DAILY RECORD: UFO
UFO - Best Of A Decade (SPV) UFO's period of greatest fame and relevance as a band occurred more than 30 years ago. In the year 2010, they're the sort of band that plays every couple of years at...
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WHAT: Fundraiser For Crohn's And Colitis Foundation Of America WHEN: Thursday October 14, 7 PM WHO: Jonathan Vassar Lydia Ooghe David Shultz And The Skyline River City Band Improv comedy from The...
View ArticleMutwawa "Necro Zulu" Cassette Out Now
Experimental noise duo Mutwawa, featuring Gary Stevens of Head Molt and Jason Hodges of Suppression, Bermuda Triangles, and The Amoeba Men, have just released their first EP, an 8 song cassette...
View ArticleSilent Music Revival Halloween Edition
On October 17th, Silent Music Revival presents another installment of improvised soundtracks to silent films. October’s films will be a collection by the famed special effects artist Slavko Vorkapich....
View ArticleART FEED: Christian Marclay
“For me the record is this strange object that has completely transformed the way we think about sound,” Marclay says. “First of all it turned sound into something material that you can hold in your...
View ArticleRichmond Zine Fest This Saturday At The Gay Community Center Of Richmond
Long before there was such a thing as the internet, zines existed as a way for people to communicate complex ideas across long distances. Originated by fans of underground music and alternative...
View ArticleSHOW REVIEW: Deerhunter
Deerhunter with Ducktails and Casino Versus Japan I could easily have missed out on Deerhunter. I was privy to the praise and accolades given to them by my friends, but I never got around to listening...
View ArticleLuggage at Strange Matter
After a heated battle with plenty of shit talking and lyrical bashing, Swerve won the trophy then hopped on stage with Luggage to unwind and end the night. Oxen Johnson and Ben FM came through with...
View ArticleThe Smokers Club
Spitta, K.R.I.T. and DZA going on tour? It’s only right the Student Hip-Hop Organization & Creative Nation gets involved. The smoked out trio will be joined by Nickelus F, Mac Miller, Corner Boy P,...
View ArticleLast Friday - Episode 10
This month we stop by Brian Lopez's workshop to see where he makes his amazing unique skateboards and then his show entitled "Splinters". And over at Art6, Helene Ruiz shows us her show "Masks and...
View ArticleDAILY FIX: Eric Stanley
Eric Stanley is a VCU student who performs covers of popular hip-hop songs on his violin and posts them to Youtube. His videos are, from all appearances, filmed in his dorm room, but their humble...
View ArticleSHOW REVIEW: Built To Spill
Built To Spill October 9 at The National A friend told me that the main reason to see Built to Spill live is to hear Doug Martsch’s vocals. This is partially true--Martsch does have a unique voice and...
View ArticleDAILY RECORD: Eskorbuto/R.I.P.
Eskorbuto/R.I.P. – split album (Munster Records) The act of reissuing an album, especially one rendered obscure by the unforgiving fog of time, presents something of a contradiction. On one hand, it is...
View ArticleDAILY FIX: Eyedea And Slug On The Wake Up Show
Minneapolis rappers Eyedea, of Eyedea And Abilities, and Slug, of Atmosphere, freestyling on The Wake Up Show, hosted by Sway And King Tech. Michael "Eyedea" Larsen passed away this past weekend, age...
View ArticleDAILY RECORDS: Dark Dark Dark, Elizabeth And The Catapult, Warpaint
Elizabeth And The Catapult - The Other Side Of Zero (Verve Forecast) Female singer-songwriter stuff that walks the line between alternative and soft rock. When Elizabeth and co. drift in the direction...
View ArticleDAILY FIX: EVIL BOY by Die Antwoord (NSFW)
BASS is universal!! Featuring Diplo and Yolandi getting freaky on some graffiti African penis tip, this video will straight up have you wondering about the next generation and where music is headed in...
View ArticleUFOS Over RVA
Maybe the question should be, why wouldn't aliens want to visit RVA? CLICK HERE TO WATCH ON RVA TV Saturday October 16th - The story begins at Sticky Rice…. it usually does. A loud 'Yo! You've got to...
View ArticleNotes2Self: The HALLOWEEK photo shoot.
Whenever we are planning on doing anything strange, dark, otherworldly, sacrificial, possibly offensive, we tend to work with David Kenedy. The guy is fearless. The original thought was, we were going...
View ArticleGODS OF THE BOBBLEHEADS Show 24 Feat. Aquafuture
Show 24 was a one for the books. Evan and Adam from Aquafuture brought with them great jazz and shining personalities. They laughed and joked with the bobble gods and even contributed some voices to...
View ArticleHAT FACTORY & RVA present HALLOWEEK 2010
Halloween is fast approaching and that means ridiculous costumes, drunken promises, and hopefully some weird adventures together. Years ago, in order to help all of that along and to celebrate the most...
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