StudioB RVA

Interviews, live performances and music from local and regional artists out of Richmond, Va.

WRIR's River City Limits 4-6-24 04/08/2024

WRIR's River City Limits 4-6-24 New music: Angélica Garcia - Juanita Fidelity Jones - JOY New Lions - Canada Ohbliv - We Must Survive Outer World - The Drum the Beat the Ar-Kaics - Dawning Suburban Key Party - The Wreckage Bats & Mice - Worst Time The Mitras - Red Rover Prisoner - Flesh Dirge Omen Stones - Fresh Hell Enforced - Malignance Book of Wyrms - Keinehora Left Cross - Burning Raids B4NK M4CHIN3 - Downtown Expressway BUCKET - Time Anymore Horsehead - Quitter Paulo Franco - You Left Me Cold Roses Deau Eyes - Make Some Time Doll Baby - Treetops Lean Year - The Trouble With Being Warm Ward Harrison - Miranda Shane Cooley - Black Moon Sun Years - Teeth Like Stars Large Margin - Executive's Order Piranha Rama - Golden Blues Lance Koehler - Datura Summer Colin Phils - Totokon (full version) /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/30731518

River City Limits on WRIR 3-2-24 (podcast) 03/04/2024

River City Limits on WRIR 3-2-24 (podcast) NEW - released FEB. or JAN. ASM (Anti-Christ Seige Machine) – Sisera Inter Arma - New Heaven DJ Harrison – L’Anthropofemme Justin Golden - The Rain Done Fell on Me pt.1 doll baby – Treetops Drook - Texas - Awful Stories WKNDR - All In Superchunk - Everybody Dies >break ALSO Balter Choir - Leaves Falling Butcher Brown - Down With The King Dorthia Cottrell - Price to Prey Midlife Pilot - Idle Themes Stone Woman - Near Dark Belly of the Heart - Texas Beach Cupid McCoy - Summer Sweethearts Dead Billionaires - Straight Shooter DuctTape Jesus - Press On Higley - 5 Minutes Hotspit - Cave Dweller Keep - Dasani Daydream Love Roses - 15 Minutes My Darling Fury - The End of The World Noah-O x Big No - Uncle Phil Righter - Bad Art RIKKI RAKKI - Breaking Skin Sun V Set - Curious Wave Ten Pound Snail - House Mouse MightyJoshua – CleanHands Mister Earthbound – Animal Municipal Waste - Wave of Death THUNDERCHIEF - No Compromise Ryan Kent - Bring Me My Monster (w- Jimmy Bower) The Milkstains - Intimidator (You're Dale to me) /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/30220378

WRIR's River City Limits 9-2-23 09/05/2023

WRIR's River City Limits 9-2-23 Fuzzy Prophet (Greg Garner and Steve Dingus) – Mass EvoluIon (and hidden track) Released 9-1-23 NEW Landon Elliott – Strangers Live at Poe’s Pub Released 9-1-23 NEW Neatly Drawn Blinds (Nathan Burns) – Compass The Things Before and After Me NEW Dorthia Cottrell – Black Canyon Death Folk Country Dorthia Cottrell - Vessel Self-Itled Ohbliv – My Freaky Thing Freaky Released 9-1-23 NEW Jeremy D Simmons – The Influence (Get Off You Phone) The Song Machine Demos - NEW Book of Wyrms – Blacklight Warpriest Remythologizer Released Aug 23 NEW Spirit of the Beehive – Tapeworm I’m So Lucky Released 9-1-23 NEW Butcher Brown – I Can Say To You Solar Music Due out Oct 6 Smalltown Superstar – September 2 Lanes 23 and 24 1999 Dirtball – Whiskey Go Away The Well 1999 BEEX – What I Am GWAR - Maggots Scumdogs of the Universe Chris Ratteree – Computers Established 1971 Hotspit – Epitaph Tennishu – Fun Music I Am The Liquor – Confide In Me Murdersome – Smoke and Mirrors Thunderchief – Night Songs The Mitras – 19999 Ripe Toward Space – Pity Party Weekend Plans – Slide Ringfinger – Typewriter Tourist Seasick Gladiator – The Hanged Man The Hanged Man DC /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/27945648

WRIR's River City Limits - 8-5-23 08/10/2023

WRIR's River City Limits - 8-5-23 This is the show that aired 8-5-23 on WRIR. Toward Space – All Night Long NEW Bucket – World Tuned Upside Down Midlife Pilot – Telepathic Mr Earthbound – Animal Strawberry Moon – Grew This Way Sammi Lanzetta – The Villain Doll Baby – Perfect Posture Deathbirds Surf Club - Summer Rough Age – Every Minute, Every Mile Toxic Moxie – Creation Limitation Toxic Moxie – Bratcore (VCR cover) Ant The Symbol (feat Black Liq) – Names Armagideon Time – Foxed In The Head (edit) Large Margin - Smothered and Covered Angelica Garcia – Macorina Heath Haynes – Whole Entire World Erik Larson – Cry In The Wind Caro – Alright, You Win From My Room DUST – Je Ne Sais Quoi Elabor – The Tree That Bleeds NEW Mighty Joshua – Clean Hands Moossa - Ballast Helgamite – Aestrosion Horsehead – Grains of Sand Sports Bar – Cut The Cord Lean Year – The Trouble With Being Warm Book of Wyrms – Sodapop Glacier /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/27712809

WRIR's River City Limits 4-1-23, Jay Smack Host 04/03/2023

WRIR's River City Limits 4-1-23, Jay Smack Host This episode was originally broadcast on 's local music show (one of them anyway) , which runs every Saturday evening at 5 and hosted by a revolving line-up of DJs. This episode of RCL features new music from Bucket, Cream Dream, Jonathan Vassar, DUST~, McKinley Dixon, Crucial Rip, Horsehead and Honest Debts and more local music that's not as new. It also features a single by , the recent winner of the for Richmond area music. Much of the music played on River City Limits and the Studio B RVA podcast can be found on my . As much of the music as possible played on both shows is purchased. Full playlist: BUCKET – World Turned Upside Down – NEW CREAM DREAM – No Answer – NEW twain - King of Fools JONATHN VASSAR – A Thousand Miles a Minute - NEW DUST – Gourmetsh - NEW McKINLEY DIXON – Run, Run, Run (Kitchen Table Session) - NEW CRUCIAL RIP – Violent Retribution - NEW Erik Larson - Nomen Est Omen none DEMONS – Inauguration Day PYRAMID MASS – Wars GNAWING – Gimme Tinnitus - NEW SPOOKY COOL – I Lick The Sweat off Your Back V.E. - I Started A Joke -Bee Gees cover SAMMI LANZETTA – The Bordlerline DEAU EYES – Make Some Time -won the Newlin Award STRAWBERRY MOON - You, Me, and Mystery PPIRANHA – Placate PRABIR TRIO - Brahma and Vishnu and Shiva CANARY OH CANARY – Dreamshark HORSEHEAD – Grains of Sand - NEW HORSEHEAD – Quitter - NEW WKNDR - Color of Your Love HONEST DEBTS – Not So Sure - NEW MISTER EARTHBOUND – Animal BEARSTORM – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things ANTHONY CURTIS – Saturnalia EARTHLINK – Dark Path ATOM EVE ECLIPSE - Majestic /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/26432133

From the archives: StudioB 2016 0228 01/18/2023

From the archives: StudioB 2016 0228 By request we're re-releasing an old episode. This is from 2016 when Studio B was still on terrestrial radio at 102.1 The X, aka XL 102, aka ALT 102.1 and probably several other monikers. The station named changed several times over the years, as they do. The playlist and show notes are below as they appeared in 2016. Enjoy, and support local music! SLEEPWALKERS - Breaking My Heart -Greenwood Shade -touring with The Lumineers DAVID BROOKINGS - Sand In The Hourglass -End Of An Error -Davey Guitar -from Richmond, no win Cali working for Apple -came back to play at Hardywood with some of his old bandmates MATT BOLEA - Move On -Clarity SELMA HIJACK - Friends LUCY DACUS - I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore -No More -Egghunt Records (DC) -touring with Houndmouth in April -lots of good press LUCY DACUS - Pretty Girl -Girls Back Home -previous release HORSEHEAD - Last Word Wins -Casual Dracula -at The Camel March 26 LEAGUE OF SPACE PIRATES - Elegant Universe -Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire THOSE MANIC SEAS - Outlier BARONESS - Chlorine And Wine -Purple -originally from Lexington Va -single GRITTER - Welcome To The Sinkhole -Welcome To The Sinkhole -“Vultures” due out in April KEPONE - Jimmy Spit -Kepone (97) -reunited to play the GWAR-B-CUE CANNABIS CORPSE - From Wisdom To Baked -From Wisdom To Baked /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/25644645

Merciful Zero, B4NK MACHIN3, Omen Stones, Ryan Kent 09/20/2022

Merciful Zero, B4NK MACHIN3, Omen Stones, Ryan Kent New Richmond music from: B4NK M4CHIN3 - Days Like These (new) -members of The Seymores, Dynamic Truths, Coral, Fudge, Dark Little Rooms. Merciful Zero – Melonite Kingdom No Filter Through the Vortex Live at The Camel Wed. Sep 21WITH: Darkness Is Falling, The Saturn Death Cult, Earth Dog Mothership EVENT: Mercifulzero.com At Another Round Bar and Grill Oct 8 Omen Stones – Black Cloud (new) -Erik Larson (ATP, AVAIL, Lord By Fire) – drums, Ed Fierro (Tel, Desert Altar) – bass, Tommy Hamilton (Druglord) – vocals, guitar Ryan Kent (with Chris Farmer) – Dying Comes With Age (new) /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/24435762

Doug Nunally - Newlin Prize 02/11/2022

Doug Nunally - Newlin Prize Doug Nunally runs the online Richmond-area music magazine The Auricular and has spearheaded the creation of the new Newlin Music Prize, "an award given to the best full-length album from the Richmond-Petersburg, VA metropolitan area based solely on artistic merit without regard to style or popularity. Named after musical prodigy, VCU professor, and performer Dika Newlin (1923-2006), the prize launched in 2022 to award its first ever award for albums released in the previous calendar year. The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize in the hope of fostering future recordings and performances." /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/22102946

ALL NEW Thunderchief, Gnawing, DJ Harrison, more.. 12/03/2021

ALL NEW Thunderchief, Gnawing, DJ Harrison, more.. An ALL NEW MUSIC episode of Studio B featuring new releases from Thunderchief, Shiva Bulldozer, The WImps, Sammi Lanzetta, Bucket, Gnawing, DJ Harrison and a new remix of Butcher Brown by CARRTOONS. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/21372161

DUST, Fight Cloud, Jared Jones, Gold Connections, PJ Sykes 06/24/2021

DUST, Fight Cloud, Jared Jones, Gold Connections, PJ Sykes As we start to ease back into the possibility of live music again, today's episode features 2021 releases from DUST, Fight Cloud, Gold Connections, PJ Sykes and a Vic Chestnutt cover from Jared Jones. Show notes and links at /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/19598087

Ink To Spill - Bob Sauer 05/06/2021

Ink To Spill - Bob Sauer Ink To Spill is what has been described as a "virtual band", with songwriter Bob Sauer living in the Tidewater area of Virginia and the rest of the band spread out around the country including areas such as Seattle and Chicago. But they all come together to make music. And they work with the RVA-based Marketing Mixtape . /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/19004177

S25 E01 The Northerners 11/02/2020

S25 E01 The Northerners The Northerners, the brother-sister team of Justin Khoury and Ally Khoury, talk about their recently-released self-titled album that they've been working on for several years. They play an acoustic tune and we hear a track from the new record. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/16653431

S24 E11 SparkJam 2020 06/24/2020

S24 E11 SparkJam 2020 Todd Feldman of The Rocket Factory, organizer of SparkJam 2020 talks about the upcoming event. SparkJam 2020 is a virtual online event being held Friday June 26 from 8am to 6pm to benefit the Virginia 30 Day Fund. It will feature speakers, music performances and will address challenges facing small businesses in 2020. Performers include Saw Black and Landon Elliott with a panel of speakers including: Andy McGraw – Moderator, University of Richmond/Rumput Reggie Pace, No BS Brass /Hustle Season Podcast/Bon Iver Ben Baldwin, Spacebomb Group Anthony Smith, Virginia Repertory Theater Lucas Fritz, The Broadberry Carlos Chafin, In Your Ear Studios Andrew McEvoy, Classical Revolution RVA Go to for more info and tickets. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/14949932

S24 E10 David Judson Clemmons from Germany 05/06/2020

S24 E10 David Judson Clemmons from Germany David Judson Clemmons joins me live from Germany via Skype. He's a Richmond guy who moved to L.A. to play music and ended up moving to Germany where he's been ever since. His new album "Tribe and Throne" is out now and available everywhere. We talk about his travels, his time in Richmond, what he's up to in Germany, connecting with fellow RVA music Greta Brinkman and more. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/14309795

S24 E9 Brickwall Jackson at Red Amp 04/01/2020

S24 E9 Brickwall Jackson at Red Amp Richmond's Brickwall Jackson performs in-studio at Red Amp Audio and talks about their new video for "Gun Truck", recording, gigging and, of course, gear. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/13800461

S24 E8 Honest Debts Live at Red Amp 03/17/2020

S24 E8 Honest Debts Live at Red Amp Honest Debts performs in-studio at Red Amp Audio on this edition of StudioB Live at Red Amp. They play a few songs, talk about recording, playing out, gear and about their residency at The Dark Room, which is on hold until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/13583795

S24 E7 Doug Nunnally of The Auricular 03/03/2020

S24 E7 Doug Nunnally of The Auricular Doug Nunnally from the Richmond music website The Auricular is in-studio to talk local music and spin some recent tracks he's digging. We pay special attention to The Auricular's Feb 1 - 8 Richmond Roundup. Check the StudioB website post for full notes. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/13395467

S24 E6 Andrew Godfrey - Transylvania Stud, Navaeh 02/17/2020

S24 E6 Andrew Godfrey - Transylvania Stud, Navaeh Andrew Godfrey does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to his musical projects Transylvania Stud and Navaeh, with a little help from his friends. On the latest TS release "White Witch", he wrote and plays everything. We hang out for a meandering conversation. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/13185692

S24 E5 Sincerely Iris Live at Red Amp 02/03/2020

S24 E5 Sincerely Iris Live at Red Amp Todd Murray and Chip Hale of Sincerely, Iris are in-studio today at Red Amp Audio performing a few songs and talking about some upcoming gigs, recording and some of their other collaborations. See Sincerely, Iris at The Dark Room Wed. Feb 5. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/12995660

S24 E4 Beeline 12/09/2019

S24 E4 Beeline Richmond's Beeline is in-studio on today's Studio B. They have a new 2-song single out, they have a show coming up on December 14 at Garden Grove Brewing with Gnawing and Big Fundamental. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/12334859

S24 E03 Cecil Charles in-studio 11/25/2019

S24 E03 Cecil Charles in-studio Cecil Charles is a singer/songwriter (as well as an actor, artist and writer). Originally from Reno, Nevada, his journey has taken him all over the country. He now resides in Richmond and works with a producer in Nashville. He stopped by StudioB recently to talk about his winding road, chat about current projects and play a few tunes. A couple bonus tracks are included after the in-studio portion. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/12173480

S24 E2 Appalling, in-studio 10/14/2019

S24 E2 Appalling, in-studio RVA metal band Appalling is in-studio talking touring, influences, recording plans and playing a few tracks from their current release "Inverted Realm". Appalling will be at Wonderland in Richmond on Oct 19th with Hoboknife and Embra. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/11633276

S24 E01 Sammi Lanzetta, Humungus, more 09/26/2019

S24 E01 Sammi Lanzetta, Humungus, more New Sammi Lanzetta, new Camp Howard, Big Kahuna OG & Graymatter, Humungus, new Cannabis Corpse, Alluvion. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/11409116

S23 E27 RVA-Area Music 09/18/2019

S23 E27 RVA-Area Music RVA-Area music for 24 years. New Prayer Group, new Thunderchief, new Transylvania Stud, Book of Wyrms, new Bungees, The Donalds, Weak Chain. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/11307965

S23 E26 Matt Monta 08/07/2019

S23 E26 Matt Monta Dayton/Richmond's Matt Monta is in-studio for conversation and to play a few of his songs. Recorded at Red Amp Audio in Richmond. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/10810952

S23 E25 Sleepwalkers 07/17/2019

S23 E25 Sleepwalkers Sleepwalkers are in-studio for conversation and music. We talk about their new record Ages, animation, movies, their gig at The Broadberry, Spacebomb Records, recording and lots more. I also play some music tracks including two from the new Spacebomb Records release, Ages. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/10558580

S23 E24 Mackenzie Roark in-studio, Pistol Sister 05/31/2019

S23 E24 Mackenzie Roark in-studio, Pistol Sister On today's StudioB Mackenzie Roark is in-studio for conversation and some acoustic songs. Also, we talk about and listen to her band Pistol Sister's new single "Cigarettes and TV Dinners". /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/10003220

S23 E23 Alice & The Reverie, Prabir Trio 05/25/2019

S23 E23 Alice & The Reverie, Prabir Trio Alice and The Reverie and the Prabir Trio play live at Orbital Music Park. This was a last-minute shift so we threw together a StudioB Live episode, played live, chatted, hung out and had some fun. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/9920966

S23 E22 Ben Shepherd, Ohbliv, Tennishu, BlueGoo Studios/Greg Garner, Brother Rutherford, Appalling, Inter Arma. 05/10/2019

S23 E22 Ben Shepherd, Ohbliv, Tennishu, BlueGoo Studios/Greg Garner, Brother Rutherford, Appalling, Inter Arma. Today's StudioB/RVA podcast features, new music from Benjamin Shepherd, Ohbliv and Brother Rutherford. Also music from Tennishu (at The Broadberry tonight, May 10), BlueGoo Studios, Appalling and Inter Arma. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/9737249

S23 E21 Bill Leverty 04/30/2019

S23 E21 Bill Leverty Today's episode features conversation and music with guitarist Bill Leverty. Bill is a native Richmonder who grew up playing in local RVA bands, working at music stores and went on the be the lead guitarist of the band Firehouse as well as a solo artist and producer. Bill talks about past experiences, traveling the world playing music and the music industry today. /episode/index/show/studiobrva/id/9595367

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