Notable Noise: This Week’s Best Shows [Tons of great hip-hop, Central Fl. Punk & Hardcore Fest, plus Wet Nurse’s LP release!]

Monday, Aug. 20

• Radio Restoration: An Exploration of Local Hip-Hop History Featuring AmIAm, Madd Illz, Ill Trybe, NRG, Chaos, Maestro [Social]

Tuesday, Aug. 21

• Lionize, the Sheffield Crew, Hor!zen [Will’s]

Thursday, Aug. 23

• Heart of Darkness, Greg Barris, New Beard, Corrupt Autopilot, Yazan, Wigmaker’s Son [Will’s Pub] – Comedy! Music! Call in sick Friday!

Friday, Aug. 24

• Wet Nurse Album Release Party [Peacock Room] – YES.
• EL-P, Killer Mike [Beacham] – Oh hi, two guys who made the two best hip-hop albums of 2012.
• The Black Locust Society Florida Tour Featuring Bleubird, BLS All-Stars [Will’s] – Any other week, this would be the hip-hop show of the week, but, uh, see that up there ^^^^^^^? Still, this will definitely be the drunkest hip-hop show of the week:

• Manchester Orchestra, Chris Staples, River City Extension [Social
• Boy Division [Falcon]

Saturday, Aug. 25

• Central Florida Punk & Hardcore Festival [Elks Lodge No. 1079] – For real, this shit starts at 11 a.m. That’s a long-ass day of punk rock. Awesome.
• Junkie Rush, Beebs & Her Money Makers, Afterglow Radio, the Bastard Suns [House of Blues]
• Playground Heroes, Control This, SuckerPunch, the Hoverounds [Back Booth]

 

Sunday, Aug. 26

Rich Evans & Freddy Leather [Peacock] – What the hell.

This article appears in Aug 15-21, 2012.