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By Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in Punknews.org Gainesville’s Dikembe want you to stand still in the muddy waters of our human...

By Ida V. Eskamani Originally Published on Punknews.org Good Friend, who were recently named "Ireland’s sexiest punk band," are not...

By Ida V. Eskamani and Matthew Moyer It's been a hard year. And somehow, our local music scene continued to create, to record, in the...

By Ida V. Eskamani You probably didn't know you needed a 90's grunge revival band's take on the coronavirus. Yet Orlando's yeah, sure...

By Bandifesto Iggy T and the Crazymakers, led by Sarah Todd and David Franz, released their first full-length album earlier this month....

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...

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...

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

Written by Pablo Terraza A popular template of a conversation that people around the world are having right now is a discussion on the...

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

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

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

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

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

Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. Eric Butler, the unassuming frontman of up-and-coming sad punks Mom Jeans, doesn't mince...

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...

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

"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...

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

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...