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Born on Elvis' and Bowie's birthday
Way back in the days of Kurt Cobain, Seinfeld and pre-downsized media, Gina Vivinetto, the local writer, musician and UT assistant professor, and I worked as copy clerks at the newspaper formerly known...
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Listen: Broken Bells, "After the Disco"
Broken Bells, the delightfully juxtaposed duo of producer Danger Mouse and The Shins' James Mercer, are set to release their sophomore album, After the Disco on February 4. The duo released the LP's...
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Spring Arts '14 What to Watch For: Live Music
A breakdown of the most highly anticipated concerts taking place in Tampa Bay this spring, from January through April.DON’T MISS…Arctic Monkeys The UK’s indie psych- garage quartet has done rather well...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Blackberry Smoke, Speedy Ortiz, The...
The complete weekly schedule; start your planning here...THURSDAY, JANUARY 9Blackberry Smoke Charlie Starr might have the most impressive set of mutton chops in the South; his shaggy facial hair has a...
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Best of the Day: Benefit Party for Nathan Cicle
This past October, local resident and music scenester Nathan Cicle was riding his scooter down Central Avenue in St. Petersburg when he encountered a few pedestrians crossing the street. One stopped at...
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Concert review: Gregg Allman, a new lease on life - and music.
Amazing what a new liver will do for you. Three-and-a-half years ago, Gregg Allman, one of rock’s most notoriously hard-living characters, had that vital organ replaced after being diagnosed with Hep...
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Chicago indie darlings Owls are back
Fans of Windy City alternative music, fractured jazz-punk and all things Kinsella have reason to celebrate: Owls is back, and will be releasing a new album, Two coming out in March. This will be the...
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The Well-Played List, 1-10-2014: Toy, Humble Pie, The Jesus and Mary Chain,...
The second half of this week's Well-Played List, which features the most listened-to, jammed-out songs, albums and artists of the week as submitted by the CL Music Team along with a rotating crew of...
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Miles Davis: The Original Mono Recordings
Just when I thought I’d thoroughly internalized all of Miles Davis’ official studio recordings, along comes a boxed set that serves up mono mixes of the late jazz legend’s first nine albums on Columbia...
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New video from Samurai Shotgun, "Escape Above"
Local alt hip hop group Samurai Shotgun— made up of vocalist/emcee Prince Golden (aka Matt Henley), bassist Bryant Harp, DJ Qeys (Marquis Blocker) on turntables and keys, guitarist Tyler Mulder and...
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Listen: Permanent Makeup, "Suggestion"
Permanent Makeup's Christopher Nadeau is a busy guy. He plugs away at a day job like the rest of us, but the remainder of his free time is devoted to making and sharing different strains of DIY rock...
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Liars unveil first track from new album Mess
NYC avant-alt trio Liars is back from wherever they go between albums to get weirder, and announcing that their seventh full-length (depending on what you count as a full-length), Mess, will be out...
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New Music Tuesday! (January 14): Bruce Springsteen, Sharon Jones, Rosanne...
Week two of new releases in 2014! Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your...
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The Hip Hop ABC's: Letter A
It is nearly impossible to get a bunch of passionate hip hop fans to agree on anything. But I tried anyhow, starting with a series of polls on Facebook that aimed to figure out which emcee or group was...
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Live music radar: Matt Woods and Pete Stein
Tennessee and Colorado join hands to send us a couple of their top country/Americana crooners to perform at two free weekday shows taking place on either side of the Bay over the next two...
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New Big Guava festival brings Outkast, Vampire Weekend & many more to the...
I get alot of emails about press conferences and usually take these things for granted, since publicists tend to think everything they're working on is a BIG DEAL (they wouldn't be doing their jobs if...
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Commentary: The most important American musical artist of the last 50 years is …
I’m about to pose a question, but before I do that, let me say this: I already know your answer.And furthermore, your answer will be wrong.OK, here it is: Who is the most important American musical...
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Incessant killjoy Kanye West sues creators of Bitcoin-like currency, Coinye West
Aside from congress, Kanye West is about as polarizing as people get when it comes to media and entertainment today. He’s a magnanimous prick, seemingly begging for people he doesn’t know to hate him...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Billy Joel, Sunshine Blues and Music...
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16Col. Bruce Hampton & Pharaoh’s Kitchen The godfather of avant Southern rock returns to Dunedin for another two-night (Thursday-Friday) stand featuring his current funky, bluesy...
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Hot Water Music alum Chuck Ragan reveals album release date
Posthardcore howler-turned-acoustic strummer Chuck Ragan will release his fourth solo full-length, Till Midnight, via Los Angeles label SideOneDummy on March 25. Rollingstone.com has already premiered...
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