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FEATURED SHOW Sunday, May 17, 6 PM Parallel Listening Series, feat. John Bradberry Trio, Kraanerg, Justin Boening, Rosa Castellano, Nat Bergrin, Jules Liebenthal @ Gallery 5 – Free to [...]

Join us on Wednesday, May 27th, as The Auricular brings the vibrant sounds of Jr. to Plan 9 Music for a special in-store performance!

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, May 9, 3 PM Fisher King Records presents Reproductive Freedom Fest, feat. Circle Breaker (Photo by Key Ritchie), Snack Truck, Ostraca, Process//Sleep, Terror Cell, My [...]

Life often feels like a precarious balancing act between vulnerability and bravado, constantly trying to determine when to lower your guard and when to move with unapologetic confidence. Choosing [...]

FEATURED SHOW Thursday, April 30, 7 PM Sravani Kameswari, Roslin, Beya, The Potted Plants @ The Camel – $13.22 (order tickets HERE) I must say, I’m not exactly a lazy girl; in a given [...]

It’s lonely at the top, or so the saying goes, but does it have to be? Success can bring out the worst in people, whether vanity from the one who’s made it or envy from those left watching. But [...]

FEATURED SHOW Sunday, April 26, 3 PM Rock & Roll Piano Recital, feat. Erin Lunsford, Jake Cochran, Eric Sites, Bella Salunga, Mackenzie Roark & Billy Bacci @ Reveler Experiences – [...]

How delightfully unexpected to find a new .gif from god album appearing over the transom here at Auricular HQ! This local metallic hardcore sextet have remained an incendiary live-act throughout [...]

Has the value of the human touch ever felt lower? In chasing digital solutions to eliminate tedious tasks and inefficiencies, we may have only accelerated our own obsolescence, and not just in an [...]

Why is it that when we reach a breaking point, it's framed as something self-inflicted? "I hit rock bottom" becomes the default confession, quietly absolving everything else of blame. But what if [...]

It’s been interesting to watch the directions musicians who got started in the Richmond math-rock scene of the early 2010s have gone. While folks like Fight Cloud have continued to do a [...]

The world tightens into focus. Calm settles in. The periphery blurs until nearly everything fades, leaving only what’s directly ahead: a special someone, a new anchor point. Your awareness [...]

Tiny Desk season always brings a surge of local talent into view, serving up videos from familiar names trying out new material alongside rising artists eager to make their mark. Some win you [...]

It might feel like we’re submerged in a constant tide of bad news, but small victories are breaking through all around us. Union support and membership have climbed to a sixty-year high, [...]