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The Well-Played List, 4-18-2014: tUnE-yArDs, Thee Oh Sees, Jaco Pastorius & more
LEILANItUnE yArDs, Nikki Nack (out May 5, 2014 via 4AD) After harsh disappointments from two albums I'd been highly anticipating (by Beck and Metronomy), it's nice to find that Merrill Garbus is still...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: Letter L
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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Concert review: Local Natives conquer State Theatre in St. Petersburg
I’ve had people urging me to see Local Natives live since the much-buzzed-about SXSW performance that followed the relea se of their gorgeous 2009 first album, Gorilla Manor. Many years and a second...
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New Music Tuesday! (April 22): Iggy Azalea, The Menzingers, Neon Trees, The...
The fourth week of new music releases out in April. 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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Photo Review: The Sounds rock State Theatre, St. Petersburg
From the moment she spit into the air and let it fall onto her face, until she blew out the smoke from her last on-stage cigarette that taunted the audience in the smoke-free venue, Maja Ivarsson and...
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Watch: The Menzingers video, "I Don't Want to Be An Asshole Anymore"
Scranton, Penn. pop punk outfit The Menzingers dropped a so-far-so-solid album Rented World today and along with it, they've released an amusing video for the LP's lead-off single, "I Don't Want to Be...
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Concerts on the horizon: Phantogram, Umphrey's McGee, Kings of Leon & more
Some concert announcements that came through in the past week, along with select others you may just want to be hipped to. Blitzen Trapper Thurs., May 8, Crowbar, Ybor CityDeer Tick with Langhorne...
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Interview: Portland singer-songwriter M. Ward makes his headlining debut in...
In his quieter moments, M. Ward’s voice is like a crushed-velvet caress, rich, husky and low, delicately shifting moods from hushed and tender to sweetly sensual. He proves just as beguiling when...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Mogwai, Santana, Goblin, Chuck Ragan...
THURSDAY, APRIL 24Goblin w/Pinkish Black Italy isn’t renown for its prog rock though the genre enjoyed a rise in the 1970s with bands like Goblin, which infused symphonic and electronic elements into...
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Concert review: Cloud Nothings at Crowbar, Ybor City
Cloud Nothings is a band that defies labels, a sum of influences transparently ringing out of every song yet delivered with a freshness that reinterprets those sounds we thought we knew so well....
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Wine & Rhyme goes monthly, diversifies even more for round two
For the last three years, Ol' Dirty Sundays (ODS) has been thee thing for hip hop heads to do at the end of each and every weekend, and while a new event —Wine & Rhyme at Crumb & Cork in...
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Video: Watch Little Dragon bring "Paris" to Queen Latifah Show, then see the...
Looks like Fallon, Letterman, and Saturday Night Live aren't the only ones getting on the solid late night music action (sorry Conan, we just don't tune in as often as we should anymore). You probably...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: Letter M
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Video: Listen to Karen O Cover "I Shot the Sheriff" with N.A.S.A.
Late last week, L.A. DJ duo N.A.S.A. and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O dropped a solid rendition of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff," which was teased in that Sonos commercial during this year's Grammy...
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Concert review: Bad Veins hop through Crowbar, Ybor City
Bad Veins seem to love Tampa almost as much as Tampa loves them. Unfortunately, shows that fall on holidays (in this case an official one — Easter — and an unofficial one — 4/20) can make for spotty...
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Video: Watch The Hold Steady celebrate 10 years in new video, see them live...
It's been a whole decade since Craig Finn first immortalized Ybor City by referencing it in two songs —"Most People Are DJs" and "Killer Parties"— off The Hold Steady's 2004 debut, Almost Killed Me....
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You're going to have to drive to Miami if you want to see Jay-Z and Beyonce...
Beyonce's surfbort makes landfall on June 26 when she and husband Jay-Z kick off a 16-date summer stadium tour in South Florida. The jaunt kicks off down here, but Tampa fans won't be doing any...
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New Music Tuesday! (April 29): Pixies, Damon Albarn, Rodrigo y Gabriela & more
The last week of new releases in April. 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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News: Benjamin Booker signs to ATO, releases a track, plays Letterman tonight
We always knew there was something special about singer, songwriter and guitarist Benjamin Booker. Hell, we gave Booker & Norton 'Best New Band' honors in last year's Best of the Bay issue, only a...
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Of Montreal documentary The Past is a Grotesque Animal set for June release
The Past is a Grotesque Animal, a feature-length documentary about of Montreal and its wildly prolific bandleader Kevin Barnes, will premiere with a nationwide screening tour starting this June.The...
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