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WMNF Tropical Heatwave 2014 bringing The Hold Steady and others to Ybor this May
Tropical Heatwave, WMNF's beloved multi-venue music fest, will return to Ybor City with a big ol' assortment of musical acts headed up by the always fun, Ybor-fond indie rock outfit The Hold Steady;...
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Local music spotlight: Live Forever
When Southern rock's done right, it's an amazing thing that'll get you hugging strangers and spilling drinks as you sing lyrics to songs you don't even know the words to. When wrong, it can make even...
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An interview with Sam Beam, the man behind Iron and Wine
There are few indie-folk anthems more potent to millennials than Iron and Wine’s 2002 cover of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights.” The stripped-down track, featuring Beam on vocals and guitar,...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: The Black Angels, Caveman, Juicy J,...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20Caveman w/Roadkill Ghost Choir The past few years have been good to Caveman. The Brooklyn indie rock quintet was signed to reputable indie label Fat Possum (Spiritualized, Yuck,...
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Album review: Phantogram, Voices
Before recording a sophomore follow-up to much-buzzed-about debut Eyelid Movies, Phantogram twosome Josh Carter and Sarah Bartel set their focus on touring, then on releasing a six-track EP that hinted...
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Listen to KenoSobi's new LP, Stand For Something
Kenan Hercules is an important piece of the massive, BOTB-winning hip hop collective Gwan Massive. The 31-year-old drummer/producer better known as KenoSobi is also a cog in Gwan Massive-related...
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Live music radar: St. Pete Jazz Fest 2014
The fifth annual SPC and EMIT-sponsored St. Pete Jazz Fest— which launched on Tuesday and spotlights fine Bay area talent practicing in diverse jazz realms — kicks into high gear by Thursday night with...
View ArticleThe Hip Hop ABCs: Letter E
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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Review: Shakey Graves and Shovels & Rope at Crowbar, Ybor City
The only thing I can anticipate about the Tampa music scene is that it never ceases to confound me. Shows I expect to be packed have a few dozen people milling around while the ones I think'll draw...
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Listen: Schoolboy Q featuring Raekwon, "Blind Threats"
Schoolboy Q is dropping his second full-length album, and easily one of the most-anticipated hip-hop LP's of 2014, Oxymoron this upcoming Tues., Feb. 25. This will be Q's first major-label release and...
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The Metal Manifestos: an introduction
There is a moment of silence right after the lights go down and the house music fades. Conversations stop. Eyes turn to the stage. Cigarettes are stamped out, beer cups emptied in one gulp, restless...
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Review: Sharon Jones delivers a night of real soul music at State Theatre
For her small stature, soul singer Sharon Jones carries a mighty wallop. As she's miraculously shown, she can handle a lot, including a scary bout with pancreatic cancer last year. The diminutive...
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New Music Tuesday! (February 25): St. Vincent, Beck, Nenah Cherry, Major...
The last batch of new releases in February is a hefty one! 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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Listen & Download: Navigatuer's Breathe Resurfaced EP
The Bay area hasn't been able to get a proper taste of Navigateur since a 2012 appearance at the now-defunct Antiwarpt Festival, although he did open for Chrissy Murderbot a few months later. But that...
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M. Ward to play State Theatre in May
St. Petersburg is really coming up, as far as being a tour stop destination. This year alone, we've seen Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, and The Black Angels...
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Never Take It Off: Merch with meaning from the Simms siblings
Alone, determined and armed with only an acoustic guitar, rock songstress Juliet Simms set out to make her mark on the Van’s Warped Tour in 2007, hitching a ride on the bus of her friends from...
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Action Bronson coming to Orpheum in Ybor for SPOT's Tampa Pro Party
Queens, N.Y.-based rapper, chef, and stoner extraordinaire Action Bronson will take a second stab at playing the Bay area when he stops by the Orpheum on Sat., March 21 for the Tampa Pro Party, hosted...
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Concert review: Toro y Moi at The Social, Orlando
Central Florida has a bone to pick with an awful lot of musicians, who, in their attempt at plotting out humanely drivable distances across a map, always seems to give Florida the shaft. I imagine the...
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Live and Local Spotlight: Ed Woltil CD Release Show
Ed Woltil has been a fixture in the local music scene over the past three decades in legendary alterna-pop bands like Mad for Electra and the Headlights. Most recently, he’s lent his signature pop...
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Live music radar: The Black Angels, Southside Johnny, Iron & Wine, Big Gigantic
Tonight is jam-packed with noteworthy shows that'll likely be drawing out locals in droves to both sides of the Bay.In Clearwater, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes hit Capitol Theatre. I’ve...
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