René (left) and Manny (right) of Citrus City Records. Photo by Erik Phillips It began with a compliment. Outside of a cafeteria at NoVA Community College in Woodbridge, Virginia, Manny Lemus approached René Franco who was sporting a WAVVES shirt at the time. “Hey, cool shirt,” Manny said to René. This opened a dialogue between the two and they soon found out that they were both at the same WAVVES show only days prior to meeting. As the conversation continued, Manny and René s

Onomatopoeia is an experimental sound artist from Richmond, VA performing a unique blend of dreamy sun-kissed nature pop with experimental electronics. Onomatopoeia recently released his debut EP Mountain Air. Much of Mountain Air takes from Onomatopoeia’s usage of field recordings from the Blue Ridge Mountain mixed in with folk guitar and electronic sounds. If I were to chalk up Onomatopoeia’s sound I would say it’s a mix between Animal Collective and Radical Face. Mountain

Snowhaus is a math-pop, posi-punk group out of Hadley, Massachusetts that will rock your scales off. The goofy and genuine members of Snowhaus, consisting of Nathan Galloway, Andrew Ring, Zach Bloomstein, and Nick Gencarella, chatted with both Becca and myself at a restaurant over some of the most divine Indonesian cuisine. We spoke about everything from their musical influences to their favorite kind of glitter over stir-fry and copious amounts of tempeh. GrizzlyGround: What

Harrisonburg, Virginia band Venus Milo released their debut album Thanks & Apologies on December 2nd, 2016. Self-proclaimed as moody indie rock and post-pop, they most certainly live up to such expectations. The genesis of Venus Milo actually began in December of 2015. When the band formed, despite them coming from different musical backgrounds, they wanted the songwriting process to always be very collaborative. Venus Milo wanted everyone's ideas and perspectives to be heard

June Gloom's latest album Fake Problems does not disappoint all the surf music lovers who also happen to gravitate toward more melancholy melodies. Many gems stand out within this nine track album from the D.C. based artist, but, in typical GrizzlyGround fashion, I will keep it short. The opening track "Get Free" does a great job of introducing the album. It starts off with an inaudible conversation, which immediately creates a nostalgic atmosphere before transitioning into a

This is Pointless is a punk-emo band based in Boston, with their newest EP drop And we ain’t even drunk yet. The first song on their EP is “Red Ring”, a chill song with raw vocals and exciting riffs, a good road map for the rest of the EP. If you’re a lover of games like me, you’ll know the song is an homage to video games, with the title referencing the ‘red ring of death’ commonly occurring in Xbox 360s. An upbeat riff starts off the song as the lead singer laments of his f

It's that time of year. We are at that coveted halfway point in 2016, so we decided to each pick five of our top albums of the year so far. This was far more difficult than either of us anticipated because of all the great music 2016 has bestowed on us. Side note: we tried to make it easy on our readers to listen-- click on the album art for a direct link to each album. So let's get to it. Christian's Top 5 Albums of 2016 #5 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper While lots of pe