Top L-R: Dusted, Death Valley Girls, Al Lover Bottom L-R: Gnarcissists, Gal Musette, CHEW

BUMBLEFEST 2023

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. 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. Other top acts include fellow L.A. 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. Visit bumblefest.com for the complete schedule. – Boca Magazine

Death Valley Girls Headline Bumblefest With Garage, Girl-Group Melodies
Death Valley Girls’ latest album, Islands in the Sky, has a spooky, otherworldly feel. 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. Singer-songwriter Bonnie Bloomgarden says that was very much intentional. – Miami New Times

Popular music festival Bumblefest will rock five stages in downtown West Palm Beach
Bumblefest is back, better than ever, and happening on Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2 in downtown West Palm Beach. 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. – Palm Beach Post

INDIE MUSIC BUZZ: Bands to converge on the 500 block of Clematis Street for Bumblefest
South Florida’s original live music scene has been in various states of flux for the past decade, but COVID-19 put it on the back burner alongside many internet plagued print publications. For the past few years, many original bands have performed live for reduced fees or perhaps even only a virtual tip jar, or more likely been replaced by cheaper karaoke, deejays, trivia, open mics, open jam nights and solo or duo acts playing with programmed backing tracks. Yet area music promoter and magazine publisher Steev Rullman has managed to flip the script while sporting both of those challenging titles. His online and print publication, PureHoney magazine, is distributed between Stuart and Miami, and celebrated its 12th anniversary in August. And since 2016, Rullman has managed to attract indie bands and artists from throughout North America to come to South Florida to perform at PureHoney’s annual anniversary celebration, Bumblefest. – Florida Weekly

Bumblefest 2023 Recap – Atlantic Current

Bumblefest Returns to West Palm on Labor Day Weekend – The Jitney

Death Valley Girls to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine

Al Lover to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine

Dusted to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine

Gnarcissists to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine

Gal Musette to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine

CHEW to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine

Kairos Creature Club to play Bumblefest 2023 – PureHoney Magazine