Topics: Against Me, Flying Lotus, Run the Jewels, RVA, St Vincent, staff picks, The Hotelier, top 25 of 2014
Well folks, here it is – our top five albums of 2014. Before you get into it, make sure you didn’t miss our Honorable Mentions, #25 – #16, and #15 – #6 as well as our and contributors’ individual top five lists. Once you’re sure you’re all caught up, dive right into what are clearly the cream of the crop for 2014:
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Topics: Candy Hearts, Caves, Circle Takes the Square, Close Talker, Descendents, Dikembe, Dowsing, Florida, Foxing, Gainesville, Halloween, Hold Tight!, Into It Over It, Kittyhawk, live music, Ma Jolie, music, Paint It Black, Post Teens, Rapturous Grief, RVIVR, Spraynard, Strike Anywhere, sundials, The Fest, The Hotelier, The Marked Men, The Menzingers, tim barry, Timeshares, Touche Amore, Typesetter, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Vacation, You Blew It!
The 2014 edition of the long-running punk music event known simply as Fest was held Oct 31, Nov 1st, and Nov 2nd at various venues, restaurants, bars, and public parks in Gainesville, Florida. Bands playing The Fest come from all over the globe–including quite a few from Richmond.
[Read more…] about Fest 13: Three days of hectic Halloween punk rock action
Topics: Bambu, Bandito's, Bermuda Triangles, Big No, Brother Ali, Circle Two, Cross Eyed, Dead Fame, DJ Ben Speed, DJ Last Word, Dope Body, Gilmore Guys, Gritty City, Heavy Midgets, Kisser, Mally, Manatree, Men's Room, Merchandise, Navi, New Turks, Ninos Du Brasil, Posture & The Grizzly, PT Burnem, Rozwell Kid, shows you must see, Single Mothers, Solids, strange matter, sundials, The Broadberry, The Camel, The Diamond Center, The Flatliners, The Hotelier, The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Toxic Moxie, White Laces, WRIR
FEATURE SHOW
Friday, October 24, 9 PM
White Laces, Diamond Center, Sundials, Heavy Midgets @ The Broadberry – $7 (order tickets HERE)
OK yes we were just talking about a White Laces show a couple weeks ago but that was in a different context and this show is nearly as important in its own way so once again, you have no excuse to miss it!
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Topics: 25 Watt, American Sharks, Ashland Coffee & Tea, Boxer, Carrion Spring, emilio's, en su boca, Energy 2000, Foxing, Frameworks, Grave Hooker, Hard Dads, Hex Machine, Industry Standard, Jerkagram, Kinky Friedman, Little Big League, Muscle & Bone, Nervous Ticks, radio rubber room, shows you must see, Soft Time, Springtime, strange matter, The Hotelier, The Moonbees, The Sky Above And Earth Below, Western Medication, Whatever, Whores, Young & Heartless
FEATURE SHOW
Tuesday, August 5, 5 PM
Foxing (Photo by Sam Leathers), The Hotelier, Little Big League, Boxer @ Strange Matter – $10 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets here: http://foxing.eventbrite.com)
I’ve talked before about how many awesome metal shows come through RVA on a regular basis, but metal is not the only genre that enjoys a high profile in our relatively small city.
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Topics: Home Like Noplace Is There, interviews, music, RVA, strange matter, The Hotelier
If you haven’t gotten a chance yet to listen to The Hotelier‘s new sophomore record Home, Like Noplace Is There, you’re not only missing out one of the best records of the year, but easily one of the most compelling, intriguing, and challenging records to come out in a long time.
[Read more…] about Power Is Political: An Interview With the Hotelier
Topics: Ancient River, Axxa/Abraxas, Black Water Gold, Bloody Crackdown, Cory Smoot, Creep-A-Zoids, Dave Brockie, Deafheaven, DJ Toxic Rainbow, Driver Friendly, Druglord, Fallout, Father Sunflower And The Golden Rays, First Class Liar, gallery 5, Humungus, Kepone, Kung Fu Dykes, Leader, Lord Candy Dish, Low On Sanity, Mainland, Modern Baseball, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Occultist, Pallbearer, Pottymouth, Quiet Company, Revolt Of The Apes, Rigor Mortis Revue, Runaway Brother, shows you must see, SoMoS, Sorority Noise, strange matter, Synthetic Nightmare, Thanks, The Camel, The Canal Club, The Diamond Center, The Hotelier, The Welcome Hips, TheBurial, Tiny Moving Parts, US Bastards, Wreck And Reference
FEATURE SHOW
Wednesday, June 11, 7 PM
Deafheaven, Pallbearer, Wreck & Reference @ The Canal Club – $15 (order tickets HERE)
Ohhhhhh my god, y’all, the band that released my favorite album of 2013 is playing here tonight, and I could not be more stoked!
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