SATURDAY! WRIR Presents: A Richmond Music History Tour
For the past two years, WRIR Richmond Independent Radio has been conceiving an ambitious project. The intention is to celebrate the rich tapestry of music history that runs rampant through the veins...
View ArticleDAILY FIX: White Laces, Whalehead Studios Session
White Laces released their debut album, Moves, a couple of weeks ago on Speakertree Records, and we here at RVA Magazine have been in love with it ever since. Already one of the better active bands...
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ILoveStickyRice: Top 5 Espresso Drinks
There are over 50 espresso drinks that can be ordered from most cafe menus--there’s a pretty good list on Wikipedia. But is it all just pseudo-Starbucks mumbo-jumbo, or is there really a difference?...
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WEDNESDAY: The Ataris At The Camel!
I'm kind of amazed at this particular turn of events. After all, I literally heard an Ataris song on 102.1 The X last night! And yet it's true--The Ataris are coming to Richmond next week, and instead...
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The Art Of War: Battle Rapping In RVA
“The supreme Art Of War is to subdue the enemy without fighting” This is just one of the most noted lines in the book The Art Of War by Sun Tzu. In the world of Hip Hop Battle Rapping, this book can be...
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DAILY RECORD: School Jerks
School Jerks – School Jerks (Grave Mistake Records) It might be easy to make certain assumptions about School Jerks' first full-length based on the presentation. The band's name itself--Circle...
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I Slept On A Lot Of Boats: An Interview With Netherfriends
Netherfriends is an indie rock band, ostensibly from Chicago, but for the past couple of years they've pretty much been on tour at all times. Initially leaving behind the comforts of home in spring...
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RVA Magazine Presents: Local Shows 10/5-10/7
Friday, 10/5: Phase One: A Fashion, Photography, and Music Event featuring DJ Illogic (pictured above), Joanna O featuring Cat Nightengale @ Turnstyle (102 W. Broad St. – Jackson Ward/Arts District) -...
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REVOLT OF THE APES Presents: An Interview With Sun Araw
If there’s anything difficult, perplexing and sometimes puzzling about the music of Sun Araw (and we assert that there is plenty that fits such a description), it certainly doesn’t stem from anything...
View ArticleDAILY FIX: Black Girls on Good Day RVA
Word has it that this is the premiere episode in a new ongoing video series out of our very own town of RVA, and if so, they've sure started off on the right foot. Their inaugural video features...
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RVA No. 10: Futura
Futura 2000 is one of the foremost names in the history of street art. He got his start painting on the New York subways back in the ‘70s when that was still possible, but soon built a career in the...
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RVA Magazine Presents: Local Shows 10/8-10/11
Monday, 10/8: Strumpet (pictured above), Stagolee, Punch Button, Cherry Red @ The Camel - 8PM Monday, 10/8: Nervous Ticks, The Blind Shake (photo by Jon Behm), Tyrannosaurus Awesome, Buck Biloxi &...
View ArticleDAILY FIX: PLF Visuals Art Show/Carnival Of 5 Fires Opening Ceremony
October is turning out to be a big month for the local art scene, with the Party Liberation Front, Vaudeville Galore, Deanna Danger's Boom Boom Burlesque crew, and quite a few others all coming...
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DAILY RECORD: Between The Buried And Me
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence (Metal Blade) Bringing the fear and taut urgency of 2007's Colors, together with the conciousness/humanity/planetary concerns that...
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James Wayland's Trailer Park Trash And Vampires, Illustrated By Chris...
We've been telling you about Virginia author James Wayland's horror novel, Trailer Park Trash & Vampires, for a while now. The original version premiered on Amazon back at the beginning of summer,...
View ArticleRadio Rubber Room EP 82 - Red Light Rodeo
This episode wasn't anyone's first rodeo. Nor will it be the last time there is a Red Light Rodeo in a Rubber Room or a Radio. These well dressed gentlemen brought their "back porch jam," down home...
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Sounds Of RVA Presents: On The Horizon #31
We have a lighter column this week, as folks are transitioning to the autumn and adjusting to the sudden increase in number of homicides since September. Sometimes there are releases out there that are...
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SHOW REVIEW: Jack White
Jack White Thursday, September 27 at Charlottesville Pavilion Jack White is a lot of things. He is a father. A musician. A businessman. He is mysterious and he is unique and if you ask the right...
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RVA No. 10: Ohbliv
Though the comparisons are not 100% accurate, Richmond’s Brad Ohbliv does not shy away from being mentioned in conjunction with musical geniuses Madlib and the late James Yancey, aka J-Dilla. “I...
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Win Tickets To See Soul Asylum At Fantoberfest!
We're really excited about this one--longtime Minneapolis alternative rockers Soul Asylum, who had one of the biggest hits of the early 90s MTV Buzz Bin era with "Runaway Train," and released their...
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