Very special edition of Friday News and Notes: It’s time for Commonwealth of Notions Presents! WRIR and venerated DJ/writer/bassist/Off Your Radar contributor Shannon Cleary are teaming up for a sixth iteration of the always-entertaining and brilliantly booked local music showcase/station fundraiser. 13 bands. Two nights. Two venues. Tonight at Gallery5, tomorrow at Strange Matter. It’s the perfect way to simultaneously support and explore Richmond’s music scene.
In that same spirit, here’s an almost-exhaustive bulleted Bandcamp sampler of what’s about to go down:
Friday @ Gallery5 (suggested donation $5)
- Imaginary Sons — “Palace Of Electricity” [Bandcamp]
- Clair Morgan — “New Company” [Bandcamp]
- Nelly Kate — “All Of The Spaces” [Bandcamp]
- Antiphons — “Orchard Graves” [Bandcamp]
- The Wimps — “Poor Alexander” [Bandcamp]
Saturday @ Strange Matter (suggested donation $7)
- Naked Pictures — “I Don’t Think I Need You” [Bandcamp]
- Smoke Break — “Talk Baseball To Me” [Bandcamp]
- The Veins — “Can’t Hardly Wait” (Replacements cover) [Bandcamp]
- Dadmobile — “Sleepy Again” [Bandcamp]
- Shy, Low — “Hiraeth” [Bandcamp]
- Recluse Raccoon — “Almost Done” [Bandcamp]
- Get in the Car — “Inside the Perisphere” [Bandcamp]
Apologies to K.A. PEDERS, who has music on MySpace but my laptop won’t play it for some reason, and I’m not sure I could embed it regardless. All the more reason to head to Strange Matter on Saturday night!
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