Brooklyn five-piece outfit Snowmine has a rich indie pop sound full of pedals, tribal beats, electro-acoustic soundscapes and classical orchestrations, fronted by new-classical composer Grayson Sanders. The group has been compared to Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket. I’ve been told by a number of my music friends that these guys need to be seen live since they apparently put on an amazing show. They’ll be performing at the Camel on Wednesday, March 6 with Lightfields (who are also incredible and deserved to be checked out too!).
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Snowmine at the Camel
March 6, 2013Sounds of RVA 2 Year Anniversary Show!
November 13, 2012
First off, if you’re not reading the amazing Sounds of RVA blog, do yourself a favor and get on that. It’s run by Sarah Moore Lindsey and her blog puts mine to shame. She covers so many awesome things about the local scene and sometimes I don’t know how she does it. I’ve discovered so many great artists through her and am usually quite jealous when she discovers something cool before I do.
Sounds of RVA has been running for two years and is celebrating with one hell of a party at Strange Matter on Thursday, Nov. 15. She helped me out when I threw my birthday party at the Camel back in March, so there’s no way I could not say anything about her upcoming celebration. On the bill for the evening are Josh Small, The Hotdamns (in their final show!), Bearstorm, Lightfields and Sacred Teachers (the Boney Loner is no longer in their name, but still in the band). All amazing bands you need to check out. Plus, there’s also going to be free stuff, prize packs from Steady Sounds, Kulture, Worthless Junk Records and Cottage Lane and even more surprises.
Happy anniversary to Sounds of RVA.
Who’s Going to River City Shreds?
September 12, 2012
After the RVA Music Fest was unfortunately cancelled, the guys at Worthless Junk Records decided to get something together and host a corporate sponsor free, affordable, all ages music festival to highlight Richmond’s best underground and punk bands. They quickly formed the River City Shreds Festival. It’s a huge two-day festival at places like the Camel, Kingdom and McCormack’s Irish Pub and it promises to be full of kick ass music.
The weekend party starts with a kick-off show at the Camel on Friday, Sept. 14 with
The main event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Kingdom and features:
- Lorem Ipsum
- Canary Oh Canary
- The Mothball Fleet
- Lightfields
- Paul Ivey
- No Hands
- Heavy Midgets
- Wolf//Goat
- Strumpet
- WristxRocket
- Trustfall
- Tiny Fighting Trees
- Cheyenne
- Folk The System
The party doesn’t stop at Kingdom. The Late Show will continue at McCormack’s Irish Pub. Tickets to the Kingdom show get you in for free. Bands featured include:
- Monacan Hill
- Loose Cannon
- Brother Bill
- Close Talker
- The Mothball Fleet
- Freaky J & The Bears
- Ratmeat
- Postcards
- Bearstorm
The official festival guide, entitled RIVER CITY SHREDS: 26 GOOD REASONS can be found here: rivercityshreds.com/?p=63.
Some of the bands I’m looking forward to
Rockitz Battle of the Bands – The Finals
May 14, 2010
The 2010 Rockitz Battle of the Bands is almost over, and a winner will soon be announced. 12 of the region’s best bands competed for the title and four have made it to the finals.
The finalists:
The winner of the Battle of the Bands will receive a $1,000 gift certificate from Metro Sound. Other prizes a 3-song demo at Compund Studios, four hours of studio time at Snake Oil recording and sound reinforcement from Amanda Sound.
The Finals take place Saturday, May 15 at the Playing Field (7801 W. Broad St)
