Shining an admittedly small spotlight on our rich Charlottesville live music scene.
Heaviside Expands the Cville Soundscape.
There’s a new sound in Cville taking Bazz back to his 20’s. Luckily he wandered back to his 40’s the next morning and filed this report.
Dropping Julia owns the room at Rapture.
The Mysterious Jon files this report from the jazzier side of the tracks as Jules and her guys turn the place into their very own living room.
Stapleton brings the Fam to JPJ.
With Morgane’s voice wrapped around his like smoke, the emotional weight of these songs hit with beautiful precision.
TGIF! Dogwood Tales at Fa5.
Dogwood Tales tell stories in that authentic Blue Ridge way. Then they jam the story out in a shoe gaze, grab somebody willing and dance real close kinda way. It’s a unique Alt Country sound that’s all their own.
Metal is back in Cville.
The team at Ace have built a home for anyone who’s ever needed to feel the earth shake around them and to scream into the face of a world that seems broken.
Metal Mayhem at Ace BBQ.
The underground, open air space at Ace BBQ is the perfect venue for a resurging Cville metal scene to seed, take root and fester.
Rebecca Porter has Velocity.
If Rebecca wants you to experience joy or anguish or anger along with her, son you are gonna feel it. And if you don’t you better check to see if you are dead.
Band Practice.
Old Hank reveals the best kept secret in Charlottesville live music. Or just yaps about something people already know about.
April Showers Addendum: The Mysterious Jon’s Long Journey Into Night.
“This is how I became a human, show-consuming ping pong ball.” - The Mysterious Jon.
April Showers 4/27/24: Crescendo. Finale. Cluster Fu©k.
Them Dirty Roses hit the stage like Air Cav jumping out of a chopper into a hot LZ. They secured the perimeter and proceeded to detonate rock and roll bomb after rock and roll bomb.
April Showers 4/19/25: Mt. Joy Lifts JPJ and takes it to a better place.
There’s a generosity in their performance, a sense that we’re all part of something bigger.
Mothers of Invention (and something fun coming to Superfly).
Well, it was Friday Jr. last night and thirstily, we called an audible and rolled into Superfly in time to find a packed house.
Best Charlottesville Live Shows 2024.
Bazz joins Old Hank to hash out what exactly were the best shows in town last year.
Stephen Wilson Jr. Is His Father’s Son.
We weren’t the only Cvillers who’d heard the hype or brought the pipe. Kids, it was just one of those shows you’re really glad to say you were there.
Silversun Pickups Rise at the Jeff.
Bazz files a report on a Band that got him thru some sh*t in Gainsville.