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The CL Intern Issue: The vibrant viral voices of Florida’s collegiate a...
Whether you’d dare to admit it or not, you had a blast watching Pitch Perfect. Yes, I’m even looking at you, middle-aged man in the Joy Division T-shirt and fully tatted sleeves. Betwixt the jazz...
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Tonight in live music: Royal Thunder and O'Brother, Maxwell, Curren$y, Dirty...
It's a busy Friday, Aug. 1, and there's a little something for everyone tonight. Check out some highlights below. Royal Thunder & O’Brother with Sons of Hippies Mixing blues and metal may sound as...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: A Weird Al wish list of potential parodies
The Hip Hop ABCs is all about lists (and Hip Hop). We’ve been running through the alphabet picking the best artist or group whose name starts with that letter. We are nearly at the end of the list but...
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Chance The Rapper, Wyclef and others team up to cover the Arthur theme
In today's edition of "You Can't Make This Shit Up,"Chance the Rapper and The Social Experiment have teamed up with Wyclef Jean and a whole slew of other artists for a rendition of the theme song for...
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This weekend in live music: BJ Barham, Yes, Anti-Folk Revival Tour & more
An interesting weekend of music ahead. Highlights below.SATURDAY, AUGUST 2An Evening with Yes With all these full-album tours happening now, why not Yes, too? The ‘70s-spawned British prog-rock band...
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Concert review: Maxwell is smooth and stylish as ever
While the age of the truly talented, charismatic and genuine soul music vocalist is sadly long gone, a few performers out there are more than worthy of claiming the title of bona fide heir to the...
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Concert review: Curren$y pays off at Orpheum, Ybor City
For all his inherent talent, Curren$y’s career has been nothing short of a stoned and slow roller coaster ride since his breakout in the early '00s. First signing to Master P’s monolithic No Limit...
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Tonight in Live Music: People's Blues of Richmond, Matt Woods & more
This Tuesday night showcases an interesting variety of sounds...People’s Blues of Richmond with Y Los Dos Pistoles In case you don’t party hard enough on Crowbar’s signature All Good Tuesdays (who are...
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New Music Tuesday! (August 5): Spoon, Bear in Heaven, The Interrupters & more
It’s the first batch of new releases for August. Where did the time go? Info and links for this week’s releases – the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have...
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Tonight in live music: Peter Murphy at Orpheum
Deep-voiced Godfather of Goth Peter Murphy has graced locals with his presence on a few occasions over the years, and the feedback is always the same: dude still knows how to rock ‘n’ roll with the...
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Album review/Show preview: Luxury Mane, Gold Standard
Billy Summer may have stopped making music with The Semis but his current project with Semis bandmates Kyle Lovell (drums) and Jason Schultz (bass) more than makes up for its absence. Luxury Mane...
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The Gulfport Neighborhood Guide: O’Maddy’s, oh, man
I have a new friend in Baby Jesus and he’s about to perform an Eminem track, “Without Me.” He insists he’s either going to jump-start the party or trigger the crickets on this Wednesday night edition...
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Tonight in live music: Rock the Park, Daikaiju
A few shows this Thurs., Aug. 7 that are spaced just right and located near enough to each other that you can start at one, then end your night at the other... Rock the Park: UNRB, Kenosobi with Gwan...
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Tonight in live music: Memphis Music Fest with Booker T. Jones, and more
Friday Friday Friday! Tonight's live music highlights below...Memphis Music Fest with Booker T. Jones, The Bar-Kays, William Bell Some of America’s biggest pioneers in gospel, soul and blues launched...
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Merchandise offer another taste of After The End with stream of "Green Lady"
It's August, and that means local music fans have less than a month to wait for Merchandise's debut LP for famed UK-imprint 4AD (Cocteau Twins, Red House Painters), which sees its release on August 25....
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This weekend in live music: Crosby Stills & Nash, Linkin Park & 30 Seconds to...
Lots of diverse live music happening on both sides of Tampa Bay. A breakdown for Saturday and Sunday below...SATURDAY, AUGUST 9Crosby, Stills & Nash I’ve never been filled with as much delight,...
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Tonight in live music: Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails at the amphitheater
Two behemoths that came up in the ‘90s and made separate and distinctive impacts on alternative music — Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails — hit town on their current co-headlining tour. Both can also be...
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Photo review: Linkin Park with Thirty Seconds to Mars and AFI at Steinbrenner...
AFI, Thirty Seconds to Mars and headliner Linkin Park performed before a crowd of 14,391 at George M. Steinbrenner Field this past Sat., Aug. 9. With a max concert capacity of 17,000 (10,000 seated...
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Benjamin Booker to appear on Conan tonight
Haven't heard enough about homegrown musician done good, Benjamin Booker? We've been heavy on the Booker beat since we gave him a Best of the Bay award last year — dude's been on fire, from a full...
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New Music Tuesday! (August 12): Sinéad O'Connor, The Gaslight Anthem, The...
The second week of new releases for August. Wow, and suddenly it will be September. Enjoy this steaming hot month while it lasts. And back to the subject at hand ... Info and links for this week’s...
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