High Violet; The National; 4AD
On their fifth album, Brooklyn’s the National sound more than ever like a band on the cusp of something bigger. Their elegant rock has made them an indie heavyweight, but […]
Casteen urges graduates to step out courageously
Save for the 1907 bronze sculpture of Homer at one end of UVA’s original campus and the life-size, marble Thomas Jefferson at the other, the closest thing to a statue […]
With a price of $4.1 million, what could replace a dormant Ice Park?
As its June 30 closing date approaches, the Charlottesville Ice Park faces the real possibility of lying dormant
Woolen Mills man: City took private property without due process
On Thursday, April 29, Woolen Mills resident Louis Schultz was arrested and charged with attempted malicious wounding after rolling his car towards a group of city workers who were repairing […]
19-year-old charged in city murder
Nineteen-year-old Demonte Burgess has a history with Sixth Street S.E. Last August, he was arrested for trespassing on the 700 block, near the Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority’s public housing […]
In search of the McDonnell doctrine
O.K., so Virginia may not have been founded as an overflow saucer for English debt prisons (unlike certain peach-lovin’ southern neighbors we could name), but we’ve certainly had our share […]
Women are everywhere in Charlottesville’s arts community.
So where are the women in rock?
Marie Landragin doesn’t just play guitar. She plays guitar like a man. At a recent show at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, her band Corsair thrilled a crowd of about […]
More girls in the boys club
The comment board on my Feedback blog became ground zero in the debate over women in rock music when I asked an age-old question in April. Where are the women […]
Bella Morte and Synthetic Division, The Southern, May 22
How did you spend International Goth Day, which was last Saturday, May 22nd? If you’re a member of the endangered species Gothicus Charlottesvillianius, you were at The Southern seeing local gothic darlings Bella Morte and the synth-pop duo Synthetic Division.
Schilling: Show me the e-mail addresses
How many people are on City Council’s mailing list? Council knows, of course. Soon, Rob Schilling may, too.