bandifesto*

Written by Pablo Terraza Turn around to face the sky. Tell me what you hear when you consider our past. Among the greatest artists to have briefly joined us ...

Written by Marissa Corrente I love, love, love live music. At the end of 2018, I wrote an article for Bandifesto about the music that moved me that year, foc...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani How are you doing? Terrible?? Same. We are all grieving— too many grieving loved ones gone; millions grieving lost jobs while faci...

Written by Pablo Terraza A popular template of a conversation that people around the world are having right now is a discussion on the premise that “nothing w...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. "Realistically, when has the world not been falling apart?" Jared Swilley of unruly ga...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. "Our music is for someone who really wants an intense, cathartic experience." With a f...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. In just a few days and for the sixth consecutive year, punk bands from across the worl...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. When asked if he would consider himself an "old soul," frontman Brooks Nielsen of the ...

Tender forever Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. "Oh, how my heart can fly when your smile has good intentions/And 'hi' ...

Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. Eric Butler, the unassuming frontman of up-and-coming sad punks Mom Jeans, doesn't mince words: "Nobody deserves ...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Bandifesto is a home for music that moves us. Music that shapes the most impactful moments in our lives and the most powerful move...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly "Rock & roll bitch/I'm into it," Interpol vocalist Paul Banks' doomy baritone permeates...

"Just get a female opener, that'll fill the quota." Written by Ida V. Eskamani Women don't have a whole lot, but goddamn do we have a month. Regardless of how...

Written by Pablo Terraza As the music industry evolves, album sales and song streaming mean less, and concert tickets, licensing and merchandise sales mean m...

Written by Trent Jones The eclectic 50+ year band and why I love them The first of a series of articles of where to start with seemingly impenetrable discogr...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani Bandifesto is a home for music that moves us. Music that shapes the most impactful moments in our lives and the most powerful move...

Originally published in the Orlando Weekly Still crazy after all these years Written by Ida V. Eskamani Like the Cure did in the 1980s for melancholy young g...

Written by Ida V. Eskamani I was equal parts relieved and terrified when 2018 turned from the future to the present. 2017 would not be defined as a “good” ye...

Written by Chris Furino You know how the old adage goes, “There are three things certain in this world: death, taxes, and Spotify’s Annual Top Songs Playlist...

Written by Marissa Corrente 2018. Ooooh-wee. It was quite the year, my friends. Seems, though, that most of them are, right? Full of some really great highs ...