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Orlando musician Danny Feedback to screen feature film 'Nothing True Over the...
Orlando's own ultimate outsider-musician Danny Feedback is finally done with his feature-length film Nothing True Over the Moon and will be hosting a one-night sneak preview in June. Referenced back...
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Bold new hip-hop sounds from Orlando's Elsha; Milk Carton Superstars get bleak
It’s been a very productive year for bilingual Orlando rapper-producer Elsha. Across a handful of releases, he’s already dropped about 20 songs so far this year. The latest batch of five constitutes...
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Okeechobee Music Festival to return in a big way in 2023
The popular Okeechobee Music Festival returns to Sunshine Grove next spring with some eye-popping headliners — and tickets go on sale later this week. The four-day festival is set to feature over 100...
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Orlando grinders C0mputer unleash powerful new music and visuals, ending a...
Of the many heavy bands in Orlando right now, none sear the ears and eyes as equally as C0MPUTER. Besides an extreme grind-punk attack that usually decimates in one-minute blasts, they’re well-known...
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'Spirit Halloween: The Movie': Christopher Lloyd tries his best to have fun,...
I was hoping I'd be able to champion Spirit Halloween: The Movie. As somebody who has worked in a Spirit store — later in life than I'd like to admit — I have a natural interest in any story that...
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Orlando XFL team: Guardians join spring league in second relaunch
Orlando will have a football team next year (...kinda sorta). When the XFL reboots for a second time, the Orlando Guardians will be a part of the eight-team league.
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Orlando Americana leading lights Jordan Foley + the Wheelhouse are ready to...
In the past several years, Jordan Foley has built a reputation on stage as one of the leading young lights in Orlando’s Americana scene. His biggest strides came with the solidification of his full...
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Noma no mo’: The ‘world’s best restaurant’ announces its closure and we have...
It's consistently been crowned "the world's best restaurant," gaining renown for the wildly innovative (and much-copied) techniques used in presenting hyper-regional "New Nordic" cuisine. And in case...
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3D-printed pop star Buddy Crime returns to Orlando on Friday
The freaky and futuristic Buddy Crime returns to Orlando this week, and he wants you to dance. The “3D Printed Popstar” is currently doing a run of dates in the South, a solo return after touring...
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Veteran Orlando comedic actor Adam Scharf releases new baroque-pop album...
While perhaps better known locally as a veteran comedic actor through his longtime work as a professional improviser at SAK Comedy Lab and Universal Studios, Orlando artist Adam Scharf has also been...
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Glammy singer-songwriter Scott Yoder returns to play Orlando in April
Glammed-up and cape-bedecked singer-songwriter Scott Yoder is making a long-awaited return to the City Beautiful on April 16, this time as a solo artist. Yoder, who presents the intriguing musical...
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New on Netflix: Rachel Weisz stars as twins in a gender-flipped reboot of...
Premieres Wednesday: Algiers, America: The Relentless Pursuit — A five-part docuseries shows at-risk youth attempting to escape the race-based poverty and violence of their community by playing...
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New on Netflix: Explore the foundations of the Bridgerverse in ‘Queen...
Premieres Wednesday: Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All — Most pop stars would be perfectly content with a documentary film about their life and work. But that's not good enough for ginger überwuss Ed...
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Saharan rock legend Mdou Moctar plays Orlando Thursday
Thirteen minutes of frenetic and questing and smoldering guitar soloing propelled along by an impossibly tinny drum-machine loop. Swirling sunburnt space-rock recorded live-bootleg style at Nigerian...
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SeaWorld's newest roller coaster, Pipeline, is tons of fun but hard on the nards
SeaWorld Orlando’s newest coaster, Pipeline — advertised as the world’s first “surfing coaster”— officially opened on May 27, but I got to experience it during a media preview several weeks earlier....
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Papi Smash Burger in downtown Orlando makes mince of its rivals
There's no question that the smashburger positively flattens the competition when it comes to nostalgic food trends. Baked Alaska? Nice try.
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Enzian Theater's Freaky Fridays excavates a forgotten slice of Floridian...
The programming minds behind the Enzian's monthly midnight film series Freaky Fridays have earned our trust as archeologists of forgotten Floridian B-movie treasures with screenings of Miami...
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Orlando artist Katie Burkess steps into the spotlight at last with new single...
A momentous new release is a fresh debut from an established local musician. Katie Burkess has long been a well-known, and well-heard, figure as backup singer in notable Orlando bands like the...
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‘The Bear’ returns on Hulu this week and Carmy undertakes an extreme makeover
NOTE: All premiere dates remain subject to change as the writers' strike continues. Also, there will be no peace as long as that dog Don Carlos goes unpunished for the murder of my family. Premieres...
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Amazon Prime Video premieres a tale of weed, empanadas and cannibalism with...
(NOTE: All premiere dates remain subject to change as the writers' strike continues. Remember when all we had to worry about was George R.R. Martin being a drag-ass?) Premieres Wednesday:
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Ghost stories: ‘Haunted Mansion’ and ‘Talk to Me’ use horror to explore...
Now that the Barbenheimer blitzkrieg has finally touched down at multiplexes all over the place, collectively bringing in more audiences than any superhero flick in the past six months, we can talk...
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The manic pixie dream girl trope meets its male equivalent in ‘Shortcomings,’...
If you told Ben (Justin H. Min) to grow up, I imagine he'd respond with an unrelenting string of deeply personal insults kept locked and loaded in the back of his mind since the day he met you. Of...
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Orlando percussionist Evan Shafran releases long-awaited solo platter 'Dawn...
The latest longtime ensemble player to finally step out solo is the very experimental Evan Shafran. Although he’s shown small glimpses of lead work with Bear Dream and Space Force, he’s primarily made...
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Orlando rapper-producer Okito releases sequel to 2020 album ‘Dystopian Heart’
After making his solo debut in the thick of the pandemic with 2020 album Dystopian Heart, Orlando artist Okito finally returns with a follow-up. While he’s been making cameos on others’ music, like...
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Restored and re-released Talking Heads concert doc ‘Stop Making Sense’ is as...
I still remember stumbling in late to a press screening of Stop Making Sense, arriving right when David Byrne was stumbling around the stage his damn self. It was 1999, and the beloved Talking Heads...
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