He pulled his Ford F-150 in front of the Starbucks on Robinson Street like it was some kind of mobile command unit. Loud music getting louder from a few blocks down. I knew who it was before he got there. We’ve acted this scene out more times than I could try to...
Hip hop is the only genre of music you will ever hear described as a game. The way people talk about "running the rap game," you'd almost think it was a sport. Here's the thing: it is, kind of. Or at least, it kind of started out as one. And here in Richmond, some of...
On their latest EP, Moon Maniac, Richmond metallic punk quartet 3:33 explore the horrors of modern life between falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes about true crime, serial killers, and beer. Always beer. There used to be a crew of hardcore kids around the central...
Richmond duo Digital Hell makes distorted, foreboding noise and discusses heady philosophical concepts, but if you ask them, they're really just making pop music. I was greeted by a joyful character with a teddy-bear beanie covering her long black locs. "What's...
On Time Is The Price, Blackliq's first release for Sage Francis's Strange Famous Records, the veteran Richmond MC lays out his dark history, his bright future, and his methods for hacking life -- all overtop of the best production he's received in his career thus far....