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Hear Benjamin Booker debut new songs on NPR's World Cafe, watch his Letterman...
Things just keep heating up for once Tampa-based artist Benjamin Booker and his band (Max Norton of Roppongi’s Ace and The Laurel Canyon, and Alex Spoto on drums and bass, respectively). Last week saw...
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Photo review: of Montreal bring their bizarre celebration to State Theatre
Less than a year after their last Tampa Bay stop, of Montreal's psychedelic stage returned to town, this time stopping by State Theatre in St. Petersburg. [More after the jump.]The Kevin Barnes-led...
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A look back at Tropical Heatwave, Day 1: Friday
I was a Tropical Heatwave virgin last year and I made some critical mistakes that I didn't plan to duplicate this year. So, I mapped out my evening, previewed as many bands as possible, and picked a...
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Selwyn Birchwood signs to Alligator Records, releases debut LP Don't Call No...
There's no mistaking the sound of the blues, one of the 20th century's oldest and most practiced genres, a fact that makes it difficult for bluesmen (and women) to stand out in amid the seemingly...
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Watch Neil Young & Jack White Perform and press a vinyl record on The Tonight...
After announcing his ultra-high fidelity music service and personal audio device Pono, Neil Young seems to be going in the complete opposite direction with a performance that will be recorded and...
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New Music Tuesday! (May 13): Michael Jackson, Tori Amos, The Black Keys,...
The second week of new releases in May features some giant names, both dead and alive. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of...
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Listen to a demo from Talk Nice, a new local group featuring members of...
What's better than two Best of the Bay winning bands? Two BOTB winning bands joining forces to create a new promising outfit, duh, and that's exactly what's happening on this demo of Talk Nice's...
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Tropical Heatwave, Day 2, Saturday with The Hold Steady, Bright Light Social...
Two CL writers — Julie Garisto and Andy Warrender — and photographer Tracy May hit the ground at the 33rd Annual Tropical Heatwave this weekend. Here's a look back at their adventures... Click here to...
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KenoSobi presents Stand For Something at a release show this Friday
Kenan Hercules is an important member 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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This week in Tampa Bay area music: 97X Backyard BBQ with Bastille & others,...
THURSDAY, MAY 15The Toadies20th Anniversary Tour w/BattleMe/Supersuckers Few bands take me back to my youth quite so keenly as the Toadies. Their platinum-selling post-grunge debut came out when I was...
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Live and Local Spotlight: Stolen Idols CD Release Show
Stolen Idols, Tampa’s jazzy luau godfathers and worshippers of the tiki gods, present their first full-length album, Moonlight Offerings, this weekend. The title is based on Robert Jimenez’s midnight...
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The Well-Played List, 5-16-2014: Grace Jones, Tobacco, Tim Barry, Allagoch &...
It’s the end of the week, which means it's time to get your groove 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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Watch St. Vincent play Saturday Night Live, see her live at Tampa Bay Times...
Annie Clark's eyes — burning through your soul underneath blue eyelids and perfectly-manicured brows — are kind of impossible to look away from. The 31-year-old Tulsa-born siren better known as St....
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Listen: T.I. featuring Young Thug, "About the Money"
It’s been almost 11 years since T.I. broke into mainstream consciousness with his Southern rap opus Trap Muzik. In the meantime, he's racked up a lifetime of well-publicized ups and downs: the...
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Brand New coming to Jannus Live on October 26, no word yet on new album
Update:Daddy Kool sent CL an email saying pre-sale tickets sold out in less than 30 minutes. There's also been a slight adjustment in ticket price ($2 increase, making them $29.50-$34), but we guess...
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New Music Monday & Tuesday! (May 19-20): The Roots, Coldplay, The Brian...
The next round of releases for the month of May. Some of these actually came out yesterday (Coldplay, The Roots, a bunch of others), but for the purposes of this post, let's just pretend everything...
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Live and Local Spotlight: Ol' Dirty Sundays Three-Year Anniversary Party
History says it took about four years to paint the Sistine Chapel, and while we're not quite comparing the achievements of Ol' Dirty Sundays to that majestic painting on the ceiling of some Italian...
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Local were-band Wolf-Face celebrates two years with Burgatory Fest & a PBR...
Two years ago, a pack of werewolves stormed the Fubar stage clad in yellow Beavers basketball tanks, knee-high tube socks and Chuck Taylors, headbands circling fur-sprouting muzzled-and-fanged faces,...
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set and setting gets signed to Prosthetic Records!
Another Best of the Bay-winning band has done the area proud. St. Petersburg's own hard-hitting post-classical, post-metal double-drumming and shredding outfit set and setting— which put out an amazing...
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Summer 2014 concert preview, from Phantogram to Katy Perry to Soundgarden
Traditionally, the Florida concert season starts winding down as the summer draws near, the temperatures rise to sweltering levels, and the general inconvenience and added gas expenses — from having...
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