reviews

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

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

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, [...]

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

For all that it gives us, the mind sure does love to torment us. It plays our losses on repeat, warps our own [...]

No music genre channels confrontation quite like hardcore. Pounding intensity and a roaring sound that keep every [...]

What is true horror? The sheer cruelty of the world around us, or our unsettling ability to continue to live [...]

The instinct to connect is ingrained in our existence. To search for friends, mentors, companions, and confidants. [...]

Midlife Pilot is a name I’ve been hearing around the Richmond music scene for quite a while now. Releasing their [...]

Back when I started going to shows in Richmond, it was the early ’90s, and noise rock was the big thing in the [...]

New year, new you? The burning question each time we prepare for the ball drop, and the stinging taunt that follows [...]

There are things about being a lifelong member of a marginalized and misunderstood counterculture that no one tells [...]

New music from Laura Ann Singh, Dead Billionaires, Ty Sorrell x Profound79, Roughshod, DJ Harrison, Erin Lunsford, [...]

As a longtime denizen of Richmond, living here in 2025 is a bit weird. In a lot of ways, I don’t recognize this [...]

Time might be the universe's greatest joke, or at least the way we try to contextualize it as fixed and linear. [...]

It’s the season for haunt and frights. Movies that shock and unnerve, attractions that stalk and thrill, and [...]

Despite the sheer volume of musicians in Richmond, some genres remain underrepresented, if not absent, from the [...]

If punk rock has always been about giving voice to the voiceless, More!, the new EP from Dead Billionaires, takes [...]

Living at the brink of exhaustion is our society’s norm these days. With that comes a flood of unseen consequences. [...]

Clarity is everything. It’s the thing we all chase, the thing we all desperately crave, whether we’re seeking [...]

Memory may be intangible, but its suffocating potential is very real. By design, it is both neutral and inevitable. [...]

So much of our lives is spent chasing wealth and glory that we often miss the abundance already surrounding our [...]

There’s a common saying within professional wrestling that the most compelling characters come from the performers [...]

A little over a year ago, I sat down in an eclectically decorated room to talk with local egg punk band Shagg [...]

Some may not believe it, but there was once a time when I went to see Deathcat in a small dimly lit Ipanema, maybe [...]

Summer’s sensory richness often comes with a torrent of obligations. People to see, outdoor events to attend, [...]

Richmond’s music scene has thrived for decades thanks to a steady influx of young talent, new generations that cut [...]

Inspiration surrounds us all. It may not always be the creative spark we need, but in any setting–light or dark, [...]

This past February, sublime singer-songwriter Caroline Vain introduced herself to listeners everywhere with a [...]