Rock and freakin roll out yall. Posi jump contest at the strike of midnight COQ (RVA) jazzpunkmathcore Bonjinski (RVA) makes you wanna screw up yr face and sharply exhale https://bonjinski.bandcamp.com/releases Invaluable (VB) punk rock n roll from the beach. Just...
Appalachian Aggression: Heavy Music Is Alive In The Rural South
In the underbellies of Virginia’s smallest music communities, DIY scenes preserve hardcore and metal over generations in Roanoke and throughout Appalachia. Hardcore punk has been burning strong in the fabric of American music for nearly four decades now. What...
Shack Up With The Shack Band At The Broadberry
The Shack Band’s annual music festival is back at The Broadberry this weekend with a lineup specifically chosen to excite the Richmond local scene. This weekend, The Shack Up is hitting The Broadberry for the fifth time in as many years. On Friday, September 27 and...
The Real MVP: Weekend Playlist by Big B
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an excellent and essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's playlist comes to us from up-and-coming Richmond rapper Big B, who just released his second album, My...
Get Bit by the Beat with Piranha Rama
This extensive ensemble explores a variety of genres and blends them into a sound that has captured the hearts of music fans near and far. There’s no such thing as too much, too many, or too different for Piranha Rama. The local 12-piece ensemble of individually...
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