Pluckin’ good [with video]
Pokey LaFarge revisits his musical roots in Charlottesville
We Are Star Children
Straight Punch to the Crotch; Self-released
Summer in the city
The Charlottesville Municipal Band takes its annual concert series to the Paramount
Telecaster roadmaster [with video]
Bill Kirchen brings his honky-tonk hammer to Crozet
A not-so-new dawn fades [with audio]
After four years at Outback Lodge, The Dawning searches for a new venue again
Goodbye, Satellite
A fond farewell to Charlottesville’s eclectic concert hall
RQ readies for Blowoff [with audio]
Bob Mould and Richard Morel kick start R2’s new gay dance night
Waltzing O’Connor
An American fiddler’s epic musical journey makes a stop at the Paramount on May 9
Split 7" [with audio]
Worn in Red / Benard; Alaska Records / No Breaks Records
Feist, with Hayden [with video]
Charlottesville Pavilion; Saturday, April 26
Steve Earle [with video]
The Paramount Theater; Tuesday April 15
Working hard for the Big Easy [with video]
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band carries on New Orleans’ rich musical traditions
21st century troubadour [with audio]
Colin Meloy covers Sam Cooke, wishes for chickens, brings family along for the ride
Volume One [with audio]
She & Him; Merge Records
Taste tested [with video]
Pietasters frontman Steve Jackson talks about backing James Brown and keeping it real 18 years and running
6 Day Bender [with audio]
6 Day Bender; Self-released
Are they not MEN? [with audio]
Le Tigre’s Johanna Fateman and JD Samson help take back the night
"What would Django do?" [with video]
Rick Olivarez talks rock, Tuesday nights at C&O and his trio’s upcoming record
In the key of change [with audio]
Shake-ups in the local music world, environmental “hybrid-rock” and sweet Dewdrops
Peelander-Z from outer space [with video]
Punk may be dead, but what about “Japanese action comic punk”?
Vibrant voices [with video]
Huun-Huur-Tu will let Tuvan folk tunes shine at Gravity Lounge
Rockabilly around the clock [with video]
Richmond’s Wrenn Mangum channels Elvis and more
Cardboard Wings [with audio]
Birdlips; Self-released
Sweetheart EP [with audio]
Sarah White; Self-released
Come on, get irie [with video]
Reggae night returns to the Outback Lodge, celebrates Marley’s birthday
When things get Harry [with audio]
Harry Faulkner recalls playing with Boyd Tinsley, strums his guitar again
The Fiery Furnaces, with Tapeworms and Ki:Theory [with audio]
Satellite Ballroom; Saturday, January 26
Fired up [with audio]
The Fiery Furnaces campaign on platform of ’70s synths and heavier rhythms
The charm of C’ville [with audio]
Rob Sheffield talks music, Charlottesville and their many intersections
Flying solo [with video]
Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner talks about touring on his own, egg timers and Yo La Tengo
Heart of steel [with audio and video]
Metal man Miljenko Matijevic celebrates the grand opening of his Downtown recording studio
Sons of Bill, with Shannon Worrell
Satellite Ballroom: Saturday, December 22
What’s Cookin’? [with audio]
Blues wiz Eli Cook finishes strong in ’07, kicks off ’08 with Hendrix covers
Straight Outta Compton [with video]
N.W.A.; Priority Records
Hark! The Oratorio Society sings [with video]
L. Thomas Vining and company warm up for their Paramount holiday concert
Candy land [with audio]
Keith Morris beams up a wealth of local talent for his whimsical debut
Direct Transmissions from the Hunab Ku [with audio]
Galactic Core; Yarn Lazer/Monkeyclaus
Danny Schmidt, with Louis Ledford [with audio]
Gravity Lounge; Thursday, December 6
Playing nice [with audio]
The Nice Jenkins record in Esmont, rock up the East Coast
Trilling sounds [with audio]
The "seriously joyous" melodies of the UVA Klezmer Ensemble
Keytar heroes
Straight Punch to the Crotch conquers evil, spreads love
Bubbalon By Bass: Adventures in Entropy
Dave Grant; Released by Darlene Crawford
Fitting the Mould [with video]
The former Hüsker Dü frontman brings his guitar and a new concert DVD
Animated sounds [with video]
Brendan Canty performs live soundtracks at the Film Fest
Horsefang
Horsefang; Self-released
Killa, with Endless Mic and Touch
Outback Lodge; Wednesday, October 24
On beat [with video]
Robert Jospé and Kevin Davis’ World Beat Workshop wows Jack Jouett students
Get bent
Rock ‘n’ roll or mariachi-style, 6 Day Bender packs a punch
Casa de Chihuahua, with Mr. Baby and Black Twig
Outback Lodge; Saturday, October 13
Live and local
From theaters to bars, Charlottesville’s musical talent spreads its feathers
Road trip!
Feedback finds Charlottesville music in NYC
Death and destruction
Christopher King talks about his new compilation of tragic folk songs
Full Circle
Finnish rockers return to town with new sounds
Dance dance revolution
AudioRapture: husband, dad and DJ
Striking chords
Leaving the noise behind, Oakley Hall’s Pat Sullivan reaches ecstasy with twangy tunes
Captain Ahab, with Doofgoblin
Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar; Friday, August 24
Almost famous
Is Sparky’s Flaw set to be the next big thing?
Sarah White and the Pearls
Outback Lodge; Friday, August 10
Spinning into orbit
Freaking out over local music fests
Some Kind of Cowboy
Love Tentacle Drip Society; Self-released
Strings and things
Extended forecast: the Chamber Music Festival and the weather in Negativland
An Apple a day
Nickel Creek talks about touring with Fiona
The Broken String
Bishop Allen; Dead Oceans
Bang a gong
What’s going on with Gamelan, the Drip Society and Brian Jones?
Sweet Crude Bill and The Lighthouse Nautical Society, with Accordion Death Squad
Outback Lodge
July 19
The gospel of headbanging
This Means You releases its debut LP and play Outback Lodge
Miss Blues’ Child; ElectricHolyFireWater
Eli CookValley Entertainment; self-released
Getting in with the un-crowd
Richard Buckner’s formula for easy listening
Bare Beetnix
The hip-hop trio strips down with the help of acoustic heavyweights
Chuck Brown, version 2.0
The Godfather of Go-Go updates “the beat” for his return
Keyed up
Matthew Burtner’s students marry computers and instruments for a sound that’s neither digital nor instrumental
The Clientele, with the Ladybug Transistor and the Great White Jenkins
The Satellite Ballroom, Wednesday, May 9
Fourth Anniversary Show
Gravity Lounge Friday, June 29 (Paul Curreri)
Dr. Dog
Starr Hill Music Hall, Friday, May 11
Piercing the darkness
Christina Fleming, songstress of alt rock band In Tenebris, comes uniquely credentialed: classical training and a penchant for pain
Words Unbroken
Helen Horal: Self-released
Bring in the noise
No lyrics, no restraint, just 100 percent Horsefang
“The Voice,” at rest
Vusi Mahlasela: The hardest working musician in South Africa comes to Charlottesville on Sunday
To singer-songwriter with love
Keith Morris gushes over Tom House; Matty Metcalfe rocks the accordion; Hackensaw Boys close Festival of the Photograph
Zen and the art of Monkeyclaus maintenance
Or how to record music in the new century
Makin’ a living
Under The Flood plays by the rules; The Rusticators find San Fran in Staunton
Keep Your Silver Shined
Devon Sproule City Salvage Records/Waterbug
