Since its current lineup formed in 2013, Windhand has consistently cranked out awesome doom/stoner metal albums helmed by spell-binding storyteller Dorthia Cottrell, guitar slinger Garrett Morris, bassist and Cough vocalist Parker Chandler, and the glue holding it all together – former Facedowninshit drummer Ryan Wolfe. It’s easy to mostly focus on Cottrell’s vocal talents, especially… Continue reading Windhand – Eternal Return
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Lucy Dacus – Historian
Um, wow. Not that making a great debut album is easy, but an artist’s sophomore outing has long been the notoriously tricky proposition, given its heightened expectations and compressed timeframe. Richmond’s Lucy Dacus handily cleared the first hurdle with 2016’s No Burden, a low-stakes affair recorded over two days with a newly convened band and… Continue reading Lucy Dacus – Historian
New Lucy Dacus, Car Seat Headrest On Tap
The artists behind two of 2016’s best albums – both of whom cut their teeth in Richmond, Virginia and are now aligned with Matador Records – are poised to get 2018 off to an indie-tastic start. First up is Car Seat Headrest, whose magnum opus (so far) Teens of Denial was 2016’s finest hour and… Continue reading New Lucy Dacus, Car Seat Headrest On Tap
Lucy Dacus
Lucy Dacus is a Warm-Hearted Bastard (…and she doesn’t wanna be local anymore) Lucy Dacus is an ideal housemate. You know, the kind that reliably pays rent but travels heavily enough to leave extra space for the rest of the crew. “I just moved five days ago” to a shared house in her native Richmond,… Continue reading Lucy Dacus
Lamb of God – VII: Sturm Und Drang
Richmond’s Lamb of God is pretty much at the top of today’s popular heavy metal heap, or what’s left of it. The thing is, the heap’s nowhere as high as it once was. The last few years have certainly been a wild ride for the band. In 2012, singer Randy Blythe was arrested for manslaughter… Continue reading Lamb of God – VII: Sturm Und Drang