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24/05/2024

One more time for the people in the back..🤪

TONIGHT Paul Oakenfold is playing Ember Music Hall! Whoooooooooos coming????

My interview is below - Ill see ya on the floor tonight, time to go into my roots - Rave out!

In this exclusive interview with RVA Magazine we speak with Paul Oakenfold, a trailblazer in electronic music for over 30 years and frequently named the world's #1 DJ, has profoundly influenced the genre. His journey began in the late '70s, leading to transformative roles globally and pioneering the...

23/05/2024

Ok here we go. This is my Paul Oakenfold interview. It's a long read but def got into some history and fun stuff.

Most importantly he is playing Ember Music Hall tomorrow - so get those last tickets while you can!! See ya there!

Joanna Oremland & Jessie along with Elliott Burton & Joey B, Oliver Caine, and BLKLIGHT.

Paul Oakenfold‘s career spans over 30 years, during which he has elevated and shaped electronic music, including being listed as the #1 DJ in the world multiple times. I came to know Oakenfold through BBC Radio 1 and the popular Global Underground series. The first DJs (and really the only ones) I...

21/02/2024

🐬 Here's my Spotify playlist for Reinhold at V***r RAVE!🐬

🔹VAPORBASS (Retro Dolphin~!) a collection of tracks for this weeks get down at the Broadberry on Thursday. The first 30 tracks or so are ones Im looking to possibly play, the rest are to pull from and for inspiration.

🔹Let me know if there are any you particularly like?

🔹Ticket Giveaway (look for it on the main page!

Link to playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1t6EXl9BodETX1ZGWgSy0g?si=df343b2e6dd94fc9

17/03/2023

Tune in to RADIO RVA Episode 23 with a set full of club bangers from HOODY!

Back like he never left, one of Richmond’s favorite party rocker returns! Originally known as DJ Hoody Weather since 2013, Hoody became a staple of the Richmond party scene holding down weekly residencies and appearances at hot spots like Helen’s, New York Deli, Starlite and more.

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Join RADIO RVA Episode 23 featuring Richmond's renowned party rocker, HOODY! Discover his unique open-format DJ style and catch him at upcoming events in the city's hottest venues. Experience the energy of the comeback!

10/02/2023

Tune in to RADIO RVA Episode 21 and experience the sounds of Kamaloscope.

This RVA-based DJ and producer is making waves in the DJ community with his diverse musical style. From chill beats to heavy dubstep, Kamaloscope is a versatile artist who is sure to captivate you. Don't miss this multi-genre bass mix that showcases his talent. If you're a fan of dubstep, bass house, and drum and bass, then you won't want to miss this episode.

Stay up to date with Kamaloscope by following him on Instagram at .

LISTEN UP HERE : http://bit.ly/3RTg7z6
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09/02/2023

Tune into RADIO RVA Episode 20, featuring DJ Jay Dion as he takes you on a musical journey through various genres, including Electronic RnB, Electronic Pop, Amapiano, Kuduro, Afro/Deep House, Soul/Classic House, Tech House, Progressive House, GoGo, Bance Music, Baltimore Club Music, New Jersey Club Music, Dancehall, Old School Hip Hop and RnB. Stay connected with DJ Jay Dion at Jay Dion

LISTEN TO THE FULL SET HERE : https://bit.ly/3IdUmXz
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16/01/2023

Become A Sponsor of Our Next Print Magazine! 💥

Our next printed magazine is set to be released in March 2023 and to ensure that the printed magazine remains free for all to enjoy, we are offering the opportunity to be listed as a SPONSOR on the first page of the printed magazine in exchange for a contribution. This is a unique opportunity to support our mission and be recognized for your generosity.

Here's what we are offering:

CONTRIBUTION $1 - $10: Every dollar helps. Thank you. You will be recognized on RVAMAG.com for your generosity in a post about the next issue.

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Thank you for supporting independent media in Richmond, VA!

SPONSORSHIP LINK HERE : https://bit.ly/3XfoE1b
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16/01/2023

Artistic Experimentation and Dialogue at the ICA at VCU: An Interview with Dominic Willsdon and David Riley

The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at VCU is dedicated to fostering experimentation and dialogue within the realm of contemporary art. With a strong emphasis on engaging with current issues and trends, the ICA is a driving force in the Richmond arts conversation, particularly in its role as a bridge between VCU and the Broad Street Arts District.

In this interview, we speak with Executive Director Dominic Willsdon and Assistant Curator of Performance David Riley about their roles at the ICA and the organization's mission.

Dominic shares his background in the arts, having previously worked at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the ICA in London, UK, and explains why the multidisciplinary approach of the ICA format appeals to him.

David, who has a background in the underground music scene in Richmond, discusses his role in curating performance programming and the challenges of choosing and reaching out to artists who align with the ICA's mission.

FULL ARTICLE HERE : bit.ly/3QH39DZ

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11/01/2023

RVA SHOWS YOU MUST SEE THIS WEEK:
JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 17

⭐ FEATURED SHOW ⭐
Saturday, January 14, 7 PM

Last Minute Fest II, feat. The Mitras, Mad Abbey, Pipesleeve, Overunderdog, Sifter, Stevie Ashe
@ The Camel – $10 in advance, $12 day of show

It’s officially a new year, but I always take a little while to adjust. I don’t know about y’all, but I’ll still probably be writing the wrong year on things in March. One thing that does remind me that it is for-sure a new year, though, is when another anniversary comes around. For a bad example, the second anniversary of that whole stupid January 6 mess was a few days ago. And for a much better example, The Mitras are about to throw another Last Minute Fest, on the anniversary of the first one. And this time, while it is still coming together last-minute, it feels a lot more planned out — which surely means it’ll be even better than the first one!

Honestly, the first Last Minute Fest was the first thing that really made me notice The Mitras. A relatively new Richmond band at the time, they had to deal with the fact that two other bands had dropped off a show they’d booked at The Camel, and they were the only band left. Rather than wandering away with their tails between their legs, they just called every Richmond band they could think of, and ended up turning the evening into a nine-band event with less than two weeks notice. That kind of moxie was more than enough to get me to give the Mitras a second look.

CHECK THE REST IN HERE : https://bit.ly/3kbFQGh

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11/01/2023

RICHMOND MUSIC 2022, PART II: INDIE (SECOND HALF) 💥

OK, I should have known that this one in particular would go too long — when I made up these playlists before starting to write this article series, the indie playlist was the longest one by a significant amount. To put it in perspective, the rather lengthy hip hop playlist was under an hour; meanwhile, the indie playlist was over two hours.

With that in mind, we’ve still got a lot to get through that I didn’t manage to cover last time. Let’s dive right in. And as always, hit me up at [email protected] if you think I missed any essential 2022 RVA releases. Try as I might, I can’t catch ’em all. But here are quite a few great ones I did find.

FULL ARTICLE HERE : https://bit.ly/3W2EpXM

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09/01/2023

Let's start the week off with "The Blackwell Drip" a tribute to local rapper as Yemaya, the Great Mother, the Spirit of Creation, and deity of oceans and other bodies of water. The artwork was painted by and for .

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05/01/2023

RICHMOND MUSIC 2022, PART II: INDIE (FIRST HALF) 🔥🔥

Since I got to this city 30 years ago, Richmond’s had a thriving indie music scene. From wild house parties and tiny stages in small clubs to headlining gigs at The Broadberry and beyond, plenty of indie bands around Richmond distinguished themselves with excellent music this year.

Of course, before we go on, something’s gotta be clarified — what does indie mean? It’s not like hip hop, a genre with a set sound that everyone recognizes right away. It’s a more nebulous space, one that encompasses stuff that isn’t straight up rock n’ roll or mainstream pop, but isn’t far enough out to count as punk or experimental or anything like that. Bedroom pop, steely gothic postpunk, psychedelic slowcore, electro-retro-New-Wave, introspective emo-pop… all of this and more might be found somewhere in this list. You might not agree that everything I list here counts as indie, but one thing you do have to agree with me about: this is all great local music that came out in 2022.

FULL ARTICLE : https://bit.ly/3XcefD1

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04/01/2023

RVA SHOWS YOU MUST SEE THIS WEEK:
JANUARY 4 – JANUARY 10

⭐ FEATURED SHOW ⭐
Friday, January 6, 9 PM

Ten Pound Snail, Deli Kings, Destructo Disk
@ The Camel – $10 in advance, $12 day of show

Well hey, it’s the first show column of 2023! New year, new scene? No, probably not — none of the many subtle metamorphoses artistic communities go through conform that neatly to the whims of the calendar, and there’s no reason that should change now, as we enter another winter and try to push back the cold as the spectre of COVID lingers, never quite vanquished. However, one interesting thing does happen in the local live music scene as the calendar rolls over to a new year — the First Friday residence at The Camel changes hands. This year sees outgoing residents Honest Debts passing the torch to Ten Pound Snail.

This indie-psych trio has been making intriguing music here in RVA since back around the beginning of the pandemic, and are just about to follow up their enjoyable full-length debut, 2021’s Parlor Tricks, with a brand new collection called Tabula Rasa. It’s still a day away as I write this, so I haven’t heard the whole album, but my excitement for what Ten Pound Snail has in store for us has definitely been ramped up over the past year. They’ve released four advance singles for Tabula Rasa thus far, the most recent being “Glass Skin,” and all of them show off the band’s range and ability to create dynamic song structures that slowly grow and change over the course of several minutes. Plus, of course, this trio has a variety of killer riffs in their bag of (parlor) tricks, which they never shy away from deploying.

CHECK THE REST HERE : https://bit.ly/3vKge5v

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29/12/2022

LOCAL BUSINESS CHARGED UP ENTERTAINMENT VS MLB’S THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS: WHO OWNS THE “C”?

According to the CEO of Charged Up Entertainment and local hip hop legend, Noah Oddo, the Cleveland Guardians have accused the company of infringing on their team’s new logo. Oddo stated that the Cleveland Guardians’ lawyers contacted him and demanded that he give up the Charged Up logo or relinquish his legal rights to protect the brand. Oddo claims that the Cleveland Guardians’ claim is baseless, as Charged Up Entertainment has been using its logo since 2015 and has never received any complaints about confusion in the marketplace.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has approved the mark to move forward, but the Cleveland Guardians Baseball Club has filed an objection to the request to trademark the Charged Up Entertainment logo, which has been in use since 2015.

FULL ARTICLE : https://bit.ly/3YTQNfp

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28/12/2022

RADIO RVA EPISODE 18 DJ DEVOLVED + DJ BEN SPEED ‘HYPERCOLOR' at The Jungle Room July 28th

A nonstop journey through the best underground dance jams of the past and present. Featuring tracks from a wide range of genres and decades, you'll hear tracks that only true crate diggers know about. Enjoy!

IG: , , The Jungle Room

LISTEN UP : https://bit.ly/3IbTgvF

27/12/2022

RICHMOND MUSIC 2022, PART I: HIP HOP 🎤🎤🎤

Richmond’s always a hotbed of musical activity within all genres, but one of the busiest year after year has got to be the RVA hip hop scene. 2022 was no exception, with all sorts of projects going on, both from scene veterans and rising stars on the come-up.

FULL ARTICLE: https://bit.ly/3C4Ycih

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22/12/2022

J. Roddy Walston, frontman of local rock band Palm Palm, is super talented, always entertaining, and doing something a little different. How many people write original Christmas songs? Not many in Richmond have tried, but last year he wrote a few and took them on the road. This year he has a whole album worth of music and is currently on The Second Annual Christmas To the Bone Tour from Lexington to Brooklyn with his latest stop being tonight at The Broadberry.

"Once a year, I get to fully turn into this like Mad Santa Man but it’s fun even for the guys in the band last year. A tour where there’s no pressure to be anything except happy and ridiculous. Just like turn the whole being in a rock band thing on its head a little bit and just be goofballs, come out into the crowd with ridiculous banter somewhere in between David Lee Roth and fake drunk Dean Martin kind of come out at the same time."

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FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://bit.ly/3v9vXuH
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09/12/2022

RADIO RVA EPISODE 17 | DJ DIEHARD presents: A BURIED CHROME COMPANION #15: 'Necksnappers From Hell'

Originally aired on WBDB Friday August 12, 2020 from 10pm to midnight, 'Necksnappers From Hell' is just an absolute blistering 2 hour set of heavy ass music 👹👹👹

Sweet.

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LISTEN UP HERE : https://bit.ly/3FjTNc5

SET LIST:
Vader- Vicious Circle
Division Speed- Blazing Heat
Bathory- Pace ‘Till Death
Aura Noir- Belligerent ‘Til Death
Slayer- Dittohead
Barbarian- Obtuse Metal
Bunker 66- Total Possession
Merciless Death- Power of Destiny
Darkthrone- The Key is Inside the Wall
Satyricon- Vikingland
Immortal- Noctambulant
Emperor- Ye Entrancemperium
Gorgoroth- Krig
Morbid Angel- Chambers of Dis
Ripping Co**se- Sweetness
Nasty Savage- Metal Knights
Infernal Majesty- Overlord
Grave Digger- Heart Attack
Venom- Red Light Fever
Sadistik Exekution- Internal Klok
Impaled Nazarene- Goat Perversion
Kreator- Under the Guillotine
Angelcorpse- Wolflust
Hail of Bullets- Red Wolves of Stalin
Wolfbrigade- Warsaw Speedwolf
Parasytic- Who’s to Blame?
Xecutioner- Metal Up Your Ass
Cannibal Co**se- The Pickaxe Murders
Mortician- Zombie Apocalypse

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