19 Songs We Needed in ’19: Hurricane Party, Cory Driscoll, The Young Step sweat the weather
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 three tunes we rea…
Tag: rock
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…
Darkhorse Saloon to play Arena League Championship halftime show
What's your all-time favorite halftime show performance? Prince in the rain? 2004's wardrobe malfunction? Please don't make things complicated and say…
Go: Winterland presents 3 cool shows for this hot week
The third iteration of Winterland is still months away, but that won't keep the purveyors of the beloved DIY music festival from making noise around t…
Watch: We interviewed very cool Athens band Deep State
There are a litany of band-interview faux pas; questions to be avoided at all costs because they are boring, possibly offensive, or, again, really bor…
Watch: Neighbors to the north, Deep State go #intothevoid
In these divisive times, saying you're a fan of the Deep State might earn you some enemies. So it's important to clarify. We here at Void Magazine…
Watch: Ben Katzman makes Kool the Rool for #intothevoid
If--like we do--you've got a (un)healthy social media diet, you likely come across no shortage of aphorisms--short, sometimes pithy observations about…
Into the Void: “Kindness is Hot” according to Miami’s DeGreaser
"Be cool. Be nice. Be chill," shouts DeGreaser frontman, Ben Katzman, before punctuating the mantra with "That's tight!" It's refrains like this one--…
Watch: Faze Wave’s enjoyably creepy video for “The Game”
With a smattering of singles, an EP, and 2018’s full-length Lethologica, Jax-based wunderkinds Faze Wave–Matthew Flynn, Jacob Nemeth, Hunter Hileman, …
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…
Faze Wave goes Into the Void
There's an obvious, unmistakably youthful energy to local indie rockers Faze Wave. It could be partly due to the band member's cherubic countenances (t…
Muzak Mondays: DeGreaser, LANNDS, DL is OK, Mr. Al Pete
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 musi…
Watch: Slide into DeGreaser’s “Carpe D.M.”
In the digital age, how does rock n' roll--an antique, but not yet antiquated genre--hold the attention of a spastic, perpetually distracted populace? …
Muzak Mondays: New Rickolus, 9E, Timothy Eerie, L.O.V.E. Culture
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 musi…
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…
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: 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…
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…
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…
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: 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: WØRSEN’s “Stronghold”
The latest from local grindcore gods WØRSEN does not disappoint. Released in early October, Stronghold features eight tracks of the band’s certain pumm…
Know Your Rights: Surfer-shaper-punk-military vet, Sean Piper
“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…