FMF 2012
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FMF2012 CONFERENCE MANAGERS:
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with Miller Lite and Pinnacle to offer you drink discounts at every venue.Ask your bartender for the official drinks and beer of FMF2012 and save some cash, get trashed and take a cab.
WHAT ARE THE AGE REQUIREMENTS?
THE RULES OF THE GAME
Rule 6
WHERE DO I FIND OUT THE SCHEDULES? Rule 7
ONE DAY TICKETS/PASSES MAY BE PURCHASED AT ANY VENUE EACH NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL!
Rule 3
RULE 1
YOU’RE ABOUT TO GET FMF’upped! SO DON’T BOTHER TO FIGHT IT!
PREPARE FOR CULTURAL OVERLOAD! 3 DAYS of MUSIC IN THE STREETS & MUSIC BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE... that they don’t teach you of in college.
What the hell is FMF?
Welcome to the FMF experience... one of the biggest independent music events in the country, right here in your own backyard. It’s also one of the biggest parties in Orlando. Celebrating it’s 11th year, the Florida Music Festival is a 3 day (predominantly) unsigned artist showcase, in which more than 175 artists from around the country come to Orlando to play a 30 minute power packed showcase for the attending music industry and more importantly, the fans on 10 stages all within walking distance downtown. Some bands hope to sign with a major, others will go indie and still others are doing it themselves and just want your support. Some bands will rock you hard, others will throw down some hip-hop. But whether it’s punk, indie, metal, pop or whatever the heck you call half of the bands, it’s a blast. Each night there will also be headliners at all the major venues, with THE DIRTY HEADS, FILTER, CANDLEBOX, TYRONE WELLS, THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY, 7 NATIONS and more performing on their respective nights.
Rule 4 VARIETY AND VOLUME ARE THE KEY! So many bands, so many venues, how do I get a ticket or pass? (One wristband gets you into all 10 clubs for one night... the biggest rock and roll club crawl)! You can go to any participating venue in the Downtown area and pay at the door for a wristband for that night.You can then get into that venue and every other venue that is part of FMF2012 for that night only. Or you can purchase in advance at TICKETFLY.com and pick up at Wall St Plaza WILL CALL at the corner of Court & Central by the Mainstage. Example:You can buy an Official Wristband at Backbooth to start the night. Go in, have a beer, check out a band.Then you can walk over to The Social and see a band, then walk over to 57 West, then go over to Wall St Plaza to check out a band. Get it?
Rule 5: ENJOY DISCOUNTS ON MILLER LITE & PINNACLE VODKA DRINKS! Ask The Bar For The FMF2012 Miller Lite & Pinnacle Vodka Specials during the shows! We have teamed
www.FLORIDAMUSICFESTIVAL.com for info on line up, tickets and more!
passes/reg. ARTIST/INDUSTRY REGISTRATION Gibson Showroom
Registration is open beginning Wed,April 18th @ The Gibson Showroom is on the corner court/central: 10am-8pm.
PURCHASING A 1 DAY TICKET Any FMF2012 Venue Door
You can purchase a 1 day wristband to attend all shows that night at any venue door to start the night.Thur: $15/ Fri: $10/ Sat: $10
WILL CALL: 3 DAY / 1 DAY PASSES
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO • APRIL 19TH - 21ST
Rule 2
DON’T GO FMF-ING UNPREPARED! Some of the best out of town and up-and-coming bands you might not know are worth checking out! The online schedule has the artists’ profiles linked so you can check out the bands before heading downtown.The schedule link is available on FloridaMusicFesitval.com.
GRAB AXIS OR POCKET ROCK GUIDE! Look through this issue of aXis Magazine that’s in your hands for an Official Venue Map and Showcase Schedule, or a Pocket Rock Guide, available at the door at all of the FMF venues.Also the Orlando Sentinel will have the schedule and map in their Friday, Calendar Section and then again each day of the Festival in their daily Life & Times or Calendar sections. You can also go to www.fmf2012.com and download the schedule at any point. Once again, there will be an official FMF volunteer or door person at each venue with additional up to date schedules and maps.
RULES OF THE GAME
VENUES MAY HAVE DIFFERENT AGES! Thursday night is open to 18andUp at all the venues. Due to overcrowding on Friday and Saturday night, however, some venues may opt to go 21 and up. If you have any questions there will be an official FMF volunteer or door person at each venue to answer questions or check FMF2012.com for updates as more information comes. Saturday Industry Conferences are ALL AGES all day long from 12-6pm.
Wall St. Plaza
Will call for advance 1 day passes is open at Wall St Plaza 6pm to midnight Thur,April 19th until Sat, the 21st @ corner of Court/ Central in front of Gibson showroom.
aXis thoughts: “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” (Aldous Huxley)
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THURS ARTIST SCHEDULE
THURS DAy ARTIST WATCH: WHO TO KEEP AN EYE ON
ALMOST KINGS
10:30 - WALL ST. II
CHILL FLOW ROCK/HIP-HOP THE ROCK/REGGAE 10:00 - MAINSTAGE
THE LEGENDARY JC’S FUNK/SOUL 12:00 - THE SOCIAL
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tart with the style of Otis Redding,Wilson Pickett and Sammy Davis jr. add a pocket rhythm section with exceptionally tight horns and you have a vague idea of what you get at a JC’s performance. Providing soulful melodies throughout the Southeast these troubadours aren’t afraid to get down and dirty.Your best bet, however, is to check them out live for yourself and don’t forget your dancing shoes.
THE CRAZY CARLS
9:00 - THE SOCIAL
SKA/ROCK
PETER BALDWIN
12:30 - BACKBOOTH
POP/SOUL
POCKET ROCK GUIDE
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THE SOCIAL
BACKBOOTH
BULLITT BAR
GIBSON SHOW ROOM
CAFE ANNIE’S
57 WEST
6:00 - Britt Daley 7:00 - The Baron Sisters 6:00 – Kayavibe 8:00 – The Anytime 6:30 – Special Guest 7:00 – Kinda Major 9:00 – The Crazy Carls 7:30 – Haulover Drive 8:00 – Dub-T 10:00 – Rug 8:30 – The Chuck Shaffer 9:00 – The Whitey Tighties 11:00 – The Jonnie Morgan Picture Show 10:00 – The Chill Flow Band 9:30 – Built to be Broken THE DIRTY HEADS 12:00 – The Legendary JCs 10:30 – Almost Kings
7:00 -- The Revolt 8:00 – Lily and the Tigers 9:00 – Al Torchia and the Tattered Saints 10:00 – All the Pretty Cars 11:00 – Hawks with Rockets 12:00 – Empyrean
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6:30 - Tina Nicole 7:30 – Jessica Vacha 8:30 – Mathieu 9:30 – Alex Bennett 10:30 – Reggie Williams 11:30 – Derek Stroker 12:30 – Melissa Reyes
8:00 – Joseph Allen White & Jeremy Fitzgerald 9:00 – Through You 10:00 – Eight Stories High 11:00 – Skyhawk Drive 12:00 – Save The Radio
6:30 – I Woke Up Early For My Funeral 7:30 – Sail by the Stars 8:30 – Coyote Theory 9:30 – Shutup & Dance 10:30 – Stockholm 11:30 – J.Arks and JKL Werty
6:30 – Blaine the Mono 7:30 – Nate Larsen 8:30 – The Dustin Kahill Band 9:30 – Mason 10:30 – Prote-J 11:30 – Antics 12:30 – Raging Geisha
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aXis thoughts: “Rock ‘n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.” (Frank Sinatra)
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FRI DAy ARTIST WATCH: WHO TO KEEP AN EYE ON
9:00 - WALL STREET
ALT ROCK
TAYLER BUONO
8:30 - CAFE ANNIE’S
ROCK/REGGAE THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
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TYRONE WELLS
POP/SOUL
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hile the term “DJ” becomes increasingly misappropriated, StoneRokk and Graham Funke have embarked upon a mission to restore some of the fun and return some of the luster to the craft.¬† With creative programming, a master display of technique, and a strong opinion, they hope to dispel the celebutants and new-jack wannabes that have inundated both the nightlife community and the media at large.
FRI ARTIST SCHEDULE
JUNE DIVIDED
FILTER
GIBSON SHOW ROOM 98.9WMMO presents
6:30 -- Tim Serdynski 7:30 – Palmer Reed 8:30 – Dustin Seymour 9:30 – Levi Conner 10:30 – Gavin Shea 11:30 – Randall Berman
hard rock live presents
6:30 – Seven Years Past 7:30 - Community Property 8:30 – The Dropa Stone 9:30 – Tigerweather 11:00 -- HorIzen 1:00 -- W.E.R.M.
BULLITT BAR
THE SOCIAL
6:30 – Evan Gibb 7:30 – Dan Verduin 8:30 – Joe Brooks 9:30 – Tyrone Wells 12:00 – Satellites in Orbit
EMBER LOUNGE
10:00 – Britt Daley 11:00 – Drop Lethal The Captains of Industry
BACKBOOTH
6:00 – Dreaming in Stereo 7:00 – Goodnight Neverland 8:00 – Savannah 9:00 – The Passenger 10:00 – Stukenberg 11:00 – Adeste
57 WEST
6:30 – I Am The Sea 7:30 -- Kasson 6:00 -- Making Faces 8:30 -- Antics 7:00 – We Are One 9:30 – Sovereign Soldiers 8:30 – Tayler Buono 8:00 – Seladore 10:30 – Dean Road Riot 9:30 The Bud Phillips Band 9:00 – Stealing Vanity 11:30 – The Majestys 10:30 – Tarek Kasmi 10:00 – Revolution 12:30 – Johnny Cakes and 11:30 – Swagga Blanco Revival the Four Horsemen 12:30 – Menew 11:00 – Bloody Jug Band of the Apocalypso 12:00 – I-Resolution
CAFE ANNIE’S
6:00 – The Silence 7:00 – Candi Lynn 8:00 – Dharmata 9:00 – June Divided 10:00 – 7 Nations
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POCKET ROCK GUIDE
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aXis thoughts: “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” (Victor Hugo)
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SAT ARTIST SCHEDULE
SAT URDAy
ARTIST WATCH: WHO TO KEEP AN EYE ON
A HERO’S FATE
ALT ROCK
BEEBS & HER MONEYMAKERS
PARTY ROCK
BEAR CROSSING
INDIE ROCK
A BRILLIANT LIE
PROG METAL
11:30 - THE SOCIAL
Nerver
10:30 - WALL ST PLAZA
9:00 - WALL ST II
ALT ROCK
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cene veteran and studio junkie Casey Daniel didn’t want to rest on his laurels as the bass player for the original breakout Orlando act of the ‘90s, Seven Mary Three. So he began tracking NerVer, receiving mainstream radio recognition from their original post grunge anthem “No Cage.” Blending the dynamics of mid ‘90s sounds like Days of the New with modern stoner rock elements of Clutch, NerVer is going to heat up the stage with some familiar peers.
11:00 - BACKBOOTH
12:00 - 57 WEST
WALL ST PLAZA MAINSTAGE
WALL ST PLAZA II
6:30 – JOANovARC 7:30 – The Lighter Exchange 8:30 – Of Valleys 9:30 – Fusebox Poet 10:30 -- NerVer 11:30 -- Candlebox
6:00 – Davis McGee 7:00 – Sound Express 8:00 – Everyday Ghosts 9:00 – B eebs and her Money Makers 10:00 – Not Tonight Josephine 11:00 -- Soulswitch
BULLITT BAR
GIBSON SHOW ROOM
6:30 -- Chris Alvarado 7:30 -- 22 Blacc 8:30 – Ravello 9:30 – Our Future Leaders 10:30 – ACIDIC 11:30 – Victims of Circumstance 12:30 – A Dying Regime
house of blues presents
98.9WMMO presents
6:30 -- Live Hart 7:30 – Macedo 8:30 – Ashley Jones 9:30 – Emily Kopp 10:30 – Stella Tell 11:30 – Jackie Bristow 12:30 – Patrick Alcine
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POCKET ROCK GUIDE
SAT URDAy
THE SOCIAL
BACKBOOTH
CAFE ANNIE’S
57 WEST
6:30 – Levi Conner JEFF HANSON presents 7:30 – David Melillo 7:00 – Special Guest 8:30 – James Roquemore 8:00 – Circus 9:30 – Ratham Stone 9:00 – Evolve Thru Scars 10:30 – The Endless 10:00 – Day Minus 7 Summer 11:00 – Bear Crossing 11:30 – A Hero’s Fate 12:30 – Big 10-4
8:00 – Beth Current 9:00 – Lion in the Mane 10:00 – Daddy Long Legs 11:00 – Mr. Bella 12:00 – Ancient Sun
aXis thoughts: “I never met an asshole in the record businessCUT I didn’t like.” (Irving ALONG DOTTED LINEAzoff)
6:00 -- Makari 7:00 – -Kids8:00 – Fell On Deaf Ears 9:00 – Midori & Ezra Boy 10:00 – Sol Cat 11:00 – Yella! 12:00 – A Brilliant Lie
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO • APRIL 19TH - 21ST
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APRIL 19TH • THURSDAY
just ruin the album. So we all just made a conscious decision to just go in and have fun and write music like we would if nobody ever knew about us. That’s definitely the mentality. I’ve watched tons of interviews and if you’re not hungry and not scared that this could all be taken away from you at any minute that’s when you are going to lose your magic or lose who you are as an artist or a musician. So we try not to think about this stuff, we try to just go in and think that every album is our first album and nobody has ever heard of us so we’ve got to put out the best stuff we can. But at the same time having fun with it and being who you are.
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So you guys got your name when stealing a 12 pack at a store, ‘come here you little dirty heads’! What kind of beer was it!?
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SO WE MET UP WITH “DIRTY J” FROM FMF2012 OPENING NIGHT HEADLINER, THE DIRTY HEADS TO FIND OUT HOW DIRTY THIS SO CAL GROUP CAN GET.
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Welcome to the 11th Annual Florida Music Festival, we’re really excited to have you guys kick off opening night. So outside of SoCal, how does Central Florida rank?
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At the beginning of our career it was kind of just the coasts. But now that we’ve grown and got more fans, I mean it’s hard to choose from East Coast to West Coast. But Florida has always been a second home for us. We’ve had some of the top ticket sales there. I mean we don’t care about ticket sales, I don’t care if there are 500 people or 2000 people, it just depends on the people that are at the show. But we’ve had some of the biggest shows in Florida for us to date and they’ve always been amazing shows. So it’s really awesome and we’re always really stoked to get down there and the weather is pretty similar to home so it’s always nice to get away from the shitty ass cold.
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[ [ “we can just do 4/20 week.”
We’ve had a lot of great ska/punk/ reggae artists over the years and our Keynote Speaker this year is Kevin Lyman. How do you think The Warped Tour changed the ska/ punk/reggae genre throughout the years?
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Doubt, and going to festivals like the Warped Tour. I think it had a lot to do with it; it had a lot to do with spreading the whole Southern California vibe with those bands. Just the Warped Tour in general as a festival, it’s really the only touring festival left and as a band it really makes you change your whole mentality when it comes to live shows and how you deal with live shows and how you deal with people and festivals. It really steps up your chops, everyday you are playing while 50 other bands are playing and people are walking by going to other stages... how are you going to get those people to stay and watch you. You have to think about that, and have the mentality that we are going to put on the best show that we can every day and you also don’t know what time you are going to play. If you’ve done the Warped Tour in a van, you’ve definitely got chops. And I will definitely respect you no matter what kind of music you play.
It’s the combination between Warped Tour and Sublime and No Doubt, because both of those bands were very influential. If you talk to people who never heard of reggae or ska, but became fans of it, it’s probably got a lot to do with Sublime and No
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How has your relationship with Rome, Bud and Eric of Sublime affected your music in the studio and on the stage?
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Well I think Sublime was really the first band that opened our eyes to a style of music where you could join styles of music. Where you could take a hip hop song and add reggae to it. You could take a reggae song and add a little bit of punk to it or rock or whatever. We don’t have a lot of punk influences but it was just kind of the first time we heard a band
that mashed up. They would mash up so many styles of music that made us realize we could do three of four styles of music in this one album, which was really cool. It was really great as an artist to be able to do that and not to just be stuck making 12 songs that sound exactly the same. With Rome, I mean that was just one of the coolest things that could have happened. He came into the studio, didn’t have an album, didn’t have anything, this nice little dude that would come in. He was super talented and we knew it when we became friends, and then we wrote that song and somehow it just blew up and became this smash hit. For everything that happened with Sublime with Rome and “Lay Me Down,” it was perfect because we got to go on tour with one of our best friends. We don’t really care how or who says or what, it was rad to have one of our buddies be on such a huge song for us, so it could elevate both of us into a different stage in our careers.
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So rumor has it the new album is due this summer, now that you guys have had success on the road and with Any Port in the Storm, how does the success affect the recording process, and the overall creativity aspect?
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I think it actually adds pressure. We had such a big song; I think that if we let that get to us, I think it would
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I don’t know where that story came from. I don’t know if it was from a store, but it was probably something really gross like Natty Ice, but I don’t really remember because we probably did it a couple times. But that’s not really how we got our name. I think we got our name more so because we used to tag along with our older brothers and there was a group of us and it was more so snaking beers off of those guys. And just being at their parties and stuff like that and we were always surfing and skating while they were trying to buy beers and then they kind of gave us the name and we kind of adopted it. When we wrote our first song that was in there and then that became our name.
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So as you know, we just missed getting you guys for 4/20, but we’re happy to be doing the 19th together, any tricks or treats we should expect for the national holiday?
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Yeah, but we’re going to be there at like midnight and that’s kind of 4/20ish. And it’s like when Christmas comes around or my birthday comes around, I just do birthday week. So we can just do 4/20 week. We’ve got an awesome strand of weed, that’s probably what I’ll be smoking. But no, we’re just going to go play some shows and have fun.
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Any additional supplies added to the band rider for that weekend?
Yeah, we have those face mask bongs but we’ve changed them into underwear bongs. So it’s like you put your legs through the things so it’s like you’re wearing a face mask on your whole junk and it just gets you really fucked up. I can’t believe you’ve never heard of that before, it’s because I just made it up.
aXis thoughts: “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” (Hunter S. Thompson)
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FMF ARTIST: FILTER
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Over the last two decades Filter’s founder and lead man Richard Patrick has seen his share of highs and lows. Eclecticism has been a hallmark of Patrick’s career in Filter, and it’s administered with crushing efficiency on every studio production, and even moreso on stage. Original fans weaned on the industrial outbursts and corrosive beats of 1995’s Short Bus and 1999’s Title of Record know Patrick’s unmistakable scream, but also his unflinching honesty dominating the band’s smash “Take A Picture.” Filter makes their second FMF appearance this month, returning to the Wall St Plaza stage that they blew up back at FMF2009. We caught up with the voice of Filter to talk past, present and the future of rock.
WELCOME BACK TO the florida Music festival. it’s great to have you back. does orlando have any special signifigance in your career, since the house of blues show back in 2002 which made you decide to enter rehab and quit substances? RP: It was probably the worst show of my career and since then we have played Orlando and it’s been a shining return. I’ve been super healthy and my music came over the way I intended it to be. Orlando is one of the watermarks in my lifestyle change.
the fans seemed to think so as well, last time through. do you ever have any issues playing the same songs after nearly 20 years?
RP: I never understood that.You don’t want to play the songs? For me, I’m all about the fans this time. Back in the day, it was so hard for me to just understand fans and people who liked me. It was so weird.When you’re so self-destructive and so bad to yourself, how can you understand when people like you? Now, it’s, like, I’m writing it down: Is that what you want to hear? I need to put that in the set list tomorrow because that’s what the fans want to hear.The fans put me where I’m at and I need them.
speaking of which, how do you keep it interesting in the studio after all these years?
RP: A lot of bands find a niche and go ‘that’s us and that’s what we’re going to be forever.’ And it works and their fans expect the same thing. I think what happens is when fans grow older, there’s a new crop of young kids that are just getting into it. For the guys that have been around for a long time, like Bono, it’s always about blowing your own mind. It’s such a shock for people to realize “Take a Picture” is the “Hey, Man Nice Shot” band. It’s so confusing that you have to be a true fan to understand. I think it’s really about just being yourself.
DO you appreciate the live performance aspect more now than in the past, considering all the ways you have experienced it?
RP: When you’re on stage you’re like ‘It’s just people.’ It’s literally just people.They’ve got the same problems, they’ve got the same things, and they just want to see their kids.That’s the reality of the world. I think that back in the ’90’s we were like inventing anger.We were like fucking pissed! Like what? What, Kurt? Whatever, never mind.Apathy? It’s like what is our job? What do we want to do? For me, I want to make people happy. I want to feed my kids. I go to concerts, and the concerts are designed to entertain me. I didn’t really understand that. I thought it was almost an adversarial approach back in the early ‘90’s. Back when I was in Nine Inch Nails Trent and I would like throw shit at people, like throw cups of beer at them. It was so much anger extending of us that it was literally throwing beers at people.We were throwing glass beers at each other, and then he would tackle me. I think we were probably having troubles with our own lives. He’s actually a pretty substantially angry person to begin with. I’m actually a little more like I can get angry, but I hate getting angry. I hate being angry, but I really lose it when I get angry. I’m blessed. I’m comfortable, my life is good – and it’s time to give back to the world that’s been so beautiful to me. People pay money to see me sing and play the guitar.When we leave the stage, there’s a moment where I take the guitar off and I just listen to the applause. Some nights, it’s more applause than others, but think of all the people in the world who don’t get to have that experience. So to make a political record, I think it’s ballsy. John Lennon went “I’m huge – I’m going to start really saying something. It’s not just gonna be ‘She loves you/yeah yeah yeah.’ ” It’s not just gonna be that – it can’t be. It’s not from my soul. I have to talk about the things that are important to me. If people in the audience can identify with that and be inspired, then I’ve done my job.
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Melodic post grunge veterans Candlebox are headlining closing night at the 2012 Florida Music Festival in support of their first studio album in nearly four years, Love Stories & Other Musings. After signing to their new label AudioNest/Fontana, Candlebox are carving their own role in today’s modern music scene, thanks to the support of their loyal fans.They have spent much of the past 5 years playing stateside and abroad for troops and appearing at festivals on multiple continents. Produced by Ken Andrews (Pete Yorn, A Perfect Circle,Tenacious D, Beck), Love Stories & Other Musings features nine new tracks and will include five bonus tracks, re-records of hits including “Far Behind” and “Cover Me.” We got on the phone with lead man Kevin Martin to talk about the new album, and coming back to a state that has always embraced the band and their sound.
First album in five years, what inspired you to break the silence and get back in the studio again?
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
KM: Years ago I read something that changed the way i look at everything! It struck so deeply that I have never forgotten it. It simply stated,“without music, life would be a mistake.” I’ve never forgotten it, even when i was struggling to find a song or a melody it kept me searching and frankly I could not imagine my life without it [music]. This record for me is no mistake, it is our music and our love for what a great gift we have been given. Love Stories & Other Musings is a new direction for us and I couldn’t be happier to share it with our fans.”
We are excited to welcome you back to Orlando for your FMF2012 closing night headlining performance. It seems Florida in general has always been a big supporter of the band, do you feel the same, and why do you think that is?
Kevin: Floridians love rock music and have been with us since 1993.We have always felt welcome and it is a great home away from home for Candlebox.
Over the years you guys have played most every type of venue and festival, what do you like about the festival atmosphere?
Kevin: People are all there to have a good time.Always a lot of electricity in the air and we love the great out doors.
You guys have managed to make albums for two decades, what is the secret to longevity and keeping the band in good creative spirits as a group?
Kevin: The fans,this is the best job in the world and we all feel the same way.The fans make it easy for us to be creative.There is also a lot of great new music and artists that inspire us.
FMF allows unsigned acts to make up the majority of the line up and seeking the ‘dream’, what advice would you have early on in their careers?
Kevin: Be true to yourself and your music.Trust in yourself and do not question your direction as long as you are being honest.The hit will show itself to you when you are not looking for it.
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FMF ARTIST: 7 NATIONS
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Seven Nations is not your father’s Celtic band.With a passionate, tender, and rollicking style that winningly veers from roots and folk to dance and fusion-rock, Seven Nations has earned a growing reputation as an adventurous band with a charismatic stage presence.
So you guys have pretty much been around the world, but we welcome you home to FMF2012, being a semi-local. How does Florida compare to the rest of your tour stops, on both the overall music fan side, and the Irish party side? Kirk: Thanks very much.The first thing that stands out about the Florida stops is how many people we see that know the band from elsewhere in the country or Canada.They always say..” What are you doing here?” ... and we always reply “No....what are YOU doing here?” ...Messes with our heads sometimes, but always good:) Florida can party Irish with the best of them. New York, Boston... Southside...just give them the right environment like Wall Street right?
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What towns foreign or stateside are the most welcoming?
Kirk: Wow....we started the band in New York City years ago and have always been transient so, we never had the luxury of a home base.Whole regions like the Carolinas, Colorado, Northern California, the upper Midwest and greater New York have always been good to us. We’ve had surprises like Edinburgh, Scotland...Lancaster, England..and my favorite... San Juan, Puerto Rico. Bagpipes and fiddle?...Who would have thought?
How many skymiles do you put on the month of March and Sept, it seems you guys are on every Irish Fest!? Do you feel like you have to tour year round?
Kirk: Our touring through the season is definitely festival driven so there is not a lot of geographical reasoning to it.We’re usually doing two flights a week, meeting up with the truck, flying home for a few, then doing it again next week.We don’t feel like we have to tour year round but its best to keep busy.Wintering in Florida is good!!
You are one of the more mainstream acts to crossover from the Irish theme, how are your diehard fans when you start leaning more to the straight forward stuff?
Kirk: I have to tell you, we’ve lost a few along the way. But then again we’ve gained new ones and have even gotten a few back. No matter what kind of circumstance we like to throw our traditional learnings of Celtic music into, we always strive to maintain the integrity of what we have been taught and hope that that shines through.
You mentioned you are doing studio work for other musicians now, what type of projects are you working on?
Kirk: Oh, well I have a studio here in Orlando.This past winter has had kind of a country theme I guess. Just finished a complete CD start to finish for a talented up and coming singer songwriter from New York, Jamey Kelley.There’s a duet with Crystal Gail and a song with the Harlem choir on there.Also, just finished something for Billy McKnight and the Soul Circus Cowboys.We’re up next!
Not to be cliche, but how many beers does the band consume on an average show night?! Kirk: Who told you we drink beer?
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welcome back to your third You are well known on the festival QhasSo,annual FMF experience, so much Q circuit, hosting, interviewing, eating! happened since last year.Tell us What have been some of your about some of the new projects you are working on... radio, blog, etc?
favorite festival moments in the past year, and overall?
life revolves around music, One of my most surreal AguysMy food, fitness, and now... giving A moments in my career was advice. I host the Top 20 my exclusive sit-down interview Countdown on Fuse where I deliver music news and interview celebrity guests each week. I also cover all of the music festivals such as SXSW, Bonnaroo,Warped Tour, Lollapalooza, and Voodoo Experience. I interview both emerging and established artists including Eminem, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Drake, Ice Cube, Chris Cornell, Kings Of Leon, etc. I have a new live show on SiriusXM, “Cosmo For Guys With Allison” on Cosmo Radio. I talk about everything from dating etiquette to relationships. I love that it puts me in direct contact with the listeners who call in throughout the show. I also offer my “Sound Advice” and suggest a song for your playlist each week. Think “Love Lines” meets “You Hear It First”.
with Eminem at Bonnaroo last June. Bonnaroo is bizarre enough taking place in the middle of a 700 acre-farm in Manchester, TN in 99 degree heat with an equal percentage of humidity. I was told with 20 minutes notice that I may have the opportunity to ask Eminem a question or two. We waited for a few hours and finally after a few false alarms and production setup changes, I finally sat down with Em and Royce da 5’9” to talk about their collaboration, Bad Meets Evil. Despite all the warnings how Eminem may or may not act when interviewed, he was beyond respectful, engaging, and an absolute pleasure throughout our 30 minutes together. It wasn’t until after the interview was concluded that I was informed it was the only interview he
aXis thoughts: “Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.” Igor Stravinsky
was going to do. It was an opportunity I will always cherish... and watching his performance from the stage in front of 80,000 screaming fans was pretty cool as well! On the food festival front, rocking the Burger Bash at the Miami Wine & Food Festival was simply incredible. I ate 17 of the 35 burgers. Ok they were sliders, but still... you looking forward to QAnything checking out this year? This year it is ALL about seeing Acannot Filter and Candlebox. I simply wait. I also cannot wait to have the Taro frozen yogurt from Mochi and anything from The Dessert Lady.
next in the life of Allison QWhat’s Hagendorf post FMF?! immediate will be the AonMost recap of my FMF foodie feasts my new food blog www. womanversusfood.tumblr.com
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We caught up with Kevin lyman to discuss his keynote interview at FMF2012, warped history in orlando, and his unique perspective on the business of music!
The Florida Music Festival & Conference celebrates more than a decade of introducing top tier music industry innovators to the aspiring music business students, regional industry and independent musicians, by turning FMF2012 up to 11! The 11th Annual edition is excited to announce a vital game changer in the business of live music, welcoming Warped Tour founder and seminal festival creator Kevin Lyman of 4Fini Productions. We caught up with Kevin on the even his Warped Tour 2012 line up announcement party to talk about the business and one of home away from home’s in the rock and roll world, Florida!
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it’s pretty exciting to bring our experiences at aXis Magazine QfullSofestival circle.The first Warped Tour we were the media sponsor and featured Sublime on the cover, and it ended up being one of the best rock and roll days of our collective staff’s lives! So how did Florida treat you overall in the early days and now?
Speaking of which, we have a lot of young students and musicians in QOrlando with UCF and Full Sail, what is your advice to the ‘music business’ student trying to break in? I just tell them to have patience, it doesn’t happen overnight. I had a Ahard time for 12 years, working in
the business, but I was also 20 years old and thinking ‘this is awesome! I’m throwing gear and people off stages!’ Financially the Warped Tour was a disaster in it’s first year. I had a lot of people around me that believed in the idea, and thought it seemed out of the box, and different enough for the business that they helped give it a second chance. If you are just getting into it, think different, and create a job for yourself.
How about the kids on was rough that first time through, the music biz side as Qmusicians? expected us to be doing AbigIteveryone venues because I had worked on Lollapalooza. But we realized it had to be in smaller venues, so we worked with smaller places like The Edge (now H20 on Livingston/Garland).A lot of the people didn’t get what we were trying to do, but places like Florida have always had a core group of kids that did. Although, we did have to bail Brad (Knowell of Sublime) out of jail every day, or two out of three days! He got arrested two of the three stops, we would bail him out and then drive him to the venue and put him on stage!
[ [ “ if you don’t get goosebumps when you open doors, then get out!”
It’s a world of freelancers. They need to know that they are going to have to make a living off a $1 a track. I tell musicians to learn the music business and do it themselves. Few artists are making it on majors, and you see indies like Fearless and Hopeless working in the artist favor.
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We had a great tour with the first Sprite line up of Jay Z and 311 and then we set up the second tour with Busta Rhymes and Ludacris, and Sprite says no because ‘Ludacris drank a Pepsi on a commercial once.’ Taste of Chaos was great, and we are relaunching it. But we started seeing that all these metal bands on the Warped seemed to need their own festival. Not a tour they need to buy their way onto, but a metal world with a Warped attitude. So Mayhem was born. Starting a Mayhem Cruise at the end of this year Dec 7-11th with Lamb of God and Machinehead and a great line up. With guys like Brantley Gilbert, I started seeing outlaw country acts like
the ones I loved, you know,Willie and Waylon. So now we’re in our third year of the Country Throwdown, and it’s become a great festival.
How about that, as the genres and tastes change, how does your programming change?
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So when did you decide it was time to expand your music festival Qportfolio Considering all the shows you have and delve into other genres? been involved in over the years, Q What has and hasn’t worked for you? what would you say is the one classic
Music evolves.We had a band Vampires Everywhere in the office today, and they were telling stories about being in Hollywood tracking and
Not everything we tried worked, the Sprite Tour was a good example of not letting the sponsor guide the ship. Vans makes shoes and I do festivals.
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music moment that best defines your journey through life?
open doors, then get out! Enjoy the day. (jokingly) Keep your expectations low and you’ll achieve every day! It’s not going to be perfect, but Ialways look at the staff and when they stress about that, I’m say,‘we’re working in music, we are lucky.’ And I have been lucky to have been doing this for 30 years. I’m coming to FMF, so I’m going to enjoy the trip and go fishing in Clearwater, then visit a friend in Lakeland, and come to the Festival and check out bands all weekend. I always go to a festival to check bands out and come home with something I never expected. I am looking forward to seeing a lot of new bands, it looks like you have a great line up. Looks diverse, and I always say, your Ipod is on shuffle, so your festival should be on shuffle too!
You are at the end of your tour of and on your deathbed, you have Qonelife, song playing in the room as you
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everyone was telling them they should have been happening in the ‘80s. I say ‘you’re making your story happen now.’
slip into that eternal mosh pit called heaven… what song is it?
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aXis thoughts: “Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.” (John Lennon)
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BURNSY'S 10 SIMPLE STEPS to enjoying your first
Ebelieve very year since the very first Florida Music Festival – I that was in 1872, if memory serves correctly –
thousands of people send me emails, letters and raunchy postcards asking, among other filthier things, what they can do to make sure that their first FMF experience is what the teenagers in the science club I volunteer with call a hella dope bomb ass experience. And the answer, friends, is rather complex. For starters, you can’t just step right into my insanely awesome lifestyle and expect to run with the big Chihuahuas. It takes many years and a liver the size of Tropicana Field to step up to my level. Also, you need to be ready for spontaneous dance battles to break out when rival gangs appear out of nowhere. After all, is there’s one thing that Orlando is well known for, it’s people who handle problems without violence. But this isn’t to say that you can’t start learning how to have fun like me and my awesome homeless friends, and that’s what I’m here for – to teach you things that will help you avoid being an adult. Today’s first lesson: Popping your FMF cherry and enjoying every last minute of it
Step 1: Be familiar with the headlining acts. Let’s face it – if you show up to FMF and you have no clue who the headlining acts are, you’re already screwing yourself out of a good time. This year’s headlining bands aren’t completely new to FMF either, as Filter has played the main stage before. By the holy law of the rock gods, they are required to make women’s pants fall off this year. The Dirty Heads and Candlebox, though, are as new to FMF as you are, so they, like you, are obligated to bring their Agame as well. And if anyone is caught slacking, it’s off to a Bieber concert. Step 2: Embrace the locals. Over the years, I’ve made some great new friends thanks to FMF and I’ve watched those bands go on to great things. The problem is that right now I can’t remember any of them, so I will just assume they are Pearl Jam, Green Day, U2, Adele and the Spice Girls (they loved being naked with me) and not bother going back to check if that’s true or not. Spread
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Step 5: Study up ahead of time. The entire
schedule for FMF is available at FloridaMusicFestival.com. Go check it out and then go to that YouTube site all the kids are talking about over their pog matches and search for some of the bands. Learn about them, embrace their music and look like an expert by fist-pumping and singing along. They’ll thank you for it.
Step 6: Don’t fist pump. Sorry, just realized that I endorsed fist-pumping, and I have punished myself with the required Bieber music.
Step 7: Treat all ladies with respect. This is an important point for me, because I’m widely considered to be the greatest gentleman in the entire state of Florida, if not the southeast, United States, North America, WestSpread your wings and check out the bands that play the ern Hemisphere, planet Earth or the Milky Way galaxy. I’m earlier time slots at the bars off the beaten path. After honored so often that I forget easily. all, those are the places that Taylor Swift played at just a few years ago, and she grew up and wrote two albums about Step 8: Show your appreciation to girls who how I broke her heart. After she became legal, of course. are boosted up on someone’s shoulders so they can lift their shirts by shouting, “WOO!” or “HELL YEAH!” Girls Step 3: Check out my friends specifically. If like that kind of respect. you need a primer on bands to go check out, you can’t go wrong with some of Central Florida’s veteran shredders. Step 9: Support your local musicians by purOff the top of my head, the following acts are worth your time: The Legendary JC’s (an absolute inexcusable must- chasing their CDs and t-shirts. After all, when a band goes see for all rookies), Dub-T, The Passenger, The Lighter Ex- on to be the next big thing, that album will become a collecchange and Big 10-4, but only if they wear the mesh shirts tor’s item. Just like the Nirvana tape I purchased in 1993. that I designed for them. That’s a deal breaker. Step 10: Make sure to behave yourself and Step 4: Pick 5 other bands at random and show respect to the police and security staff at all bars vow to go see them. That’s what I do, and that’s how I and clubs. It’s like my mom always says: “Be nice to a cop, discovered my favorite FMF bands of years past, including and that cop will be nice to you… by not Tazing your tesPrince and the New Power Generation, the Divinyls, Bruce ticles.” Springsteen and Coldplay.
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT
The Black & Gold goes Green.. HOW DOES IT WORK: The Piezo floor sits on on a series of springs which are connected to small gears that absorbs the kinetic energy from dancing and converts it into usable electricity. For GreenWaves III, this usable electricity will be directed towards a battery.As the battery begins to fill up you will be able to see sizeable changes in the lighting and effects of the concert.When the battery fills up, expect surprises never before seen from a student run show at UCF. How can I experience the floor during GreenWaves III? GreenWaves III will be a general admission show, so floor access will be first come, first serve and very limited.The Entrances to the arena will be specifically labeled as to which lines are for floor access and which lines are for General Admission seating. Make sure to arrive to GreenWaves III early to not only make sure you can get your spot on the floor, but to also experience all of the Green exhibits, activities, and vendors that will be present leading up to the show!
“NOT ONLY IS THE AUDIENCE CREATING THE ENERGY BEING USED IN THE CONCERT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT THE CROWD CREATES CONTROLS THE LIGHTING AND SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE CONCERT.“ 3rd Annual UCF Greenwaves Festival
WHEN: Thur, April 12th WHERE: UCF Arena
OUTDOOR STAGE (12 pm to 6 pm )
Alesso Dev 3Lau Killa Graham GreenWaves III is taking green sustainable practices and green events to the next level by incorporating a “piezo” dance floor that converts your dancing into electricity! Not only is the audience creating the energy being used in the concert, but the amount of energy that the crowd creates controls the lighting and special effects of the concert. Not only are we decreasing the overall amount of energy used by the concert, but we are creating the first interactive concert to date at UCF! 1.What are some of the major ways you are channeling the green aspect of Greenwaves and how do you think the students/community will react to your approaches? (Are you doing anything other than the floor technology?) . The main focus of this concert is to actually implement Green technologies and solutions into the show through the implementation of the Piezo flooring technology.The energy that is created from the movement and dancing from the crowd will control different aspects of lighting and special effects during the show, making it UCF’s first interactive concert. There are many surprises to be seen during the course of the show that are entirely in the hands (or feet) of the audience present for the show. Other ways we are going green is in the actual
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lighting of the show itself.We are moving towards mostly an LED array for lighting fixtures, which use significantly less electricity than PAR Can lighting that we have used in past UCF Campus Activities Board (CAB) Concerts. We at the Campus Activities Board are very confident in the perception of the event from UCF students and the Orlando community because of how unique this event truly is to the area and concerts as a whole.The implementation of this technology is not only what the event is centered around, but it is also symbolic of what the future holds for concert events. In order to make this event inclusive to as many people as possible, the ticket prices are free for students and $20 for general admission.We have an incredible opportunity to do something extraordinary and forward thinking and we want as many people to experience GreenWaves III as possible. 2. Greenwaves is taking more of an electronic feel this year. How do you think fans will react to this seeing as Greenwaves started out more towards Rock music (ex.Anberlin) and what made you decide to change to electronic? GreenWaves was conceptualized in 2010 as an outdoor rock based festival for UCF.As GreenWaves has continued to grow and develop it became a festival that pushed the limits at UCF. The first year, the outdoor festival show was something that had never been tried at UCF. The ultimate result was overwhelming success with attention to the “green” side of the festival as well.As GreenWaves continued to grow, the Campus Activities Board then diversified to bring in many different genres of acts from reggae (the movement) to rap (J. Cole) and rock (We The Kings,Anberlin) to appeal to a much wider scope of students at the University. For GreenWaves III, the opportunity to utilize the Piezo flooring technology has completely changed the way this concert is being planned in comparison to concerts of the past.The move to electronic came from the concept of making a completely interactive concert that not only encapsulates the audience in music, but also allows them to actively control what is going on with lighting and special effects throughout the show. Looking at these two main variables, the only genre that could fit the huge task at hand was electronic.We are confident that this change in genre will both appeal to a new group of students that have yet
to experience GreenWaves, as well as appeal to past attendees of GreenWaves because of our growth in utilizing cutting edge Green technologies. 3. Is Greenwaves still going to be an all day event with bands/dj’s performing outside during the day? Although GreenWaves will be taking place on a Wednesday this year, we are still planning on making this an all day indoor/outdoor festival so students can experience different green initiatives throughout the day.The concert will not only be taking place inside the UCF Arena, but the outdoor activities will take place in front of the Arena leading up to the doors opening at 6 pm. UCF’s Environmental Coalition (ECO) is putting on the outdoor portion of this year’s festival. Activities will range from a Hybrid and Electric Car Showcase, a Sustainable Art Showcase, and other giveaways and green activities provided by both local and national vendors and sponsors, registered student organizations on campus, and university departments.There will also be two stages outside showcasing local Orlando DJ’s as well as a solar powered DJ.The scope of the concert has grown significantly from this past year, and having live
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music outdoors as well as several other green activities from the start of the festival until the doors open to the main event will ultimately provide for the most interactive GreenWaves experience yet. 4. How do you think Greenwaves has improved since it first started? GreenWaves improved in several main areas since the first GreenWaves in 2010. The Campus Activities Board now sees that GreenWaves is the largest concert that we produce during the academic year and because of that, the show budget has increased which has allowed us to continue to book bigger name artists, and put more budget towards lighting and sound for the event. GreenWaves III is no exception to this, because this year we are focused on bringing bigger talent and putting together a production never before seen from a student run show at UCF.We are implementing different lighting fixtures and special effects that have never been used in a student run show, and we want to make sure that the overall show quality that students are receiving for free rivals that of expensive shows in the Orlando area. 5. When will you be announcing who is performing to the public? The Campus Activities Board officially released the lineup for GreenWaves III on March 19, 2012.The Lineup will be as follows:Alesso, Dev, 3Lau, and KillaGraham.We are confident in this lineup due to Alesso’s strong presence in the electronic dance music scene, Dev’s multiple
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SPECIAL OTOWN LIVE MUSIC VENUE & EATS EDITION!
Featuring all the great places to see shows, and some tasty samples of House of Blues new ‘Crossroads’ menu... Grab a bite and a brew before you rock out or for post show munchies!
ROCK OUT IN OTOWN!
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06 The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel BOB CARR 401 West Livingston 407.440.7000 Sat, April 7, 8pm, $14.75 +
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07 Rocco’s Old School Presents Orlando Rocks! with Hemme, Dollface, Mr. Bella and Shut Up and Dance
10 Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Conduits
HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Sat, April 7, 7pm, $5
THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Tues, April 10, 8pm, $16 - $18
08 Hor!zen, Sashamon
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02 The Supervillains, The Goods, The Attack, Kayavibe HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Fri, April 6, 7:30pm, $14 - $16
03 Andrew W.K.: I Get Wet Ten Year Anniversary Tour THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Fri, April 6, 7pm, $20 - $35
04 Pink Martini
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THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Sat, April 7, 9pm, $8 - $10
11 CAB presents UCF Greenwaves III
09 Rev. Payton’s Big Damn Band, Lone Hymnal
WILL’S PUB 1042 N. Mills Ave 407.898.5070 Mon, April 9, 9pm, $7 - $9, 18+
UCF ARENA • Bldg. 50 North Gemini Blvd. 407.823.3070 •Wed, April 11, 6pm, free - $20
Key Lime Pie
(Sweet, but bitter, like the Dollface ladies) With fresh key lime juice and drizzled with a raspberry coulis topped with fresh whipped cream!
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13 Go Radio, This Providence, Petie Pizzaro BACKBOOTH • 37 W. Pine St. 407.999.2570 • Wed, April 11, 7pm, $12
THE PLAZA LIVE • 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 • Wed, April 11, 7pm, $26.50
15 Daughtry, Safety Suit, Mike Sanchez
HARD ROCK LIVE • 6050 Universal Blvd. 407.351.LIVE • Thurs, April 12, 8pm, $39.50 - $75
05 Ratham Stone, Mighty Mongo, SMB Project
16 Van Halen w/ Kool & the Gang
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LOCAL VENUES: HOUSE OF BLUES • HARD ROCK LIVE • THE PLAZA THEATRE LIVE • THE BEACHAM • THE SOCIAL
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THE SOCIAL • 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 • Wed, April 11, 8pm, $10 - $13
14 Tower of Power
THE PLAZA LIVE 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 Fri, April 6, 7pm, $28.50
BACKBOOTH 37 W. Pine St. 407.999.2570 Fri, April 6, 8pm, $5, 18+
12 Plants and Animals, This Is The Kit
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AMWAY CENTER • 400 W. Church St. 407.440.7000 • Thurs, April 12, 7:30pm, $27.50 +
17 Portugal the Man THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave. • 407.246.1419 Thurs, April 12, 7pm, $20
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18 The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, Transit, A Loss For Words, The Story So Far THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Thurs, April 12, 6pm, $13 - $15
24 Drive By Truckers, Centro-Matic
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS
THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave, 407.246.1419 Fri, April 13, 7pm, $20 - $25
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19 REMIX UR FACE with The Polish Ambassadors & Machines are People Too THE PLAZA LIVE 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 Thurs, April 12, 8:30pm, $10 - $15
TINKER FIELD 287 S Tampa Avenue 407.849.2500 Sat, April 14, 11am, $58
26 Los Amigos Invisibles THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Sat, April 14, 9pm, $20 - $25
20 Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Thurs, April 12, 7:30pm, $20 - $23
21 Kevin James
MARGOT & the NUCLEAR SO SO’s
HARD ROCK LIVE 6050 Universal Blvd. 407.351.LIVE Fri, April 13, 7pm, $55 - $75
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22 Rocco’s Old School Presents Orlando Rocks! with Nu Era, Gorillafight, NerVer and Spoone MeatBall Sliders HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Fri, April 13, 7pm, $5
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(Heavy and Light in the same night like Orlando Rocks!) Slow braised beef short rib sliders simmered in fresh tomato
27 Circus CD Release with Lonesome City Travelers, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Equines
23 Kevin Maines Band, Shak Nasti BACKBOOTH 37 W. Pine St. 407.999.2570 Fri, April 13, 8pm, $5
BACKBOOTH 37 W. Pine St. 407.999.2570 Sat, April 14, 7pm, $6, 18+
28 In Curses Festival of Light and Sound featuring Beautiful Chorus, SKIP, AMiAM, ILL TRYBE, Eternity, DJ SPS, HAPPY (film screening), DII
SET YOUR GOALS
THE PLAZA LIVE 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 Sat, April 14, 6:30pm, $10 - $12
29 Set Your Goals, Cartel, Hit The Lights, Mixtapes
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THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Sun, April 15, 6pm, $13 - $15
GWAR!
30 Andrew Jackson, Jihad, Joyce Manor, Treasure Fleet, Caffiends BACKBOOTH 37 W. Pine St. 407.999.2570 Sun, April 15, 5pm, $10 - $12
31 Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s with Ezra Furman and Writer THE PLAZA LIVE 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 Tues, April 17, 7:30pm, $12 - $14
32 GWAR, Kylesa, Ghoul, Legacy of Disorder THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Tues, April 17, 6:30pm, $22 - $25 THE EPIC TALE OF GWAR
33 Periphery, Jeff Loomis Band, The Safety Fire, Today I Caught the Plague THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Tues, April 17, 6pm, $16 - $18
34 The Gipsy Kings HARD ROCK LIVE 6050 Universal Blvd. 407.351.LIVE Thurs, April 19, 8pm, $37.50 - $75
aXis thoughts: “Indecision may or may not be my problem.” (Jimmy Buffet)
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WAYS TO TO LEAVE YOUR SOFA
& GET OFF YOUR A$$!
35 Mac Miller, The Cool Kids UCF ARENA Bldg. 50 North Gemini Blvd. 407.823.3070 Fri, April 20, 7pm, $33 +
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36 Blackbird Blackbird, XXYYXX WILL’S PUB 1042 N. Mills Ave 407.898.5070 Fri, April 20, 9pm, $8 - $10
41 The Maine, Lydia, The Arkells HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Sat, April 21, 6pm, $18 - $20
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42 Tim Barry, Billy and Joe, Bartender Brian THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Tues, April 24, 8pm, $10
43 Yelawolf, Acey Wasuto, D II
THE MAINE
THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Tues, April 24, 8pm, $20 - $25
37 Rick Springfield and Jackie Bristow
SOJA
THE PLAZA LIVE 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 Fri, April 20, 7pm, $45
44 The Pretty Reckless, The Hollywood Kills THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Wed, April 25, 7pm, $15 - $40
45 Say Anything, Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band, Fake Problems
38 Steel Pulse and SOJA HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Fri, April 20, 7pm, $25 - $27
THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Wed, April 25, 6:30pm, $17 - $20
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46 You Blew It! Cd Release with Go Rydell, Great Deceivers, Dikembe, Teen Agers
HARD ROCK LIVE 6050 Universal Blvd. 407.351.LIVE Fri, April 20, 7pm, $25 - $37.50
40 Chutney Brass Festival FESTIVAL FIELD AT FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL 1610 West Church Street 407.849.2500 Sat, April 21,
WILL’S PUB 1042 N. Mills Ave 407.898.5070 Fri, April 27, 8pm, $5
47 Sam Sparro THE SOCIAL 54 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 Fri, April 27, 9pm, $15
48 Rocco’s Old School Presents Orlando Rocks! with The Crazy Carls, Essence D’Ame, First Hit, Sidereal
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50 7th Annual Spring Jambando THE PLAZA LIVE 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407.228.1220 Sat, April 28, 5pm, free
Jambando and The Plaza Live presents Central Florida’s premier jam band showcase and Orlando’s largest CD release event! The 7th Annual Spring Jambando, (a.k.a. the 50th Jambando!), will feature 17 bands on four stages of continuous music & lights with fantastic visual f/x and imagery by The Vision, roots reggae/ultra-lounge intermissions with the Jahvision Sound System & the Root Souljah plus food trucks, carnival games, arts & crafts vendors & much, much more!
HOUSE OF BLUES 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 407.934.BLUE Sat, April 28, 7pm, $5
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49 Blood on the Dance Floor, Brokencyde, Deuce, Polkadot Cadaver, William Control, The Bunny Bear, New Years Day and Haley Rose
THE BEACHAM 46 N. Orange Ave. 407.246.1419 • Sat, April 28, 4pm, $16 - $18
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