This week at Friday Cheers: The Head and the Heart / Black Girls

The fourth edition of Friday Cheers, featuring The Head and the Heart and Black Girls, reminds us that even if you’re a famous musician, everyone comes back to RVA.

May 27, 2013; 11:29 AM • by Ross Catrow

For their fourth installment, Friday Cheers brings The Head and the Heart and Black Girls to the shores of the James River this Friday at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $10 and children under 12 are free. Here’s a quick preview of what to expect this week, and there’s always more info on the Facebook event page.

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The Head and the Heart

Genre: Indie folk strummalot
Sounds kinda like: Lumineers & Sons
Sweet jam: “Lost in My Mind”
Listen to the album The Head and the Heart on rdio »
theheadandtheheart.com

The Head and the Heart hail from Seattle, and they’re signed to Sub Pop. Don’t let their Northwest-heavy curriculum vitae fool you, though, this band has serious Richmond roots. Both drummer Tyler Willams and vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Russell are RVA transplants. You can take our musicians, Pacific Northwest, but you’ll never take our…FREEDOM!!!!

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Black Girls

Genre: This is from their homepage, which seems too good not to use: “Certified bona fide puddy minin’ jelly siftin judge tauntin’ rum guzzlin’ high fivin’ mud skatin’ whiskey totin’ gun slingin’ zest havin’ hootin’ hollerin’ baccy smokin’ sonuva jamenson”
Sounds kinda like: Prince + Jim Morrison + Modest Mouse + Richmond + Good Times
Sweet jam: “South Carolina”
Listen to the album Hell Dragon on rdio »
blackgirlsband.com

Are you looking for a good time, kid? Which totally sounds like something a naked guy in a trench coat would say to you–but I’m neither naked nor trying to convince you to get into the back of my van! I am, however, trying to convince you to not miss Black Girls at Friday Cheers this week. They’re fun, dancey, local, and totally rad–not to be missed!