June 2012
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Interview! →
sundialsva:
Harris did an interview with an awesome Russian punk blog called Behind Punk, check it out! Much talk of The Lemonheads, brunch, Green Day inspired high school bands and the new record!
Sundials interview.
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WatchMirror Coat - You Had Me at Fun and Little
Mirror Coat is a brand spankin’ new band made from members of Rivers, Small Steps, and Dial Up. The punk edge in this garage rock makes this music pretty fun, just as the title suggests. And with song titles like “Everything Smells Like Designer Drugs” and “There’s a Fireman It’s a Metaphor or Something” exhibit...
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WatchAntlers - 2607 Space Godz
RVA’s Antlers has just released its first album since 2007, and we couldn’t be more excited. DIY lo-fi sounds mix with minimized drums and the occasional amp tap. The music is sometimes ambient, sometimes building up to something, and all times experimental and psychedelic.
“Tornado” is a whirling dervish of keyboards (perhaps mellotron?), a...
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WatchScott Clark 4tet - A & B
Scott Clark is a renowned drummer around town who has been in such bands as Ilad, Glows in the Dark, and SCUO. He has just released an album as bandleader featuring several friends in the Richmond music community including members of Fight the Big Bull Cameron Ralston (bass), Bob Miller (trumpet) and Jason Scott (saxophone). He cites an Ornette Coleman quartet and...
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WatchGrinding Stone - “Crumbleweed”
This music isn’t new. The man on drums is the late Casey Barbour (pictured below on drums), whom I mentioned in my “On the Horizon” column this week on RVA Mag. To hear the rest of the album, go here. Casey was a guitarist first, then a drummer.
photo just above by Kelly Jacobs
photo just above by James Swisher
RIP
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WatchCaves Caverns - live at WRIR radio 5/19/12
Caves Caverns recently performed live on the air at WRIR (Locals only With Greta Brinkman). Here is the recording. The music doesn’t really get going until about 3:30 so you may want to skip to that point. Caves Caverns (pictured below) will be playing 6/21 at a TBA (house?) venue with:
NASA Space Universe (Santa Ana noise punks) and
Slugz (RVA...
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Listen to a track from Municipal Waste's split 12"... →
Were you lucky enough to get into Wonderland on Wednesday to see Municipal Waste? They probably played some tunes from their new 12” split with Toxic Holocaust, Toxic Waste. Right now, Decibel Magazine is streaming two of the four tracks for YOU. Their latest LP is The Fatal Feast released in April.
Check the rest of the tour dates HERE.
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WatchTony L, The Veteran, and Charles Diamond - “Take ‘Em to Church”
“We’re about to take your ass to CHURCH.” This new single by Tony L (aka Tony Luciano), The Veteran and Charles Diamond (pictured below) really shreds. Released by the Mix Breed Entertainment family, this track involves a choir of schoolkids and creepy strings samples.
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Boxwave - “Wicked Walk”
REVIEW -...
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New Video from Family Cat →
Family Cat just made a video for “Mirror,” and it shows three of the band members “walking through” each other like they were ghosts. It’s a pretty cool effect and the song isn’t bad, either.
The band is headed to the studio at the beginning of June to work with Chris Compton. They will work on their new album called Fickle Foot Fetish.
Upcoming show dates...
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WatchThe Milkstains - Live @ WRIR radio 5-13-12
Everyone’s favorite The Milkstains have a great new recording from their recent visit to WRIR. You can catch them again at the much-anticipated Dominion Riverrock this Saturday (5/19, 4 pm, FREE). The band also plays that night @ The Camel for the Riverrock Afterparty with The Shack Band and Blood Brothers (psych/soul vinyl-playin’...
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The Blackout Shift - “Godzilla” (Blue...
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WatchLost Tribe - s/t Tape
A big thanks to One Way Richmond for giving us the headsup on the latest output from Lost Tribe. The power chords and mummy vocals make this EP a righteous listen. “Psychic Blood” is thrashy punk psychedelia with light metallic tendencies. The intro includes blurry synths warping, just in case you didn’t figure the proceeding would melt your mind. ...
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New Song from the Low Branches →
The Low Branches has come out with a teaser of a single, “Rock Bottom.” The track will appear on the upcoming record with the full band.
The Low Branches (pictured below) will be playing @ Gallery 5 on 5/21 (a week from today!) with:
River Whyless (Asheville folk)
Dogs on Main Street (RVA folk)
and Charlottesville @ The Garage on 5/22
Watchsundialsva:
NEW SONG! Available this summer on our upcoming split 7” with TATLINS TOWER. Check out “Assailant” and Tatlins Towers’ jam “Socialism In America”
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Heavy Midgets - Safe On Your Mountaintop (Live)
Here’s a video for the band on the other side of that split LP—this one’s a live performance, rather than a video clip synced to the audio from the album track, but they play the song well and you can pretty much hear everything. I think Heavy Midgets have a significant amount of the sort of non-virtuosic, jangly yet occasionally noisy...
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Diamond Center Songstress Launches Etsy Store →
Brandi Price is a siren from the Diamond Center who is a woman of many talents. Right now she has launched her new etsy store with her wonderful handmade stone and crystal jewelry. These pieces are all unique yet simplistic enough to not overwhelm. Go check them out!
Incidentally, Brandi will be playing with Peace Beast this evening (5/10, FREE) @ Cous Cous with Naked Gods (Boone prog-punk)...
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Boxwave's Brad Ellsworth in Modern Drummer →
Boxwave is a bass and drum duo that just released a new album. (Look for that review with a preview track in the next day or so.) Brad Ellsworth plays the cajon, which is a wooden box-like instrument. Read Ellsworth’s explanation of his instrument and stay tuned for more Boxwave!
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WatchWay, Shape, or Form - “A Subtle Misspelling”
Way, Shape, or Form is the name behind Troy Gatrell, another promising member of the Subterranea Collective. “A Subtle Misspelling” is a whetter of musical appetite for the second full length, Person, Place, or Thing, to be released soon.
His electronic pop is a perfect sunny day listen. I love the serial comma in the...
