Montgomery Drive put on a benefit show for Uncle Lou at the Abbey this week. The lineup featured Control This!, Debt Neglector, Sally Wants, Miracle, 0 Miles Per…
Read more Everything we saw at Montgomery Drive’s ‘A Night for Uncle Lou’ benefitShiner Credit: courtesy image/Bandcamp There’s no sweeter comeback than one by a band that didn’t quite get their due the first time around. After leaving an indelible mark…
Read more Post-hardcore heroes Shiner continue comeback run straight into OrlandoBad Luck Credit: courtesy image/Facebook It’s a bill chock-full of Florida’s emo finest getting the fuck out of Florida and the fuck into Will’s Pub this week. The…
Read more Help Bad Luck ‘get the f**k out of Florida’ at Will’s Pub concertTim Cappello Credit: courtesy image We can’t think of a better way to usher in 2026 than being crammed into a club facing down a 70-year-old, saxophone-playing, oiled-up…
Read more Ring in the new year with ‘Lost Boys’ sax icon Tim CappelloS.M.O.P. Credit: Photo by Jim Leatherman The third annual Orlando Girls Rock Fest is back this week to ensure local rock thrives. The daylong music showcase spotlights the…
Read more Orlando Girls Rock Camp Fest is a day full of the present and future of Orlando musicCredit: Courtesy photo Orlando actress, singer and artist Tymisha Harris brings her Cabaret of Legends revue back home for a two-night run to close out the year. All…
Read more Tymisha Harris channels the great voices in Cabaret of LegendsCredit: Pablo Cabrera “I think, honestly, very few people are truly bigots. I think most people are just really ignorant. There are some true bigots, and fuck them.…
Read more Pink Martini singer Storm Large brings her Holiday Ordeal to Orlando in the St. Nick of timeCredit: Ground Control Touring Enigmatic singer and producer Cowgirl Clue is a one-off in an ever more homogeneous pop-industrial complex: a hyper-pop maestro who suffuses her sound and…
Read more Cowgirl Clue ‘trailblazes’ into ConduitCredit: Courtesy Formerly a songwriter to the stars, Elena Rose penned hits for the likes of Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro and Karol G before stepping out on her…
Read more Elena Rose comes to Orlando as part of first headlining U.S. tourBrass Horse Credit: Brass Horse/Bandcamp Similar to some of the recent goings-on at Austin’s, change is in the air at Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar in the Milk District.…
Read more Drunken Monkey plays host to on-the-rise Central Florida noise heads this weekend“We are running off of pure love of doing what we do, and I want it to be an escape for people. I want them to have 30…
Read more Rising pop-punkers Winona Fighter do Warped Tour double duty in OrlandoAdam Turla has always possessed an eye for spotting hidden signs in life. There were signs as a college student at Indiana University that he should take his…
Read more Indiana indie-rockers Murder by Death will play one of their last shows ever in OrlandoCrimesididntcommit Credit: By Matthew Moyer Never anywhere has it ever been easy to be trans, but these are especially hostile times. It’s enough to make anyone on the…
Read more Orlando darkwaver Crimesididntcommit unveils new album, ‘Made to Fade,’ live at StardustIt’s been a long time coming, but Jack’s Mannequin finally made it to Orlando on their reunion tour — and the city showed up. The show sold out…
Read more Reunited Jack’s Mannequin brought a head rush of nostalgia to OrlandoFrench Police Credit: courtesy image Louche post-punk outfit French Police (actually from Chicago, and deffo not cops) are out on a two-month U.S. tour that swoops into Orlando…
Read more Post-punk outfit French Police want you to brood and dance at the SocialCredit: Courtesy This bill is a tight capture of two good young bands on the up. With taut songs that pack punch, kick and hooks galore, San Diego…
Read more San Diego’s Sun Room to kick up a glorious mix of surf and garage at the SocialCredit: image via Bandcamp Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters are an Indiana act that’s “alt-country” primarily in the sense that they’re more real country than the pap most…
Read more Nick Dittmeier and the Sawdusters honky-tonk into Orlando’s Lil Indie’sOrlando welcomed its new pop overlord Rico Nasty this weekend at a packed show at the Beacham in downtown. The post Photos: Rico Nasty is a star, and…
Read more Photos: Rico Nasty is a star, and more than proved it this weekend at the BeachamOrlando was introduced to the leaders of the new school of heavy music when Chat Pile and Fleshwater ranged through a packed Beacham on Wednesday night. Matt Keller…
Read more Photos: Fleshwater and Chat Pile came down heavy at Orlando’s BeachamHardy concertgoers packed in to Will’s Pub on Monday night for a veritable mini-fest of punk bands from around the world. For this 10th edition of the now-venerable…
Read more Photos: International punks traveled to Orlando against the odds to play Foreign Dissent
