reviews

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about jazz in this column, something that made me feel like I was in over my head a [...]

The Wimps’ full length Reel Whirl opens up with a 67-second plea — “I cross my fingers / I hope you’ll stay” it [...]

I'd like to say listening to The Things We Do feels like going home for my musical heart. It's rooted in the spirit [...]

I'd like to say listening to The Things We Do feels like going home for my musical heart. It's rooted in the spirit [...]

Art in a post-pandemic world is in a tricky place. The last two years have seen a wave of COVID-inspired music, [...]

By style alone,

ust like fans are tired of hearing every new alt-rock band compared to either Nirvana or The Breeders depending on [...]

There’s something about the approach Flight Club has to pop punk that feels bigger than the genre itself. For [...]

About 1:30 into Rendezvous, the new EP by Skinnyy Hendrixx, it becomes clear that this four-song record is going to [...]

The best music for music lovers often speaks to this restless heart we all seem to have. An itinerant spirit that [...]

It's amazing the type of breakthroughs bands stumble onto when covering a song. Tina Turner sped up a roots rock [...]

Jazz meets metal. Instantly, half of you reading this clicked out after those three words. “Not for me,” they [...]

January is a hard month. After the ebullience and extravagance of December, it's challenging to keep that energy [...]

Tyler Meacham does not miss. Truly. Friday marked the release of her new single, "Better Than I Used To Be," and [...]

Breathing. It’s easy right? In, out. You’re doing it now without even thinking about it. But as any horn player or [...]

Fallen leaves are accumulating on forest floors and roadsides. A turbulent campaign has yielded a new [...]

As I type this sentence, Scott Lane is looking over my left shoulder. Okay, so it's not Lane himself, but the [...]

You know that famous quote about how great minds discuss ideas instead of events or people? The one often [...]

Punchy rhythms and evocative songwriting captures the ear of anyone who listens to the single “Belladonna,” [...]

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 [...]