While Venomspitter have kept a relatively low profile around the RVA scene in the year or so since they got started, this band has clearly been generating a buzz online. We know this because, when they uploaded their new self-titled EP onto Bandcamp last week, they...
Last Tuesday, the Melvins released their 900th album, Hold It In. This landmark achievement came by way of the band’s 743rd line-up. Last Tuesday, the Melvins released their 900th album, Hold It In. This landmark achievement came by way of the band’s 743rd line-up....
Lazaretto is Jack White’s latest step toward a fuller, denser sound. named after the Italian word for a leper’s hospital, Lazaretto (Third Man/Columbia) showcases some of White’s most complex work yet, though much of it suffers from overproduction and...
There's something to be said for bands whose level of consistency becomes such a defining feature of their approach that imagining them doing anything differently borders on impossible. There's something to be said for bands whose level of consistency becomes such a...
If there is any band that gets better song by song, it is Seahaven. Ever since I heard an acoustic version of "Head in the Sand" on my Facebook wall in early 2010, I’ve been following this band almost obsessively. If there is any band that gets better song by song, it...