IR Orlando #27: Orange You Glad

This episode will give you a taste of the Orange You Glad music festival, which will be hitting Orlando from May 14 – 17. The festival will feature lots of local bands, along with some terrific not-so-local bands. There are five venues: Will’s Pub, Stardust, Redlight Redlight, Peacock Room, and Uncle Lou’s (and several in-store performances at Park Avenue CDs).

1.) Modern Skirts (Athens, GA) | “Soft Pedals” | BUY

2.) Slow Claw (Cincinnati, OH) | “Miss Lady Lately” | BUY

3.) Bombadil (Durham, North Carolina) | “Honeymoon” | BUY (previous album–new one comes out 7/09)

4.) Keith Michaud (Lake Worth, FL) | “Wildflowers” | article

5.) Matt Butcher (Orlando, FL) | “A Famous Country Singer” | BUY (iTunes)

6.) The Dark Romantics (Lakeland, FL) | “Hush Your Mouth” | BUY (Rhapsody)

7.) XOXO (Orlando, FL) | “Done and Done” | BUY

8.) Moor hound (Orlando, FL) | “Mule Songs”

9.) Thomas Wynn and the Believers (Orlando, FL) | “Long White Dress” | BUY (iTunes) | article

10.) Lauris Vidal (Deland, FL) | “Freed (Wonderland Theme)” | BUY

11.) Hannah and the Halfway House (Orlando, FL) | “You’re a Mess in a Dress”

12.) Kingsbury (Orlando, FL) | “Back in the Orange Grove” | DOWNLOAD

13.) The Belltowers (Orlando, FL) | “Tomorrow Will Remain”

14.) Only Thieves (Tallahassee, FL) | “Hammered for the Holidays” | BUY

The schedule at the time of our posting is as follows, but please check the festival’s website and/or the artists’ websites or MySpace pages for the most up-to-date information:

THURSDAY, MAY 14

(KICK-OFF PARTY)

VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 8 PM

MODERN SKIRTS | The Pauses | Viernes | DJ Adam S

FRIDAY, MAY 15

VENUE: Stardust (All Ages) @ 9 PM

ANDY MATCHETT | Jason Choi | Joshua Nye | Hannah & The Halfway House | James Dreffen

VENUE: Redlight Redlight (18+) @ 9 PM

THE DARK ROMANTICS | The New Lows | The Still Voice

VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 9 PM

BOMBADIL | An Intro To Sunshine | Rachel Goodrich | Lauris Vidal | Roberto Aguilar

VENUE: Peacock Room (21+) @ 9 PM

POST RECORDS: Watch Me Disappear | Liquid Limbs | Happy Valley | Kingsbury

Uncle Lou’s (18+) @ 9 PM

SPIRIT BOMB | Only Thieves | Lighthouse Music | Reptile Theater

SATURDAY, MAY 16

VENUE: Stardust (All Ages) @ 4 PM

MR. TRANSYLVANIA | Dark Sea of Awareness | Tele V. Cheeseburger | Pandora’s Talk Box

VENUE: Uncle Lou’s (All Ages) @ 8 PM

THE NEW THREAT | Big City Bombers | Murdock | MachineGunHaircut | BTH

VENUE: Redlight Redlight (18+) @ 9 PM

HISTORY | Hurrah | Northvia | DJ Adam S

VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 9 PM

TIM EASTON | Great Deceivers | Thomas & Olivia Wynn | Matt Butcher

VENUE: Peacock Room (21+) @ 9 PM

SLOW CLAW | XOXO | Dangerous Animals

SUNDAY, MAY 17

VENUE: Redlight Redlight (18+) @ 4 PM

RICHARD SHERFEY |Mike Dunn | Keith Michaud | Damion Suomi | TJ Young (Comedian)

VENUE: Stardust (All Ages) @ 4 PM

THE DEFILERS | Ariel Bui | Emma Jean Branch | Fireflies | Moor Hound

VENUE: Peacock Room (21+) @ 9 PM

STRANGERS FAMILY BAND | The Belltowers | The Empyres

VENUE: Uncle Lou’s (18+) @ 9 PM

KHANN | Overdale | Time To Die

VENUE: Will’s Pub (18+) @ 9 PM

ASTRONAUTALIS | Bleubird | Cracker Jackson

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