latest news

New music from gnawing, Royalbaby, GRAYMATTER, Dust, NDEFRU, Fan Ran, Tiny Lights, Rodney Stith, Rah Scrilla, [...]

Let's not make this a big deal. Last thing I want is for The Auricular to resemble some LiveJournal from [...]

2020 has taken so much from us, including a year's worth of seeing our favorite bands perform at the venues we know [...]

In a world where people are taking back their agency and proudly brandishing their own identity, there are still [...]

If there was ever a year to struggle with reality around us and seek out a better way, it's 2020. And as this [...]

Last night, people across the world got a glimpse of what the Richmond music scene has to offer as the phenomenal...

This past Monday night, Canadian-based artist Backxwash won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize for her album God Has [...]

New to our ears today is the first single from a new act in Richmond: the four-piece hard rock group known as GABRIEL.

Here we are, a little over a month later, still trying to make sense out of a confounding situation. Luckily, in [...]

As we continue to look for justice and reform in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, as well as countless other [...]

Local MC Norf has returned with his latest single and video for the infectious track "Emergency," a rebounding rap [...]

"I'm back and they mad," proclaims recently released turncoat 6ix9ine. Ahe's right. The hate across the country for [...]

March 31st saw the release of the swinging track "Neon Glow," the latest single by country artist Danny Kensy, [...]

This past March, local rapper Saint Sinclair released his self-titled debut album, Sinclair, a nine-track affair [...]

It's sometimes easy to forget how idyllic Richmond can be. Just a short drive out of the city puts you smackdab in [...]

This Friday, the jazzy hard rock group Dumb Waiter will put out their latest record, Tsk, a record that moves their [...]

What do you do when you get takeout with some friends? Probably something close to what Big No does on the new [...]

Back in January, Rico Bando released "Man On The Moon," a trembling single built on a glissading string melody and [...]

The Almighty Money Gang are back again -- in presence and title -- with a new video for the opening track...

How did you celebrate Mother's Day? Social distance picnic? Afternoon Facetime call? Early morning present drop? [...]

Some people react very gradually to caffeine, letting it slowly build their energy level back up to 100. Others get [...]

The mythological siren has a long history in rock music, from Tim Buckley's iconic elegy "Siren Song" up to Angel & [...]

The Richmond music scene has been adapting remarkably well to social distancing guidelines and quarantines over the [...]

Grief is hard to escape these days, but there’s hope in art that faces down fate with bravery and heart. You won’t [...]

Here we are, a little over a month later, still trying to make sense out of a confounding situation. Luckily, in [...]

Back in January, Angelica Garcia made a powerful visual statement on her video for “Guadalupe,” the lead single to [...]

Is there a better time than quarantine to bust out your finger skateboards and build your own mini-skate park to [...]

While the world may feel like it’s on pause, local hip-hop group Hitzville is revving up for more.

Richmond has a long and storied history with professional wrestling from the days of classic NWA events at the [...]

As Richmond and the rest of America enter only the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's hard to really know [...]