River City Sounds

River City Sounds will be taking an extended break, and for our last episode we feature local act, SQUISH

On this episode, we feature local act Miracle Time. Join us for a rousing conversation involving the Richmond scene, in particular the Mocha Mart shows.

Human Worm loves you! And now, they're finally on River City Sounds. As we slowly start to wind down the podcast, join us for an "Oops, All Girls; One for the Ladies" episode, as we sit down to talk with the band.

Join us on this episode as we meet up with the Controlled Chaos duo and their new friend Archvngel as they promote their upcoming collaborative project with each other.

A new year, a new season, and a return guest! We start off season 7 with returning guest, Ryan Irby. Come hang out with us as we catch up with one of our favorite locals as they update us on their musical progress over the past 3 years!

We travel back to a familiar practice space to record our latest episode with local musician, Alex Lee Radner. Courtesy of Americans Abroad leader, Sam, we were able to capture another set at the calm rehearsal studio before another heavy band played during our interview. Nevertheless, we persisted and learned to origins of Radner's infamous, "Yessir!"

On this episode we venture further out of the city to record local act, Heartmeat. After a beautifully haunting set, we sit down for an extensive interview where we all three open up immensely to one another, straying far off track before we find out live on air that Biden dropped out of the election. Listen to our first reactions, and we discuss the current state of pop music and the road these i...

After a rather long unscheduled break, we are back with our almost lost episode featuring the local group, Deathcat. Unfortunately, after the interview was lost, we had to reschedule a second interview four months later. We join up with the band and tatalk how things have changed for them in the past four months and their goals moving forward.

It's finally episode 100, and we brought back one of our favorite guests for a return episode. Welcome back to the stage, Phil, as Dogfuq, as we venture into the triple digits. We catch up on some of the ongoing projects discussed in the previous episode as well as gain some insight into the most recent developments in Phil's life. We round out with more philosophy, magick, and quotes. (Phil would...

This episode we're back with Americans Abroad and their second episode! We catch up with the artist at their new practice location, where we hammer out a follow-up interview under one of the loudest bands we've ever heard. Join us as we catch up with one of our long time friends.

Despite what I may say during the interview, this IS the 99th Episode, featuring Richmond up-and-comers: Tinted Rose. This episode we head out to the VCU music hall to record with this talented Jazz group as they showcase their material. Afterward, we catch up with our usual questions, and the band helps us out with a new video interview series that we will be trying out.

In this episode, we had the privilege of recording the exceptional musicians behind Black Plastic. They helped save the day in more than one way and provided the glorious 18i20 after we found we had lost a power supply cable. Join us as we sit down for another fantastic interview, where we chat turing a personal project into a full band, deligating singing responsibilities, the curious stance of r...

In this episode, we make our way out to THC Records and record with local rap collective VRO AVE. Thanks to Rospo, we were able to use The Hill Cabin for the set before we sat down for our interview. Besides the usual questions, we talk local cuisine, favorite murals, their new show series: Serious Saturdays, and so much more!

As we start to catch up on episode releases, our second of the year features local up-and-coming artist Autumn Celeste. Chloe joins us for the interview portion where we learn about Autumn's recent beginnings in the local music scene, her affinity for water, ("[You're A Fish And I'm A] Water Sign",) and her move towards becoming secure in the title of Singer. Join us as we talk all that and so muc...

Our first episode of the new year features along awaited guest, Ducttape Jesus. After a rousing performance, we sit down and talk only to find that we have similar synchronicities in our day-to-day lives. We then have a deep dive discussion into faith, True Will, and even touching into Thelemic, Theosophic, and LaVayan thought before we were able to get to any of our usual musical questions. Come...

As we close out this years shows, we meet up with Chandler at his wonderful apartment for one of this year's final episodes. After a rousing set, we dust off our old questions for our interview. DIY Shows: Is less really more, or do you get out what you put in? Backlogging beats, life on the road, living off your music, and so much more!

After accidentally erasing the first half of the interview, we hurried to get an interview on the books. As we jump around our questionnaire, some truths come to light about the band's origins, tattoos, croc attachments, and so much more!

Back to South Side again, as we meet up with the members of Parsley, a wonderful group of talented young individuals who shared with us their beautiful music. Afterward, we chat about their time forming at Shenandoah University, the weight of dealing with GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome, the release of their newest double single: Backdoor and Someone New, and so much more!

On the first episode of Season 6, Chloe and Cole travel out to the Acorn Community to record the tremendous Circle the Drain. With time not on our side, the geoup was able to hammer out one phenomenal set just in time to interview with both of our hosts. We sit down and talk about trying to define their genre, collective jamming in a commune, last-minute Halloween costume ideas, and SO MUCH MORE!

This episode is the final episode recorded for Season 5! Cole and Kailey Conner break down the differences in the Nashville and Richmond music scene, mixing it up in the singer-song writer community, experimenting with different local producers, and so much more!

On this episode we meet some very sweet young men who, together, make up one whole Handsome Grandson. We group up at their up-and-coming live house venue, where we capture an incredibly unique and intricate set by the multi-instrumentalists. Afterwards, we catch up with the band and chat up our usual questions and also so much more!

This week we go down to South Side to meet up with the newly blossomed Sunfower'd! On this episode we are graciously welcomed into their home and treated to a fantastic set by these wonderful people, and afterwards we sit down and chat as usual. Come join us as we talk about the professional atmosphere of organized venues, arriving and integrating oneself into a new city, sharing their secret to g...

After a longer than expected break, we'll start back up with something light and easy. Caleb J. Murphy graciously invited us into his home studio, where we get back into the swing of things with a nice, easy episode. We discuss moving to Richmond, professional writing, home studios vs professional studios, and so much more!

On this last episode before a short summer break, we travele back out to the storage unit shared by Shagg Carpet, where they performed a torrential set. Afterward, we sit down and with these five amazing musicians and find out that if people find out you have a bass, they will likely invite you to jam, running into musicians in the city, and what even is a shag carpet anyway?

This week, we traveled to the storage unit shared by Tentative Decisions, where they performed for us one great set. Afterward, we talk all manner of business, including lying on your musicians' resume and discovering music scenes. From Barbie to Oppenheimer, then, somehow, Cats, join us as we talk about so much more!