Show your support for local music (specifically Richmond, Virginia) with this lovely shirt printed in Comfort Colors’ seafoam green color and unisex style.

FEATURED SHOW Thursday, January 15, 8 PM The Damage, Destruct, Arrogants, Subjects @ Fuzzy Cactus – $10 (Main photo: Ryan del Rosario) Maybe this isn’t what most people want to […]

The Auricular's performance series at Plan 9 Music kicks off 2026 in dynamic fashion with Radio B taking the stage on Wednesday, January 21st!

The placement of whether to leave or stay has long been a staple of popular music. Most famously framed as a punk expression in The Clash’s seminal “Should I Stay Or Should I Go,” the theme spans [...]

Suffering from the post-holiday energy dip? You’re in luck! Richmond rapper GQue got the perfect antidote with “Ran It Up,” his newest single, which also arrives with an entry in the RVA Live [...]

Midlife Pilot is a name I’ve been hearing around the Richmond music scene for quite a while now. Releasing their first EPs back before the pandemic, the band has been nibbling around the fringes [...]

Anything is possible when you close your eyes and let your mind drift. All of your wishes, as well as all of your fears. Both exist in that unrealized space, and the only way to achieve one and [...]

It’s hard to imagine desiring a reset just nine days into the new year, but here we are. As the news becomes more distressing and depressing with every alert, the idea of a blank canvas seems [...]

In 2005, David Foster Wallace presented a new spin on the term “rat race,” electing to redefine it as “the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.” Over two decades [...]

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, January 10, 8 PM Fundraiser for Cel’s Surgery Recovery, feat. Ten Pound Snail, Shagg Carpet, Sprawl @ The Camel – $12 in advance, $15 day of show […]

Back when I started going to shows in Richmond, it was the early ’90s, and noise rock was the big thing in the local scene. When I was still a teenager, I mainly went to all-ages shows and seeing [...]

New year, new you? The burning question each time we prepare for the ball drop, and the stinging taunt that follows months later when we survey our broken promises and wayward ambition.

FEATURED SHOW Wednesday, December 31, 7 PM 4th Annual Lakeside Tavern New Year’s Eve Extravaganza, feat. 40 Reps, For What It’s Worth, Shotclock, Emma Jean Oakley, DJ Metathetic @ [...]

FEATURED SHOW Friday, December 26, 8 PM Big No & Noah-O, King Delt, LBE Hunt, Big Street Deedy, Reppa Ton, P2P RIXH, T.R.I.G., Ron Lee & Stunna Hoot, Mizz D, […]

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, December 20, 2 PM Justin Golden’s Birthday Show, feat. Justin Golden (solo and with Devil’s Coattails), Hubby Jenkins @ The Camel – $15 in advance, $18 [...]