Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad, and The Lovely Posse
“Antmania” is alive and well 30 years after Adam Ant’s peak, Michael Crown discovers at a sold-out Orlando gig.
“Antmania” is alive and well 30 years after Adam Ant’s peak, Michael Crown discovers at a sold-out Orlando gig.
Ani DiFranco brings Orlando, and Jen Cray, to levels of enjoyment not often felt in the company of so many others.
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.
Jared Campbell shouts praises of Beats Antique and Lynx from the mountian tops, after experiencing their live shows in Orlando.
The hard candy sweetness of Metric doesn’t quite sugar the ears of Jen Cray the way she thought that it would.
Rock legend Lindsey Buckingham delivers the goods in front of a sold-out crowd that includes Christopher Long at Orlando’s premier concert venue.
Now in its 18th year, Warped Tour still manages to give Jen Cray and the rest of Orlando’s fans a beautiful day of sweat-soaked awesomeness.
Best Coast sells out The Social, but Jessica Whittington and one of the Bethanys squeeze in, stick thier hearts on their sleeves, and resist calling their exes.
The full account of what could be the greatest performance of all time, according to Jared Campbell: Roger Waters performing The Wall.
The Cult turns the House of Blues in Orlando into the House of Good Mojo, not only delivering a killer set themselves, but allowing for Florida fans to get their first taste of a brand new stage of Against Me.
Puscifer is Maynard James Keenan’s bridge between the industrial, the electro, and the Arizona desert. Jen Cray tries to make sense of it all, gives up, and just relaxes into the strange psychedelia of their performance.
Man Man and the battle of Raleigh Moncrief: Hipster night at The Social, or a galactic group of multi-instrumentalists that give Jared Campbell hope for the state of music? You decide.
YACHT: hipster pow-wow, dance party, philosophical discussion, or all of the above? Jen Cray can’t quite decide, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t have a blast at their recent Orlando date!
The Used allow fans to check their propriety at the door and lose themselves in the throes of melodic noise, though it was their opening act, Dead Sara, in whom Jen Cray became lost.
Thrice takes a victory lap before a planned hiatus, to say “goodbye” to 14 years worth of fans on their Farewell Tour. Jen Cray enjoys their bittersweet (final?) Orlando date.
Mayer Hawthorne and The Stepkids bring the white guy soul funk to Orlando, and Jared Campbell explodes (in more ways than one).
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers sell out Orlando’s Amway Arena with the grace and ease of a well-seasoned band with nothing to prove. Jen Cray joins in with the masses on some memorable sing-alongs.
Van Halen, the one fans fell in love with, the one with the diamond frontman who knows how to throw a kick, won a new fan in Jen Cray during an awe-inspiring Orlando show.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers still deliver, years after they’ve retired the tube socks and put on their pants. Jen Cray was happy to be part of even just a bit of their Orlando performance.
Elton John has taken his Greatest Hits Tour on the road. What better time to finally catch the master songwriter, thought Jen Cray , and rightfully so.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.