reviews

The first seconds of the new decade saw the release of the debut full-length album from Americana/Roots-rock [...]

Blistering to its core, the newest EP, Sensation, from punk quartet Haircut is nothing short of astonishing...

Young Flexico isn't your average rapper. A protege of veteran Richmond legend Nickelus F, Flexico represents the [...]

With the Like A Shadow EP, Gold Connections marks its second release in partnership with Richmond-based label [...]

McKinley Dixon proved to be one of Richmond’s most prolific artists in 2018, and it looks like 2019 won’t see any [...]

The first time you realize how enormous Texas is, it tends to give people a second thought about how finite their [...]

In mid-January, the mysterious electronic duo Totem released their album In the Dark, a slow, dreamy journey as you [...]

It's been awhile since I have felt excitement for metal. With the exception of the rising star of Unmaker in the [...]

Out today on Citrus City is a perplexing record, one seemingly built on modular cryptics that join together to [...]

Mutant Academy is this close to their moment. After a prolific 2018, the collective continues to raise their bar as [...]

If you’re looking for an album to have a nice, healthy cry to, Black Liver’s debut EP My Sex Life Matters Not To Me [...]

Opening shuttered closet doors, I confronted the mound of pastel, cut crystal animal figurines. Sunlight shot [...]

Sitting down with the new EP, Je ne sais quoi, by hip-hop artist Ro$$eTTi, I feel transported. Not to another time [...]

Doing more with less. In most walks of life, it’s something you do begrudgingly when the need arises. When [...]

Simply put, the new record Godless Goddess from Spartan Jet-Plex is nothing short of astonishing.

From the post-punk of Unmaker and Serqet to the gothier leanings of Shadow Age, there’s a dark ‘80s resurgence [...]

Last November, power rock band The J.O.B. released Highway Of Shadows, a ten-song record built on timeless melodies [...]

There’s something intrinsically portentous about the new record by hard rock band Petrichor, something that rises [...]

Listening to Shank Jay’s Loss Of Religion isn’t going to bring about your own crisis of faith, but it will [...]

Any release from a musician who splits his time between dutiful education and exciting fusion groups is going to be [...]

Through smoky vulnerability and dazzling melodies, Colorful Creature is an intimately authentic collection of songs [...]

A swirling compulsion of rock assurance, Emergency Circus is a deeply fascinating release full of agitated [...]

A swirling compulsion of rock assurance, Emergency Circus is a deeply fascinating release full of agitated [...]

On a cold, blustery night in Richmond, Windhand returned to Richmond from a little over a month...

The phrase "pristine garage rock" may convey the wrong image about Brain Drain's debut EP...

As a young blue-eyed soul singer with a guitar, Andrew Rohlk, in all likelihood...

Melody can be found in every shape and form, something that’s clear listening to Large Margin’s self-titled debut...

Pulling from the wells of both homage and satire, Richmond metal titans Windhand have released an intriguing music [...]

Richmond based ing’s self-titled five-song debut EP exists in an artistic space often coveted amongst underground [...]

Butcher Brown is a band that needs no introduction. Devoted fans already know what to expect, casual appreciators [...]