J Roddy Walston (Full Band) with Palm Palm

J. Roddy Walston is a force of nature. If his hits like Heavy Bells is are a war cry, then the deep cuts like Boys Can Never Tell are a tac@cal cosmic retreat. For some, his music is a form of religion, psychedelic in its intensity, transforma@ve in its grip on the body, shaking loose something primal that’s been buried too long. It’s not about thinking, It’s about moving, feeling, surrendering. His influences are a riot of contradic@ons: Kurt Cobain’s fury, Nilsson’s fractured sweetness, Zeppelin’s power, and somewhere in there a perverted nod to William Onyeabor’s lonely calculator funk. Cri@cs try to box him in, but Walston can’t be contained—he does chaos, and his live shows do damage, but fortunately his songs can pay the tab. Catch him and his band before he burns it all down again.

Palm Palm aka the big tongues of the richmond va juke juke scene are the band that some how bridges the gap between where led zeppelin left off and duran duran picked up. With a keen sense of musicality and an eye for bold, pattern-clashing fashion, Palm Palm doesn’t just play shows, they throw parties an arena level. Their performances are a celebration of rhythm and raw power, with each song pulling the audience deeper into their world of irresistible hooks and sweat drenched dance alongs.