Perfect Pussy at Strange Matter
story and photos by Sarah Thaw “Do you know when Mac is coming out?” an underage girl frantically scrubbing the Xs off the backs of her hands asks. That was the question on everyone’s mind at this sold-out show at Strange Matter. Although the rumored appearance of indie-rock artist Mac Demarco seemed to be […]
Hues Release Show – Bringing Back The Classic Cassette
Photos and Story by Daniel Potes – Managing Editor Satellite Syndicate has been a vital group within the Richmond musical community for some time. They perform shows all over town, including Ink’s Creative Review, involving all sorts of talent. Founding member Jefferson Harris, also known as BSTFRND, gathered this musical conglomerate of local talent into the Satellite Syndicate that […]
Protohype at the National
Interview and photos by Gabe Lugo Ink: Who would win in a fight: Betty White, or the Queen of England? Max: Definitely the Queen, no contest. She’s a bad bitch. Betty White is like too sweet and cool to fight. Worst case scenario the Queen would probably have her Royal Guard come finish it… like, […]
First Creative Review
by Jose D’Alta, Copy Editor photography by James Saulsky It feels like yesterday when the thought of hosting a night to showcase Richmond’s heart and soul first began to float in the meeting rooms of VCU’s Student Media Center. At first the idea seemed somewhat far-fetched, and too ambitious to be realistic. As far as […]
Born Cages at The Canal Club
Written and photographed by James Saulsky, contributing writer It’s 12 am on a stormy Wednesday and the members of Born Cages are homeless for the night. After a half hour of continuous searching, lead singer and guitarist Vlad Holiday finally finds a hotel with open rooms just as his phone emits one last flash of […]
Ain’t No Party like a Richmond Party
By Drew Goodwin, contributing writer Photographs by Will Nelson One of the key distinctions Richmond holds over other areas in Virginia is the particular culture it has cultivated. An island of misfit toys of sorts, anyone, any creed, background I’d argue is better accepted in the fine streets of the River City. One of most […]
Goldfish at The Broadberry
Written and photographed by James Saulsky, contributing writer Before last Wednesday, I’d never heard a fish sing — other than that annoying singing bass thing that everyone used to hang on their walls — and I’d definitely never heard one play a saxophone, flute, or upright bass. That all changed over the course of the next few hours. […]
John Butler Trio at the National
Written and photographed by James Saulsky What the hell is a JBT? According to the guys in front of me in line last Sunday, it’s one dank burger that they couldn’t wait to have; according to the marquee above our heads, it’s the John Butler Trio. For one night only on November 16 the special […]
GROWTH OF MOSS
By Gaston Arze, guest columnist You’ve probably been to one of his shows by now this year, and even if you haven’t, you’ve likely heard his name before. Zak Goldwasser, the man behind the musical project called Moss, is a Kinetic Imaging major here at VCU who has started performing his ‘psychedelic dance’ music […]
Satellite Syndicate Proves Richmond’s (Still) Got Beats
By Jose D’Alta, Online Editor Photos by Daniel Potes You might’ve seen them online, or at one of the many shows they’ve been putting on recently; Satellite Syndicate is a blessing to a city saturated by Indie Royalty hopefuls, camping-obsessed folk bands, and chord-blasting, first world Anarchists. The beat-driven collective’s been incredibly active since their […]
Whirr Your Head Off: Whirr and Cloakroom at Strange Matter
By Alex Curran, guest columnist Photo by Ryan McLain There is an entire mythos behind the sonic power of shoegaze bands, whether it’s My Bloody Valentine’s ability to make people enter a trance-like state through continuously playing as loud as they possibly can, or the rumor that Whirr has the ability to make audience members […]
Brighter the Moon at the Canal Club
Written by Cort Olsen, Editor-in-Chief Photos courtesy of hcastenphoto.com Pop punk is like vanilla ice cream, there really is no way to screw it up and pretty much everyone likes vanilla ice cream. The down side of vanilla ice cream is it gets gets boring after a while. Pop punk is like feeling nostalgic […]