Shea Gibbs

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Future Islands finds its place in the EDM sea

Throw the word “post” before the name of a music genre, and it can pretty much mean whatever you want it to. The...

Ranked amateur

Amateurs are making some darn good beer in this town. Amateurs, dude. Anyone who had the opportunity to attend the...

Duck dining

Albemarle County ducks, be on your guard. You may have been safe before, owing simply to the fact that some people...

Interview

Brett Dennen has a knack for writing upbeat hits. At least once on each album, he lays down a jaunty single that...

Lake Street Dive eyes stardom through a vintage lens

Pop-soul throwback Lake Street Dive’s music is kind of like all these Spiderman movies, to loosely paraphrase drummer...

Interview

Lou Barlow has been involved in some of the quaintest rock ’n’ roll feuds of all time. In an industry where grudges...

Sound the alarm

In the wake of the January Keswick fire that took the lives of a woman and her two children in mid-January,...

Strategic storytelling

What story do your kids tell themselves about why they do the things they do? It’s a question that’s critical for...

Modern master puts his spin on ancient instrument

Sometime in late elementary school, you learn about the didgeridoo (occasionally spelled didjeridu). It’s a funky...

What happens when you seek out Charlottesville’s top...

The next big thing in beer is going to be weed. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. You’ve likely heard of...