Via Restless comes word of Best Friends Day #8, the OCHO! 
This is four days of music and partying, and includes bowling on Thursday and Hahad’s Lake Saturday. This looks like a blast. You can see the lineup and location of all the bands on the Best Friends Day webpage, and see pics of previous years over on their blog and Flickr stream.
[update: Deb Markham found a Blip.TV vid of NoY that she posted over at the Music Muse. Enjoy!]
NYC indie rockers Nightmare of You stop by the HRV tonight in Norfolk at The Boot for their record release party. Supporting acts include Plushgun, Aushua, Theatron, Brian Bonz and VaB’s own Breaking Logic.
This is a hell of a lineup for an Tuesday night show and will probably be worth it.
The new Turntable Thursdays at Budda’s in Newport News is having a CD release party this week. In addition to residents DJ T-Solo and T.C., special guests and Rehab Record DJs Sinestro and Jonny C will be tearing it up as well. Check out this new EDM night and score some swag as well.
Check the Rehab Records site for a sample of mixes and tracks from Sinestro and Jonny C.
Just wanted to post this “nine minutes in heaven” vid that I shot last Friday at Loose Lips. Not a full recap this time, just to say that I had a blast until my fiancee called to tell me her car had been stolen. Pretty much ended the festivities for me at that point. Well, enjoy the vid and look for info on the next one soon as I have it.
L00se Lips at Bar None (VaB) The last event was a blast. Tonight’s the 2nd . Get there early or stand in line till after the party’s over.
And further proof that electronic music is having a resurgence in the area: The Old Dirty Crew and the bayCityplayas are hosting a new bi-weekly, Groove at ALIZE, 601 Prince George Street, Williamsburg, 21 & up, no cover. Check the ODC blog for upcoming parties, they’ve been doing about once a month so far this year; we’ll see how this takes off.
Brutalitour at Gil’s (VaB): Forever In Terror, Murder No Motive, Behold Eternity, Memoir of a Massacre.
Itation Roots Reggae are back @ Revolution, Portsmouth on July 24, 10pm. 506 Dinwiddie Street, Portsmouth. Big ups at BE_Productions.
Neko Case is playing the Norva (NFK).
Mercy Creek is back at Marker 20 (HAM). Or catch them…
Mercy Creek at the Yorktown Pub
Versus The Universe at Frankie’s (VaB) 1080 Nimmo Parkway
The Prisoners, HRV’s best Reggae band is at Schooner’s (NPN).
Country act The Lost Trailers will be playing at the Hampton Summer Street Fest.
Metal Matinee at Peppermint Beach Club (VaB) $10 includes Honour Crest, Among the Roots, One Shallow Grave, Malichi, Faithless Death, Eulogy, and Memoir of a Massacre.
Dylan, Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson (!) are playing at Harbor Park. I’ll say it again, louder. BOB DYLAN, JOHN (cougar) MELLENCAMP and WILLIE NELSON!!
The Dominion Derby Girls tear it up against the Carolina Bootleggers at the Haygood Skating Center (VaB). 10 in adv 12 at door. Wheels spin at 5, doors at 4. That’s right, I said DERBYBALL.
And as always, check the Meona.net 13 Day Event Calendar for all the rest of the shows in the area.
Well we had the premiere of OM Frequency last night at Marker 20 last night. Things went pretty well, I’m pleased with how things went. I got some video that we have up in the next couple days. This morning has already been busy busy busy and no end in sight. Tonight we’ll be trying to hit up the Fantastic Planet party.
It must be summertime or something cause I can’t believe there’s been 2 hardcore shows in 2 days. Very strange. Sorry for the short notice on both of them but we just found out literally minutes ago.
9 Bands for $10 is crazy. If you are a HC fan on the Peninsula you should check it out. Show starts at 6 so get there soon!
Home Invasion
Brick
Wreak Havoc
Failure To Fall
Pushing On
Flee the Savior
Reignition
Downturn
Doesn’t look like there’s MySpace for Short Fused and Vicegrip; I’m sure they rock just as hard as the rest of them.
Not for the lighthearted. These guys are hardcore.
We know there hasn’t been a lot of fresh content on the site lately. I’m getting married at the end of the month and got some gigs going on with my new band coming up that’s been on my mind lately. I just wanted to let you all know about what’s been going on and what’s happening this weekend.
First off, big shout out to Deb Markham (busy girl, this one,) of the Virginian Pilot, Pilot Online, HamptonRoads.com’s Music Muse, and also the voice of @hrmusic for trusting Rob and I enough to allow us to contribute to the Music Muse blog. We’ll be posting content there as needed.
Tonight:
Versus The Universe is playing at Parlay’s in Va Beach
My friend Bill Morris is playing at McFadden’s (Hampton) from 6-9
Music Muse recommends The Woes at The Taphouse (Ghent, Norfolk)
Always excellent Fuzz Band is playing at Luxury Brown (Va Beach)
Old Dominion Punk Show at SoBo featuring local punks David Hasselhoff’s Haircut, Dead Set, The Fastermores, Know Eye-D, and DefiMinority. 8PM. 18+, $5
Saturday:
A Friend Called Fire at Gil’s (Va Beach)
MsMegalicious recommends Jesse Chong, Monarch Way – ODU – Norfolk (FREE) 5-7
Charlie Restless and @boxedcity757 told us about the Dust La Rock Art Show at Commonwealth (Norfolk)
The Flying Eyes w/ Panic Years, hosted by DJ Lord Thomas at The Boot. 10PM, $5
Sunday:
Born Ugly Skate Mag issue release party – Richmond
A Friend Called Fire at Gil’s (Va Beach)
Victoria Sachar and Michael Wade (me!) at Manhattan’s (Newport News) 7:30 – 11:30
Aforementioned Fuzz Band, 7PM at the 31st Street Park in Virginia Beach.
Of course we always recommend Meona.net’s 13 Day Event Forecast for a more comprehensive look at what’s going on around HRV.
Here’s last Sunday’s set by John Baldwin at the Ocean View Pier. My SO and I had never been out there before and boy we’re we impressed. The sun stayed hidden behind clouds most of the time, so it was very pleasant. It turned into a very nice date for the two of us. John put on a good show. He played a set of his original songs, and I was impressed by his guitar work. A loopback pedal goes a long way these days. Check out the vids:
