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Is there ANY decent music coming out of Florida?

Written on April 5, 2008

“Couldn’t quite seem to escape myself
Far enough, far enough
Far from Florida
We were all drowning in cruise control
Far enough, far enough
Wasn’t far enough….”

-Modest Mouse - “Florida”

A Free Man’s next stop on his around the world trip is the Sunshine State. As I’m doing in Sweden, I would like to feature the best up and coming acts from my former home. I mean, come on, there are like 16 million of you down there. There must be one or two that know how to play a power chord or are you all too busy drinking Cuba Libres in the sun to write a decent song? So, A Free Man is laying down the guantlet, Florida. Is Tom Petty the last decent artist to come out of the home of election fraud and retirement villages?

MP3: Modest Mouse - “Florida”

Modest Mouse’s “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank” is available from Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank or Amazon.

Image with apologies to Jeff Key.

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  1. Comment by Jens:

    How about Iron & Wine?

    April 5, 2008 @ 8:27 am
  2. Comment by A Free Man:

    Thanks Jens, I’ve tried Sam Beam but he may be a bit of a big name for a little blog.

    April 5, 2008 @ 9:56 am
  3. Comment by jonathan:

    I’m from Florida…

    Tampa, to be exact. I’m not really famous, but I do write some music.

    April 7, 2008 @ 12:15 am
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