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Miami's Spam Allstars' Mismashed Heatnew

As Spam Allstars, they spin a web of heady grooves around Yeomanson's uncanny manipulations, resulting in a harmonious melange of electronic elements, samples of old Latin vinyl and the live muscle of a Latin conjunto.
Orlando Weekly  |  Lissette Corsa  |  09-18-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Mexican Singer Ximena Sarinana Dances Around Conformitynew

The scene at Sound Generation studio in New York's West Village was one of anticipation as Mexican newcomer Ximena Sarinana prepared to make her live American radio debut on public radio mainstay KCRW.
Orlando Weekly  |  Lissette Corsa  |  09-12-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Cooper the Cobra Still Knows Where to Bitenew

Alice Cooper’s career longevity is a testament to the power of artistic detachment. Ever since he became one of the first celebs to check himself into rehab (back when it was still called “the asylum”), Vincent Furnier has realized that his livelihood and sanity depend on treating his ghoulish alter ego as a business tool to be trotted out when it’s expedient and sent straight back into the closet when it isn’t.
Orlando Weekly  |  Steve Schneider  |  07-24-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Black Angels and the Warlocks Carry a Distorted Torchnew

The inky pall of their music--so unabashedly Velveteen--burned so hot upon arrival that it tore through the indie music world, leaving a smoldering trail of hype in its path.
Orlando Weekly  |  Bao Le-Huu  |  07-14-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Rapper Vast Aire Relaxes, But Only Slightly, on New Albumnew

Cannibal Ox's 2001 opus, The Cold Vein, doesn't translate universally. In a climate like Central Florida – where cold means covered shins and shoulders, not bitter blasts of wind that leave exposed skin frostbitten – the translation can be even further out of reach.
Orlando Weekly  |  Brandon Perkins  |  06-26-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Mudhoney Gets Floridiannew

It has been quite a long time since Mudhoney graced the state of Florida, but the band's decade-plus absence from the state was not intended as a slight.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jason Ferguson  |  06-12-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Ocean's Symphonic Metal Conjures Movies of the Mindnew

Don't bother trying to nail down the sound of the Ocean Collective (better known as simply the Ocean). Teutonic metalcore? No. Conceptual math-rock? Please.
Orlando Weekly  |  Tara Lightfoot  |  05-29-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Mirror Pal Insists on Morality in Their Musicnew

Do they have to?
Orlando Weekly  |  Justin Strout  |  05-29-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Be Your Own Pet Meets the Sophmore Cursenew

With Get Awkward, the band's songs are still bracing and efficient and singer Jemina Pearl is still an unhinged, full-throttle screamer who's unashamed to make a shouted "WHOOO!" part of a chorus.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jason Ferguson  |  05-22-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Mad World of Miami's Torchenew

The blistering guitar work, the sludge-thick riffs, the hulkingly muscular rhythm section, even the hooks that eschew anthemic power for melodic effectiveness, make a listener feel like a meerkat in the middle of a mammoth stampede: It’s coming, it’s fast, and it will crush you.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jason Ferguson  |  05-22-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

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

Music Vs. Messagenew

The Oaks donated half of the proceeds of their debut album to the Global Hope Network for aid to returning Afghan refugees. But by pushing that agenda as forcefully as they did, a moral dilemma was imposed on the evaluation of the Oaks' art.
Orlando Weekly  |  Bao Le-Huu  |  03-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

A Life of His Ownnew

Session musician Dom Brown tests the solo water.
Orlando Weekly  |  Billy Manes  |  02-25-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Quiet Expatnew

Fugazi's Joe Lally finds his muse in the boot.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jason Ferguson  |  02-25-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

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