Watch: Saxon Wilson gets Steezy at the Bu
It’s a battle to drop in solo on a First Point peeler at the fabled Malibu racetrack during a decent south swell. But it’s a war to keep the hordes off…
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Local Music Spotlight: Prog-Punkers RUFFIANS release “All of Your Lies”
Self-described Jacksonville “prog-punk” rockers RUFFIANS (no flabby lowercase letters here, Nippy!) originally showed up on the Jax music scene some se…
New tunes from Darkhorse Saloon soundtrack Parker Coffin edit
There’s an interesting synergy between surfing and music. If we’re led to believe that one informs the other, we’d surely be confused at the manifestat…
Rad Pad: A St. Augustine Tiny Home
From the moment we’re born we’re given a unique and important skill—the ability to look at just about any box-shaped edifice and think, this could be t…
Local Music Spotlight: Artist/Professor Mark Creegan’s “Comb Rainbow”
Savvier locals know Mark Creegan as one of the area's most vital visual artists, as well as a respected educator and gallery curator of equal renown. I…
Portfolio: Toni Smailagic Captures Culture Both Born and Reborn
“Whether it’s the mood, or the diversity of an event, I want other people to see themselves reflected at those events, and see that there is joy in the…
Liner Notes: You May Find Yourself in a Beautiful House
For this month’s issue we spent some time shooting the late fall breeze with Dickie Rosborough on a paradisiacal spit of land on Jacksonville’s North S…
NYE: MOCA’s annual soirrée is the p-ART-y to attend
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is gearing up for their annual MOCA NYE pARTy, a much-awaited soiree that the museum site touts as “an event fo…
Watch: Brooklyn’s Champagne Superchillin goes Into the Void
When Brooklyn-based Champagne Superchillin dropped by the office before their North Florida gig, having listened to the Brooklyn-based group's muzak, w…
Watch: Justin Quintal in “All Day, All Night, All Right (Coast)”
North Florida surfer Justin Quintal suffers from a rare and incurable condition. Unlike more common, more treatable abnormalities, such as F.O.M.O., Qu…
Rat Town’s Danny Knierieman and The School of Hardcore Knocks
Even though he’s been around the punk rock block and back, Danny Knieriemen seems more interested in current nihilism than coy nostalgia. Since the…
Portfolio: Florida as wild and strange, but also magical
When the round drawl of Walter Coker’s Alabama roots unfurls into the conversation, you listen—closely. In his stories, there’s a wealth of context tha…
Know Your Rights: New England-based Surf Photog, Brian Nevins
“Know Your Rights” is a semi-regular column featuring profiles of and conversations with local surfers whose love for the ocean fuels their passion, in…
We Made a Record
In March, the team here at Void began inviting local acts into our office to play three song sets of original music. While far from a novel idea (NPR’s…
Go: Art Brewer at Surfer the Bar
On Saturday, Surfer the Bar in Jax Beach will host legendary surf photographer Art Brewer for an exhibition of the Dana Point-born lensman’s work. In …
ART NEWS: Welcome to the Cultural Council Club, Joy Young
With the hiring of Joy Young as its new executive director, beginning this February the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville will have a new leader…
Local Music Spotlight: Proof that DL is OK in “Good Complications”
There was a time (most of the 1980s) when the melodious, Unicorn-killing synth-chord stabs of the Yamaha DX7 led many a young scamp to stab open their …
Bound by Water: Florida’s Got a Thing for Boat Parades
Since Western colonization, aquatic cavalcades have skirted the coast of Florida. First, the Timucuan traversed the state in dugouts that few records b…
Swell Forecast: Waves All Week
Hurricane season is in the books, but even though we Floridians may not like the cold, winter tends to be prime time for surf in North Florida. We're s…
Beer: There’s a Right Way to Pour Coppertail’s New Pilsner
You're doing it all wrong. What exactly, you may ask? Everything. OK, not everything, but you're definitely pouring a pilsner incorrectly. No worries t…
Liner Notes: What’s inside our Photo Annual/Holiday Gift Guide
First, from the desk of Captain Obvious: This issue is full of pictures. All good. Also, you may be aware that in each issue this page is typically…
Like Clean Beaches? This local organization needs your help
Time to face the music: We're trashy people. But we can do better. That's the idea driving local environmentally focused organization Beaches Go …
When Surfer Magazine First Came to Town
The late 1980s was a boom time for the American economy. Reaganomics, Gordon Gekko, conspicuous consumption: As GDP climbed and crested in nearly every…
Come at Us: Jax a World-Class Surf City (According to Surfline)
Here's a little story: A few weeks ago, I spent a couple days romping around New Smyrna Beach among fellow surf journalists from competing publicati…
The Void Guide to the Holidaze: The Charity Bell Rings (Again)
First, a Holidaze confession: On numerous occasions I've skipped the exit and walked out the entrance of my local supermarket just to avoid eye contact…