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Positive No Previews New EP With The Delightful Sounds Of "Pocket Park"
Richmond alt-poppers Positive No have been on the local scene for a while, but they've been taking their time to get everything perfect before releasing any material. This attention to detail shows on...
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The 9 Best Parts from the RVA Street Art Fest
We loved everything about the RVA Street Art Festival, but here are our favorite parts: 1. Skateboarders and a freshly placed skate ramp2. Scary Bear and Skeleton Witches3. Sound installations,...
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Zines, Haircuts, and Richmond Roots: A Talk With Zero Fade Author Chris L. Terry
Chris L. Terry is an author whose first novel, Zero Fade, is out now from Curbside Splendor Press. Terry is no longer an RVA resident, but when he lived here in the late 90s and early 2000s, he made...
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Legendary Graphic Novelist James Sturm Gives Guest Lecture Tonight At VCU's...
James Sturm, co-founder of the Center For Cartoon Studies and a three-decade veteran of the graphic arts with an impressive body of work to his name, will be giving a guest lecture tonight at VCU's...
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Fall Line Fest At Gallery 5: A Rockin' Good Time
Coming into day two of Fall Line Festival, I knew I was going to be going all over town to see the bands that I wanted to see. When the schedule came out, all I could think about was how all the bands...
View ArticleMekong Wins Best Beer Bar In America for Second Year in a Row
The tallies are in, all the votes have been counted, and RVA's own Mekong Restaurant has been crowned the champ one more time. Beating out over 5,000 competitors for the title, Mekong, with 50 taps and...
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WRIR Will Send You On a Musical History Tour of Richmond
Richmond Independent Radio (WRIR-FM 97.3) is presenting A Richmond Musical History Tour on Sept. 28 hosted by music historians who will narrate a bus tour through Richmond’s about its music history....
View ArticleRobin Thicke At The Patriot Center: Win Tickets Before They Go On Sale!
You had "Blurred Lines" stuck in your head for at least two weeks this summer! You watched him get twerked on by Miley Cyrus at the VMAs while dressed like Beetlejuice! You wondered how his wife felt...
View ArticleWin Tickets To See City And Colour At The National!
Attention all fans of gorgeous melodies and awesome indie rock music! City And Colour, the solo project of former Alexisonfire guitarist Dallas Green, will be at the National this Sunday--and you could...
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RVA DIY Art Pioneer D. Jack Solomon Returns With Solo Show At Gallery A
In 1968, things began to change significantly for the artistic community here in Richmond, as the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical School of Virginia merged to form VCU, creating one of...
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Fall Line Fest’s Evening Of Pop Punk Was A Showcase In Energy
Fall Line Fest's Saturday at Strange matter gave the stage to punkers of all shapes for a night of punk rock, featuring local rising stars Sundials, noodly screamy two-piece Dads, and more. Per usual,...
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One Way Richmond's Must-See Show Previews 9/18-9/24
FEATURE SHOWFriday, September 20, 7 p. m.Eric Copeland, Karacell, Scoughs, Mutwawa, Daggering @ Gallery 5– Price at door/All Ages. Eric Copeland is one of the most influential experimental musicians...
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The Continuing Evolution Of Pedals On Our Pirate Ships
There isn't anyone quite like Matt Seymour in Richmond. A wisecracking ace of a songwriter who practices DIY values that could seem outdated to outsiders, he has been a part of this musical community...
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The Peoples Library Project Opens Friday, Tells RVA's History Through a Voice...
“We want to diversify, show the complexity, and to humanize Richmond” Mark Strandquist said. Blending paper, binding books, building bookshelves, and creating call numbers has been keeping VCU...
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Local Author James Wayland On Horror vs. Thrillers, Kickstarter & His New Novel
We've filled you in quite extensively about Virginia author (and, yes, occasional contributor to RVA Magazine) James Wayland, and his current Kickstarter campaign to fund his second novel, Dirty...
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Sounds Of RVA Presents: On The Horizon, September 2013
By mid-September, the market is inundated with pumpkin everything, and the sweaty summer house shows have given way to hoodied backyard fire pit hangs and galaxy tights underneath everything. RVA does...
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The Young Sinclairs Grace RVA With Free Show, Plus Two New Singles
Ladies and gentlemen, Roanoke psychedelic pop masterminds The Young Sinclairs will be returning to Richmond this Friday night with a free show at The Well (900 W. Franklin St, fka Cous Cous). The show...
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Stop-On-A-Dime Accuracy, High Energy Abandon: The Intricate Chaos Of Navi
It’s Saturday night, and through the vacant silence of the warehouses and glowing street lamps of Scott’s Addition comes one of the deepest, most gut-rattling sounds ever heard from an electric guitar....
View ArticleBlack Dice's Eric Copeland Brings His Disco Noise To Gallery 5
Eric Copeland, founder of Black Dice, comes to Gallery 5, possibly for his first visit to Richmond, in support of new DFA Records LP Joke in The Hole. Copeland specializes in a very wet deconstructed...
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Wolf//Goat's Unorthodox Indie-Folk Carves Out A Unique Niche In The RVA Scene
On the outskirts of town, a band practices in the midst of a decrepit cellar. A sound combining Appalachian roots, vaudeville-style piano compositions, and slurred, soulful vocals fills the space....
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