Navi, a not-quite-instrumental duo consisting of guitarist Jon Hawkins and drummer Kyle Flanagan, have been capturing the imagination of RVA's more tuned-in music fans for a couple of years now (we even profiled them in our Fall 2013 print issue). However, actual...
Burn/Ward’s New Demo Will Grind Your Face Off
They've only been playing out locally for a couple of months, but brand new RVA quartet Burn/Ward have been grabbing some attention with their fast and furious power-violence sound. Now they've got a demo out that converts their wall-of-noise live sound into somewhat...
Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate; Only Love Can Do That – Remembering Martin Luther King
Lets take a moment to think of Martin Luther King on his birthday. Hope everyone out there has a good #MLKDAY. Lets take a moment to think of Martin Luther King on his birthday. Hope everyone out there has a good #MLKDAY. “When our days become dreary with low-hovering...
Black Liquid’s Mixtape Double Feature: Antagonist Dragonspit & Antoine
Antagonist Dragonspit - The Ugly Truth LP (Audiomack) "Tell em why you mad son!" That's the first thing that came to mind as I went through this project. 90's era production, a focus on lyricism, and an absolute disdain for the current "Turnt Up" state of Hip-Hop....
I Got Health Care For Christmas (And It Wasn’t A Pain)
I was having dinner with a group of 30-somethings over the holiday break and Obamacare came up. I was surprised to find out that most of the people in the room didn't have health insurance. I was having dinner with a group of 30-somethings over the holiday break and...
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