RVA melodic hardcore stalwarts Hold Tight have been showing up more often apart than together lately, what with two members switching instruments to play in Teen Death and the other two members manning their usual instruments in Cross Eyed. However, the quartet has...
Black Liquid’s Mixtape Triple Feature: Ben FM, Millz, SoulSun
[That's right, folks, three for the price of two this week, since we had an extra review floating around. Enjoy!--ed.] Ben FM - World Peace Motherfuckers (Bandcamp) Once upon a rhyme there was a rap group called Luggage. They killed shows, drank a bunch of PBR, got a...
America is exotic: Sweden’s First Aid Kit brings their folk-pop sound to the National Sunday
While the public opinion on the recent folk rock movement can be pretty divided, you'd still be hard pressed to find people who don't love sweet, straight-up Americana. What's even better is when you have that pristine sound done by people born thousands of miles away...
Kilts, craft beer, and haggis aplenty: the Central Virginia Celtic Festival & Highland Games return this weekend
It's not unusual for people in Richmond to drink beer and whiskey and throw things, but this weekend, at the Central Virginia Celtic Festival and Highland Games, you can watch people in kilts throw really heavy things, all while sampling some fine whiskeys and beer...
I swooned for Lewis Ginter’s Oktoberfest Brunch
On Saturday, October 18, I had the pleasure of going to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens for its very first annual Oktoberfest Beer Brunch, held at the Robins Tea House. The Robins Tea House and Center of the Universe Brewing Company teamed up to create a...
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