After 17 years working with Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick Lamar is leaving TDE, but his final release for the label might be his most vulnerable project yet. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers is Kendrick Lamar's first album in five years, and it's a big one,...
On the debut album from Ages, Must Be Nice, the Richmond post-hardcore quartet leads with accessible melodic song structure. But those melodies can't hide the layer of sarcasm, frustration, and, ultimately, weariness that underpins the entire album. If you've been...
Making A Door Less Open, the 12th studio album in ten years from Virginia-born indie group Car Seat Headrest, is an apt expression of the anxieties and alienations of American life in 2020. The May 2020 album from indie rock group Car Seat Headrest, entitled Making a...
Originally printed in RVA #31 WINTER 2017, you can check out the issue HERE or pick it up around Richmond now. Tim Barry High On 95 (Chunksaah) Punk rock is the kind of scene that wears a person out. This might sound ridiculous to the kids singing along to “Young...
This article was featured in RVAMag #29: Summer 2017. You can read all of issue #29 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. LOCAL Blame Blame Blame by Blame Blistering d-beat hardcore from a band of straight-edge punkers with an enthralling sense of...