Microwave in Orlando

About Microwave

Microwave is an emo band from Poughkeepsie that treats anxiety like it's a subject worth getting angry about. They came up in the mid-2010s streaming era without much traditional label push, just building a quiet cult following through songs that balance vulnerable lyrics with the kind of guitar work that makes your stomach hurt. Their earlier records, especially "Much Love" and "It's Not About the Guitar," established them as the kind of band that could make a song about feeling trapped sound genuinely devastating. They're not reinventing emo, but they're not trying to. They're just very good at the specific thing they do: introspective songs that still hit hard, delivered with enough restraint that the heavy moments land differently. If you've found yourself rewatching their older music videos or relating to songs about overthinking, you're exactly who this band is for.

Known for Senators, Stressful, Dog Leather, Death Wish, The Most Beautiful Thing

Microwave + Orlando

Microwave's been through Orlando before. They last stopped by Tinker Field in November 2025, running through eight songs including 'Let's Start Degeneracy.' The band's math rock chaos seems to fit the city's appetite for left-of-center indie and alternative stuff, and they clearly found something worth coming back for.

Microwave in Orlando News

• Vans Warped Tour keeps on dropping fresh names Chaoszine · Feb 20, 2026
• Family Force 5 To Reunite At Vans Warped Tour 2026 idobi · Feb 18, 2026
• News: Microwave Announce ‘Much Love’ Anniversary Tour New Noise Magazine · Dec 16, 2025
• Microwave announce 'Much Love' anniversary tour w/ Anthony Green, Hunny, Into It. Over It., more BrooklynVegan · Dec 9, 2025
• Vans Warped Tour pre-parties, events head to Orlando before fest Orlando Weekly · Nov 4, 2025

Live Music in Orlando

Orlando's indie and alternative scene has been quietly building. The city's venue landscape supports everything from lo-fi bedroom pop to post-hardcore, with bands like Microwave fitting somewhere in that angular, thoughtful middle ground. There's an audience here for bands that don't simplify, who treat dynamics and structure like instruments themselves. It's not as oversaturated as bigger markets, which means shows actually have room to breathe.

Orlando road trip to see Microwave?

Stay in downtown Orlando's Church Street district or head to Winter Park, where brick-lined avenues and oak trees give the area actual character. Eat at The Courtesy, which does elevated Southern cooking without the pretense. Spend an afternoon at the Mennello Museum of American Art—small, genuinely interesting, and nothing like the theme-park scene. Take a drive through the Rollins College campus in Winter Park if you want to remember Florida had a slower side. Come back downtown for music, grab a drink at a proper bar instead of a nightclub, and let the evening unfold naturally.