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 of whip-tight music and lyrical bite. The four-song collection, Wi…
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Watch: Indie-Emo Quintet Modern Violence in the Audio Attic
Still somewhat fresh to the scene, Jax Indie-Emo quintet Modern Violence is already making a lot of noise. Comprised of a stellar lineup of local music…
Darkhorse Saloon Rattles Void’s Walls
When North Florida heavies, Darkhorse Saloon dropped by the Void offices to lay down some tracks, we were certain that a tastefully belligerent set of …
Go: Emo Prom on Valentines Day at Jackrabbits!
I have to admit, I had to laugh when I first saw that Jackrabbits was hosting an Emo Prom on Valentines Day. The thought of a pile of swoop-haired, tig…
Ain’t No Party like a Void Party: How we learned to throw down
As much surfjaxpier.com—the local surf report site that predated the mag—was both a formative experience and an instrumental tool in building a dedicat…
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 heady music with a lot of heart and skill. Last year the band released …
Winterland Returns with Two Days of Cool Music and DIY Vibes
Florida is a state of perpetual transience, departure, and arrival. While we couldn’t imagine any worse PR—to wit: violence, pill mills, serial killers…
Local Music Spotlight: Sea Cycles new single “Quota”
For a lot of listeners, it’s a reflex to make sense of music by putting new sounds into familiar boxes. It’s easy to draw connections between existing …
Location Announcement: Winterland II to bring Hip hop, garage, blues & psych to 5 Points
After a wildly successful inaugural festival in 2018, the garage-rock-leaning Winterland is back for more; this year with a more eclectic, but equally …
Go: L.A. Power Duo El Ten Eleven at Jackrabbits
It took me five years of listening to El Ten Eleven to figure out that the L.A. based band only has two members. Their thick, hypnotic sound is created…
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…
Go: Springfield Biz’s Throw Down on Main St.
We're buying the Springfield hype. Drinking the Kool-Aid, if you will. From the gorgeous and historic architecture throughout the neighborhood to the n…
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…
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…
Turn it Up: Our Fave Local Releases of 2018
2018 was a banner year for music in the 904. From Downtown to the Beaches to St. Augustine, in traditional and non-traditional venues, from bedrooms an…
Song Premiere: Modern Violence’s polished, unapologetically Emo debut
When a new band comes together, there’s typically a period of gestation required—months of practice; some stabs at recording; layering, stripping down,…
GO: Avant presents Yemen Blues
Since 2010, Yemen Blues has been winning over international crowds with the band’s blending of Arabic and African-infused music. Founded in Israel by f…
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…
Watch: The Young Step drive around a “Ghost Town”
A few weeks back we premiered a tasty new track from way cool St. Augustine band The Young Step. "'Ghost Town' is definitely about a specific experi…
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…
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 …
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 = The Black Toilet. Digging deep into TBT (aka Quanza)’s Soundcloud …
Listen: Bundle up with Minorcan’s “Sweater Weather”
It's time to update your Holiday playlist. "Baby it's Cold Outside" is overplayed (and hasn't aged well, it seems). Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin…
ANNOUNCEMENT: Welcome to Rockville welcomes Tool, Korn, Incubus, The Prodigy & More
Over the course of eight years, the Jax-based Welcome to Rockville Festival has grown into an internationally acclaimed music experience. In 2018, Rock…