Marci Brinker
This episode will give you a taste of the Orange You Glad music festival, which will be hitting Orlando from May 14 – 17. The festival will feature lots of local bands, along with some terrific not-so-local bands. There are five venues: Will’s Pub, Stardust, Redlight Redlight, Peacock Room, and Uncle Lou’s (and several in-store performances at Park Avenue CDs).
1.) Modern Skirts (Athens, GA) | “Soft Pedals” | BUY
2.) Slow Claw (Cincinnati, OH) | “Miss Lady Lately” | BUY
3.) Bombadil (Durham, North Carolina) | “Honeymoon” | BUY (previous album–new one comes out 7/09)
4.) Keith Michaud (Lake Worth, FL) | “Wildflowers” | article
5.) Matt Butcher (Orlando, FL) | “A Famous Country Singer” | BUY (iTunes)
6.) The Dark Romantics (Lakeland, FL) | “Hush Your Mouth” | BUY (Rhapsody)
7.) XOXO (Orlando, FL) | “Done and Done” | BUY
8.) Moor hound (Orlando, FL) | “Mule Songs”
9.) Thomas Wynn and the Believers (Orlando, FL) | “Long White Dress” | BUY (iTunes) | article
10.) Lauris Vidal (Deland, FL) | “Freed (Wonderland Theme)” | BUY
11.) Hannah and the Halfway House (Orlando, FL) | “You’re a Mess in a Dress”
12.) Kingsbury (Orlando, FL) | “Back in the Orange Grove” | DOWNLOAD
13.) The Belltowers (Orlando, FL) | “Tomorrow Will Remain”
14.) Only Thieves (Tallahassee, FL) | “Hammered for the Holidays” | BUY
The schedule at the time of our posting is as follows, but please check the festival’s website and/or the artists’ websites or MySpace pages for the most up-to-date information:
THURSDAY, MAY 14
(KICK-OFF PARTY)
VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 8 PM
MODERN SKIRTS | The Pauses | Viernes | DJ Adam S
FRIDAY, MAY 15
VENUE: Stardust (All Ages) @ 9 PM
ANDY MATCHETT | Jason Choi | Joshua Nye | Hannah & The Halfway House | James Dreffen
VENUE: Redlight Redlight (18+) @ 9 PM
THE DARK ROMANTICS | The New Lows | The Still Voice
VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 9 PM
BOMBADIL | An Intro To Sunshine | Rachel Goodrich | Lauris Vidal | Roberto Aguilar
VENUE: Peacock Room (21+) @ 9 PM
POST RECORDS: Watch Me Disappear | Liquid Limbs | Happy Valley | Kingsbury
Uncle Lou’s (18+) @ 9 PM
SPIRIT BOMB | Only Thieves | Lighthouse Music | Reptile Theater
SATURDAY, MAY 16
VENUE: Stardust (All Ages) @ 4 PM
MR. TRANSYLVANIA | Dark Sea of Awareness | Tele V. Cheeseburger | Pandora’s Talk Box
VENUE: Uncle Lou’s (All Ages) @ 8 PM
THE NEW THREAT | Big City Bombers | Murdock | MachineGunHaircut | BTH
VENUE: Redlight Redlight (18+) @ 9 PM
HISTORY | Hurrah | Northvia | DJ Adam S
VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 9 PM
TIM EASTON | Great Deceivers | Thomas & Olivia Wynn | Matt Butcher
VENUE: Peacock Room (21+) @ 9 PM
SLOW CLAW | XOXO | Dangerous Animals
SUNDAY, MAY 17
VENUE: Redlight Redlight (18+) @ 4 PM
RICHARD SHERFEY |Mike Dunn | Keith Michaud | Damion Suomi | TJ Young (Comedian)
VENUE: Stardust (All Ages) @ 4 PM
THE DEFILERS | Ariel Bui | Emma Jean Branch | Fireflies | Moor Hound
VENUE: Peacock Room (21+) @ 9 PM
STRANGERS FAMILY BAND | The Belltowers | The Empyres
VENUE: Uncle Lou’s (18+) @ 9 PM
KHANN | Overdale | Time To Die
VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 9 PM
ASTRONAUTALIS | Bleubird | Cracker Jackson