2012 Music Issue

2012 Music Issue

16. Lost Tribe, “Dreamcatcher” 2:34

You know the opening scene in old black-and-white horror films — the grainy darkness, the creeping fog, the eerie music that crashes into crescendo....
Mike Rutz -
2012 Music Issue

1. Dean Fields, “Tongue Like a Hammer” 2:20

“I would say that it was the result of feeling guilty about saying something insensitive,” singer and songwriter Dean Fields says of “Tongue Like...
Andrew Cothern -
2012 Music Issue

17. Black Liquid, “Richmond” 3:26

Black Liquid — real name Rob Fields — has more than 15 hip-hop albums under his belt and the ready skills for disposing with...
Mike Rutz -
2012 Music Issue

2. Goldrush, “Touch” 2:50

This time Prabir Mehta means it. “Touch” sounds like Electric Light Orchestra in a domestic disturbance — a cranky piece of vitriol coming from...
Don Harrison -
2012 Music Issue

18. CommonYouth featuring D’Co and Moseley, “Mind of CommonYouth” 2:25

The members of Chesterfield hip-hop trio CommonYouth — Brian DeCosta, Matt Moseley and Tyler Prillaman — have been together for only half a year,...
Rich Griset -
2012 Music Issue

3. Lela Bizz, “Ain’t Worried” 4:13

Lela Bizz minds her own business. The native Richmonder and R&B singer built her website, directs her music videos and manages her career. But...
Craig Belcher -
2012 Music Issue

19. Alan Parker, “HAAM” 2:50

Since his Governor’s School days gigging with then-music teacher James “Saxmo” Gates more than a decade ago, Alan Parker has been one of the...
Peter McElhinney -
2012 Music Issue

4. Dead Fame, “Frontiers” 4:55

Taken from the EP of the same name, Dead Fame’s “Frontiers” can be thought of as a song about living life as an outcast,...
Andrew Cothern -
2012 Music Issue

20. RPG, “I Started the End” 1:48

We had to go vault digging for RPG’s first recording, which was available only on a 1999 compilation called “Richmond Roulette.” But this is...
Mike Rutz -
2012 Music Issue

5. Jim Ivins Band, “Run” 4:22

“Run” is one of those sing-a-long anthems that car radio speakers were made for. “I like to make music that makes people feel good,”...
Don Harrison -
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