The Snowy Owls

Cherub Records celebrates 15 years of capturing and supporting RVA’s indie music

Brad Kutner | December 8, 2016

Topics: Cherub Records, Hoax Hunters, PJ Sykes, The Snowy Owls

15 years ago, armed with only a four track recorder and some low-end mics, PJ Sykes created what would become an archive of Central Virginia’s musical legacy, Cherub Records.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/4-11/10

Marilyn Drew Necci | November 4, 2015

Topics: Akka, Antiphons, Atta Girl, Author & Punisher, Avers, Bandito's, Bare Thoughts, Bastard Sapling, Black Cobra, Capital Ale House, Charles Owens Trio, Close Talker, Colin Thibodeauxx, Daggering, Diiv, en su boca, Fever The Ghost, gallery 5, Imaginary Sons, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, Kommunion, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Magnus Lush, Manatree, Manzara, Meth Dad, Mutwawa, No Joy, Nosebleed, Shmu, shows you must see, Soda Bomb, strange matter, Sunflower Bean, Teen Death, The Broadberry, The Extravaganza, The Snowy Owls, The Trillions, The Winter Passing, Ugly, Wolf Eyes, Yob, Young Scum, Youth In Bloom

FEATURE SHOW
Friday, November 6, 5 PM – 2 AM
The Extragavanza! – $30 (order tickets HERE)
5 PM @ The Broadberry: DIIV, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, No Joy, Sunflower Bean, Avers, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, The Trillions, Manzara – $20
10 PM @ Strange Matter: Wolf Eyes, Author & Punisher, Mutwawa, Daggering – $12
10 PM @ En Su Boca: The Snowy Owls, Soda Bomb, Manatree – Free to ticketholders
There’s a brand new all-day music throwdown coming to RVA this weekend, and do you know how many times I had to look at the name before I realized it wasn’t called “the extravaganza” (nope, it’s not–look at it again)?
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The small-town character of Roanoke’s Eternal Summers

Amy David | June 5, 2015

Topics: Eternal Summer, gallery 5, Positive No, Roanoke bands, The Snowy Owls

Obviously we write a lot about Richmond’s thriving and vibrant music scene here at RVA Magazine, but it’s easy to forget that Virginia has a good amount of music scenes spread throughout the state, al
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 6/3-6/9

Marilyn Drew Necci | June 3, 2015

Topics: Ancient River, Ant The Symbol, Ballyhoo!, Bandito's, Barbelith, Big Mama Shakes, Brown's Island, Diet Cig, Drano, emilio's, Eternal Summers, friday cheers, Future Islands, gallery 5, Goldrush, James Dangle, Jonathan Vassar & The Badlands, Just Plain Sounds, Lady God, Leader, Left Cross, Less Than Jake, Lord Candy Dish, Manzara, Men's Room, No BS! Brass Band, Positive No, PWR BTTM, radio rubber room, Reel Big Fish, Revolt Of The Apes, RVA Playlist, shows you must see, strange matter, The Broadberry, The Camel, The Honorable Sleaze, The National, The Snowy Owls, White Laces

FEATURE SHOW
Thursday, June 4, 8 PM
RVA Playlist 5th Anniversary Party, feat. No BS! Brass Band, Goldrush, Jonathan Vassar and The Badlands, Big Mama Shakes @ The Broadberry – $5 in advance/$10 day of show (order tickets HERE)
It’s time for a celebration!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 1/28-2/3

Marilyn Drew Necci | January 28, 2015

Topics: Adia Victoria, Alison Self, Butcher Brown, Cult Of Youth, Daggering, Evan Dando, Everymen, gallery 5, Goat, Hive Mind, Holy Land, Long Arms, Lost Tribe, Lucy Dacus, Minimum Balance, Night Idea, Obsidian, Regulator, Ringworm, Sara Johnston, shows you must see, Solace Sovay, strange matter, Suburban Living, The Camel, The Foam, The Snowy Owls, Toxic Moxie, Unsacred, White Laces, World/Inferno Friendship Society

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, January 31, 9 PM
Evan Dando, Sara Johnston, Long Arms @ The Camel – $15 in advance/$18 day of show (order tickets HERE)
Some might say this recommendation is pure nostalgia–and listen, I get that. It’s been nearly a decade since Evan Dando has released any new original material, either as a solo artist or as the frontman for his longtime band The Lemonheads. But isn’t there something to be said for celebrating the classic, timeless work of a truly great American singer-songwriter?
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 9/10-9/16

Marilyn Drew Necci | September 10, 2014

Topics: 25 Watt, A Woman Is A Woman, Balliceaux, Battlemaster, Burn/Ward, Captive, Cherry Pits, Cloakroom, en su boca, Father Sunflower And The Golden Rays, Full Of Hell, Hard Stripes, Holy Land, hot dolphin, Jaye Jayle, Keep, Kommunion, Naked Baby, Nekrofilth, Noisem, Occultist, Punch, shows you must see, strange matter, Sungazer, The Camel, The Nervous Ticks, The Snowy Owls, Tungs, Unsacred, way shape or form, Whirr

FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, September 13, 6 PM
Whirr, Cloakroom, The Snowy Owls, Keep @ Strange Matter – $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets here: https://whirr.eventbrite.com/)
Hey kids, it’s time to play my favorite show column game: guess what way in which the 90s are back THIS week!
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