Orlando promoter the Modern Music Movement is smashing boxes again with this latest local showcase, Sonic. Acous.tic Re.Form, a loaded and adventurous bill that defies both genre and convention. Besides the indie sounds of Jem, it only gets increasingly out there with the ambient drones of J. Matz ..read more

After canceling their anticipated Orlando show earlier this year due to injury, Philadelphia hardcore band the HIRS Collective are finally arriving as fresh backup in the culture wars that we’re fighting here in Florida. They come packing sonic fury, crusading conviction to defend the marginalized, and the vocal endorsement of high-profile allies like Shirley Manson, Screaming Females’ Marissa Paternoster, Thursday’s Geoff Rickly, Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham, Soul Glo, Melt-Banana and Gouge Away. Just in time ..read more

Who better to close out 2023 with than the King of Crunk? Lil Jon would very much like you to say "Yeah!" (in two syllables), Orlando ..read more

There are two distinct sides to this bill, and both will be represented well. Vancouver’s Total Chroma and Orlando’s Mother Juno will bring the electronic edge with their penetrating EBM ..read more

Darren Criss wishes you “A Very Darren Crissmas” as he brings his new holiday album to Orlando. This Emmy and Golden Globe winner is a seasoned performer, rising to the heights of stardom after starring as fan-favorite Blaine Anderson on Glee. (There was a running joke in the industry that if Criss performed your song on the show, you were done for ..read more

This show is a release party for Orlando’s Petty Thefts, who just dropped their debut LP Amnesia Beach, a solid batch of friendly pit-starters that are melodic but still punk. It’s streaming everywhere, but to honor both their name and their wish (the Bandcamp page for the album explicitly says “steal this album”), the release is available as a free (a.k.a. name your price) download ..read more

Wednesday, Nov. 22 AAHZ 2023: Dynamix II, DJ Icey, Kimball Collins, Dave Cannalte, Andy Hughes 8:30 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $25-$550; 407-648-8363 ..read more

John Rousseau (né John Welch) began making ripples in the Orlando music scene in 2017. First, it was with their electronic vehicle Mother Juno, perhaps the truest EBM act to come out of the city since the original industrial-music heyday of the 1990s, but Rousseau has since emerged as an underground mover to watch. Alongside Mother Juno’s rising regional profile, Rousseau is also a much-sought studio head who’s worked with eminent area acts like Leatherette, Glove, Body Shop, Audible Parts, Daisy-Chain, Red Rodeo, Warm Frames, Vestis, Fjshwjfe and many more ..read more

Few bands are primed for the present “now” as much as Eurodisco outfit Aqua. Their tongue-in-cheek tale (capitalist critique?) of a “Barbie world” from 1997 hit “Barbie Girl” now seems downright prophetic ..read more

Puerto Rican urbano rap artist Myke Towers is here to show that you only live once — or la vida es una. (it’s the tour’s handle, y’see). Towers is bringing his Latin-rap fusion to the Amway Center on Saturday ..read more