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 …
Music
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…
Song Premiere: With “Ghost Town,” The Young Step are ready to breakout
"There's joy in the rain after a month of heat. There's another hurricane though it's not on the beach," croons The Young Step's Ben Whitson (guitar, v…
El Fonquéte: LPT live album release party
Back in the summer of 2016, Jax-based Afro-Cuban Salsa outfit LPT was holding down a residency in the back room of 5 Points's Rain Dogs. The band qui…
Music Profile: Jazz Guitarist Taylor Roberts
Music is a journey with little time for sightseeing. If inspiration is fleeting, then it stands to reason that creativity can’t be too far behind. One …
ON OUR RADAR: Artists to watch
For our 2018 Arts & Music Issue (on newsstands now) we surveyed some of the most influential artists, musicians, and tastemakers in Northeast Flori…
Blowing Up: Void’s Music Series Big in Nashville
If you've been following North Florida's music scene at all in recent years, you've likely come across way cool guitar, camera, and carry-all strap man…
Watch: One Eleven Heavy’s Airy Boogie
For the last two weeks, Void's famed Arts and Music scribe, Dan Brown, has been touring the Northeast and Midwest, adding a thunderous backbone to the …
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-block full of hazed-out production effects and rubbery beats. If ther…
No Wanee 2019: Popular music fest cancelled
The de facto gem of a jamband gathering that is the Wanee Music Festival will not be throwing down in 2019. Early this week it was announced that the e…