

Orlando singer-songwriter Claire Vandiver drops long-awaited ethereal debut, ‘Evoke’
Over the past decade, Claire Vandiver has steadily established herself as a promising young voice in the Orlando music scene through a steady stream of limited releases, mostly singles.
It’ll be a musical monster mash when The Phantom A.D. haunts Will’s Pub
Will’s Pub will also get into the spooky spirit with The Phantom A.D., a California act that blends and bends classic horror like Dracula and Wolfman with classic rock & roll like garage, surf and rockabilly.
You saw him at Rolling Loud, now see rapper Ken Carson with the spotlight all his own
Hip-hop artist Ken Carson always keeps Orlando on his touring radar. So if you weren’t savvy enough to catch him earlier this year at Rolling Loud or in 2024 on his Chaos Tour, you’re in luck!
Spike Hellis push industrial music to the breaking point at Orlando’s Iron Cow
Spike Hellis are somewhere between Skinny Puppy and Nitzer Ebb, down to their hand-built platform to contain various synths and percussive devices.
Comedian Gauri B brings her ‘Years in the Breaking’ tour to Orlando
Gauri B’s stand-up uses dark humor and a sharp wit to bring laughs around politics, culture, relationships and social taboos.
Punk meets drag wild-style at the R!ot Dykes show at Conduit
The R!ot Dykes showcase at Conduit features drag and live music aplenty, but the true centerpiece promises to be a scissoring contest. (Don’t know what that is or feeling a little offended? Skip to the next selection and let the young people have their fun.) Aside from the pride and pageantry of competitive scissoring, you’ve…
Honorary Orlandoans Arrows in Action play two big gigs at the Social
“We were scheduled to start at the same time as one of the big headliners, and we were telling ourselves, ‘If nobody shows up, that’s OK,’” Viramontes-Pattinson says. “When we finally got out there, you couldn’t see the end of the crowd from where we were. It was probably the most people that we’ve played…
Orlando Out Fest is back to take over select local stages with challenging theater this week
“The governor and the current politicians are trying to erase us, whether it be a sidewalk or a mural or a light or whatever it may be, a bridge,” Wallace tells Orlando Weekly. “They’re just trying to make us kind of go away, and we’re not going anywhere. So now is really a crucial time…
Rosalia gets ‘Lux’ in Orlando this week with sounds for the id and the ego
Rosalia’s newest album, LUX, follows women across religious history in their search for the divine, pulling classical music into a slow dance with modern pop along the way. Last time Rosalía came to Florida (back in 2022 for III Points), it was all Motomami, minimalism and that endlessly memed gum-chewing “Bizcochito” performance. Now, she’s fronting…






