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Chat Pile bring heaviness that goes beyond genre lines to Conduit in Winter Park

Portrayal of Guilt and Nightosphere round out the bill.

By Bao Le-Huu

May 13, 2024

In music as in politics, staunch traditionalists can be a bore. And in heavy music, some of today’s best acts work between and beyond the genre lines...

Chat Pile play Conduit this week

Hydra-headed Orlando metal group Thrull release album 'Hard Mental Reset'

Featuring members of Witchbender, Freakazoid and Burn to Learn

By Bao Le-Huu
May 15, 2024
Hey Ladies! mini-fest spotlights Orlando women DJs who keep the floor moving

Hey Ms. DJ play that song, all night long

By Bao Le-Huu
May 15, 2024
Adventurous hip-hop greats the Pharcyde play Orlando's Vanguard

Take a bizarre ride to … the Vanguard

By Bao Le-Huu
May 14, 2024
Indie-shoegazer Cryogeyser comes to Orlando's Will's Pub this week

Deadharrie and Tidepools open the evening.

By Bao Le-Huu
May 13, 2024
Judson's Live turns the spotlight over to Orlando singers Claire Vandiver and Zoya Zafar

Together, they’re beacons of new Orlando music.

By Bao Le-Huu
May 7, 2024
Katie Crutchfield steers Waxahatchee into Orlando's Beacham with new rootsy sounds

'Tigers Blood' proves that this direction isn't just a passing fancy.

By Bao Le-Huu
May 1, 2024
Get blazed with stoner metal overlords High on Fire at Conduit

25 years of big riffs and bleary eyes.

By Bao Le-Huu
May 1, 2024
Underground lifers Los Jarritos release appropriately titled new album 'Lifers'

'Lo-fi and crude as hell.'

By Bao Le-Huu
May 1, 2024
Blueprint and Mugs + Pockets bring a night of stellar hip-hop to Orlando's Iron Cow

Welcome back!

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 30, 2024
Orlando blues firebrand Eugene Snowden returns to two Orlando stages this weekend

Welcome back, Eugene.

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 24, 2024
Orlando folk ensemble Vestis release spectral new album 'Vestis II'

'Explores folk music’s experimental fringe with slowcore’s glacial emotion.'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 24, 2024
Experimental music and film collide at Winter Park's Dining Room this week

Joshua Rogers, Derek Dunn, Kate Shults, Jonas Van den Bossche and more.

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 24, 2024
Central Floridian swamp-rockers C.B. Carlyle + the Desert Angels release new mini-album 'The Howling'

'The band ride hard on thundering grooves like apocalyptic horsemen'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 17, 2024
This week's Sun Room show at the Social in Orlando is postponed until end of April

'Freak surfing accident'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 16, 2024
Venezuelan band Zeta return to Orlando yet again, this time playing Conduit

Support comes from The Caution Children, 0 Miles Per Hour, Letters to Part and Breed

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 16, 2024
Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela sling Spanish guitar virtuosity in Orlando this week

'A brilliant collision of soul and style'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 16, 2024
Nation of Language and Beach Fossils to play Orlando's House of Blues

'Bright young disciples of OMD'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 12, 2024
NYC pop chameleon Julia Wolf comes to Orlando's Social

The performer elevates the modern pop game

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 10, 2024
Madison McFerrin brings her fresh and futuristic R&B sound to Judson's Live

McFerrin has staked her own musical claim beyond her notable last name

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 10, 2024
Orlando music lifer Steve Garron's Guarantees release new 7-inch single, 'Tupac and Kurt Cobain'

Timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Cobain’s death

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 10, 2024
Orlando folk-pop juggernaut The 502s kick off tour at House of Blues this week

Can you even handle their sweetness?

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 10, 2024
Rejuvenation Orchestra launches residency at Timucua Arts

Deep Orlando legacy revival

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 4, 2024
Orlando musician Renee Arozqueta releases new album with Ladybits, 'Little Dreams'

'Our songs are about the bits and experiences of being a lady, or person, or you know, being alive.'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 3, 2024
Orlando dark-dance movers Crux bring Bero Bero, Offerings and more to Stardust Video

'A night of electronic mystique'

By Bao Le-Huu
Apr 3, 2024
Tatiana Eva-Marie brings a musical masterclass in 'Djangology' to Orlando

Plus: The artist talks about the enduring influence of Django Reinhardt on her music

By Bao Le-Huu and Matthew Moyer
Apr 3, 2024

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