Jun
7
Interview: L.O.V.E Culture is in a vibrant, Lo-Fi league of its own
Hip-hop can be as much about strong personalities as it is about powerful music. Ra…
Author: Daniel A. Brown
May
20
Local Music Spotlight: Don’t sleep on snOre’s “Erosion”
Don’t let the name fool you: the music of snOre will keep you wide awake. Formed in…
May
15
35 Under 35: Geexella
Those resistant to the progressive pull of changes in today’s vernacular need step …
May
8
Local Music Spotlight: The Chrome Fangs’ garage is a smoked-out temple
While the band has only been together for four years, The Chrome Fangs have been ha…
Apr
29
Local Music Spotlight: Loretto’s short, sweet “Sleeping in the Pines”
Jacksonville three-piece Loretto keep it short and sweet with their current full-le…
Apr
19
Local Music Spotlight: flipturn’s “Citrona”
The indie-rock pride of Fernandina Beach, flipturn are a five-piece that formed in …
Apr
10
Local Music Spotlight: St. Augustine math-rockers deliver potent riffage
In the greater field of the North Florida music scene, Giraffrica surely prowls wil…
Mar
28
Know Thyself: Erin Kendrick’s art of empowerment and activism
Heritage, empowerment, activism, and identity can sometimes be tossed around as cul…
Mar
18
Local Music Spotlight: Debut six-songer from deadkaren is quite nice
Friends of melodic/post-emo-ish punk (and enemies to all title-case-font spellcheck…
Feb
19
Local Music Spotlight: The lyrical bite of Denver Hall’s ‘Winter’
The latest from hip hop artist Denver Hall is an evolution of his skillful combining…
Feb
12
Go: Micro-Macro at MOCA Jax
Before it was “discovered,” or at least codified, in the early the 20th century by n…
Feb
7
Local Music Spotlight: We Love, Love L.O.V.E Culture
Local hip-hop collective L.O.V.E. Culture is wasting no time in spreading their head…
Feb
5
Winterland Returns with Two Days of Cool Music and DIY Vibes
Florida is a state of perpetual transience, departure, and arrival. While we couldn’…
Jan
23
Go: Four local artists face off and represent in current Southlight Gallery exhibit
Now in the infancy of the 21st century, representational art, in all of its inherent…
Jan
17
Local Music Spotlight: Prog-Punkers RUFFIANS release “All of Your Lies”
Self-described Jacksonville “prog-punk” rockers RUFFIANS (no flabby lowercase letter…
Jan
5
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 …
Dec
20
GO: Avant presents Yemen Blues
Since 2010, Yemen Blues has been winning over international crowds with the band’s b…
Dec
19
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 mo…
Dec
13
ART NEWS: Welcome to the Cultural Council Club, Joy Young
With the hiring of Joy Young as its new executive director, beginning this February …
Dec
13
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…
Dec
6
Watch & Listen: The Black Toilet’s “What What” is weirdly rewarding
Jot this down: The equation for this review is Hindu Kush Groove x Kona Skate Park =…
Nov
29
Immersion & Dispersion in MOCA’s Project Atrium
In her first-ever solo exhibition in America, Amanda Coogan has turned the Project A…
Nov
22
Music Profile: Jazz Guitarist Taylor Roberts
Music is a journey with little time for sightseeing. If inspiration is fleeting, the…
Nov
15
Arts Profile: Tony Rodrigues Ciphers the Surface
Tony Rodrigues is enjoying a helluva run. In June of 2016 he was commissioned to pai…
Nov
12
Local Music Spotlight: Pop$hit Day Day’s “In Due Time”
This seven-song set of tunes from Duval hip hop artist Pop$hit Day Day is chock-a-bl…