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Great live music rattles OrlandO eVerY nIGHt Mild High Club Sweet and sour, smooth and jagged, easy breezy psych nuggets from this Los Angeles ensemble. Undeniable. 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Will’s Pub, $12
MC Lars In between coming off an East coast tour and jetting off for a clutch of dates in the U.K., the inimitable Mc plays an Orlando show with MegaRan and Mc Frontalot. 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at Backbooth, $12
Pro Teens Jangle-pop practitioners par excellence balance the ramshackle with the heartstring-ripping, just like the best of the class of (c)86 used to. 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at Henao
Masked and anonyMous
metal community has been overwhelmingly positive. Maryland Deathfest, along with Psycho Las Vegas, were two of my most memorable sets.” Upon watching Gost deliver an energetic sermon from a pulpit covered with a massive inverted cross, it’s no wonder that The enigmatic Gost summons the dark spirit of synthwave in Orlando metal audiences are quick to leave their doubts at the altar and embrace the ritualBy TyLER BaRnEy istic performance of a fellow headbanger. “When I played in metal bands, I enjoyed qual parts enigma and energy, solo an upside-down cross to the masses in an leaving all of my insecurities and misgivelectronic artist Gost fuses the electronic exorcism for all to behold. Both ings on the stage,” he adds, “which is most relentless aggression of extreme artists have released the majority of their definitely what I do as Gost.” Perhaps it’s metal with the sonic dread of 1980s horror music through Blood Music, a Finnish this cathartic sacrifice of spirit that has films to create a monster all his own. Clad record label whose roster primarily com- converted even the most diehard of metal in leather and a trademark skull mask, the prises metal bands, effectively carving a fans into disciples of the Gost doctrine. Or nameless phantom has made a name for massive SLAYER into the arm of a musical maybe it’s that spooky skull mask. himself as one of the anchors in the rising style that owes as much to John Carpenter “I’ve always enjoyed musicians who tide of synthwave projects. and Goblin sonically as to Tron and Blade separate themselves personally from their In the span of just a few years, the synth Runner visually. art, specifically using masks,” he states. specter has led the burgeoning subgenre After “learn[ing] to play music as a met- While other masked artists slip into and down an even darker path than the one alhead,” he claims, “the process of metal out of their respective character roles chosen by his nostalgic contemporaries by finding its way into between performancintegrating elements commonly associated Gost was bound to hapes, the presence of GosT with black metal into his already menac- pen and clearly has.” Gost extends beyond with Dance With the Dead, the stage and into the ing persona. Opting for an aesthetic that The results of this Moondragon spiritual realm. As leans closer to the gates of hell than the process were perhaps 8 p.m. thursday, Oct. 19 the self-proclaimed neon lights of a dystopian skyline, Gost has most evident durWill’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. embodiment of taken the sinister approach of synthwave a ing his appearance at willspub.org Baalberith, a prince of step further, fully immersing himself in the this year’s Maryland $15-$18 Hell, he firmly declares, darkness rather than simply dipping his Deathfest, the annual “I will never relieve toes in the Lake of Fire. extreme music festival Alongside labelmate and fellow synth- that features some of the biggest names myself of a mask.” If you missed your chance to experience wave pioneer Perturbator – a Parisian with in metal from around the world. While an a penchant for pentagrams – Gost has kept electronic artist may seem out of place at Gost’s performance back in February, then the unholy spirit of metal alive and well in a “America’s biggest metal party of the year,” the time of your redemption is at hand. music@orlandoweekly.com different corner of the underworld, raising Gost notes that, “the response from the
Contemporary Center, $5
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Going back to George Jones and tammy Wynette, we’ve always had a soft spot in our hearts for country music’s couples, And though McGraw and Hill may lack the, ahem, pyrotechnics of Jones/Wynette, they’re sure to put on a damn fine hoot.
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8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Amway Center, $66.50-$116
Gracie and Rachel Moody violin/piano soundclash of classical and pop moves from a New York duo that we’re hoping against hope follow in the freak footsteps of John cale. 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Social, $15
Enigma Variations An evening of Dvorák, Judd Greenstein and Elgar’s cryptic “Enigma Variations,” courtesy of the Orlando Phil, Eric Jacobsen and colleen Blagov. 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, at the Plaza Live, $18-$54
Jason Lowenstein Forgive us getting a little excitable about this, but holy shit, Jason Lowenstein of Sebadoh is playing a solo electric set as the opener for the mighty Grails?? Ye gods. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at Backbooth, $12
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