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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

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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

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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

By Geexella

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 …

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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

Buckets of (Making it) Rain

What Bob Dylan's $300 million catalog sale means for the recording industry.

By Glenn Michael Van Dyke

A three month span in late-2020-early-2021 saw two monumental art sales. While the $69 million earned by digital-artist Beeple’s Non-Fungible Token (NFT) mosaic (in JPG format no less) at a Christie’s auction in March threatened to turn the visual arts world on its head, the music world was seemingly turned on its ear by another sale in December. No stranger …

In this article: Bob Dylan, hipgnosis, licensing, royalties and Spotify

Local Spotlight | ‘Blkout’ EP

Blk Jay drops a short but tight collection of crucial hip-hop.

By Daniel A. Brown

On “Preach,” the opening cut of Blk Jay’s Blkout EP, the Duval-rapper testifies that “They’re gonna feel this: the reign of Black.” Over the course of the release’s short-but-tight collection, he backs up that testimony. Vibes sui generis crackle through Blkout. For one, there is the evident quality of restraint. Jay keeps the momentum at a lax first-gear: “F’sho” is …

In this article: Blk Jay, Blkout, duval, hip-hop and jacksonville

Brandi Carlile Will Join NPR Music’s Listening Party For Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’

For its 50th anniversary, join us in an online listening party for Joni Mitchell‘s Blue. NPR Music’s Ann Powers will be joined by singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, who performed her own tribute to Blue in 2019, for a live conversation about this monumental album. The event will take place on the anniversary of the album’s release, June 22, at 2 p.m. …

Watch | La Luz “In the Country”

Popular surf-centric group drops new single and video.

By Matthew Shaw

In the 2010s, then-Seattle-based La Luz burst onto the national scene as perhaps the best of the bunch of several top-notch reverb-heavy surf revivalists. While they were lumped in with a rather diasporic grouping of bands hailing from the Pacific Northwest to the Sun Belt, La Luz’s brand of intricately woven sounds, haunting harmonies undergirding guitarist and lead vocalist Shana …

In this article: Alice Sandahl, Floating Features, Hardly Art Records, In the Country, La Luz, Lena Simon and Shana Cleveland

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A couple of good reasons to enjoy music outdoors this week

By JME Staff

One of the best things about Jacksonville’s recent return to live, in-person concerts has been the proliferation of outdoor listening experiences. From the City of Jacksonville dropping a stage on the grassy field where the Landing once stood to the Seawalk Pavilion in Jax Beach once again cranking up its bandshell to the Cummer Museum opening up its historic gardens …

In this article: Blue Jay Listening Room, Cummer Museum, GeeXella, jacksonville, Let's Ride brass Band, Live music and Melody Trucks

Trojan Records, Legendary Reggae Label, Resurrects A Long Out-Of-Print Trove

Updated June 18, 2021 at 9:47 AM ET Growing up in Southern England, Bob Bell fell in love with Jamaican music as soon as he bought his first recording, in 1963. As far as he was concerned, the explosion of musical creativity in that country, fueled by thousands of Jamaican immigrants in the late 1950s and early 60s, was being …

Magic and Loss

Local musician Ryan Turk transforms personal tragedy into creative triumph after unspeakable loss

By Daniel A. Brown

Ryan Turk has a baffling amount of energy. The longtime Jacksonville musician, recording engineer-producer, and DIY polymath is wired for all things sonic. In the mid-‘90s, the teenaged Turk worked at Warehouse Recording Studios, a facility tucked away in an actual industrial park, off Emerson Street deep in blue-collar Duval County. Just over a decade later, he and his wife …

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Five Jacksonville Indie Rock acts you should know

By JME Staff

In the early 1960s, rock n’ roll infiltrated the suburbs, kicking off a decades-long run in which drums-guitar-bass-centric sounds dominated the charts, album and ticket sales, Top 40 radio and the youth-culture milieu in general. Rock n’ roll grew up (kinda) over the years, transformed into rock, then faded after its mid-70s peak, in some ways supplanted by other emerging …

In this article: Bobby Kid, Dust Fuss, Indie rock, jacksonville, Modern Violence and The Young Step

Local Spotlight | ‘Kuongoza’

A new album and companion visual is Ebony Payne-English’s most ambitious work yet

By Shelton Hull

Ebony Payne-English’s status as a local cultural icon was cemented, literally, when she became one of the people featured in a series of murals erected across the urban core. It was actually the second time Payne-English has been immortalized on a wall. “The first time I saw myself on a mural, I was with my daughter,” she says of a …

Local Spotlight | “Memories of U”

Singer-rapper-producer Eddy Braveaux's hero's journey continues with this chill-mode cut

By Matthew Shaw

On paper at least, Duval hip-hop standout Eddy Braveaux is brimming with confidence. Braveaux’s ambitious 2020 concept album, the sci-fi-inflected super hero narrative Prototype, showcased the multiplex skillset of the singer, rapper, and producer, as he bounced between sultry electronic vocals on sensual R&B numbers and ferocious rhymes of angsty club-bangers. And with a new single, “Memories of U,” Braveaux …

Local Spotlight | “Way Down In Decatur”

Singular Jax vocalist Sailor Goon charts unique path through bedroom pop production

By Matthew Shaw

A distinctive sonic and visual style has has singular vocalist Sailor Goon positioned for a breakthrough.

Crate Diggin’ | Remote Work Rotation

When working from home, these are the records JME contributors like to spin

By JME Staff

In the year of the pandemic, working remotely went from a perk limited to those employed by forward-thinking companies to simply the way in which we all work. But judging by the sheer volume of ink spilled on think-pieces related to this paradigm shift, working from home doesn’t exactly work for everyone. For our JME contributors, many of whom stack …

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South Carolina Soul, New Orleans Jazz, and Florida DJ sets

By JME Staff

Summer is in full swing. Need proof? Hop on I-95 and take a peek at your temperature gauge. More proof comes in the form of June’s many rituals and holidays. It’s Pride month. This week we celebrate Juneteenth. And many will be flocking to the Atlantic, Intracoastal, or any other waterborne refuge from Northeast Florida’s stifling heat. Need another choice …

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Five emerging Jacksonville hip-hop artists you should know

By JME Staff

Here are five Jacksonville hip-hop artists you should know about.

Fresh Squeeze | June 2021 Playlist

New music JME contributors can’t stop playing

The JME team is, by nature, a group of active listeners. We keep our ear to the ground in order to pick the most ripe, juiciest noise emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond. Each and every month, our Fresh Squeeze playlist features a couple dozen fresh songs, plucked right from the branch. These are tunes that our team just can’t …

Local Spotlight | “Only You”

Jax Indie rock quartet rides a new kind of new-wave

By Daniel A. Brown

Remember doo wop? Of course you don’t, little foundling. You can barely remember your passwords for the apps that you forgot you installed on your still-missing phone. Well, whether through lassoing the archetype or the result of Nth-generation USA pop music radiation, Neptune Beach indie-rock wunderkinds Seagate evoke a total 1950s sullenness and always-in-season despondency woe-jam on their recent single …

Local Spotlight | “I Don’t Know What I’m Doin Here”

Multi-hyphenate Jonathan Grant Berlin cozies up to orchestral folk

By Matthew Shaw

Multi-hyphenate Jonathan Grant Berlin cozies up to orchestral folk.

The Music That Made Opal & Nev

Author Dawnie Walton on how Jacksonville’s music scene shaped her critically acclaimed novel

By Matthew Shaw

Dawnie Walton on growing up in Jacksonville, the in-group of outsiders at Einstein A Go-Go, and the iconography of Southern Rock.

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