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FREE Bumblefest Band Downloads at PureHoneyMagazine.com The Stargazer Lilies – A growing name in the current shoegaze revival, on Graveface Records, married Pennsylvania psych-rockers John Cep and Kim Field leave their fuzzy, rippling soundscapes awash in breathy vocals and slow-shake harmonies that feel like a long, bright muscle relaxant for the soul. Fans of My Bloody Valentine will dig. ~ PV

Lindsey Mills & The Lazy Lovers – Lindsey Mills, Lady of Lake Worth, debuted her new band The Lazy Lovers at Propaganda in April to an apprecative crowd, but music has been her life and a legacy inherited from her jazz musician parents. Lindsey’s voice echoes with dreamy melodies. ~ JC

Armageddon Man – What might be were Sam Kinison’s ghost to come back and front a punk band? Straight ahead, manic, unfettered, and raw punk-rock in the South Florida tradition. ~ DVB

Mo’Booty – This Miami three-piece is equal parts visual arts and rock and roll. Between the three, the art goes many places but on stage their “psychedelic surf noir” pummels through on an inspired wave of surf tinged punk one would be hard-pressed to believe they’ve only been doing for a little while. ~ AF

Cog Nomen – Beloved South Florida electroexperimental psych-pop duo featuring the enlightened guitar work of Buffalo Brown dancing with the rhythms of drummer/vocoder master Ulysses Perez. Weird, fun, and undeniably a product of Miami. ~ DVB

Problem Child – This band is named after an AC/DC song but sound more like Pissed Jeans. It’s an articulated and bloody mess of noise punk that might make you re-think your life. Like, yeah, sell all my shit and join the circus, or start a band and live perpetually on tour, a’la the Butthole Surfers; let’s do that! They get a little rowdy, living up to their name. Watch for flailing body parts and stage dives. ~ TM

The Dewars – Dreamy Kinks- and Beatles-indebted psych-pop from Anthony and Zach Dewar, Palm Beach twin brothers who pair quiet (but never schmaltzy) harmonies with sun-kissed, twangy nostalgia. ~ PV

Rivers – Danny Brunjes, Jon Wagner, Brent Ray, and Eric Blythe roll through their indie rock songs like the wind -- or rather like a river drive by the steady heartbeat of drums and soulful vocals. This is driving down a highway with the windows down thinking about life music. ~ JC

Fat Sun – Surfy, psych rock from fellas who put time in other great acts from South Florida. Fat Sun features members of Sandratz and Milk Spot, bands that are pretty spectacular in their own right, who have come together to veer a little off the path of those other groups to try a little something different. Groovy, garage rock to take acid at the beach to. ~ TM

Similar Prisoners – This Miami quad takes their cues from Britpop and early blues and filter it into a delightful, fuzzedout racket that never quite delves fully into stoner rock but keeps enough pep to its step to make it a fun 60’s pastiche.

Rocking enough for some head-banging but ethereal for meditation too. ~ AF

Grey & Orange – Homegrown talent who have done time in other stellar acts from around these parts; feat: Dan Bonebrake, Greg Lovell and Jesse Dalton. Grey & Orange are a power pop trio with their roots in the Replacements, Husker Du, Shudder to Think and the Lemonheads. These dudes practically have a P.H.D., in those bands, so if any of that blows your skirt up your in for a real treat. ~ TM

Sweet Bronco – Chris Horgan is the brainchild of this revolving cast of characters that play indie, folk, psych with dashes of an alternate reality Velvet Underground headed

by Roy Orbison. Sweet Bronco is probably one of the best representations of Florida’s underbelly of weirdness.

The aural incarnation of say: Coral Castle, Casadega or maybe Gibsonton? Sure, why not? ~ TM

John Ralston – Lightning-quick Lake Worth hero almost seems to purposefully bury himself so far under the radar you’d hardly notice he’s among Florida’s best songwriters, with jangly, Americana-tinged poprock drenched in Tom Waits brood and Ryan Adams gauziness. ~ PV

Treeswifts – Though they performed their first show at The Kelsey Theater’s Live & Local event in March of this year, duo Brittany and Noah seem as though they’ve been playing together for years with their haunting acoustic covers and originals. ~ JC

Keith Welsh – Keith Welsh has been making music for a long time in South Florida and far as we can remember, he’s never been much of a trendy fellow and has always jammed things his way. Which is funny because he looks tailor-made for the “dust bowl revival” (as he calls it) that seems to dominate some corners of today’s sound. No suspenders here folks, just honest songwriting. ~ AF

Wallace – A rising power in the local alternative music scene, Wallace sits comfortably at the crossroads of genres. Too heavy for some and not heavy enough for others, it doesn’t matter—this quartet might be young but they’ve got a musical maturity to be envious of and a growing cadre of fans to match it. ~ AF

Killmama – Blues-punk overlords fronted by the interstellar drummer Sophie Sputnik, whose earnest belting sounds like cigarettes and whiskey, punched with enough soulful grunge and brutal rawness to make you forget that you’re the guy she wants to curb-stomp in that song. ~ PV

The Whiskey Wasps – Delicate folk from the husband and wife duo that founded Raggy Monster. Typically dealing in soothing and honest singer-songwriter fare, the duo has been working on a project series of unexpected cover songs with stripped arrangements. ~ DVB

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Pocket of Lollipops – Unloading dissonant pop and sungspoken lyrics with dreamy abandon, veteran husbandand-wife posh punks Tony Kapel and Maitejosuna Urrechaga always seem to collide disjointed storytelling and catchy drum lines without ever collapsing into a noisy mess. ~ PV

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Chaucer – According to records, punk died in 1978.

Turns out it was cryogenically frozen and resuscitated in the West Palm Beach studio of Joshua Simkowitz.

Chaucer was Busted in 2015 with a tapeful of steady beats and largely improvised lyrics ready rage against the absurdity of modern life shouted over a megaphone. This year sees Chaucer’s recently Iced released on New Los Angeles records. ~ JC

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Peyote Coyote – In April of this year, psychedelic garage rockers Ryan Huseman, Jake Stuart, and Cari Gee released their first album together. The FAU music students recorded the eponymous EP in their living room. Peyote Coyote is also a founding member of The Infinite Channel, a South Florida music collective promoting local bands. This is music for people who love music by people who love music. ~ JC

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Celebratorrrrrrr – The inexplicable need for so many damn “R’s” aside, Pompano Beach’s Celebratorrrrrrr rolls the midnight sky into gonzo lo-fi rock and roll that is doomy, cerebral, twisted, and at home in the DIY filmmaking of yesteryear. Experimental with a purpose even if the extra letters exist. ~ AF

Other Body – A heavy acidic, noise rock Miami band formed by members of three other Miami bands entrenched in the South Florida music scene: Lil Daggers, Herzog Rising, and Teepee. That’s meta. ~ JC

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Bleubird – Nobody reps Broward County like Bleubird.

He makes hip-hop with a punk rock ethos that keeps him constantly writing, recording and touring. Broward, his ode to all things between the 305 and the 561 came out in 2015 and he’s about to drop another record with producer/partner in crime; Mr. Belvedere, later this year.

His prowess on the mic is only matched by his energetic live show, which you would have to be deranged to miss. ~ TM

Gravel Kings

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“We’re not really country and we’re not really rock, so it’s been tough explaining to people what they’re going to get at a show,” explains Zack Jones. “People these days can be very clique-y and want everything to be specifically labeled before they give it a try.” Jones, guitarist and vocalist for Fort Pierce’s Americana quartet the Gravel Kings knows that predicament all too well. Geographically sandwiched between Tampa’s metal and Miami’s dance scenes hasn’t done much to stifle their progress. If anything, it has helped the band focus and develop a solid sound.

Taking the better cues from American roots music, the Gravel Kings have conjured an almost hypnotic wave of mellifluous harmonies and storytelling that put them a step above comparable acts with enough charm and poesy to remind listeners that Florida is, after all, a Southern state. Jones is rounded out by multi-instrumentalist Joseph Johnson who adds banjo and Dobro to the mix, and the rhythm section of Douglas French on drums and Aaron Teems on bass.

“I think our sound is inspired by the good times, the bad times and the lessons that life teaches you,” says Teems. “We got into playing Americana from writing the more folky songs of our past record, then, adding a tele into the mix and playing songs that just felt right.” Their upcoming release, the Lure EP, is a product of evolution and hard work. Joining producer James Paul Wisner in the studio, the Kings have made an undeniable progression from their debut album Arrows and Maps without making aural sacrifices.

“Arrows and Maps came about a little more methodically, we had been playing the material for a number of years and had every little tweak figured out,” says Johnson.

“With Lure we had a more relaxed approach. We loosened up the sound and the overall vibe, combined with previously unrecorded members getting the chance to give their effort really gave the EP a nice shine.” Wisner’s eclectic credits include Amy Winehouse and Dashboard Confessional among others and brought a discerning polish to the band’s cultured sound.

An American roots band is only as good as the work that it puts into itself and working the road is an integral part of the process. “Our EP release is three nights in a row at three awesome venues with some of the best musicians in South Florida,” says an enthusiastic French, “Then we’ll be hitting the road in October up to New York, over to Nashville, and a few places in between.” The Gravel Kings might not singlehandedly return Florida to the Americana conversation but their hard work and committed attitude is sure turning all the right heads.

Gravel Kings EP release shows Sep 9 at The Stillery w. Pathos Pathos, The Inverted and Myles Patrick and Sep 10 at Propaganda w. Pathos Pathos, The Helmsmen and Myles Patrick gravelkings.com. ~ Abel Folgar

Leon Bridges The music industry, effedup beast that it is, with its corporate tastemakers and deep-pockets peddling inane mass-consumerist drivel and whatnot, sometimes slips up and lets something good sneak on through. Then there’s the battle with music fans and lovers who’ve been pummeled by so long and can be clearly confused by quality product.

In other words, on the majors’ stage, it is very hard for true artists and game-changing musicians to make it.

Enter Leon Bridges. The Atlantaborn but Fort Worth-reared singer guitarist might seem like a throwback or retro act to most Leon Bridges but the truth is in the sound.

With the release of his debut album on Columbia Records, Coming Home, Bridges has challenged notions of youth, cultural identity, and musical heritage.

Looking like a cross between Sam Cooke and Ray Charles’ wardrobes with a modern flair a la Cosmo Kramer, Bridges is not a poster boy for contemporary music and he is most certainly, not an imitator of a foregone style.

Though he might evoke the soulful music of yesteryear and his leanings do stem from soul, gospel, and the blues; Bridges brings a renewed intensity and candor to R&B that had been destroyed by the music industry. How? In the simplest of forms; stripping it down and delivering honest, original material. It helps that a chance encounter with Austin Jenkins, formerly of the Texan rockers White Denim, resulted in Bridges entering a studio with like-minded individuals who helped the fledgling musician take his compositions to the next level.

In what can only be described as another stroke of luck, Bridges was able to produce and release Coming Home to his liking, with the least bit of label interference possible. The album, short at 35 minutes is true to form and deliberate. It is also a template from which Bridges explodes on stage turning what looks like a soul revue to the uninitiated, into a raucous, righteous, and wholly satisfying experience. If you’re gonna do something like this, you better do it right and so far, it don’t get more right than this.

Leon Bridges with Lianne La Havas at 8pm on Tuesday, September 13 at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington AVE, Miami Beach. $35-$155.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

OLD SCHOOL SQUARE FIELDHOUSE: Silent Disco DADA: Fireside Prophets

RESPECTABLE STREET: Similar Prisoners KYI: Karaoke & Kraken PROPAGANDA: Ladies Reggae Night, Lftd Lvls BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Open Mic

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

KELSEY THEATER: Andrew Chastain Band DADA: Rio Peterson Band KYI: Velocity Gospel & Chase the Jaguar

RESPECTABLE STREET: Retro Future Vinyl Night

POORHOUSE: Suede Dudes, Wake Up, Nick Petakas PROPAGANDA: Epicurean, Fuzzhound, Peyote Coyote

Hunters of the Alps, Tremends, Octo Gato!

KYI: Keep it Deep PROPAGANDA: Gravel Kings, Pathos, The Helmsmen, Myles Patrick BREWHOUSE GALLERY: String Assassins C.W.S.: Nine2Five TERRA FERMATA: Ben Prestage, Abby Owens

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

BREWHOUSE GALLERY: JL Fulks

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

DADA: Comedy Open Mic KYI: Acousti-Kill Open Jam TERRA FERMATA: Kansas Bible Company PROPAGANDA: Karaoke

BOHEMÏA AG: Ænniversary3 (day1) – INlighten, Danny Bled BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Mainstreet Dreamers CULTURE ROOM: Marduk C.W.S.: Electric Kif

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

BOHEMÏA AG: Ænniversary3 (day2) – Marion Royer, Amy Foreman, Ballet Atlantica, Michelle Rassner, Anthony Stuart, Dave Calculator, Kristian Jacobi, Aceskully, Cheap Plastic, Cog Nomen, Beatles Haircut, Fall of Olympus, Juvenals, Keith Welsh, Last, Pain Appendix, Pedro Sampedro, Skagboy, Symbols, UXVIE

DADA: The Metropolitan SUBCULTURE COFFEE DELRAY: Eternal Boner BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Bryce Allyn REVOLUTION LIVE: Flux Pavilion FUNKY BISCUIT: Mike Zito, JP Soars & The Red Hots

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

RESPECTABLE STREET: 90’s Homecoming Dance BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Zack Jones CULTURE ROOM: Belphegor

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

DADA: Spoken Word Open Mic KYI: Acoustic-Kill Open Jam PROPAGANDA: Karaoke

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

RESPECTABLE STREET: Limitless Wednesday DADA: Jbay & Anthony Payne BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Trivia, Copperpoint Tap Takeover

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

RESPECTABLE STREET: Sandratz

DADA: Mo’Booty BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Open Mic TERRA FERMATA: String Assassins FUNKY BISCUIT: The Travelin’ McCourys, Uproot Hootenanny PROPAGANDA: Reggae Night, Lftd Lvls, Future Prezidents

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

KELSEY THEATER: Eagles Tribute

DADA: Big Chief KYI: CHEW PROPAGANDA: Azizi Gibson, Solomondagod, Ikabod Veins BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Subgroove CULTURE ROOM: Anthony Green C.W.S.: Victoria Cardona FUNKY BISCUIT: Electric Kif

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

RESPECTABLE STREET: 29 Year Anniversary with Dan Deacon, Astari Nite, Everymen, Old Habits, Beach Day, 3 One G, Luna Rex, Champagne Supersonic, Millionyoung, Wake Up, Milk Spot, Zoo Peculiar, HOST, Church Girls,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 DADA: 33 Years KYI: Ladies night with Smut

RESPECTABLE STREET: Last Change for Sarah, Wallace, Pokemon GO & Chill Event CULTURE ROOM: Zach Deputy~Ballyhoo!

BARDOT: Cloud Solo

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 DADA: Future Prezidents

RESPECTABLE STREET: Raggy Monster

KYI: Karaoke & Kraken PROPAGANDA: Ladies Reggae Night, Lftd Lvls BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Open Mic CULTURE ROOM: Cowboy Mouth C.W.S.: Brett Staska

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

GRAMPS: PUREHONEY 5 YEAR PRE-PARTY w. Stargazer Lilies (Graveface), Peyote Coyote, Seafoam Walls DADA: Coastal Twisters KYI: Bermuda Beach

PROPAGANDA: Que Lastima, Party Flag, Ten Paces BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Karlos Marz CULTURE ROOM: The Oh Hellos REVOLUTION LIVE: Tory Lanez C.W.S.: Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 DNTN WPB: BUMBLEFEST 2016, A PUREHONEY 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!: THE STARGAZER LILIES, Armageddon Man, Bleubird, Celebratorrrrrr, Chaucer, Cog Nomen, The Dewars, Fat Sun, Grey & Orange, John Ralston, Keith Welsh, Killmama, Lindsey Mills and the Lazy Lovers, Mo’Booty, Other Body, Peyote Coyote, Pocket Of Lollipops, Problem Child, Rivers, Similar Prisoners, Sweet Bronco, Tree Swifts, Wallace, The Whiskey Wasps… 3 STAGES FREE! Just $5 at Respectable Street.

DADA: The State Of

KELSEY THEATER: Fight Club: Round 1

SUBCULTURE COFFEE DELRAY: Aaron Austin KYI: Breaks Yo! PROPAGANDA: RX, The Von, Koffin Varnish, YourDesign BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Sprockets & Spokes: Custom Bicycle Show, Deal James & Summer Gill C.W.S.: Juke

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

BREWHOUSE GALLERY: PaintNite, Nip & Tuck

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

HOWLEYS: Halloween Art Show PROPAGANDA: Karaoke

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 DADA: Melissa Sandoval TERRA FERMATA: Revelry C.W.S.: Crazyfingers

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 DADA: JD and the Howl

RESPECTABLE STREET: Lindsey Mills & the Lazy Lovers KYI: Karaoke & Kraken PROPAGANDA: Ladies Reggae Night, Lftd Lvls BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Open Mic C.W.S.: Future Prezidents

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

KELSEY THEATER: Girls Night Out The Show DADA: Int’l Language KYI: Shameless Burlesque

RESPECTABLE STREET: Emo Night Brooklyn

PROPAGANDA: Whiskey Walls, Ten Paces, Menudo Death Squad, 84 Sheepdog, Butch & The Fat Doobs BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Ella Herrera & Brett Staska C.W.S.: Solemark

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1

OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Stitch Rock 10! An indie craft fair & bazaar!

CULTURE ROOM: The Dandy Warhols PROPAGANDA: Viva Le Vox, Zoo Peculiar, Muggles, Echo

DADA: Comedy Open Mic KYI: Acousti-Kill Open Jam PROPAGANDA: Karaoke

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

MANA WYNWOOD: III Points DAY ONE: LCD Soundsystem, Dixon, Oneohtrix Point Never, Danny Daze, Kink (Live), Machinedrum (Live), Sophie (Live), Chrome Sparks (Live), Satori (Live), Behrouz, Arthur Baker, Museum Of Love, Viken Arman, Psychic Mirrors, Julio Victoria, Otto Von Schirach, Patrick M, Will Buck, Rat Bastard, Jeremy Ismael, Millionyoung, Lemurian, Indigochildrick, Atom Yard, Pazmal, Fndr, Phaxas, Aaron Lebos Reality, Kodiak Fur, Twelve’len, Nii Tei, John Hancock Iii, Tony Disco, Jport, Fudakochi, Oly!

DADA: Jason Soffer PROPAGANDA: Adventures of Billy & Patrick Comedy Show TERRA FERMATA: Deal James

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 DADA: The Holidazed

RESPECTABLE STREET: The Metropolitan

KYI: Karaoke & Kraken PROPAGANDA: Ladies Reggae Night, Lftd Lvls BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Open Mic CULTURE ROOM: Fuel TERRA FERMATA: Supervillians

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

DADA: Jonathan Auerbach Trio PROPAGANDA: Meet the Need to Feed Benefit, Churchgirls, Peyote Coyote, Space Coast Ghosts, Future Prez, Skoros

KELSEY THEATER: Bullet to Blade

BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Acoustic Soul C.W.S.: The Flyers

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

DADA: Del Pelson Band SUBCULTURE COFFEE DELRAY: Amanda Krigbaum KYI: The Wire

OLD SCHOOL SQUARE FIELDHOUSE: Silent Disco

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

MANA WYNWOOD: III Points DAY TWO: Thievery Corporation, Method Man & Redman, Diiv, Black Coffee, Ta-Ku (Live), Maya Jane Coles, Dusky, Dj Tennis, Thee Oh Sees, Ben Ufo, Junior Boys, Little Simz, Lapalux, Leon Vynehall, Amtrac, Poorgrrrl, Lazaro Casanova, Mr Brown, Steven A. Clark, Jesse Perez, Deaf Poets, Viniloversus, Durante, Virgo, Santiago Caballero, Le Spam, Grey 8S, Dude Skywalker, Laura Of Miami, Killmama, Twyn, Pirate Stereo, Senf & Madrigal, Beach Day, Sndngchllz, Ennio Skoto, Ascendants, Kumi, Nsr, Jbz, Baez!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

RESPECTABLE STREET: Cyanide Regime & Assemblage 23 MANA WYNWOOD: III Points DAY THREE: M83, Flying KELSEY THEATER: Smells like Grunge: Nirvana Cover Band Lotus (Dj), Flight Facilities, Early Sweatshirt, Dj Koze, PROPAGANDA: Raggy Monster, Lavola, Goddamn Hustle Andy Stott, Pantha Du Prince, Denzel Curry, Jacques BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Chick & Danger Greene, Craze, Jessy Lanza, Esta, Fatima Yamaha (Live), FUNKY BISCUIT: the New Orleans Suspects Dawn Of Midi, Joe Kay, Helado Negro, The Whooligan, C.W.S.: Mike Mineo Brika, Uchi, Dza, Blkkmorris, Telescope Thieves, Plastic SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Pinks, Poshstronaut, Austin Paul, Holly Hunt, Nick Leon, PROPAGANDA: The 3rd Party Party Niko Javan, Nuri, Bedside, Terence Tabeau, Diego Andres, BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Benny Bassett & Eric Ryan Sunghosts, Will Renuart, Sean Drake, Dsan, Dim Past, Problem Kids, Byrdipop, Parrot Jungle 95, Wastelands, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Lolo, Kazoots, True Vine, Oxnylia, Jun Ill, Ltenght, Cog DADA: Comedy Open Mic Nomen!

KYI: Acousti-kill Open Jam

RSC Turns 29 w. Dan Deacon “Never,” is emphatically how Rodney Mayo declares his original intentions. “I planned on a two-year run initially then that turned into five, then ten years and then I said ‘oh well I’ll stop putting an end date on it and we’ll just close when people stop coming.’”

Mayo, the proprietor of Clematis’ Respectable Street nightclub, has been a pioneer, visionary, and agent provocateur in South Florida since opening on the 500 block in 1987. A successful businessman Dan Deacon and taste-maker, Mayo’s greatest quality is his humble, almost unassuming demeanor. The refurbished former Salvation Army building has hosted thousands of bands, both local and national without ever sacrificing its vision or deviating from their original concept.

As an anchor to Mayo’s Subculture Group which includes other clubs and restaurants spanning the tri-county area like Kill Your Idol and Lost Weekend in Miami Beach, Tryst and DADA in Delray, the Dubliner and Kapow! in Boca Raton, and a handful in West Palm Beach like Camelot, Howley’s, and Hullabaloo; Respectables is more than just a dad figure to his other operations, it is a destination. “We have stayed the course and always focused on great, consistent indie music and live bands,” he explains. “We have had our ups and downs as the music trends change but our core guests remain loyal and we are now seeing the second generation of Respectable guests.”

A birthday can’t go by without some form of celebration and Respectables knows how to party. Headlining this year’s bacchanal will be electronic composer Dan Deacon. In a world of dreadful knob-twisters and DJ personalities, Deacon is a cut above the rest. A musician in the classical sense, Deacon is an eternal tinkerer and obsessive worker. With eight albums and numerous EPs under his belt, the 34-year-old Baltimore resident keeps a busy touring schedule and an audience-involvement live that should be the envy of any frontman worth their salt.

Taking the mysticism out of the electronic musician, Deacon gets close to his audience and delivers. All of his works have carried his moods and on his latest, 2015’s Gliss Riffer, Deacon is letting his wild side shine. It could be as a result of finally focusing on himself after numerous collaborative efforts and of taking complete control of the production. Whatever it was, the end result is a cohesive Wake Up album of psychedelic electronica that verges on the absurd but without ever losing its footing in pop chemistry. With the added bonus of the title causing chaos on auto-correct features, there’s an idea that he’s played god all along with this creation.

That Deacon might not be the first artist one would think of headlining this event is a testament to Mayo’s continued efforts in bringing nothing but the best to his stage. Knocking on 30’s door is certainly not how Mayo originally envisioned it.

Keeping the mission clear however, has ensured a successful symbiosis for the club and South Florida’s live music lovers: “create an environment that I would want to come to and there will be enough other people that feel the same way that will support you. For the future we want to expand our live music nights and work on getting larger national acts.” Staying the course is the oft-quoted cliché for doing things right; it has worked here and will continue to do so for some time.

Respectable Street’s Anniversary Block Party featuring Dan Deacon, Millionyoung, Astari Nite, Everymen, Hunters of the Alps and many more kicks off at 6pm on Saturday, September 10 at RSC, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Free. ~ Abel Folgar

The Dandy Warhols If any band was born ready to break up, it’s The Dandy Warhols.

Right from the get-go — the emceed, themesonged opening of the band’s 1995 debut album, Dandys Rule OK — this Portland, Oregon quartet was addressing itself to the fickleness of pop culture and public favor with an amused cool also embodied by the band’s iconic name choice. In lyric, sound and persona, the Dandy Warhols seemed The Dandy Warhols | Credit Scott Green to establish themselves at a learned arm’s length from the whole notion of band-ness — something desirable, sure, but like any number of relationships examined in Dandy Warhol songs, probably doomed.

Maybe that distancing is the secret to long band life, since, 20-plus years along, the Dandy Warhols are still here, with a new album, Distortland, and a supporting U.S. tour beginning in September. For co-founder and guitarist Peter Holmström, creative spark wasn’t a problem. “I think the artist in you will always find songs to write,” he tells PureHoney in an interview. The issue at “some particularly rough spots,” he says, was co-existence. The band’s original drummer quit after three albums (one unreleased at the time) in a dispute over money — “and that could have been it completely,” says Holmström.

Instead, he and bassist/keyboardist Zia McCabe decided to carry on with frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor. They recruited a new drummer, Brent DeBoer, and that’s been the Dandys lineup since 1998. The unit responsible for the majority of the band’s best-known and most highly regarded output has also managed the downsizing from major label patronage to DIY enterprise in the economic vacuum of streaming services and free content online.

Coping throughout has been a project all its own. Of being in a band, Holmström says, “It’s different than friends. It’s different than work. It’s family. These people are not going away and so it’s like you have to deal with them. And so you just let stuff go.”You also give space, he says, “to let people have their little meltdowns and tantrums and hissy fits. You just kind of let people have their moment and move on.” The payoff for interpersonal improvement is getting to hang on to the best parts of being in a band. “We all really like playing music,” says Holmström, “and the music we make when the four of us are on stage is almost effortless. We all know what to expect from each other.”

The Dandy Warhols also remain in sync on record, their wistful and slightly detached selves surfacing anew on Distortland tracks such as the catchymoody lead single, “You Are Killing Me.” In the previous decade, Dandy Warhols songs — think 2000’s “Bohemian Like You” and 2003’s “We Used to Be Friends” — became markers of the time as well as the stirrings of a Portlandborn alt-hipster boom that would eventually manifest as far away as Brooklyn.

The band was also one half of the rivalry depicted in Dig!, an instructive 2004 documentary about them and another smart, artistic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, that did not experience comparable fame.

Holmström voices both hope and realism about possible outcomes for Distortland — whether the band’s tenth studio album just winds up presaging another tour, or if the new music really breaks into culture. “You can’t control what’s going to happen,” he says. “It takes long enough to make a record. By the time it comes out, it could be yesterday’s news or it could be what everybody’s going to be excited about in a couple of years.”

He’ll take his chances with the mates he has now. “We keep our internal drama to ourselves,” he says, “and [we] also know that just the fact that we’ve gotten this far with this band, or had any success, is incredibly lucky, and the odds of it happening with another band just get slimmer and slimmer. “We like doing this,” he says. “We want to keep doing this any way possible.”

The Dandy Warhols perform Oct. 1 at the Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale, with opening act Savoy Motel. Advance tickets are $20 at Ticketmaster. Doors open 8 p.m. 954-564-1074, cultureroom. net. ~ Sean Piccoli

Peyote Coyote Play PH PreParty There is a beauty to the freedom of shoegaze music that lends itself to almost any genre. Shoegaze bands can be heavy, introspective, dark, folksie, jazzy, pop affairs, or just straight indie rock with distant vocals. It’s an interesting dichotomy that lends itself to some pretty interesting and memorable shows.

Seafoam Walls, is a band that appears to wear all of these ideas on their sleeve. They are poetic and mournful, while distant and jazzy with Peyote Coyote smudges of indie folk. They seem to take the nugget of an idea and water it until it blooms into whatever they want it to. Which is pretty cool.

One might say it’s fortuitous then that they are joined at Gramps by Peyote Coyote, a band that skews more towards the psychedelia rather than jazzy folk.

Peyote Coyote is more washed out beach day than late nights spent writing poetry in your bedroom while tripping. There are flourishes of Neil Young and mid-century rock and roll that temper their timbre. it’s a modernized sound that would make Marlon Brando’s point in The Wild One, but, you know, after he discovered peyote.

The Stargazer Lilies (Graveface Records), are the headliners to this beautifully dark night of music. The band describe themselves as, “a sort of The ShangriLa’s meets Slowdive meets Pink Floyd live at Pompeii.” Which is to say dreamy, lush vocals accompanied with loud guitars and minimalist persuasion.; so, My Bloody Valentine and the Bad Seeds in an unholy conglomeration. Beautiful, heavy and poetic in a way that leaves the listener swooning; drowning in a pool of longing and wishing that anyone could feel that lost without them.

The cinematic nature of shoegaze, psychedelic and garage rock lends itself to many different interpretations of the genres. These bands seem to have the market cornered on heavy, lush, dreamy and psychedelic spaceiness. It would be wise to bring an open mind, a keen ear and whatever else may help to bring out the inner alien, demon, lover, et, all; in order to enjoy the sounds of another dimension.

The Stargazer Lilies, Seafoam Walls, Peyote Coyote play Gramps, Friday, September 16; for the Purehoney 5 year pre-party, $5, doors 9pm. ~ Tim Moffatt

III Points Miami is a city known for excess; as illustrated perfectly by the nickname: Vice City. Blame Miami Vice, Scarface or the reality of the 80’s South beach party scene; whatever the case Miami has a rep.

It’s taken some time, but the city has begun cultivating a different sort of character. Winter Music Conference, I.N.C. and Art Basel have started to legitimize Miami’s partying ways by attracting those that might understand the beach by day, party all night vibe the city exudes.

What better way to normalize the party aesthetic than to make the place a mecca for highbrow art and burgeoning music scenes? The New York Times dedicates a portion of M83 their arts section to Basel every year, what further proof is necessary to see that hipster cred is strong in the 305; and we welcome it with open arms.

The newest kid on the block to continue the stabilization of attracting the cool kid crowd is the III Points Festival. A multimedia festival that has been taking place since 2013 at the Mana building in Wynwood. III Points is different than its predecessors in that the artists are all from different walks of life and styles; a melting pot of up and comers, as well as, some of the city’s best. Genre is no longer a factor in a globalized world and iii Points seems to be embracing that mantra; from their website:

“III Points Music, Art & Technology Festival, was born in 2013 as platform to shed light on Miami’s talented local acts, vendors, artists, thinkers, dreamers, doers and idea people. Our artist community was thriving but the perception of Miami was stereotypical to South Beach bottles & model culture. We created III Points as a home and voice for the “other” Miami. III Points curates a line-up of cutting edge international performances paired with the best of the Miami’s music scene. We have made our home for the last four years in Wynwood, the rising star of Miami’s modern, artistic urban development.

Over the three days of the festival, III Points takes over the town with lectures, labs, tech talks, music & gallery showcases and a fully immersive 5 stage main ground.”

This year boasts a wildly eclectic line-up that should attract pretty much anyone interested in a good time. Friday night is being headlined by LCD Soundsystem; a dance-punk, electronic rock outfit with associations to Arcade Fire and Franz Ferdinand. After a 5 year self-imposed hiatus LCD Soundsystem released a new single in December of 2015 seemingly out of the blue and much to the delight of their fans. They will certainly be a sight for the kick off of the first night. Joining them is Vince Staples, a rapper affiliated with the Odd-Future crew, Mac Miller and Cutthroat Boyz. However impressive these folks are, the local acts are some of the most enigmatic in the area: Psychic Mirrors; purveyors of Miami boogie, funk, yacht rock, jazz-wave. Rat Bastard; the man who made people care about noise, and from his passion sprung the International Noise Conference, a yearly event that attracts people from all over the world to Churchill’s to experiment with instruments, frequencies and preconceptions. Also, Otto Von Schirach…no mere man, a SUPERMENG! Otto makes music for anyone willing to take a trip, one that is at times; part Parliament Funkadelic; part booty shaking dance party and all sci-fi strangeness.

Day 2 has Thievery Corporation headlining with Method Man & Redman, as well as, garage, indie rockers, Thee Oh Sees. The locals supporting this mélange of musical tastes are just as varied as the headliners: Deaf Poets, Grey 8’s, Killmama, Beach Day and DJ Mikey Ramirez. All of which are vastly different in style; none are worth losing your place at the front of the stage for a bathroom break. Bring a catheter, and check your modesty at the door.

Day 3 features M83 and a Flying Lotus DJ set.

Mixed in will be Plastic Pinks, Miami’s premier garage rockers; Holly Hunt, who bring and re-define heavy with their instrumental blasts; Dim Past, a collective threating to make “Techno a threat again.”

Wastelands, a who’s who of Miami punk rock and metal players; best described as Dinosaur Jr. meets the Melvin’s with Jimmy Hendrix playing Thee Oh Sees guitar. Also, magic city indie rock stalwarts Modernage with Cog Nomen, a band that is the sum of its parts, mixing all genres to form something completely different.

All of these acts are vastly different from one another, but that’s Miami; and that’s the point of III Points Festival. We get the opportunity to co-exist in a place with rich artistry that has been largely ignored by anyone not looking to mine anything but mainstream interests. However, all the while bubbling under the surface of the waves there are people doing things that are completely original and otherwise un-imaginable. The curators of the iii Points festival have their fingers on the pulse of the city and they see all the potential new ideas have. Welcome to Miami, our city isn’t like yours; we may be Vice City, but we’re also the Magic City.

October 7-9 at Mana Wynwood, Miami. iiipoints.com ~ Tim Moffatt

Stitch Rock 10

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Amanda Linton’s kitschy bazaar Stitch Rock, which launched a thousand indie craft fairs across South Florida, has always remained a bastion of lowbrow madness.

Would we find hand-stitched toaster plushies with goofy, long-toothed faces; or eyeball cupcake lollipops; or bottlecap music shakers; or paintings of topless medieval-fantasy goddesses brandishing gleaming broadswords, hungry for blood?

A Stitch Rock visitor, rest assured, could find all of that and more.

Old School Square’s gymnasium in Delray Beach, Stitch Rock’s perch since 2007, will be stuffed with more stitched whimsies when the fair returns for its 10th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 1. And 10 years sounds just long enough for Linton, who will “probably” retire her quirky marketplace after this year’s fest. “I don’t want to say it’s our last, final show, but I want to go out on a positive note,” says Linton, who programs monthly art shows at Ink and Pistons Tattoo and Piercings, the parlor she owns with husband JR in West Palm Beach. “[Stitch Rock] has been a staple for so long, and I wanted to end this on a nice, round number.”

A trendsetter that helped spur South Florida’s current fascination with indie crafts, Stitch Rock will bring 80 vendors slinging handmade clothing, plushies, baby and body goodies, hot-rod paintings, pin-up photography and other uncommon goods. Uncommon, hand-sewn crafts was all Linton wanted in a craft fair when Stitch Rock started in 2007, modeled after the shops she found on DIY websites like Etsy but nowhere else in the tricounty. “I’ve always been a crafter, making things for myself and friends, and my mom would sew at craft fairs at the local church,” Linton recalls. “But these are not your Granny’s crafts. These are skulls and crossbones, and I figured if people were making that cool stuff on Etsy, they were down here, too, and we just had to give them an outlet.”

Stitch Rock veterans Danny Brito (jewelry, buttons and accessories), Our Lady of Perpetual Pickles (jams, pickles) and Lola Blue (handcrafted soaps) are among this year’s notable vendors. Food trucks PS561 and BC Tacos will hold court outside the gym, and the first 100 arrivals receive a free tote filled with handcrafted swag.

Stitch Rock will sell $4 pre-sale tickets starting Sept. 1 at the Ink and Pistons shop (2716 S. Dixie Highway, #101), where Stitch Rockers will be treated to a bonus swag bag of stickers, coupons and memorabilia.

Stitch Rock will run 10 am-6 pm, Saturday, Oct. 1, at Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., in Delray Beach. Admission is $5, free for children 12 and younger. Visit RockTheStitch.com. ~Phillip Valys