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FloydFest attendees on Thursday are going to get a really cool musical surprise on the Hill Holler Stage. Right between sets from Garage A Trois and Galactic, ArtOfficial will hit the stage. This Miami-based jazz-funk/hip-hop group is the perfect thing to happen between those two bands. Serious and sometimes bitingly funny lyrics from rappers Newsense and Logics dart and bounce over grooves from a band of improvisational cats who never let things get too crazy. It’s all about the groove, after all.

I caught these guys at Martin’s Downtown on July 10, doing a FloydFest preview show. It was awesome. Check out some video from that night.

On this podcast, we talk with the band’s Newsense and stream music from ArtOfficial’s 2011 CD, “Vitamins & Minerals” — “Migraine,” “Rooftop” and “Don’t Hold Your Breath.”