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The Newlin Music Prize unveiled its 2026 Short List last Monday, featuring 20 albums in contention for this year’s award, which celebrates outstanding musical excellence in Richmond, VA. Voting [...]

On Wednesday, February 18th, The Auricular proudly welcomes the electrifying sounds of HOTPANTS to Plan 9 Music for an exciting in-store performance!

What is true horror? The sheer cruelty of the world around us, or our unsettling ability to continue to live alongside it without interruption? It's too hard to tell these days. Sure, we pause [...]

The instinct to connect is ingrained in our existence. To search for friends, mentors, companions, and confidants. To find the relationships and spaces where we feel seen and needed. It’s here [...]

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]