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It's Wednesday, local music fans! You know what that means! Here's RVA Must-See Shows with your guide to shows you must ...
03/12/2025

It's Wednesday, local music fans! You know what that means! Here's RVA Must-See Shows with your guide to shows you must see December 3 to December 9!

FEATURED SHOW Friday, December 5, 5 PM RVA Krampusnacht presents: Yuletide Monsters First Friday Kickoff, feat. Gusher, The Vulgar Bulgars, Please Don’t Tell, Madame Onca @ Gallery 5 – Free! …

Start mapping out your pre- and post-Thanksgiving concert plans with this lineup of incredible shows happening in Richmo...
26/11/2025

Start mapping out your pre- and post-Thanksgiving concert plans with this lineup of incredible shows happening in Richmond over the next week! Here’s RVA Must-See Shows with your guide to shows you must see November 26 to December 2!

FEATURED SHOW Tuesday, December 2, 6:30 PM A Shockoe Sessions Live! Christmas!, feat. Caroline Scruggs, Los Hermanos Alacranes, IONNA, Holy River, Ant The Symbol, REIN, Vexine, Ceili Galante, Richmond Triangle …

WRIR is on the move! Check out this video for the full rundown, including a sneak peek at the new studio and the support...
24/11/2025

WRIR is on the move! Check out this video for the full rundown, including a sneak peek at the new studio and the support the station needs to bring it to life.

Donate today! www.wrircampaign.orgTo make a larger gift or discuss naming opportunities, please reach out to Capital Campaign Chair, Chanelle Vigue, at chane...

ALBUM REVIEW: The Hard Season fights through loss to find a better tomorrow on their self-titled album.Vinyl copies of T...
20/11/2025

ALBUM REVIEW: The Hard Season fights through loss to find a better tomorrow on their self-titled album.

Vinyl copies of The Hard Season are still available via Bandcamp. Get yours today!

There are things about being a lifelong member of a marginalized and misunderstood counterculture that no one tells you about; you’ve just got to experience them yourself before you truly understand. And sometimes finding that understanding is one of the hardest experiences of your life. My experi...

It’s Wednesday, local music fans! You know what that means! Here’s RVA Must-See Shows with your guide to shows you must ...
19/11/2025

It’s Wednesday, local music fans! You know what that means! Here’s RVA Must-See Shows with your guide to shows you must see November 19 to November 25!

FEATURED SHOW Thursday, November 20, 7 PM Sundials, Doll Baby, All Away Lou @ The Camel – $12 in advance, $15 day of show (order tickets HERE) One interesting thing …

Twin Peaks meets Don't Hug Me I'm Scared in the surreal music video for Belly Of The Heart's intriguing track, "Frozo," ...
19/11/2025

Twin Peaks meets Don't Hug Me I'm Scared in the surreal music video for Belly Of The Heart's intriguing track, "Frozo," the lead single to the band's third album, Subatomic Angel, out now via Sockhead Records.

Oh, the tangled webs humanity weaves. Oh, the strange, strange ways we choose to display those entanglements. The latest example arrives in “Frozo,” a delightful musical dalliance from electronic trio Belly Of The Heart that’s accompanied by a memorably bizarre visual interpretation.

R&B singer D.R. Price shares heartfelt vows on her sublime single and music video, “My Man.”
19/11/2025

R&B singer D.R. Price shares heartfelt vows on her sublime single and music video, “My Man.”

Pure affection deserves pure expression. Nothing extravagant, nothing ambiguous. Just honest emotion spoken straight from a wide-open heart. It’s the best way to honor a bond that turns the ordinary into extraordinary, something that R&B singer D.R. Price captures exquisitely on her adoring single...

We’ve got the details on every song and record out of Richmond from the month of October! That’s 100+ albums and 300+ si...
17/11/2025

We’ve got the details on every song and record out of Richmond from the month of October! That’s 100+ albums and 300+ singles! Check out the article linked in our bio for descriptions on each release as well as streaming links. (Yes, on every single one.)

Did we miss something? Let us know and we’ll add it next week!

New music from Laura Ann Singh, Dead Billionaires, Ty Sorrell x Profound79, Roughshod, DJ Harrison, Erin Lunsford, CJ The Profit, Dazy, Emma Jean Oakley, Brother Rutherford, Phantom Genius, Broke Royals, George, Rough Age, IONNA, Baby Bugs, Twin Films, King Kaiju x Hernbean5150, Midlife Pilot, Nicke...

Some say live music can cure just about anything... and those people are absolutely right! Join the enlightened by catch...
12/11/2025

Some say live music can cure just about anything... and those people are absolutely right! Join the enlightened by catching one of the incredible shows happening in Richmond this week, and you can find out exactly which shows to hit with this rundown from RVA Must-See Shows. Here is your guide to shows you must see for November 12 to November 18!

FEATURED SHOW Friday, November 14, 7 PM Piranha Rama, Unmastered Masters, Russell Lacy, DJ Sidewinder @ Get Tight Lounge – $15 (order tickets HERE) Here’s something I learned from my …

ALBUM REVIEW: Sub/Shop's post-hardcore chaos evades predictability on Democatessen.Catch Sub/Shop in concert next on Fri...
06/11/2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Sub/Shop's post-hardcore chaos evades predictability on Democatessen.

Catch Sub/Shop in concert next on Friday, November 7th at Gallery5 alongside Young Widows, Dumb Waiter, and Lacey Guthrie as part of the festivities for First Fridays.

As a longtime denizen of Richmond, living here in 2025 is a bit weird. In a lot of ways, I don’t recognize this city anymore. Constant construction, waves of new inhabitants with no understanding of the area’s history, the slow disappearance of the many personal landmarks that once littered the ...

There are so many great upcoming concerts that we had to up this week's lineup by 25%! Check out all the amazing shows h...
05/11/2025

There are so many great upcoming concerts that we had to up this week's lineup by 25%! Check out all the amazing shows happening over the next seven days with this rundown from RVA Must-See Shows. Here is your guide to shows you must see for November 5 to November 11!

FEATURED SHOW Friday, November 7, 7 PM Destruct, Loud Night, Canaries, Massacre System, Subversas @ Studio Two Three – $10 Studio Two Three has been getting a lot done since …

ALBUM PREMIERE: King Kaiju condenses years of insight into under ten minutes on his new impactful EP, Thinking Out Loud....
30/10/2025

ALBUM PREMIERE: King Kaiju condenses years of insight into under ten minutes on his new impactful EP, Thinking Out Loud.

Listen to the record today before its official release on Saturday, November 1st.

Time might be the universe's greatest joke, or at least the way we try to contextualize it as fixed and linear. Most of the time, it slips by faster than we realize. Days blur into weeks, weeks become months, all swallowed by the rush of routine and the endless brutal churn of daily demands. But eve...

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