INDIE MUSIC BUZZ: Bands to converge on the 500 block of Clematis Street for Bumblefest Yes, 2022 was amazing but it’s time to embrace the now, or at least the soon, when over three dozen bands take to five stages at four venues in the 500 block of Clematis Street and systematically begin blowing minds with juicy, sonic goodness. Popular music festival Bumblefest will rock five stages in downtown West Palm Beachīumblefest is back, better than ever, and happening on Friday, Sept. ![]() Singer-songwriter Bonnie Bloomgarden says that was very much intentional. The garage-rock, girl-group influence the Los Angeles band showed off on previous albums is still evident, but it almost sounded as if, for this batch of songs, the quartet was aiming for the perfect Halloween record. – Boca Magazineĭeath Valley Girls Headline Bumblefest With Garage, Girl-Group Melodiesĭeath Valley Girls’ latest album, Islands in the Sky, has a spooky, otherworldly feel. artist Al Lover, an electronic musician with an omnivorous approach to scavenging, who describes his sound as “Neu!-Age Spiritualized Repetition” the shimmering acoustic-guitar driven bedroom pop of Canada’s Dusted the throwback hardcore sludge of New York’s Gnarcissists SoCal singer-songwriter Gal Musette, who marries classic chanson singing to an indie-folk aesthetic and some 37 more bands spread across two nights of revelry across five stages in West Palm Beach’s hippest street. Los Angeles-based headliners Death Valley Girls, which hired Iggy Pop to star in one of its recent videos, indeed channel some of the Stooges’ protean energy, while also evoking Sleater-Kinney and a timeless back-to-the-garage ethos, with more than a touch of the cosmic in their lyrics and songwriting. ![]() ![]() Now in its seventh year, Bumblefest-the annual festival presented by the industrious South Florida music and art zine PureHoney-offers another curated lineup of electronic and indie rock organized by some of the scene’s most discerning tastemakers. Top L-R: Dusted, Death Valley Girls, Al Lover Bottom L-R: Gnarcissists, Gal Musette, CHEW BUMBLEFEST 2023
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