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FEATURED SHOW Sunday, March 30, 7 PM Staff Picks March 2025 residency, feat. Oh Devil!, with Velvet Ruin, New Lions [...]

Every joy in life has its naysayers. People who come out of the woodwork to extol the benefits of not doing [...]

Everything is never enough for some people, an aching realization that fuels “Expensive Taste,” the new song from [...]

Staying tapped into your surroundings is key: boots on the ground, eyes on the street. That way, when someone hits [...]

It’s not that youth is wasted on the young, but that with each passing year, we come to recognize the ease it [...]

Confidence is a slippery force. Without it, progress falters. Every project, goal, or dream becomes mired in [...]

The Newlin Music Prize announced this morning that Drook has won the 2025 award for the album The Pure Joy Of [...]

Countless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be [...]

Gaze into your own desire. Confront it not just with full attention, but with a piercing sense of scrutiny. Let it [...]

Direction is what we need right now. Sure, guidance can help. Assistance? Probably. But above all, we need a clear, [...]

FEATURED SHOW Friday, March 21, 7 PM Pyramid Mass, Plaguefever, Eradicant, Thumpr @ Gallery 5 – $10 (order [...]

The world places such heavy emphasis on meaning. Figure out where you’re headed, professionally and personally. [...]

Balancing impulse and obsession is always tricky. Your inner voice screams one thing while your lips demurely say [...]

It’s easy to look commanding on a big stage, bathed in lights with a roaring crowd at your feet. Even in the [...]

Whether you’re prowling or embracing, twilight offers plenty of chances to unleash your wild side, something [...]

There’s plenty of dark, entrancing imagery to extract from the music of experimental metal trio Pyramid Mass. [...]

Did you really think the Hourglass team moving to New York City would stop them from spotlighting Central Virginia [...]

While slick performances packed with bravado in eye-catching locations have their place, it’s refreshing to see [...]

“Gettin paid in the game made me roam free\ Flip a penny to a dime I’m like an O-G.” That line from Do Or Die’s [...]

Countless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be [...]

Dreams can betray us. Blinding us from a clear path forward, distracting from our goals, or distorting reality just [...]

Life is full of contradictions we rarely stop to question. We sip drinks that blend sweetness with bitterness, lose [...]

FEATURED SHOW Friday, March 14, 7 PM Seven Hills Family Medicine Benefit Show, feat. Prisoner, VV, Brown Piss, [...]

Life is full of contradictions we rarely stop to question. We sip drinks that blend sweetness with bitterness, lose [...]

Some songs act as emotional anchors, telling their own stories in a way that revives long-buried memories, their [...]

More and more, musicians are pushing back against the expectation to be “content creators,” producing music and [...]

After a productive 2024, Rico Bando isn’t wasting any time in 2025, launching into the year with a sharp burst of [...]

With each passing day, cynicism feels like the easy way out. The constant barrage of bad news drains our energy, [...]

Countless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be [...]

Have you ever watched those videos that show the scale of the universe? Where Earth shrinks beneath the enormity of [...]