Very excited about seeing YLT tonight! As far as I know, tickets are still available, though not cheap ($20-25). Doors are at 7, and there’s no opener. YLT are playing two sets: one soft, the second hard. I’m guessing they’ll play from around 8 to 10, but we’ll keep you updated on Facebook and Twitter [...]

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The Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar continues its streak of great live music tonight with Bubbly Mommy Gun from Athens, GA. They have some of the dudes from psycho-pop outfit Quiet Hooves (who played an amazing set at The Southern opening for Reptar earlier this year) and have a similar reputation for bizarre, yet accessible live [...]

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“There’s no such thing as a bad home movie. These mini-underground opuses are revealing, scary, joyous, always flawed, filled with accidental art and shout out from attics and closets all over the world to be seen again.”– John Waters Piedmont Council for the Arts and UVa Library-Preservation Services present Home Movie Day, a worldwide celebration of [...]

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There’s a ton of noteworthy and promising stuff happening this evening, so you’re going to have to make some tough calls about what to check out: Among the most surprising is an art opening by Chris Hlad, a notorious local character whom many longtime Charlottesvillers will recognize (and possibly have fantastic stories about).  I knew [...]

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Y’all already know about Art Drinks, right? It’s the monthly get-together hosted by Piedmont Council for the Arts. As the local arts council for the region, PCA hosts all kinds of workshops and events and generally promotes arts & culture right here in town. Basically, Art Drinks is a casual networking event with Charlottesville’s creative [...]

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Matteus Frankovich says: “Our Special Use Permit application for live music is going to be reviewed by City Council at 6pm this Tuesday (9-11) at the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall.  (East end of the Pedestrian Mall across from the Freedom Wall). People in support of our local music scene [...]

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Tonight’s concert at The Garage will be bittersweet; the farewell concert of D.B.B. Plays Cups. David Baker Benson is moving to Ulm, Deutschland with his family, and this will be his last forseeable musical appearance in Charlottesville. I’ve written a lot about David over the years, and it’s always been difficult to accurately sum up [...]

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Brighter Fires are playing at the Tea Bazaar tonight. Who the hell are Brighter Fires? Well, their band bio says: “Influenced by the best dark music of the 80s, 90s and 00s, Brighter Fires are the vanguard of the modern dark rock scene,” …which, OK whatever. But then I saw their band photo: … and [...]

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Sidney Tapscott has passed away. Sidney was a part of Charlottesville for longer than anyone reading this could possibly remember. Everyone has their own stories about Sidney — I first encountered him via the Blue Moon Diner, when I used to eat there as a child in the late-80′s/early-90′s. That was 2 or 3 Blue [...]

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MV& EE are playing at the Tea Bazaar tonight; that’s the duo of Matt Valentine and Erika Elder, from Vermont, who play nice folksy psychedelic music, and have put out like, a million records and collaborated with a long list of cool New Englanders, including J Mascis, Tom from Charalambides, Dredd Foole, the guys from [...]

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