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The Well-Played List, 1-17-2014: Awkword, You Blew It!, Phantogram, Robyn...

It’s that time of week again, folks — the end of week, and time to get your jam on. (We tried it out twice a week last week, and felt that once a week was quite enough, and made for more appealing...

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Best of the Day: Soul Rebels plays for free at Ale and the Witch

You’ve probably never encountered a brass band with such a wildly diverse resume as that of The Soul Rebels. The eight-piece ensemble (made up of two trumpeters, two trombone players, a saxophonist,...

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Best of the Day: People's Blues of Richmond at New World Brewery

The abbreviation is ‘PBR,’ so that should give you a good idea of what this indie rock quartet from Virginia has to offer. This is the third time People's Blues of Richmond has stopped through town in...

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10 Songs for Civil Rights & Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today, we observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the federal holiday marking the Good Doctor's birthday that has become a national celebration of the legacy he left behind as leader of the...

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Listen: Gators In The Sawgrass, "Johnson Boys"

Alabama meth heads and Dog Island in Boca Ciega Bay — both good sources for inspiration if you're Gulfport-based swampgrass outfit Gators In The Sawgrass."I basically just took ideas from experiencing...

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Shovels & Rope to play Crowbar in February

Charleston, South Carolina husband-and-wife alt-country duo Shovels & Rope are coming to town next month for a show at Ybor City's Crowbar on Sat., Feb. 15. The pair is promoting its latest...

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Review: Billy Joel thrills a sell-out crowd at Tampa Bay Times Forum

As a true attestation of his appeal and of the loyalty his die hard fans possess, singer/songwriter Billy Joel can still sell out a 20,000-plus capacity arena without a new album to promote. In...

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New Music Tuesday! (January 21): Mogwai, Young the Giant, Against Me! & more

More tantalizing new releases in the third week of January, 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...

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Photo review: Sunshine Music & Blues Festival in St. Petersburg

Under a sometimes sunny sky, Live Nation's second annual edition of Sunshine Music & Blues Festival took form at Vinoy Park this past Sun., Jan. 19. No official numbers yet on attendance; as the...

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Album review: Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes

Bruce Springsteen put together a more unorthodox album than usual for his 18th effort. High Hopes is more a hodge-podge of covers, outtakes and leftover material than a fully-realized piece of work,...

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Live music radar: Mustard Plug at Crowbar, People's Blues of Richmond redux...

A few tasty highlights in live music tonight.Ska-punk forebearers Mustard Plug hits town behind seventh studio album, Can't Contain It, its first single "White Noise" mixing punk-crunchy distorted...

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Album Review: Young the Giant, Mind Over Matter

Anthemic So-Cal outfit Young the Giant’s sophomore full-length is a mildly fun but ultimately forgettable record that makes a valiant effort at trying to capture the spark that made the Cali fivesome...

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Best of the Day: Robyn Hitchcock vs. Turbo Fruits

Two shows on either side of Tampa Bay you should be hip to.Depending on your age and musical inclinations, there’s a rather good chance you don’t know much — if anything — about British cult hero Robyn...

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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Talib Kweli, Amon Amarth, Willie...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23Paleface Appreciated by his peers but not well-known by the public at large, and not through any fault of his own, Paleface started out his career tooling around NYC with Daniel...

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Album review/Show Preview: Jun, The Heart and Home, The Body and Throne

From feeling unconditional love without the need to put a wedding ring on it (“We can just enjoy the joy we bring, and I’ll be in your life for life”), to treating each other like allies instead of...

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Clearwater's historic Capitol Theatre gets an epic makeover

The Capitol Theatre has undergone a transformation that spans nearly a century — from its origins as a public gathering place on the empty plot of land next to the Clearwater Sun building, to its...

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The Hip Hop ABC's: Letter B

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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The Well-Played List, 1-24-2014: The Black Angels, Hospitality, Thundercat &...

It’s that time of week again, folks — time to get your jam on, that is. The ongoing listening series otherwise known as The Well-Played List features the most listened-to, jammed-out songs, albums and...

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The Hold Steady return with new single, "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't...

Everybody's favorite band that was instantly and forever forgiven for being from Brooklyn, The Hold Steady, has a new album coming out in a couple of months. It's called Teeth Dreams, and it will be...

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Album review: Warpaint, Warpaint

I've spent some quality time getting to know the ladies of Warpaint this week, yet even with undivided musical focus, the LA quartet still seems more like the gauzy photo on the cover of their new...

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