Post-hardcore, metalcore, grindcore, mathcore and on and on … hardcore is something cut and spliced ad infinitum. At some point, it just gets academic. Also boring. Sometimes, only the original stuff will do. Nothing cute or fancy, just straight and hard.

So free yourself of the hyphenates and fusions for a night, punks. Besides being a concentrated sampler of Florida’s current punk class, this loaded all-ages show — featuring Jacksonville’s Step 2 This, Tampa’s Remote Control and an Orlando division that includes Watts, Miracle and Guess What — is a five-band onslaught of undiluted hardcore. Go hang tough.

7 p.m. Friday, June 12, Stardust Video & Coffee, stardustvideoandcoffee.wpcomstaging.com, $15.

This article appears in June 10-16, 2026.

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Step 2 This, Watts, Miracle and more rampage through some good old-fashioned hardcore at Stardust

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