Got Ya Covered: Void’s Cover Art Show brought an eclectic gathering of creatives to Jax Beach
You may remember, a few months back, when we dropped an issue of Void Mag (our Arts & Music one, specifically) with a blank cover on racks across N…
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19 Songs We Needed in ’19: Folk is People and rickoLus had us saying, “Folk Yeah!”
2019 gave us much in the way of music to celebrate in Northeast Florida; a glorious and eclectic mix of output, to be sure. Here are a couple tunes we …
GrindCore: These local artists wax curbs and wax philosophical
Skateboarding and music have enjoyed a long, often strange, but mostly complementary love affair. Whether it was the buzz-sawing guitars of HC punks JF…
LPT Goes Into the Void
When Riverside's mighty Afro-Cuban Salsa band, LPT, stopped by the Void office on what was an otherwise fairly run-of-the-mill Friday afternoon, our st…
Local Music Spotlight: Get “Stuck” on SolaFide!’s new single
With their latest tune, “Stuck” the Duval Co. quartet Solafide! maintains their signature moves of crisp-clean guitar sonics, slippery bass, reverb-soa…
Pour-Files: Meet China Horgan, bartender at Nighthawks
One of Riverside’s newest and best live music venues, the ultra-cool Nighthawks hosts a diversity of acts and an eclectic mix of events. With a rotati…
An Allman Brothers Tour of Jacksonville
Why does Jacksonville continue to keep one of our greatest musical exports off the map? Until there’s a large bronze statue of Duane Allman standi…
Local Music Spotlight: Hunter Hileman invites us into the “Groove Inn”
Local musician Hunter Hileman sports a couple of creative hats. As a bassist, he plays with Faze Wave and Denver Hall’s live band; as well as being Ha…
#1 in the 904: Arts, Music, and Media
Seen any good shows lately? Who's got you groovin' in the 904? Who's loud? Who makes beautiful stuff? What gallery is pushing all the right buttons? W…
Watch: A Taste of Honey Hounds new Single “County Line”
Jacksonville blues trio Honey Hounds have been hitting the highway from Knoxville to Naples over the past month, showcasing the group's stylish blend …
Muzak Mondays: New tunes from LANNDS, The Young Step; Faze Wave goes into the void.
We know there are naysayers out there. What with their “Remember the good ol’ days of music?”, their “Kids would rather play video games than play mus…
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 spellcheckers) deadkaren have released their debut six-songer and it’s pretty…
Listen: The numbers add up on LANNDS’ “2093”
Both within each track and collectively across her many releases, Rania Woodard's distinctive brand of mellow, often brooding electronic-pop seems ever…
Watch: We love Florida psych-rockers Timothy Eerie, and so can you
Though they're now based in Austin, Orlando-bred psych rockers Timothy Eerie are never too cool for their beloved Sunshine State--they've even made Nor…
The Amp: Beloved St. Augustine venue rebrands
The St. Augustine Amphitheatre is no more. Don't worry, though. The 4,700-capacity venue is not going away. The beloved North Florida concert and commu…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Rad Pad: The authentic #VanLife of Nicholas Williams
By now, van life (or #VanLife) has become as much a part of the Millennial milieu as beards, vinyl, artisan tinkering, craft beer, Frasier, Juuling, et…
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…
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,…