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Louisiana's Sorry Ghost Drop New Single "Swept Up"
Meet Sorry Ghost - a potent blend of optimism and frustration, loud and soft edges, encouragement and rejection. Childhood best friends...
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Jun 23, 2021
Teenage Bottlerocket jump into the great unknown with 'Safety First, Party Second' tour
By Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in Orlando Weekly. Punk ain't dead, and neither are you. Two decades on and one horrifying global...
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Mar 3, 2021
Dikembe talk their new album
By Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in Punknews.org Gainesville’s Dikembe want you to stand still in the muddy waters of our human...
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Jan 22, 2021
Good Friend talk their new EP
By Ida V. Eskamani Originally Published on Punknews.org Good Friend, who were recently named "Ireland’s sexiest punk band," are not...
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Dec 31, 2020
Orlando music year in review: 20 things we loved in an unlovable 2020
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...
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Jul 7, 2020
yeah, sure's newest release "Hot Brains" is a COVID dream
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...
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Jun 29, 2020
Iggy T and the Crazymakers Are Here to Be Heard
By Bandifesto Iggy T and the Crazymakers, led by Sarah Todd and David Franz, released their first full-length album earlier this month....
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May 25, 2020
The art we need to create, create, create
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...
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Apr 26, 2020
To The Music That Moves 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...
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Apr 26, 2020
Sad Songs To Make You Feel Better
Written by Ida V. Eskamani How are you doing? Terrible?? Same. We are all grieving— too many grieving loved ones gone; millions grieving...
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Apr 24, 2020
How Music Lovers Learn To Say “Goodbye”
Written by Pablo Terraza A popular template of a conversation that people around the world are having right now is a discussion on the...
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Jan 23, 2020
The Black Lips soundtrack 'a world that's falling apart'
Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. "Realistically, when has the world not been falling apart?" Jared...
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Dec 11, 2019
Philly punks Mannequin Pussy are racing headlong into the mainstream
Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. "Our music is for someone who really wants an intense, cathartic...
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Oct 23, 2019
Worldwide punk showcase Foreign Dissent brings the universal language of outrage to Orlando
Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. In just a few days and for the sixth consecutive year, punk bands...
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Sep 22, 2019
The Growlers bring their psych-pop to Orlando's Plaza Live
Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. When asked if he would consider himself an "old soul," frontman...
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Jul 24, 2019
The ever-evolving pop music of Gabby’s World will enrapture you
Tender forever Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. "Oh, how my heart can fly when your smile has good...
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Jul 10, 2019
Mom Jeans level up with a spot on the Sad Summer Festival
Originally published in the Orlando Weekly. Eric Butler, the unassuming frontman of up-and-coming sad punks Mom Jeans, doesn't mince...
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Jul 7, 2019
This Week's Mixtape of Music that Moves Us
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...
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May 11, 2019
Dapper post-punk stars Interpol return to maraud Orlando
Written by Ida V. Eskamani Originally published in the Orlando Weekly "Rock & roll bitch/I'm into it," Interpol vocalist Paul Banks'...
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Mar 31, 2019
Women Making History Playlist
"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...
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