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Keeping tracks

Thomas Dean takes unusual pleasure in digging through crates of junky records. It’s partly the aroma of acidic paper...

ARTS Pick: Shagwüf

Sally Rose leads her trio Shagwüf in Sweet Freakshow, an anniversary performance to celebrate five years of stirring...

Using the force

By Sean McGoey arts@c-ville.com Star Wars enthusiasts have a lot to be thrilled about this year: The first trailer...

Into the fold

Around 11 last Monday night, Holly Renee Allen could hear her son playing guitar in his room, picking out the notes...

Wild ride

It’s hard to decide what deserves your attention at a Falsies concert. Is it the music? The musicians themselves,...

Trickling streams

Paul Curreri remembers getting rid of his CD collection. He and his wife, Devon Sproule, both musicians, were packing...

ARTS Pick: Wild Rose

Girl Choir is distortion driven. The Chuggernauts opt for a punk-rock pirate vibe. And while The Unholy Four strives...

Over hard

One week before the winter solstice, the weather is nasty in Charlottesville and it’s cold as fuck inside Magnolia...

Hear us out

It’s time for us to take up the sticks and beat this drum again. Here’s our never-complete (but still pretty...

Playing it out

Nick Evans sometimes wakes at “god-awful hours of the night” to find his brother, Will, in the living room, sitting...