AltWeeklies Wire
Revenge of the Nerdsnew
The 5th annual Nerdapalooza 2012 music fest anticipates its biggest year to date – and its most awkwardly public presence.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-03-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Shudder Islandnew
Peter Baldwin’s exotic soul mutates into tour-guide affability on debut record.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yip-Yip Strippednew
Orlando's costumed electronic duo gets real.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
04-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chuck D: Back to Blacknew
20 years after Public Enemy's masterpiece, frontman Chuck D looks back in everlasting anger.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
By the Power of Zeus, Mumpsy Takes on Religion and Boredomnew
Mumpsy mastermind Jeff Ilgenfritz is, if not a Dos Equis–style "“most interesting man," certainly in the running for the title of Orlando’s Busiest Man-Pixie.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Orlando's Peter Baldwin Builds Steamnew
In addition to a solo acoustic CD he’s releasing in December, Baldwin is splitting his two halves – acoustic and band – into separate entities.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
11-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hip-Hop Producer Rockwilder Discovers a New Path in Orlandonew
"Florida has the lead in terms of music. It's the place that's moving right now," says Rockwilder from Fuel Records' New York office.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Emma Jean Branch's Songs in the Key of Strifenew
By the time she wrote her first song, Branch teetered on the cusp between typical hormonal drama and total breakdown. Although she grew up on the local stage performing alongside Mandy Moore at the Civic Theatre of Central Florida, Branch never found her personal comfort zone.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Emma Jean Branch
Mirror Pal Insists on Morality in Their Musicnew
Do they have to?
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mirror Pal
When Simple Isn'tnew
Orlando's newest indie rockers Baron Von Bear are serious about their fun.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lyfe Jennings Emerges Out of His Demons with Assurednessnew
With Lyfe Change, Jennings finally finds his true self by embracing and owning his bipolar persona. The frantic peaks and valleys are in the past, and his hesitation to cement a signature sound no longer plays as inexperienced timidity but confident experimentation.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lyfe Change, Lyfe Jennings
Kaleigh Baker's Dramatic Debutnew
The jazz singer introduces herself in a big way.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
02-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kaleigh Baker
K-G and the Band Brings Globalism Homenew
Headed by first-generation East African immigrant K-G and his own U.N. of a backing group, the band takes its musical cues from the Platonist's view of migration.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: K-G and the Band
Trials and Tribulations of the Country Slashersnew
The difficult birth of Orlando's most riotous punkers debut album.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Country Slashers
