By Doug Nunnally In Features, News, ReviewsPublished April 11, 2025Album Review: The Great Work by SameStoryFor as long as there has been Christianity, there has been carnage associated with it. While the beginning was [...] READ MORE
By Marilyn Drew Necci In NewsPublished April 9, 2025RVA Shows You Must See This Week: April 9 – April 15FEATURED SHOW Saturday, April 12, 7 PM Municipal Waste 25th Anniversary Party, feat. Municipal Waste, Toxic [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished April 9, 2025CutUpClutch Flexes His Solo Style In “No Features”Just like the rest of the world, Richmond’s hip-hop scene thrives on collaboration, with artists constantly jumping [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished April 9, 2025SBC TR3 Keeps His Eye On The Prize On “Wealthy”Everyone’s chasing something, and though each of our journeys are unique, it helps when the road ahead is stripped [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished April 9, 2025Scene Recap: Mid-Atlantic Jams, Orbital Music Park, chloe pCountless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be [...] READ MORE
By CJ Payne In Features, News, ReviewsPublished April 4, 2025Show Review: REIN At Shockoe Sessions Live, April 1stOn the latest edition of Shockoe Sessions Live, REIN took center stage, delivering a performance that was as [...] READ MORE
By Marilyn Drew Necci In NewsPublished April 2, 2025RVA Shows You Must See This Week: April 2 – April 8FEATURED SHOW Saturday, April 5, 8 PM Dhemo, Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers, Night Idea @ The Camel – $10 [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished April 1, 2025Premiere: Hot Lava Returns With “Queen Of Fools,” Title Track From Upcoming AlbumReinvention at any stage is perilous. Letting go of what you know, shattering what other people perceive, and [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 31, 2025Premiere: Kids Techno Continues To Perplex On New Album, ShortsDating back nearly thirty years, the recordings of reclusive electronic artist Kids Techno have been enticing in [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 31, 2025SlideBinLabled Reflects On Life’s Gritty Realities In “Non-Fictional Living”A subtle byproduct of the past decade’s streaming wars and content overload is the romanticization of our own [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 31, 2025Motion Man AB Confronts Choice and Identity in “Me”Fulfillment rarely comes without an undercurrent of tension. You have to start somewhere and when the next step [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In Features, News, ReviewsPublished March 30, 2025Album Review: The Pure Joy Of Jumping by DrookEmotion, by its nature, is overwhelming. Various stimuli trigger a cascade of chemicals in your body, some acting [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 30, 2025Scene Recap: Drook, Single Use, PalmyraCountless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 28, 2025Charli Ra Connects The Personal & Cosmic In The Video For “Portal”With the discovery of the atom in the late 1800s came a feeling of universality, as its structure appeared to [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 28, 2025REIN Pulls Back The Curtain On Album Recording With REINCHECKLocal guitar hero REIN has been one of the hardest working individuals in Richmond’s music scene for years, [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 28, 2025URFAVGRANNIE Manifests “Money Power Respect” In New Booth The Streets VideoAs the 50th anniversary of the genre described, hip-hop is universal, and viral sensation URFAVGRANNIE is living [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 28, 2025Ko’Kane Stompin’ & Luh Guttah Lay It Out Direct In “Been Better”Can we retire platitudes like “I’m good, you?” or “I’m doing okay” when someone asks how things are going? Instead, [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 27, 2025Premiere: Camp Werewolf Astound With Depth On New Album, Soft SculpturesPermanence is such a curious word. Never changing. Indefinite. But does anything in reality truly exist this way? [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 27, 2025VF Shaolin Comes To Life Among Art And Shadows In “Flame-It” VideoRichmond offers a wealth of inspiring vantage points, whether it’s a hill that gives you a sweeping view of the [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 27, 2025Traptize Ky Stretches Past The Frame On “Slide 2”Traptize Ky has long been a consistent force in Richmond’s underground hip-hop scene, and as his name gains wider [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 27, 2025zee !! Strides Through Campus, Bars Blazing On “yep”Sometimes, the best response is the simplest one. No over-explaining, just a confident word that echoes well beyond [...] READ MORE
By Marilyn Drew Necci In NewsPublished March 26, 2025RVA Shows You Must See This Week: March 26 – April 1FEATURED SHOW Sunday, March 30, 7 PM Staff Picks March 2025 residency, feat. Oh Devil!, with Velvet Ruin, New Lions [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 26, 2025Premiere: Squeeze The Squid Provide Absurd Escape On “Girl On The Fritz”Every joy in life has its naysayers. People who come out of the woodwork to extol the benefits of not doing [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 26, 2025Keymari Contends With High Demands In “Expensive Taste” VideoEverything is never enough for some people, an aching realization that fuels “Expensive Taste,” the new song from [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 26, 2025Young Tapp & Lil Rhaa Prowl The Streets On “WYA”Staying tapped into your surroundings is key: boots on the ground, eyes on the street. That way, when someone hits [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 25, 2025Premiere: Bri Bevan Captures The Quiet Heartbreak Of Growing Apart In “16”It’s not that youth is wasted on the young, but that with each passing year, we come to recognize the ease it [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 24, 2025Premiere: Poems For Dead People Channel Swagger, Doubt, & Darkness On “Oh Yeah”Confidence is a slippery force. Without it, progress falters. Every project, goal, or dream becomes mired in [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 24, 2025Drook Wins 2025 Newlin Music PrizeThe Newlin Music Prize announced this morning that Drook has won the 2025 award for the album The Pure Joy Of [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 23, 2025Scene Recap: Richmond Synth Collective, Bucko, Cross BonesCountless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be [...] READ MORE
By Doug Nunnally In NewsPublished March 22, 2025Premiere: Lofties Tears Through Genre And Emotion On “NOWHER3”Gaze into your own desire. Confront it not just with full attention, but with a piercing sense of scrutiny. Let it [...] READ MORE