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This weekend in live music: Umphrey's McGee, Soulbotz CD Release Party & more
It's this weekend's live music round-up — the good, the bad and the ugly. Check it belowSATURDAY, AUGUST 30 Soulbotz CD Release Party with Brand New Opiates The band comprises some of the smartest...
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Slash's pop-in at the Hard Rock for an intimate unplugged set
Myles Kennedy joined Slash at the Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa last Wednesday to play to a small invite-only crowd. The lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Alter Bridge has been providing...
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New Granada re-releases The Maccabees' 1998 EP on limited 12" vinyl
Jonathan "McDougan" Wilson was not in Tampa-based band The Maccabees (who actually predated the UK band by about a decade). Wilson — who was killed on SwissAir Flight no. 111— did leave a large impact...
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Zulu Wave release title track from new LP, Jagorilla
"A Jagorilla to us could mean a bunch of different things," Michael Barrow wrote in a message to CL. The Zulu Wave frontman likened the mythical creature to a hybrid of a jaguar and gorilla, adding...
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Album review: DieAlps!, DieAlps! EP
With a wash of cymbals and the melancholic yet hopeful piano of “Walking,” DieAlps! opens their self-titled, self-engineered and recorded EP, the charmingly accented high-toned vocals of Austrian-born...
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Album review: Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker
The hype drummed up in the months leading to the release of Benjamin Booker’s eponymous debut LP has been nothing short of incredible. The musician — who spent a good dozen years in Tampa Bay and...
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Tonight in live music: Drake vs. Lil Wayne, Archnemesis, Naughty Professor
A rather bombastic Thursday full of hip hop, electro-funk and jazz-ness. Info below... Drake vs. Lil Wayne Two of the biggest names in the hip-hop game come together for one epic co-headlining “Drake...
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Album review: Merchandise, After the End
“If I’m your enemy, then I’m keen to be your enemy,” Carson Cox sings to open After The End (4AD). Cox, 28, is probably used to animosity by now. Merchandise’s first shows were Tampa storage unit sets...
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Action Bronson channels Guy Fieri in Fuck That's Delicious Episode 4
In the fourth episode of his web cooking show Fuck, That's Delicious, Queens rapper Action Bronson takes us on a ride through flavor town dressed as America's most beloved douchiest Food Network...
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Tonight in live music: Coldair, Kings of Leon, Public Speaking & more
The best in live music happenings for this Fri., Sept. 5. Start your planning now...Kings of Leon with Young the Giant, Kongos I know folks who actively loathe the catchy, only slightly twangy...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: Letter U
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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Apropos of nothing, here's Babymetal (VIDEO)
It's Friday, so here's Babymetal doing "Head Bangya!!" Babymetal is from Japan; it's, um ... I guess the Japanese symphonic-metal version of a manufactured female teen-pop outfit. But Japanese! And...
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This weekend in live music: Today the Moon Tomorrow the Sun, Black Cobra,...
This weekend's live music highlights:SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun with Atlantic Oceans, Sun Signs Though the name might inspire mental images of the kind of band that would...
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New Music Tuesday! (September 9): Ryan Adams, Karen O, Robert Plant, Interpol...
Here comes the second week of September and we’ve got a big ol’ doozie of brand new music. 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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Hear "Boogie With The Taliban" and "Apes Take Miami" from The Apes' debut album
Ed Lowery closed the door on beloved Tampa ska outfit Magadog back in 2012. That hasn't stopped the 45-year-old frontman from skanking though, and next Saturday his latest band —The Apes— celebrate a...
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Tonight in live music: ZZ Top with Jeff Beck, Fitz & the Tantrums, Lily Allen...
A nice healthy amount of shows happening this Hump Day. Check out the breakdown below.ZZ Top with Jeff Beck You can’t discuss ZZ Top without bringing up the iconic beards worn for decades by lead...
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Listen to Atlantic Oceans' debut 7-inch, grab it on green vinyl now
There's always a part of us that wilts away when certain local bands call it quits. Fans of beloved Tampa outfits Giddy Up, Helicopter! and offshoot Sleepy Vikings know this feeling well, and while...
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Local musicians hold benefit for Ybor institution Cephas' Hot Shop
Artists, musicians, hipsters, hippies and holistic eaters alike all know about Cephas' Hot Shop, the Caribbean cuisine hotspot a few blocks off Ybor City's Seventh Avenue sprawl. Owner Cephas Gilbert...
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Tampa drummer Paul Moroz passes away
Paul Moroz, longtime drummer and fixture on the Tampa Bay original-music scene, has reportedly passed away. Details are sketchy at this point. Moroz was apparently found in his apartment by his...
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Tonight in live music: Papadosio, Fortunate Youth & more
Thursday's live music breakdown below.Papadosio One year, while attending Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival (this year’s is Nov. 13-16 at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park), I overheard some heady...
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