A modern-day prog metal onslaught by top-billed Between the Buried and Me delights throngs of Orlando diehards and entertains Christopher Long.

The national Big Night Out Tour features four mighty chart-busters, yet the recent St. Petersburg date came to a soggy, premature conclusion. Christopher Long and his fellow music fans still got their money’s worth, however, in the form of Alien Ant Farm.

Jen Cray returns for a dip in the summertime pool of musical evolution that is Warped Tour – along with a hundred thousand fans or so.

Jen Cray returns for a dip in the summertime pool of musical evolution that is Warped Tour -- along with a hundred thousand fans or so.

Delivering plenty of bang for the buck, the eclectic triple-bill alterno-rock package that found Nico Vega headlining was a summer highlight for Chris Long.

Two Gallants graciously return to stage to woo the fans that love them – a lot.

Alkaline Trio can make a collar bone sexy, can make a tattoo needle feel like a numbing tickle, and can make Jen Cray sit through an emo band just to see them play, yet again.

Merchandise makes Gainesville, and Matthew Moyer, swoon like teenagers at an early ’90s Morrissey concert… and that’s a very, very good thing.

Wanee Music Festival, featuring two sets by both the Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic, offers two stages of music that entertain fans on the banks of the Suwannee River until the early hours of the morning for 3 days. Phillip Haire returns to the Florida fest.

Bad Religion are still exciting after 30+ years of making music, as Jen Cray discovered at a recent Orlando date.

The ear-shattering beauty and wildly colorful spectacle of Muse overtakes Orlando, and Jen Cray.

Rootsy, blues-based rockers Grace Potter and the Nocturnals returned to their favorite tour destination – much to the delight of their adoring Orlando, Florida fans.

The question on Matthew Moyer’s mind, when checking out the trimmed-down version of Cult of Youth, was this: will they still be able to pull off the rich hues and near-psychedelic textures of this album? The answer: a resounding YES!

An unplugged evening with Eddie Vedder full of conversation, confessions, and two hours of music is a damn fine way for Jen Cray to spend the night.

When given the chance to see Madonna, on a moment’s notice and four hours away, Jen Cray abandons all responsibilities, hightails it to Miami, and enjoys every sleep-deprived second of the journey!

Aesop Rock gives Jacksonville some quality hip hop – the kind so good that even shoegazer Jessica Whittington can’t appreciate.

Weezer brings the Memories Show to Orlando for a pair of full album performances that sell out with fans looking to take a time machine back to the early ’90s. Jen Cray caught the 1992 train and heard the Blue Album from start to finish.

Ani DiFranco brings Orlando, and Jen Cray, to levels of enjoyment not often felt in the company of so many others.

Flutes, leather vests on bare skin, werewolf songs, and kids on stage. It’s not your average recipe for a rock show, but then, as Matthew Moyer points out, Faun Fables is not a rock band.

Riverboat Gamblers can always be counted on to give fans a live music aurogasm, and Jen Cray can always be counted on to cheer them on whenever they play her hometown.