Show your support for local music (specifically Richmond, Virginia) with this lovely shirt printed in Comfort Colors’ seafoam green color and unisex style.

It’s hard to imagine desiring a reset just nine days into the new year, but here we are. As the news becomes more distressing and depressing with every alert, the idea of a blank canvas seems [...]

In 2005, David Foster Wallace presented a new spin on the term “rat race,” electing to redefine it as “the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.” Over two decades [...]

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, January 10, 8 PM Fundraiser for Cel’s Surgery Recovery, feat. Ten Pound Snail, Shagg Carpet, Sprawl @ The Camel – $12 in advance, $15 day of show […]

Back when I started going to shows in Richmond, it was the early ’90s, and noise rock was the big thing in the local scene. When I was still a teenager, I mainly went to all-ages shows and seeing [...]

New year, new you? The burning question each time we prepare for the ball drop, and the stinging taunt that follows months later when we survey our broken promises and wayward ambition.

FEATURED SHOW Wednesday, December 31, 7 PM 4th Annual Lakeside Tavern New Year’s Eve Extravaganza, feat. 40 Reps, For What It’s Worth, Shotclock, Emma Jean Oakley, DJ Metathetic @ [...]

FEATURED SHOW Friday, December 26, 8 PM Big No & Noah-O, King Delt, LBE Hunt, Big Street Deedy, Reppa Ton, P2P RIXH, T.R.I.G., Ron Lee & Stunna Hoot, Mizz D, […]

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, December 20, 2 PM Justin Golden’s Birthday Show, feat. Justin Golden (solo and with Devil’s Coattails), Hubby Jenkins @ The Camel – $15 in advance, $18 [...]

FEATURED SHOW Thursday, December 11, 7 PM Singh/Alcalde/Simmons @ Reveler Experiences – $15 (order tickets HERE) I grew up in the Richmond punk, hardcore, metal, and indie scenes of the [...]

On Wednesday, December 10th, The Auricular proudly presents the spectacular Avery Fogarty of Hotspit at Plan 9 Music for a very special performance!

FEATURED SHOW Friday, December 5, 5 PM RVA Krampusnacht presents: Yuletide Monsters First Friday Kickoff, feat. Gusher, The Vulgar Bulgars, Please Don’t Tell, Madame Onca @ Gallery 5 [...]

FEATURED SHOW Tuesday, December 2, 6:30 PM A Shockoe Sessions Live! Christmas!, feat. Caroline Scruggs, Los Hermanos Alacranes, IONNA, Holy River, Ant The Symbol, REIN, Vexine, Ceili Galante, [...]

There are things about being a lifelong member of a marginalized and misunderstood counterculture that no one tells you about; you’ve just got to experience them yourself before you truly [...]

FEATURED SHOW Thursday, November 20, 7 PM Sundials, Doll Baby, All Away Lou @ The Camel – $12 in advance, $15 day of show (order tickets HERE) One interesting thing […]