FESTIVAL REVIEW: Aura Music Festival 2012

All Photos by Clint Bliss The third annual Aura Music and Arts Festival is done and in the books, and Brotherly Love was not only the inherent theme of the weekend, but also one of the major sponsors behind it. Having spent the last three years growing organically, with a few speed bumps along the way, Aura Music Events has become the new “Little Engine That Could” on the Florida festival circuit. If anything is apparent after Aura 3 it’s that... Read More

Do It Today: Jimkata & J2K at New World, Sun Society at Ella’s

New World Brewery – 1313 E. 8th Ave. (Ybor City) – 21 & up – $7 – 9 p.m. Ithaca, N.Y.-based foursome, Jimkata have been fusing their affection for modern rock and electronic textures together since their debut EP dropped in 2007, and the results are on full display on their newest EP, Ghosts and Killers, which features “Devil’s In The Details.” The track is a four-minute, bubbling, yet muscular take on pop that culminates in a glitchy,... Read More