Neu!-Age Spiritualized Repetition
Creating a broken abstraction of trip hop, Al Lover incorporates elements of psych, shoegaze, proto-electronica, krautrock & dub to draw out elements from the past and connect them to the future.
“Death Valley Girls are a gift to the world.” – Iggy Pop
“Harnessing the allure of the occult and the power of self-help, the Los Angeles garage rockers break free from their roots and ascend to the realm of spiritual psych-jazz rockestra.” – Pitchfork
“(Death Valley Girls) taps out of traditional songwriting and tune into a new spiritual consciousness…” – SPIN
“An insistent Banshees like boom and groove.” – MOJO
Punk music ages better when the focus is on surviving life in the gutter. I’m not saying that this is groundbreaking or the definitive music of a generation but it resonates the same way early Ramones resonates, the way Richard Hell resonates—in the simplicity and un-glorified honesty of expressing the small emotional span of human sentiment (joy and suffering). – ALT CITIZEN
Gal Musette is a singer-songwriter from Southern California whose melody-driven indie-folk songs combine the spirit of French chanson from the early 1900’s with a folk flare, and a touch of modern instrumentation, driving a unique combination of sounds.
Brian Borcherdt aka Dusted is best known as founding member of the Polaris Prize-shortlisted electro-experimental band Holy Fuck.
This project serves as a vehicle for more traditional songwriting, although the sound retains many of the experimental elements he’s become known for. Dusted III offers a meditation on change and rebirth that all of us can relate to at this moment.
Chew is psychedelic, but whatever the back psychedelia is. The antithesis of glossy pop riffs and recycled arrangements, Chew manages to squeeze and contort multiple genres in a fuzzed out freak out of a live performance.
A “multilevel interrogative self-enlightenment organization”. Members include Kairos (Lena Simon/La Luz), Billy Creature (Glenn Michael Van Dyke/BOYTOY), Daddy Braids (Matt Shaw/The Mother Gooses) and Lee Savage (James Scott Rubia/Animal Clinic).
THE DREAMBOWS
Jacksonville’s angst ridden apathy rockers DUCATS blend post punk, gaze, and jangle influences with a full supply of life woes and a heavy hand of mom’s basement.
rickoLus sounds like if Billy Joel and Beck were in a dive bar band.
Rude television encapsulates the pleasant feeling of being mugged by way of getting beaten senseless with a fender jazzmaster. Drum driven rock n roll with a barrage of guitar in the passenger seat and synth in the back. The perfect company for driving off a cliff and exploding into a fiery wreck at the wheel of a luxury rental car before playing down the happenings of your weekend at the office watercooler the next morning. – Painscale Records
Lindsey Mills is a multimedia creatrix whose work as a singer-songwriter draws inspiration from diverse sources — ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Joni Mitchell to Janelle Monae — while always maintaining a strong flavor of her native Florida.
Incorporating elements of classic psychedelia, cascades of overlapping synthesizers & guitars, ethereal vocal melodies & textures, and modern production techniques, FCSP gives listeners a unique perspective on the psych pop/rock genre.
Emily Blaylock’s magic is a mix of painstakingly honest lyrics with floating indie melodies. Blending themes of feminism and the natural world, it’s girl rock that might make you dance and is guaranteed to draw out some emotions you weren’t expecting to feel on a Friday. BLAYLOCK
Thrilling adventures in pre-pubescent punk rock.
The Coastal Cowboy aka The Loxahatchee Kid playing his own brand of “Surf ‘N Western”.
Haunting melodies and intoxicating beats, nighttime bedlam for the bedroom of your mind. Sagittarius Aquarius is dark disco fantasy, cosmic filigree, and just a little cute.
A pronounced schizophrenic influence shimmers forth that reveals this record as refreshingly original. It’s a wash of fuzzy shoegaze mixed with stomping, raw Americana.
Noise Boys
Zippur ascends headstrong into lunar madness and organized chaos with motorik riffs and occasionally dissonant chord structures that somehow comedown into lush soundscapes and cavernous melodies of a frantic sort.
An experimental rock group based in South Florida for over 10 years, The Zoo Peculiar has carved a unique place for themselves in the music scene, combining rock, punk, circus music, doo-wop, saloon ditties, black metal, and world music, to create a style that has been variously described as “circus music from outer space” and “dark carnival disco rock”. RIYL: Mr. Bungle, Tom Waits, The Mummies, The Bee Gees, and Konami’s Castlevania soundtrack.
Hope exudes a powerfully emotional blend of post rock and grunge. For fans of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Earth, and Explosions In The Sky.
StonyVibez Music multi-instrumentalist looping artist. Jam-infused, reggae, funk
Feel good surf music with next level guitar work.
Renan Nerone is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was born in Maringa, a small city in the southern part of Brazil. His passion for the guitar started when he was just a little boy. He discovered then that the music was able to bring happiness to himself and people around him.
Formerly known as “Yung Tarzan”, TC Silk is a genre bending rapper with a unique, self-produced style that reflects his years spent growing up in the various music scenes of South Florida. His synth heavy, poppy melodies and distinctive drum patterns provide the perfect bed for his memorable lyrics and hooks that are sure to stay become etched into your brain after hearing them.
BROOT MCCOY & DJ MATT KELLY
From Jacksonville, Florida, Luci Lind combines the melodic world of Bedroom Pop with the raging energy of Alternative Hip Hop, Rock and RnB. With a knack for earworms and energetic performance, Luci Lind brings crowds off their feet, and in the air screaming.
Sko Gudiño & Amigos bring a soulful hip hop funky r&b wave influenced by the roots of the golden era which make you feel the essence of existing.
A cinematic blend of organic, analog, and digital sounds. Dark Ambient music that feels familiar, comforting, and unsettling at the same time.
RIFYL: Abul Mogard, Alessandro Cortini, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Johann Johannsonn, horror movie soundtracks.
Sumsun’s sound takes you on a sonic hike through a kaleidoscopic wilderness, blending organic textures with electronic beats. It’s a dance of ambient and experimental genres, creating an ethereal auditory landscape that beckons to the curious and the dreamers.
A regular at the basement presents tiny gear concerts babygorilla’s live performances are noisy, unpredictable and transcendent.
8 path is an electronic pop artist who uses a wide array of sounds and samples to create music that takes you on a journey and makes you want to dance in the process.
Wax On Wax Off
Medley has been a fixture in the local South Florida scene as a supporter, promoter and DJ for almost three decades and is the co-founder for the www.geishaz.com artist collective. Her style can be described as “beautifully vicious with an underlying tone of sensuality with a touch of quirkiness when the mood hits her”.
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Meaux, the master of electrifying dance floors with her unparalleled mix of eclectic beats, rhythms, and vibes. With a magnetic stage presence, she effortlessly blends genres and eras, creating a sonic journey that keeps the crowd on their feet all night long. Prepare to be taken on a musical adventure like no other as Meaux takes control and ignites the dancefloor with her infectious energy and passion for music.
an INDIE SLEAZE dance party
Dreaming of indie dance, electroclash, low quality bloghouse mp3s, sleazy beats, tights, neon, glitter, and $13 outfits that disintegrate tomorrow.
DJ’s Strwbry Ronin and Feunica channel their love for dark electronic with EDEN IN THE DARK. While inspired by the sounds of 80’s synthpop, darkwave, and industrial, they also aim to feature newer artists and producers that vanguard the experimental sounds of contemporary underground dance culture.
5PM Happy Hour, Bands 6pm! 500 Block of Clematis Street – DNTN WPB
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STAGES: Respectable Street (inside/outside) * Lost Weekend * Hullabaloo * O’Shea’s
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