pop band released a short political film "Twenty-Eight", targeting Donald Trump. Since then, the group put out the well-received album Here's To Almost, come back from a...
Up and coming punk outfit Black Naked Wings talk new record ahead of Champion RVA show 8/17
Deep in the woods down a long, long gravel driveway off a long winding road in Varina, sits “The Shed”, the studio and hangout spot for Black Naked Wings. Now it may look a little rough around the edges, but once you step inside its filled to the brim with eclectic...
Catching up with Say Anything’s Max Bemis ahead of the band’s show at The National Friday
For a band quintessential to the pop punk burst of the early 2000s, Say Anything has been vigilant in its capacity for recreation - for holding true to a fundamental attitude, which could be described as sentimental amity behind an impish smirk, without epitomizing...
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