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Red Satellites

by Vijith Assar

published 1:18am Monday Nov 8, 2010
November 19, 2010 8:00 pm
$5

Red Satellites

Release show for the popular local glam-rockers’ new EP, The Triangle The Tree, which sees them expanding via Wurlitzer, 12-string, and glockenspiel. With The Hilarious Posters and The Fire Tapes.

Red Satellites - Kill Your Teenage Love
Red Satellites - Alexandria

Older material:
The Hilarious Posters - The Fists The Fighting
The Hilarious Posters - Crossed Over The Ocean
The Hilarious Posters - That Thing You Don’t
The Hilarious Posters - Sugarbread Falls



Yarn

by Vijith Assar

published 1:04am Monday Nov 8, 2010
December 4, 2010 8:00 pm
$8-$10

Finely-tuned Brooklyn alt-country group started by a former jamband guitarist. Big Daddy Love opens.

Yarn - Bad Bad Man
Yarn - Don’t Break My Heart
Yarn - I’m Down
Yarn - Ain’t That A Sin
Yarn - Empty Pockets
Yarn - Alone On The Weekend


Bear In Heaven

by Vijith Assar

published 12:53am Monday Nov 8, 2010
November 16, 2010 8:00 pm
$8-$10

Buzzed-about psychedelic indie-pop trio growing more synth-focused and danceable with each passing week. Bear remixer Twin Shadow and electronic pop duo Sun Airway open. Especially recommended for fans of Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear.

Bear In Heaven - Wholehearted Mess
Bear In Heaven - Ultimate Satisfaction [The Field remix]
Bear In Heaven - Dust Cloud [Justin K. Broadrick remix]
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers





J3 Project

by Vijith Assar

published 12:05am Monday Nov 8, 2010
November 19, 2010 10:00 pm
Free

Electronic improv jams from a Richmond group apparently out to remind everyone that trance doesn’t have to come straight from a keyboard sequencer preset.

J3 Project - Return Of The Gas Star
J3 Project - Honeywell
J3 Project - Kalima
J3 Project - Four Dimensions Of Invention, Part 1
J3 Project - Four Dimensions Of Invension, Part 2
J3 Project - Four Dimensions Of Invension, Part 3
J3 Project - Heady Salute
J3 Project - Everybody Get Down
J3 Project - Diminished
J3 Project - Breakin’ Out







Uncles

by Vijith Assar

published 11:43pm Sunday Nov 7, 2010
November 12, 2010 8:00 pm
Free

It’s big-city indie-folk night at the Garage — NYC quartet Uncles, solo singer-songwriter Dave Deporis and folk-pop quartet Little Anchor.

Uncles - Made Of Blood
Little Anchor - Until Our Eyes Adjust
Dave Deporis - Slayer




Lisa Mezzacappa

by Vijith Assar

published 7:54pm Sunday Nov 7, 2010
November 19, 2010 8:00 pm
$10, $5 students

Former C-ville bassist returns with her wildly improvisational and occasionally Caribbean-influenced new “garage jazz” quartet.

Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch - Ponzi
Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch - Richard’s House Of Blues




Anna Vogelzang

by Vijith Assar

published 5:32pm Sunday Nov 7, 2010
November 8, 2010 8:00 pm
Free

Banjo-wielding indie-folk singer-songwriter. Books And The End Of Books open.

Anna Vogelzang - America Hugs
Anna Vogelzang - Toy Boat
Anna Vogelzang - Imaginary Babies


Paul Reisler and Terri Allard

by Vijith Assar

published 4:47pm Sunday Nov 7, 2010
November 20, 2010 8:15 pm
$40

Local singer-songwriters and Kid Pan Alley co-conspirators team up for a fundraiser for the Rockfish Valley Community Center. Show up at 5pm if you’re also interested in dinner, drinks, and the silent auction.

Terri Allard - Heroes


The Virginia Women’s Chorus

by Vijith Assar

published 4:31pm Sunday Nov 7, 2010
December 3, 2010 8:00 pm
$5-$15

Annual candlelight concert, heavy on the Christmas material

The Virginia Women’s Chorus - Adam Lay Ibounden
The Virginia Women’s Chorus - Las Amarillas
The Virginia Women’s Chorus - Simple Gifts


William Walter

by Vijith Assar

published 2:07pm Sunday Nov 7, 2010
November 17, 2010 10:30 pm
Free

Rock singer-songwriter

William Walter and Company - Sunflower [live]
William Walter and Company - All The Best [live]
William Walter and Company - Alright [live]
William Walter and Company - Border Crosser [live]
William Walter and Company - Myspace


Raw Dawg

by Vijith Assar

published 6:28pm Tuesday Oct 26, 2010
November 5, 2010 9:30 pm
$5

Local rockers.

Raw Dawg - Alibi
Raw Dawg - Dig
Raw Dawg - HOI


Evan Lewis

by Vijith Assar

published 6:19pm Tuesday Oct 26, 2010
November 6, 2010 5:00 pm
$5

Singer-songwriter. With Jay Glick, Matt Knisley, and Rockhouse Railway.

Evan Lewis - Alone
Evan Lewis - Millers River

Jacabone

by Vijith Assar

published 6:17pm Tuesday Oct 26, 2010
November 5, 2010 9:30 pm
Free

Harmonica-driven roots-rock and Americana

Blues Farm - Miss You


Manorlady and HotChaCha

by Vijith Assar

published 5:56am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 8, 2010 8:30 pm
$5

The local shoegazers and punky 90’s alt-rock tarts reprise their show at the Southern from a couple months back.

Manorlady - Red Juice
Manorlady - Trees
Manorlady - Lost Dogs
Manorlady - International Boys Club
Manorlady - Boy And Flippers

HotChaCha - Organ Grinders Ball
HotChaCha - One Thousand Pillows Soft
HotChaCha - Ticket Away From Prague

The Loom

by Vijith Assar

published 5:25am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 9, 2010 8:00 pm
Donations accepted

Chamber-folk with horn parts (trumpet, French horn, etc) and an occasional rock edge. Acoustic pop songwriter Robby Hecht opens.

The Loom - The Middle Distance
The Loom - Song For The Winter Sun
The Loom - Helen





Benjamin Herman

by Vijith Assar

published 3:04am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 9, 2010 8:00 pm
$10, $5 students

Dutch jazz sax player

Benjamin Herman - Rollo III
Benjamin Herman - No Idea
Benjamin Herman - Kwela P Kwana
Benjamin Herman - Hypochristmastreefuzz
Benjamin Herman - De Sprong O Ramantiek Der Hazen (The Romantic Jump Of Hares)
Benjamin Herman - Brozziman







Jacabone

by Vijith Assar

published 2:59am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 12, 2010 10:00 pm
$5

Harmonica-driven roots-rock and Americana

Blues Farm - Miss You


The Grey Matter

by Vijith Assar

published 2:19am Monday Oct 25, 2010
October 30, 2010 10:00 pm
$5 or free with costume

Local rockers soundtrack your Fellini’s Halloween.

The Grey Matter - Pumpkin
The Grey Matter - Laughing Bones
The Grey Matter - Stagger Lee


The Corn Hog Association

by Vijith Assar

published 2:04am Monday Oct 25, 2010
October 28, 2010 8:00 pm
$5

The Corn Hog Association

Country and Americana modeled after Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons and the Carter Family.

The Corn Hog Association - You’re Running Wild
The Corn Hog Association - Sin City
The Corn Hog Association - No Depression
The Corn Hog Association - Knoxville Girl
The Corn Hog Association - Dim Lights


Friends Of Marles

by Vijith Assar

published 1:51am Monday Oct 25, 2010
October 30, 2010 7:00 pm
Free

Pop and rock songs from a quartet which includes both a banjo and an electronic drum kit. Christyl Ross opens.

Friends Of Marles - Sleeping Outside
Friends Of Marles - Long Float To Howardsville
Friends Of Marles - Live Wire
Friends Of Marles - Blood Is Thicker
Friends Of Marles - Bannjoe


Shearwater

by Vijith Assar

published 1:18am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 7, 2010 9:00 pm
$10-$12

Former Okkervil River keyboardist Jonathan Meiburg started this band as a collaborative side-project with Okkervil frontman Will Sheff, who eventually moved on and left the budding ornithologist to navigate gloomy acoustic baroque-pop territory with a new trio named after a favorite seabird. Singer-songwriter Damien Jurado opens.

Shearwater - The Snow Leopard
Shearwater - Castaways
Shearwater - Black Eyes




Ian McFeron

by Vijith Assar

published 12:54am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 4, 2010 8:00 pm
$5

Seattle folk-rock and Americana singer-songwriter and his longtime fiddler pal Alisa Milner perform with several members of Richmond Celtic-rockers Carbon Leaf.

Ian McFeron - Good Morning I’m Still Here
Ian McFeron - Anna Behind The Veil



Old Man Kelly

by Vijith Assar

published 12:11am Monday Oct 25, 2010
November 11, 2010 10:30 pm
Free

Singer-songwriter plays English call-and-response sea shanties, old-time and folk using banjo, kazoo, and accordion.

Old Man Kelly - Jolie Anne
Old Man Kelly - Bully In The Alley


iRon Lion

by Vijith Assar

published 9:53pm Sunday Oct 24, 2010
November 4, 2010 8:30 pm
$8

Reggae

iRon Lion - Reggae Jammin’
iRon Lion - To See Zion


The Judy Chops

by Vijith Assar

published 9:44pm Sunday Oct 24, 2010
November 24, 2010 10:00 pm
Free

Americana quartet

The Judy Chops - Drugs
The Judy Chops - Long Roads
The Judy Chops - Downbeat Poet


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