Carolyn Wonderland Credit: courtesy image The men tend to hog the spotlight when it comes to guitar lore, but it’s good to be reminded that the shredder’s hall…
Read more Roots music icon Carolyn Wonderland heads to Judson’s LiveWe’ve wrapped up what felt like an eternity of a year in the City Beautiful, and now we’re already looking forward to some of the biggest new things…
Read more 24 big things coming to Orlando in 2026Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord Credit: Courtesy photo If you’re done listening to Christmas music, check out this rundown of 15 local music releases you need…
Read more Orlando Weekly’s music writers present a highly subjective list of albums that set the tone for 2025Credit: Jim Leatherman OK, adorable miscreants. It’s my closing column of the year, so that of course means that it’s TLU’s annual, unbelievably exciting and inarguably definitive Undie…
Read more It’s time for This Little Underground’s Undie Awards, honoring standouts in Orlando musicS.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 musicWhat a year for live music in Orlando! From Warped Tour to Kraftwerk to Orlando Girls Rock Camp, our photographers were down in front catching the action. Alice…
Read more Photos: All the best concerts we saw in Orlando in 2025Credit: Jim Leatherman Chris Cortez — musician, founder of the nonprofit performing arts haven Blue Bamboo Center, and the man who guided the venue to its expansive new…
Read more Musician and Blue Bamboo Center founder Chris Cortez has passed awayCJ Mask finishes the musical mission of Richard Sherfey Credit: Nick Kramer The landmarks and the memorials, those are for glory. But true inspiration is the light you…
Read more Orlando musicians band together to finish and release a posthumous album by Richard SherfeyCredit: Jim Leatherman Will’s Pub is hosting a Pledge For a Prosperous Palestine benefit concert over this holiday weekend, with a legion of local acts uniting to raise…
Read more Pledge for a Prosperous Palestine benefit concert happens at Will’s Pub this weekendCredit: Kristen Newman As forecast in my September coverage of his hiatus-breaking first new release in eight years, esteemed Orlando musician Wheeler Newman is officially back on the…
Read more Wheeler Newman plays Orlando comeback show at last this weekCredit: Cole Ashley Photos What’s in a name? Sometimes, everything. In the case of Orlando band Please Be Kind, that unabashedly tender moniker is true, both to their…
Read more Orlando band Please Be Kind unveil new album and play a release show at StardustKaupe Credit: Payton Gamache There’s this idea the world has of Orlando as some sort of pixie-dusted utopia. That is, of course, elaborate bullshit. Those of us who…
Read more DeLand’s Kaupe deliver tricked-out and heavy new album, ‘Destroyer of Worlds’The Band Camino brought their NeverAlways tour to Orlando on Monday, with massive hooks and cinematic gestures to spare. Oh, and a Justin Bieber cover. Related Tagged: Apple…
Read more Photos: The Band Camino brought NeverAlways tour to Orlando in grand styleKT Kink releases new album ‘Passion’ Credit: Matthew Moyer KT Kink is synonymous with raw. Her sound, her words, her execution — it’s all fueled by raw power.…
Read more KT Kink releases feral new synth-punk album ‘Passion’Arcade Apocalypse is ready to preview new songs Credit: Courtesy Hear ye, all rivetheads: On Nov. 7, Orlando EBM artist Arcade Apocalypse releases the new Virtual Façade EP.…
Read more Arcade Apocalypse previews new songs at the Swirlery this weekendPaper Aviator muses over whether to leave town Credit: Courtesy The national ignominy, the fascist policies and the loud, proud-for-the-wrong-reasons dumbfuckery. These are barrel-bottom times in America in…
Read more Paper Aviator ponders whether to stay or go in affecting new song – Orlando WeeklyBoston Marriage (Nia Garza) Credit: Nia Garza With a deep lineup of homegrown indie-rock notables Like Father, Funeral Homes and Lowtalk, this concert would already be worth recommendation.…
Read more Indie-rock notables Boston Marriage return to an Orlando stage after a lengthy silence – Orlando WeeklyCredit: via Live Nation Chris Brown, who somehow has fans, will be bringing his Breezy Bowl XX tour to Orlando this week, along with road closures and likely…
Read more Chris Brown to bring traffic, road closures and, somehow, fans to Orlando – Orlando WeeklyPreston Hardwick releases 2 new mini-albums Credit: Courtesy Seeing Preston Hardwick on stage laying down the rock hard and heavy with noted Orlando bands like Weak and Audible…
Read more Genre-curious Orlando musician Preston Hardwick releases two very different mini-albums – Orlando WeeklyCredit: Photo via Jonas Brothers/Facebook After plenty of boy-band-fan demand and an already sold-out Orlando concert date, the Jonas Brothers have announced a second show at the Kia…
Read more Jonas Brothers announce second Orlando tour date