In 2000, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney Pictures released the movie “Remember the Titans.” The film was an inspirational account of the integration of black and white students at T.C. Williams High School, where Denzel Washington must deal with the pitfalls of society while trying to win a bunch of football games.

Nearly 20 years later, the future members of the Virginia Coalition also attended T.C. Williams.

It’s hard to speculate about their football abilities, but Virginia Coalition has been kicking out the jams since 1998, when they released “The Color of the Sound,” their first album. Since then, they have hit #18 on the Billboard Internet Sales Chart and won the Washington Post’s Reader’s Choice award for best DC band.

Now, with the release of a new full-length on the horizon, VACO, as their beloved fans call them, will be making an appearance here in Wilmington alongside Indigo Girls and The Pat McGee Band for the UNCW Music Festival.

“OK to Go,” the band’s fourth release, is a fusion of many different musical styles and tastes. Right off the bat, a listener can hear the influence from bands like Blues Traveler, Train, and Live. VACO are like a 21st century version of all the bands that began to die out at the end of the 20th century.

The album’s opener, “Pick Your Poison,” sounds like it comes straight out of Top Forty radio, circa 1998. Then, right when the listener is getting into it, the band goes a more bluesy route with “Walk To Work,” a toe-tapper about a guy whose car breaks down, thus he must walk to work.

Top notch production is the album’s best friend; producer Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, The Replacements) was turning the knobs when VACO was recording in spring 2004.

The band emphasizes in their bio that they all can play nearly every instrument. On their latest record alone, there are guitars, bass guitars, drums, percussion, keyboards, banjos, and a Casio. The role of a cheap watch in the recording process is still unclear, but the final result sounds spectacular.

Their live show is apparently a giant party that is coming to Wilmington on Sept. 18. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call 962-3500.