A Day in the Line of Record Store Day @ Reckless Records Chicago, IL

Tags: Chicago, Orlando, Park Ave CDs, Reckless Records, Record Store Day 2012, Zach Frimmel

Record Store Day is a day which commemorates the art of music and the appreciation of vinyl records. It was recently established in 2007 and initially put into effect in 2008. Since then, every third Saturday in the month of
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PHOTOS: Andrew Jackson Jihad & Joyce Manor @ Backbooth

Tags: Andrew Jackson Jihad, Backbooth, Florida, Folk, James Dechert, Joyce Manor, live show, Orlando, Parafora Presents, Photography, punk, Robert Miller

Mixing folk with punk, Phoenix, Arizona’s Andrew Jackson Jihad employs everything from acoustic guitar, to synthesizer, to upright bass. Dropped by Robert Miller Photos by J. Dechert | FishToaster.com Folk and punk clashed together at Backbooth Sunday afternoon as Phoenix,
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PHOTOS: Weedeater, ASG, Cough and Demons @ Will’s Pub

Dave “Dixie” Collins of Weedeater glared at the audience with his bulging eyes. Dreadlocks, sweat, and a number of bath-less odors pervaded the halls of Will’s Pub Thursday night as the North Carolina-based stoner metal group Weedeater took the stage
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Florida Film Festival 2012 Preview Cont.

Tags: An Ordinary Family, Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best, Cat In Paris, Florida, Florida Film Festival, Kumare, Orlando, Under African Skies

With the opening night of the Florida Film Festival only being a day away we thought we would do another preview piece of 6 additional film screeners we have previewed so far. All of them were pretty great in their
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Florida Film Festival 2012 preview

Tags: Curfew, Dead Dad, Dog Years, Dreamworld, Florida Film Festival, Glue Man, High Maintenance, Jobriath A.D., Lovely Molly, Mamitas, Monsieur Lazhar, Mouthful, Prima Donna, Queen, Renee, The Sheik and I, To Write Love On Her Arms

Florida Film Festival 2012 The Annual Florida Film Festival is right around the corner again, and we’ve gotten full access to the extensive list of over 160 movies. The fest will be April 13-22 and actually happens to be one
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William Fitzsimmons @ Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL

Tags: Chicago, Denison Witmer, Folk, Kiersten Holine, Lincoln Hall, singer-songwriter, William Fitzsimmons, Zach Frimmel

Chicago’s one of those towns that guarantees you won’t see all the bands you want to see due to the nightly dilemma of so many great musicians playing simultaneously within the same three-hour timeframe – not to mention gigs require
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This Month in Words Vol. 4

Tags: 2012?, Damien Jurado, George Clooney arrest, Gore Vidal, Jon Hamm, Jonny Greenwood, Krysztof Penderecki, Mad Men Season 5, Maricopa County, Mega-Million Lottery, Noegenetic, On tenterhooks, Picaresque, Santorum, The Hunger Games, This Mont in Words, Threnody, volume 4, Williwaw, Zach Frimmel

Dropped by Zach Frimmel Music: Threnody » (n.) A poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead » Earlier this month, Radiohead’s unbridled guitar horse, Jonny Greenwood, and unmatchable Polish composer, Krysztof Penderecki, consummated their long-term coquetry with
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Total Bummer 3D

Tags: AWD Castles, Florida, Hundred Waters, JT Bringardner, Levek, Orlando, Parafora Presents, Picture Plane, Reptar, Tiny Waves, Total Bummer

Florida is a funny place. On one hand there is the backwards view the rest of the nation has of us- a conglomerate of stereotypes and news stories that have run amuck across the continental US for the past however
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Alcest, Deafheaven, and Legions @ Will’s Pub Orlando, Fla.

Tags: Alcest, black metal, Daniel Morris, Deafheaven, Destroyer EP, Florida, George Clarke, Legions, Les Voyages de l'Ame, metal, Neige, Orlando, post rock, Roads to Judah, Robert Miller, shoegaze, Wills Pub

Leading (and founding) member of Alcest, “Neige” (or “Snow”). Steam and smoke rose above the audience at Will’s Pub Thursday night, March 22 like incarnating plumes. At the Alcest-headling show, bodies upon bodies of hipster metalheads, metal-loving hipsters, and grimy
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Orange You Glad Day Four: The Final

Tags: Chris Farren, Day Joy, Fake Problems, Hospitality, Loud Valley, music festival 2012, Orange You Glad, Orlando, Out Go The Lights, Park Ave CDs, Stardust Coffee & Video, Tennis, XXYYXX, ZAMBRI

The final day of Orange You Glad brought everyone to Audubon Park for the first, last, and only time throughout the music festival for 2012. It was a drizzling overcast day, which added this sort of moody finality to the
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