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Rap Battle Fantastic: J. Cole vs. Wale

This Friday, two of the strongest members of hip-hop’s freshman class are playing at Siegel Center: Wale’s the laid-back rapper from D.C. with a penchant for go-go music and an obsession with “Seinfeld” and J. Cole the angry intellectual from Fayettevile with with a raspy voice and bottomless vocabulary. Sure they’re friends, but wouldn’t it be sweet if they battled?

Hey Man, Were Gettin the Band Back Together

Everything you need to start your own band on sale now on Craigslist. From Craigslist: Line 6 and Ibanez pedals $30 obo (Carver) Boss DD-3 Delay Pedal – $80 (Richmond, VA) Tascam 4-track recorder – $60 (Richmond, VA) Alesis SR-13 drum machine – $70 (Ri…

G5 Goes Lo-Fi

From Gallery5.org Picked By Npr as one of the bands you should be listening to in 2010 The Capstan Shafts is the musical project of American lo-fi artist Dean Wells. He has been releasing material under the Capstan Shafts name since 1999, through vari…

Live Music on Hold at Plaza Bowl

Recently I’d noticed a lack of live music being advertised for Plaza Bowl. When asked about it Plaza Bowl responded, “We hope to have more live bands again in the near future, but for right now weve just been focusing our attention on our c…

Live at Ipanema: Englishman

Got the First-Week-Of-January-And-There’s-No-Day-Off-In-Sight Blues? The soulful, homespun music of Englishman is here to help. Have a listen to (and a look at) their appearance at Live at Ipanema last month.

Alison Self & Baltimore String Felons at The Wingnut

BANJOS AND UKELELES! Wednesday, January 6th The Wingnut (2005 Barton Avenue) will be hosting their first show of the year featuring Alison Self and the Baltimore String Felons. If you haven’t yet you really need to head over to Alison’s MyS…

Live at Ipanema: Lydia Ooghe

Lydia Ooghe is so talented and adorable, she’ll make you ladies want to cut off all your hair and start a band. Or just hug her really, really hard. She put on a lovely show at Live at Ipanema last month, and now it’s here for your listening pleasure. Feast your eyes and ears on this…

Ben Kweller gets intimate at The Camel

WNRN offered Ben Kweller and Julia Nunes last night at The Camel. The sold-out crowd was filled with music fans of all sorts: patchouli-smelling Randolph-Macon students, local stars, and retirees sporting their Richmond Folk Festival sweatshirts were all there for a show they wouldn’t soon forget.

Live at Ipanema: The Diamond Center (Take 2)

The Diamond Center returns to Live at Ipanema to (once again) blow everyone’s minds with their rich, almost psychedelic sounds and some completely amazing harmonies. And this time you actually get to listen to it!

LCD Soundsystem at Charlottesville Pavilion

Regular Joes making music, that’s LCD Soundsystem’s deal, and for a band that most would term “electronic,” they sure managed to create that dancey vibe while putting on a legitimate rock show.

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