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Listen: Lauris Vidal, "Hey Oh"
Lauris Vidal has been touting the one-man-ness of his act for years now, but his whole performance — complete with mini-drum kit he plays with his feet — is really hitting on all cylinders lately. The...
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Spin cities: This year's Holiday Auction Vinyl Shopping Spree winner gets his...
On a mild, cloudy Saturday in January, CL Holiday Auction Christopher Littell and I convened at Mojo Books and Music in North Tampa to begin our day-long musical expedition. As the winning bidder for...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: Letter D
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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Cracked-out wonder Mayor Tom Ford announces Bob Marley Day in Toronto
You'd think Toronto's crack-fond mayor Rob Ford would be more into something like Motorhead or his hometown's own Fucked Up, but alas, the fearless leader himself has declared February 6 "Bob Marley...
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Review: Queens of the Stone Age bring roaring mayhem to Mahaffey Theater
On Tuesday night, Queens of the Stone Age unleashed a battering ram of heavy, fuck-your-face rock n’ roll onto St. Petersburg, shook the walls of Mahaffey Theater, spurred a few thousand double-fisted...
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The Well-Played List, 02-07-2014: Beck, Behemoth, Har Mar Superstar, Robert...
It’s the end of the week, which means it's time to get your jam on. 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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Album review: Broken Bells, After the Disco
Broken Bells, the collaborative project between The Shins' James Mercer and remix DJ-turned-everyman producer Danger Mouse, was a hell of an exciting prospect when the group announced their formation...
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The Grecian Urns announce reunion show, re-release debut LP
It's been a long time since we've heard from The Grecian Urns. The beloved folk-pop outfit always had a sporadic performance schedule thanks to school schedules, but they ended a nearly five-year run...
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Listen: Rick Ross feat. Young Jeezy, "War Ready"
Former correctional officer turned drug-dealer name-jacker turned Wingstop-owning rapper, Rick Ross will return with his sixth album Mastermind (via Def Jam) on March 4. The follow-up to 2012's God...
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New Music Tuesday! (February 11): Cibo Matto, The Glitch Mob, new Girls...
Week two of new releases in February, 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...
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Whigfest brings Surfer Blood, Pinback & others to downtown St. Petersburg...
The giant multi-venue President’s Day-inspired art and music festival presented by St. Pete-based Attic Records, Whigfest, celebrates another year, expands to two days, and brings in some impressive...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Mason...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13Russian Circles w/KEN Mode/Inter Arma/Tides of Man Chicago trio Russian Circles — guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz and bassist/keyboardist Brian Cook — craft heavy...
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Skinny Puppy hits The Ritz Ybor with their "Live Shape for Arms Tour"
Skinny Puppy rewarded those who were brave enough to face the aftermath of the Gasparilla (Sant'Yago) Knight Parade with an incredibly entertaining show full of colorful visuals and creative costume...
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Watch: Shakey Graves bring sexy back in a live session, then in real life...
With just a pair of bands on the bill, Saturday's show at Crowbar stands to be the kind of quick, hit it n' quit it kind of affair perfect for the night after Valentine's Day. Southern-fried,...
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The Well-Played List 2-14-2014, Valentine's Day edition: Sexy, romantic,...
In honor of today's Valentine's Day "holiday" and to coincide with this week's Lust List, I called on the CL Music Team along with the Well-Played List's rotating crew of tastemakers — local music...
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Review: Trey Anastasio Band at House of Blues, Orlando
After checking out great and mind-blowing shows by two bands I'd never seen live before, it was nice to have that feeling of getting back to my roots with Trey Anastasio Band, which had drawn a healthy...
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Morrissey is coming to town this May! (Stop me if you think you've heard this...
Love him, hate him, admire him or despise him: you certainly can't ignore him. For, as he laments in one of his greatest, brooding ballads, "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get." Steven Patrick...
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Watch Red Bull Music Academy's film What Difference Does It Make?
Music is a drug. And like any drug worth doing, music makes you feel good, releases you, then leaves you begging for more. Some of us listen to music to get our rocks off, but a select few take it a...
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New Music Tuesday! (February 18): Angel Olsen, Junius, Guided by Voices,...
Week three of new music releases in February, 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 &...
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Live music radar: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Soul songstress Sharon Jones doesn't let anything get in her way: not even cancer. The fiery Augusta, Ga. native was diagnosed with the pancreatic form in 2013, which put the brakes on recording and...
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