Akron/Family Side Project Cy Dune Rock Balliceaux Tomorrow Night
Cy Dune, the new project from Akron/Family singer/guitarist Seth Olinsky, will be performing tomorrow night at Balliceaux. While his other band is best known for their ambient, psychedelic folk...
View ArticleSquare Deal To Offer One-of-a-Kind Prints for Cheap
Come one, come all, here's a chance to cover that bland wall that laughs at your lack of creativity - get yourself a one-of-a-kind print that highlights unique local talent and supports one of the best...
View ArticleWin Tickets To Fall Line Fest!
We know you've heard plenty about Fall Line Fest by now. You know it includes 8 different shows at 5 venues over the course of two days. You know it'll feature amazing performers from around the globe,...
View ArticleOne Way Richmond's Must-See Show Previews 9/4-9/10
FEATURE SHOWSaturday, September 7, 10 p.m.Joe Threat Memorial Show featuring Gritty City, Divine Profitz, Checkbook, Dank D, Sleaze, The New Juice Crew, along with many other hip hop guests @ The Nile–...
View ArticleU.S. Royalty Brings Dark Crooning To The Camel Sunday Night (Ticket Giveaway)
Nothing says the end of summer like a motorcycle ride through the forest - the last chance to see green leaves before they turn shades of yellow and red. Now slap some filters and sun spots on there...
View ArticleHear all of J. Roddy Walston's New Album 'Essential Tremors'
While the band hails originally from Cleveland and Tennessee, the man behind J. Roddy Walston and The Business, J. Roddy, now calls Richmond home. It's been a few years since this blues rocker has...
View ArticleG40 Returns to DC, Opens Next Weekend
After hosting their G40 Art Summit in Richmond last year, Art Whino is taking the event back to DC for its fourth year to a venue which has been turned into a piece of art itself.The DC art gallery Art...
View ArticleFirst Friday RVA, September 2013: Beauty Amidst Chaos
There's a lot going on this weekend, folks--between Fall Line Fest, the return of NFL football, Sprint Cup races at RIR and Hank 3 at The National, it can be easy to lose track of the local institution...
View ArticleSo Lamb of God Has Been Banned from Malaysia
Looks like Richmond natives and world renown metal band Lamb of God won't be making a stop in the East Asian country of Malaysia. A statement from Mark Morton, lead guitarist for the band, was put up...
View ArticleCatching Up With Dirty Richmond
Born and raised in Chesterfield — about thirty minutes south of Richmond—Brian McDaniel made a name for himself in 2009 by launching Dirty Richmond, a street style and lifestyle blog that gained...
View ArticleThe Cult of Fahey: New Documentary About The Guitar Legend Opens at Criterion...
John Fahey, while not exactly a household name, inspired a rabid cult following with his unique music. A guitarist who began his recording career in the late 50s and spent most of his career playing...
View ArticleDaily Record: Gorguts - Colored Sands
In my opinion, the closest that modern music can come (at least in form and composition) to the works of classical composers such as Mozart or Beethoven, is undoubtedly technical death metal, and few...
View ArticleUmphrey's and STS9 Light up Maymont
For any live music fan, the most exciting part of the summer is the chance to see your favorite bands live and outside, especially when the venue is as beautiful as Maymont Park and the bands are as...
View ArticleLet There Be Gwar! Retrospective Opens Tonight
Perhaps Richmond's best known costume-wearing intergalactic space-weed-smoking metal band/performance piece is Gwar (perhaps), and they are maybe as prolific at producing artifacts of their own lore as...
View ArticleNY Fashion Week Begins
Day 1 of Fashion Week is already off to an amazing start. So Far, Richard Chai Love, BCBG Max Azria, ZAC Zac Posen, L.A.M.B., Veronica Beard, Tia Cibani, Robert Rodriguez, Organic by John Patrick,...
View ArticleLost Bowl Throws Party To help Hurt Friend
This Saturday the Richmond music scene is coming together to help one of their own. This July, Todd Witteman woke up in incredible pain and was unable to move. He was far from home, in Ann Arbor...
View ArticleThe New Issue Of RVA Magazine Is Out Now!
Just in time for the best September ever, the Fall 2013 issue of RVA Magazine is here! The Richmond Mural Project took over this whole city this summer, and we've got full coverage of the whole affair....
View ArticleDownbeat Switch Release Long-Awaited New Album Tonight At Tobacco Company
Local rockers Downbeat Switch have been working on their new album, Birds Eye, for a really long time. While they've been playing shows and bringing new material regularly to their devoted live...
View ArticleDAILY RECORD: J. Roddy Walston & The Business
J. Roddy Walston & The Business - Essential Tremors (ATO Records)At a time when indie dominates the musical conversation and you've got to head for any of at least a dozen subgenres if you actually...
View ArticleDC's G40 Opens with a Bang
DC gallery Art Whino and brewers Heineken hosted an exclusive premiere in DC this past weekend for the annual G40 Art Summit at their new space, Blind Whino, merging gallery art with mural art. Over a...
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