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In the modern era, hip hop generally lives and dies by the single. Album artists are a rare and delightful vintage [...]

This Monday marks the fifth annual Daydream Fest, the yearly local music celebration at Main Line Brewery that [...]

Survival is one thing, endurance is another. That feeling of persistence, that sense of continuing to move forward [...]

When you think about emotion, what’s truly staggering isn’t that it’s formed by 86 billion neurons firing across [...]

Most of us first learned about the Buddha’s Great Renunciation as children, and at that age, it must have sounded [...]

As society and nature increasingly seem to turn against us, it’s important to remember that much of this collapse [...]

Call your shot. Manifest it. Set the blueprint before you ever take the first step. For some people, success comes [...]

FEATURED SHOW Sunday, May 24, 6 PM Asian American Pacific Islander Month Celebration, feat. Beya (Photo by Miranda [...]

With society still overflowing with snake oil salesmen and Ponzi schemes multiplying at every turn, it feels [...]

You can’t teach artistic presence, and it certainly can’t be manufactured. It has to radiate naturally from within, [...]

We’ve all been told to let people make their own mistakes, but nobody said we shouldn’t watch it unfold with a good [...]

FEATURED SHOW Sunday, May 17, 6 PM Parallel Listening Series, feat. John Bradberry Trio, Kraanerg, Justin Boening, [...]

Join us on Wednesday, May 27th, as The Auricular brings the vibrant sounds of Jr. to Plan 9 Music for a special [...]

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, May 9, 3 PM Fisher King Records presents Reproductive Freedom Fest, feat. Circle Breaker [...]

Life often feels like a precarious balancing act between vulnerability and bravado, constantly trying to determine [...]

FEATURED SHOW Thursday, April 30, 7 PM Sravani Kameswari, Roslin, Beya, The Potted Plants @ The Camel – [...]

It’s lonely at the top, or so the saying goes, but does it have to be? Success can bring out the worst in people, [...]

FEATURED SHOW Sunday, April 26, 3 PM Rock & Roll Piano Recital, feat. Erin Lunsford, Jake Cochran, Eric Sites, [...]

How delightfully unexpected to find a new .gif from god album appearing over the transom here at Auricular HQ! This [...]

Has the value of the human touch ever felt lower? In chasing digital solutions to eliminate tedious tasks and [...]

Why is it that when we reach a breaking point, it's framed as something self-inflicted? "I hit rock bottom" becomes [...]

It’s been interesting to watch the directions musicians who got started in the Richmond math-rock scene of the [...]

The world tightens into focus. Calm settles in. The periphery blurs until nearly everything fades, leaving only [...]

Tiny Desk season always brings a surge of local talent into view, serving up videos from familiar names trying out [...]

It might feel like we’re submerged in a constant tide of bad news, but small victories are breaking through all [...]

It’s harder than ever to stay engaged. With the news, with the arts, even with each other. Between mixed signals, [...]

Countless great outlets, organizations, and individuals cover the Richmond music scene, so many that it might be [...]

Ever since cars and highways became part of daily life, the open road has served as a powerful artistic symbol. [...]

It’s been interesting to watch the directions musicians who got started in the Richmond math-rock scene of the [...]

Mark your calendar for Wednesday, April 29 because The Auricular is bringing the musical entity Three Brained Robot [...]