Of all the emotions to romanticize, disorientation ranks among the lowest. It’s a state of lingering anxiety, either emotionally unraveling or simply adrift in the chaos of everyday life. Still, [...]
Real expression demands the weight of what it represents. Intense emotion requires overwhelming release. Devastating hardships deserve agonizing sacrifice. Tormenting truths warrant raw [...]
For nearly a decade, Richmond electronic trio Opin has embodied this sentiment, crafting concise songs, long-form jams, and abstract expressions that reflect a persistent devotion to sonic [...]
For as long as there has been Christianity, there has been carnage associated with it. While the beginning was marked by victimization, the religion quickly evolved into an institution of immense [...]
Just like the rest of the world, Richmond’s hip-hop scene thrives on collaboration, with artists constantly jumping on each other’s tracks, enriching their collective sound with each new release. [...]
Everyone’s chasing something, and though each of our journeys are unique, it helps when the road ahead is stripped of anything weighing us down. For Richmond rapper SBC TR3, clarity is the key to [...]
Countless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the music scene in Richmond, so many that it might be hard to keep up to date on all of them. We’ll try and collect some great [...]
Reinvention at any stage is perilous. Letting go of what you know, shattering what other people perceive, and erasing years of progress to start from nothing. Life itself is already scary, but [...]
Dating back nearly thirty years, the recordings of reclusive electronic artist Kids Techno have been enticing in their arcane presentation. Cues are taken from post-punk icons, 1980s educational [...]
A subtle byproduct of the past decade’s streaming wars and content overload is the romanticization of our own lives. We cast ourselves as the characters we watch on screens big and small, drawn [...]