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Local Spotlight | ‘Seclusion of Sanity’ by Mindfield

An expert and uncompromising nine-song discourse in Sunshine State aggression

By Daniel A. Brown

The chimera was born for modern metal. The hybrid monstrosity of Greek mythology, an aberration fire-breather with a serpent’s tail, goat’s body, and a roaring lion’s head, is the ideal emblem of a music that is a fusion of roiling thrash, glacial doom, guttural defiance, and resolute nihilism. The debut from Jacksonville’s Mindfield is an impressive and informed evolution of …

In this article: hardcore, jacksonville, Metal, Mindfield and Seclusion of Sanity

Local Spotlight | 3 local tunes you should listen to right now

Songs from Jacksonville artists that turned our ears this week

By JME Staff

From hip-hop to pop, R&B and indie rock, it’s been another eclectic week of new music drops in Northeast Florida. Here’s four tracks that turned our ears. Ashton Chase – “Nachos” Emerging Duval hip-hop artist Ashton Chase brings his colorfully eccentric and undeniably hype stylings to bear on a new tune “Nachos.” In an email Chase described “Nachos” as “a …

JME DJ Sessions | 3 local tunes to put you in a mellow mood

Listen to July's JME DJ Sessions on First Coast Connect

By Matthew Shaw

With the humidity at or above 90% — and likely to stay that way for the rest of the summer (that’s another two months, at the very least, in Northeast Florida) — it’s perfectly normal to be moving a little slow. Knowing that, we kept the BPM’s low for July’s JME DJ Sessions on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, …

In this article: DL is OK, First Coast Connect, JME DJ Sessions and Melissa Ross

Go | Live music recommendations

Jazz Jam plus a dinner and a show

By JME Staff

Here’s what we’re looking forward to this week. Jazz Blue Jay Jazz Jam – Tuesday, July 26 Blue Jay Listening Room | Jacksonville Beach Every Tuesday, fun-size Jax Beach venue Blue Jay Listening Room hosts one of the city’s premier jazz jams. Standouts from the region’s avant-garde come together for an evening of improvisation in Blue Jay’s intimate environs. This …

In this article: Archetype, Blue Jay Listening Room, Bobby Kid, Glazed, jacksonville, Jeremy Ryan and Underbelly

Just Announced | Leon Bridges, Thievery Corporation, Galactic, all coming to St. Johns County

Is the small-market touring boom upon us?

By JME Staff

After more than a year in hibernation, live music has come roaring back. And it seems we’re just getting started. If Pitchfork is to be believed, a small-market touring boom is underway. As booking agents battle it out for rooms in major market cities (New York City, Los Angeles, Austin), they’re increasingly having to get creative. In the grand scheme …

In this article: jacksonville, Leon Bridges, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, The Amp, Thievery Corporation and tour

Funkadelic’s ‘Maggot Brain’ At 50: R&B, Psychedelic Rock And A Black Guitarist’s Cry

They may be two of the most influential notes in funk-rock history: the soaring, plaintive start to guitarist Eddie Hazel’s legendary solo in Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain.” The song, an audacious, emotive 10-minute-long bluesy ballad kicked off by a brief, eccentric poem from leader George Clinton, is centered on Hazel’s expansive fretwork. Clinton pulls the bass guitar and drums mostly out …

In this article: Eddie Hazel, funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Maggot Brain and rock

La Luz announces new album, drops video for new single “Watching Cartoons”

The band teamed up with Adrian Younge for a psychedelic and personal collection of new tunes.

By Matthew Shaw

After dropping their first single since 2018’s highly regarded Floating Features, La Luz has announced a new full-length album. Due to be released in October (on Hardly Art Records), the self-titled record came together during the throes of the pandemic, the band teaming up with multi-instrumentalist and renowned hip-hip, soul and jazz producer Adrian Younge to bring the songs to …

In this article: Adrian Younge, Alice Sandahl, Hardly Art, La Luz, Lena Simon, Shana Cleveland and Watching Cartoons

Local Spotlight | “All Good” by Leo Sun

Leo Sun's new indie pop ditty encompasses all things good.

By Glenn Michael Van Dyke

The second single by Leo Sun, the moniker of Jacksonville native Matilda Phan, is a summer tune meant for blasting at full volume whilst driving to a beach picnic, replaying last night’s blissful encounter with your latest crush. Sun’s vocals have a signature flutter that showcase their pipes, all the while blending a country vibrato with pop sensibilities painted across …

In this article: All Good, Indie, jacksonville, leo sun, pop and rock

Maple Glider: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. Tori Zietsch, aka Maple Glider, is in her Australian home surrounded by her bandmates and friends. Comforting …

In this article: Maple Glider and Tiny Desk

Go | Live Music Recommendations

Don't Miss A Beat Jazz Festival highlights this week's calendar

By JME Staff

Here’s a rundown of what JME contributors will see and hear this week. Singer-Songwriters Songwriter Spotlight – Wednesday, July 21 Rain Dogs. | Five Points Original music, only. That’s the extent of the strictures put on performers who land on the Rain Dogs. stage for the Five Points venue’s weekly songwriter showcase. A kind of open-mic style event, each showcase …

Lucy Dacus: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. Lucy Dacus sits at a very special desk for this Tiny Desk (home) concert. And though she’s …

In this article: Bob Boilen, Lucy Dacus, NPR Music and Tiny Desk

Biz Markie, Pioneering Beatboxer And ‘Just A Friend’ Rapper, Dies At 57

Biz Markie, an American original born Marcel Theo Hall and a larger-than-life hip-hop figure, has died at the age of 57. Known widely for a career spanning back to 1986, Hall went on to become a beloved cultural figure later in life, celebrated for his spirited personality as much as his massive 1989 hit, “Just A Friend.” His death was …

Local Spotlight | 5 local songs out this week

Leo Sun, Lost Club, Teal Peel, John Aloszka, Laney Tripp & Jacob Cummings all turned our ear this week

By Matthew Shaw

Jacksonville artists are keeping us on our toes. We barely had time to reflect on the best local releases of 2021 before a new wave of great tunes come across our speakers. Here’s five quality tracks from local artists that’ve been bumping in our headphones of late. Leo Sun – “All Good” The second single by Leo Sun, the moniker …

In this article: jacksonville music, John Aloszka, leo sun, Lost Club, New and Teal Peel

Tyler, The Creator is Number One, Again

Unpacking the enigmatic artist’s latest mainstream smash and what it means for hip-hop

By Matthew Shaw

When Tyler, The Creator collected his Grammy for 2019’s IGOR, he did so begrudgingly. “I’m half and half on it,” he said on the night of the awards show. “On one side, I’m very grateful that what I made could be acknowledged in a world like this, but also, it sucks that whenever we—and I mean guys that look like …

In this article: Al Pete, Call me if you get lost, hip-hp, IGOR and Tyler the creator

Turntable Tuesday Giveaway | Win a limited-edition Déjà Vu digital download

Tune in to Anthology for your chance to win a digital download of this limited-edition collection

By JME Staff

In 1969, the supergroup consisting of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, who’d recently formed Crosby, Stills & Nash, became even more super, moving their ampersand and adding guitarist and emerging singer-songwriter Neil Young for a run of shows, including the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. The group set about recording an album later that year, bouncing between the …

In this article: Anthology, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, CSNY, Deja Vu, giveaway and Turntable Tuesday

Local Spotlight | “Smello Coffee” by Teal Peel

A sought-after collaborator, Taylor Paul Neal unleashes his own dynamic new project.

By Matthew Shaw

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Taylor Paul Neal has emerged as a significant presence in Jacksonville’s indie scene. Neal, who’s a member of or accompanying player with several standout local bands (Bobby Kid, Leo Sun) with a list of production credits to his name (Leo Sun, Shane Malone, Quarter Roy, John Aloszka), has now stepped into the spotlight, dropping the first-single “Smello Coffee” …

In this article: Bobby Kid, friends of friends, leo sun, Smello Coffee, Taylor Paul Neal and Teal Peel

Go | Laney Tripp and Jacob Cummings at Blue Jay Listening Room

Florida-bred experimental folkies collide on new album

By Matthew Shaw

In early July, LA-Based, Florida-bred musicians Laney Tripp and Jacob Cummings released the single “Passing Sun,” a sepia-toned and truly unique presentation of indie folk. The two grew up down the street from one another in New Smyrna Beach, a sleepy, tourism-dependant Central Florida beach town known more as an incubator of surf prodigies than experimental musicians. Cummings and Tripp, …

Go | Multifaceted guitarist Ron Artis II at Hotel Palms

Hawaiian-born guitarist and songwriter brings top-notch chops to Atlantic Beach

By Matthew Shaw

World-renowned, multifaceted guitarist Ron Artis II brings his topnotch chops and impressive improvisational skills to the courtyard of Atlantic Beach’s unimpeachably hip hangout, Hotel Palms, on Thursday, July 15. The Hawaiian-born Artis is best known for his work with his group Ron Artis and Thunderstorm, but his reputation as a crack accompanying player has made him an in-demand musical partner …

In this article: Atlantic Beach, Hotel Palms, jacksonville, rickoLus and Ron Artis II

Local Spotlight | “Alone” by Lost Club

The first single from Lost Club's new EP is a savvy, technical dream-pop ditty

By Daniel A. Brown

Hot off the somber heels of last year’s Phantasmagoria EP, comes Lost Club’s forthcoming sophomore release: saudade. Thankfully, the five-song set is no slump. Club founding and lone member Nick Garcia has racked up an impressive racket with bands Weekend Atlas and Dog Apollo. A kind of extension of those group’s similar whip-smart, 21st-century Romanticism finds Lost Club asking the …

In this article: Alone, Dream pop, jacksonville, Lost Club and Nick Garcia

Go | Live Music Recommendations

Teal Peel, Ron Artis II, and Laney Tripp; all on tap this week in Jax

By JME Staff

Here’s what JME Contributors recommend checking out this week. Indie Teal Peel – Wednesday, July 14 Root Down | Five Points A significant role player in Jacksonville’s indie scene, multi-instrumentalist and producer Taylor Paul Neal is also a movie star, it seems. Neal, who’s a member of or accompanying player with several standout local bands (Bobby Kidd, Leo Sun) with …

In this article: Blue Jay Listening Room, Hotel Palms, Jacob Cummings, Laney Tripp, Ron Artis II and Root Down

How ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ Taught Me To Love Blackness

Language advisory: This story includes a racial slur. If he could see through the propaganda which has been instilled into his mind under the pretext of education, if he would fall in love with his own people and begin to sacrifice for their uplift — if the “highly educated” Negro would do these things, he could solve some of the …

New Music Friday: The Top 6 Albums Out On July 9

NPR Music contributors share their choices for the best albums out on Friday, July 9.

By All Songs Considered

West Coast Rapper Vince Staples has never shied from sharing details and stories from his life coming up in and around Long Beach, Calif. But on his latest, self-titled album, he reveals more of what’s in his heart and on his mind than ever before, with vivid and intimate songs about childhood dreams, his family, the scars he carries with him and …

In this article: All Songs Considered, Attaca Quartet, Half Waif, Sno Aalegra and Vince Staples

What Makes a Summer Song?

David Luckin on curating the new Summer Songs mix on Anthology

By Matthew Shaw

If, like me, you threw on WJCT’s Anthology station over the Fourth of July holiday, you were likely delighted by what you heard. Especially if, like me, you were on the beach when you did so. Breezy, ultra vibe-y, Anthology’s new Summer Songs playlist (playing on 89.9 HD3 and the WJCT App) is a mix of more than 1300 songs …

In this article: 89.9, Anthology, David Luckin, hd 3 and Summer Songs

Black TikTok Creators Are On Strike To Protest A Lack Of Credit For Their Work

Black creators on TikTok are hanging up their dancing shoes until further notice. Tired of not receiving credit for their creativity and original work — all while watching white influencers rewarded with millions of views performing dances they didn’t create — many Black creators on TikTok joined a widespread strike last week, refusing to create any new dances until credit …

Just Announced | Sing Out Loud Fest returns to St. Augustine

Parquet Courts, TLC, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Yola headline an eclectic month of music in St. Augustine.

By JME Staff

After a year of livestream-festival weirdness, things are slowly returning to normal. Lallapalooza kicks off in July, marking an earnest return to big-time summer festivals. Popular online music publication Pitchfork brings its indie-heavy fest back to Chicago in September. And here in Northeast Florida, music fans are reveling in the news that the multi-venue Sing Out Loud Festival with return …

In this article: jacksonville, Parquet Courts, Sing Out Loud Festival, st. augustine and TLC

Go | Live Music Recommendations

What’s all that jazz? And punk? And Americana?

By JME Staff

Another quality week of live music is ahead of us. Here’s what JME Contributors recommend checking out. Jazz Jazz Jam/Various Artists – Wednesday, July 7 Breezy Jazz House | San Marco Popular San Marco music club and restaurant Breezy Jazz House has earned a reputation among the region’s avant garde, as well as fans of live improvisation, for top-notch performances …

In this article: Breezy Jazz House, jacksonville, Jason Isbell, Live music, Music Calendar and The Amp

‘Summer Of Soul’ Celebrates A 1969 Black Cultural Festival Eclipsed By Woodstock

From the funky, opening groove of the film’s first song, Stevie Wonder’s slinky jam on the Isley’s Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing,” it is obvious the new documentary Summer of Soul (…or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) will be packed with little-seen, landmark live performances. But watch a little longer, as Wonder sits behind a drumkit to whip off …

Local Spotlight | 5 local songs out this week

L.O.V.E. Culture, Tenny Rudolph, DL Is OK, Jesebel and Denver Hall turned our ear this week

By JME Staff

Jacksonville artists would not let June go quietly. The month started off with a slew of new and very good releases from Northeast Florida musicians working in a variety of genres. (You can listen to some of our local and non-local faves on June’s Fresh Squeeze playlist). Just as we prepared to coast into the month of July, an equally …

In this article: DL is OK, hip-hop, Indie, jacksonville, Jesabel, L.O.V.E. Culture, leo sun and Tenny Rudolph

New Music Friday: The Top 6 Albums Out On July 2

By CHRISTINA LEE

Since releasing his debut album in 2017, Chicago rapper G Herbo has built his reputation on gritty tales of survival on the streets. But his biggest hit was 2020’s PTSD, an album that bared his softer, more introspective side as he admitted that he, too, cries. On his latest album, 25, G Herbo digs deeper into his vulnerabilities, ruminating on the wounds he’s carried …

NPR Music’s 26 Favorite Albums Of 2021 (So Far)

Here we are halfway through 2021, this year of stepping back across the threshold into the world. And what are we carrying with us as we emerge? Below, you’ll find two dozen albums that worked their way into the hearts of NPR Music’s staff during those in-between days. Just one pick per person, presented in alphabetical order by artist. (You …

Fresh Squeeze | July 2021 Playlist

New music JME contributors can't stop playing

By JME Staff

We’re active listeners over here at JME. We keep our ear to the ground in order to pick the most ripe, juiciest noise emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond for our monthly Fresh Squeeze playlist, featuring a couple dozen fresh songs, plucked right from the branch. There are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a …

Local Spotlight | ‘Florida Baby’ EP

Bedroom hip-hop artist MoonChyldd boasts a distinctive sonic and visual style

Purveyor of chilled-out bedroom hip-hop Moonchyldd has emerged from the confines of her sonic fortress of solitude with her sophomore album Florida Baby. On the nine-track EP Moonchyldd (AKA Briana Hughes) reaches into her singular Duval cool and laid-back style, with contributions by fellow Jacksonville hip-hop artists Rose, SettBabyKeem and Hughes’ sidekick and best friend Ampton. Like most bedroom pop or …

In this article: bedroom hip-hop, Briana Hughes, duval, Florida Baby, jacksonville and Moonchyldd

Local Spotlight | “Not My Way”

Denver Hall and WowJus7in team up for a funky cut.

By Daniel A. Brown

Set and setting, as ever, are always key. Within the first 15 seconds of “Not My Way,” the cornerstone of Chic-style funk is the established foundation and in the opening salvo of the lyrics, weed is smoked, and lines are chopped. Four-on-the-floor and a bassline that bubbles from tentative to propulsive are lit up like a match. Party song? Undoubtedly. …

In this article: Denver Hall, hip-hop, Not My Way, Painting with Prostitutes and WowJus7in

The Best New Artists Of 2021 (So Far)

All Songs Considered's favorite new artists of 2021 (so far)

Our favorite new artists of the year (so far) run the gamut, from girl in red’s wildly infectious anthems about queer love and the warped sonic landscapes of Los Angeles rap duo Paris Texas, to the stunning voice and songcraft of singer Arlo Parks and the Jay Som-Palehound collaboration they’re calling Bachelor. Their debut albums traverse a broad world of …

Go | Live Music Recommendations

Country, Indie and a Hip-Hopera highlight this week's calendar

By JME Staff

Music venues are, by and large, historically provisional ventures. San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, the setting for The Band’s Last Waltz in 1976 had its last waltz in 1978. The birthplace of punk, CBGB, closed in 2006 at 33-years of age––which is too old for punk, perhaps. The Fillmore East was only around for three years. Which is why San Marco’s …

In this article: Ebony Payne-English, Hayden Miles, Jack Rabbits, Kona Skate Park and Seagate

New Music Friday | The Top 10 Albums Out On June 25

NPR Music contributors share their picks for the best albums out today.

By Gavin Godfrey

The artist known as Doja Cat is back this week with a vibrant, unapologetic celebration of youth and sex on Planet Her. We kickoff this week’s crazy-packed show with the song “Payday” and talk about the ways Doja Cat leans more into pop singing and less on the rap that has defined much of her career. We’ve also got highly anticipated releases …

In this article: Cautious Clay, Doja cat, Hiatus Kaiyote, Lucy Dacus, Pom Pom Squad, Sault and Tyler the creator

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