This Little Underground

LOCAL RELEASES

As one of the central acts in the Jonesy Collective orbit, Fowl Play comes from the decidedly more cerebral side of the city’s electronic scene, with music more conducive to tripping and vibing out than to shakin’ dat ass.

Rather than just continuing his signature sound, new two-track release Collection advances it, rendering his bubbling acid world with notably more funk, detail and dimension than ever. It’s a beatscape that’s at once alien and organic. And it’s Fowl Play’s most evolved work yet. Collection now streams everywhere.

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Grand Buffet, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist:

Anyone who was part of the buzzing and fertile Orlando indie and hip-hop scenes in the 2000s can attest to the left-field genius of alt-rap heroes Grand Buffet. Although they were actually from Pittsburgh, they were one of the flagship acts on Fighting Records — one of the leading Orlando indie labels of that era — and had ties so deep here that they were treated like local royalty. But it’s not that Grand Buffet simply moved on once Fighting folded in the late 2000; they themselves essentially went dark. 2008’s King Vision on Fighting Records was their last album, and the duo made increasingly fewer appearances as the years went on.

Now, after being totally MIA from Orlando for eons, two of the key figures from Fighting Records — John Youngman and Mor Krivinsky — are teaming up again to bring Grand Buffet back to their old adopted stomping grounds. Come see why their sharp blend of humor, wit and rhyme ruled the Orlando underground for years.

Count rapper-producer 454 among the latest ascendant homegrown talents. He’s making a name for himself with a psychedelic rap style and racking up a heavyweight list of fans-turnedcollaborators like Denzel Curry and Frank Ocean

Welcome back, freaks. (8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, Will’s Pub, $20-$25)

454, Pig the Gemini, Three Knee Deep, The Gas: Count rapper-producer 454 among the latest class of ascendant homegrown talents. The Longwood skater kid born Willie Wilson first distinguished himself as a seriously gifted street shredder sick enough to be featured in TransWorld Skateboarding (RIP). Since moving to New York, he’s quickly making a hot name for himself as a musician. With a psychedelic rap style that’s both surreal and utterly now, he’s racked up a heavyweight list of fans-turned-collaborators like Denzel Curry and Frank Ocean. Now that he’s coming up with tons of underground velocity, the young hotshot will be making a big homecoming with his first headlining show here. Go give this shooting star some due hometown love. Rounding out the bill is his rapper sister Pig the

BY BAO LE-HUU

454 | Photo by Lauren Davis

Gemini and punk bands Three Knee Deep and the Gas. (7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, Henao Contemporary Center, $15)

Early Moods, Intoxicated, Mindwash,

Howling Midnight: Metalheads of the slow and low school rejoice, for this week brings to town what will very likely be your new favorite band. Influenced by acts like Candlemass, Witchfinder General, Pentagram, Trouble and Sabbath, L.A.’s Early Moods are the strapping young studs in the stable of premier heavy label Riding Easy Records. A perfect slab of classic doom, their eponymous debut album landed just this past summer and proved Early Moods as an instant contender who are laying it on like few can. It’s a marvelously focused introduction that’s the absolute apotheosis of vintage doom. Openers will be Orlando death-thrash unit Intoxicated, technical Tampa hard rockers Mindwash and local blues-rock titans Howling Midnight. (7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, Will’s Pub, $10)

First Jason: OK, so this is the band project of Ari Lehman, who happened to be the first actor to play a young, pre-hockey mask Jason Voorhees in the original Friday the 13th. What First Jason is not, however, is some unintentionally terrible Corey Feldman deal. Rather than a former child actor’s attempt at earnest pop music, First Jason are a metal band that, as the none-too-subtle name signals, leans all the way in on the frontman’s unique claim in pop-culture history. Their whole schtick drips with slasher-flick camp and tons of Friday the 13th allusions. And the fact that a goddamn keytar is front and center should seal the deal on this as a must-see spectacle. (8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, Will’s Pub, $13)

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