Danielfuzztone formally entered our consciousness with a strong and realized debut album (
Thoughts & Abandonment) on Bandcamp. As expected given the enormous recorded backlog he s amassed, it didn t take long for more releases to follow. But, besides repping our city well with their substance, the inspiration for his two latest singles are maybe some of the most creative references to Orlando history ever.
The most recent nod to Orlando s past is the hilariously titled Peter Murphy Always Cancels Twice. Oh, remember that stretch of history-making folly from 2019?
Those two consecutive Bauhaus abortions at the Plaza Live were a stranger-than-fiction series of events that cumulatively now live in Orlando music infamy, casting Murphy in the flame of effigy and David J in the glow of halo. The Bandcamp liner notes of the two-track single say it all: For fun, Google Peter Murphy and Orlando.
Posted By Matthew Moyer on Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 1:43 PM click to enlarge Still courtesy Marco Porsia Swans live This weekend, local arts boosters the Modern Music Movement and Uncomfortable Brunch host a one-off Florida screening of the newish music doc
Swans: Where Does a Body End? The fly-on-the-wall film takes on the formidable and complicated history of Swans, the monolithic ensemble led by Michael Gira and a shifting cast of collaborators over s decades-long non-career. The film is built around the twin poles of interviews with Gira and his fellow musical travelers who fully cooperated with this undertaking and an unseen cache of performance videos spanning dating back to the band s early years in the 1980s. Director Marco Porsi
Posted By Matthew Moyer on Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 5:26 PM click image Screen capture courtesy Viemo Michael Gira of Swans Orlando gig promoters the Modern Music Movement are teaming with outré cinema purveyors Uncomfortable Brunch for a one-night only screening of
Where Does a Body End? examines the fraught and fractious non-career of the trailblazing band of New York bludgeoners, spanning decades, stylistic shifts, discarded lineups and shattered eardrums. The film looks to have both Swans mainman Michael Gira and former co-conspirator Jarboe on board both pretty astonishing as well as a who s who of peers and underground dwellers. Speaking of underground dwellers, the screening will be paired with a live performance from a local with a simil