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Live and Local Spotlight: The Bricks & SPoT Ybor Four-Year Anniversary Party
Surfer Blood has already been in town twice in the last year. The West Palm-bred purveyors of salty, noise and scuzz-addled beach pop headlined St. Pete’s Whigfest in February and got the same top...
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Video: Benjamin Booker gives Florida good love in ridiculous interview with...
Landing an interview with Nardwuar is a sure sign you're making it in today's musical landscape. Yesterday, Tampa-refined big deal Benjamin Booker hit that milestone when the Human Serviette himself...
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Tonight in live music: Ty Segall, WMNF Birthday Bash, Method Man and Redman &...
A rather impressive and eclectic Friday night of music, from Pitchfork-approved indie garage rock to WMNF birthday shennanys to hip hop, country, blues and even some grindcore, too.Ty Segall with...
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New Granada reissues 1996 Braid/Pohgoh split 7" with new artwork, liner notes
The so-called "emo revival" is in full swing. So are the celebrations for New Granada Records' 20th anniversary. Those worlds completely collided yesterday when the Tampa-based imprint announced that...
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The Hip Hop ABCS: Letter V
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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This weekend in live music: Washed Out, Tiger! Tiger!, Erasure, Super...
A jam-packed weekend of live music. Breakdown below...SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Heatstroke Hot Rod Hoedown 11 with The Downshifters, GoToHells, Ober Rivers and his DUIs & more The annual underground...
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Photo review: Lily Allen brings Sheezus to the House of Blues, Orlando
I'll admit that I was a little worried when I walked into the House of Blues and saw the stage decked out in giant baby bottles. Lily Allen's new album is a strange dichotomy of self-conscious mom and...
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Concert review: Ty Segall tears through the Skatepark of Tampa
Chalk it up to getting older, booze, or both, but it took me a good moment to recall if I’d seen Ty Segall play live when someone asked recently. This is an artist I listen to regularly, whose music is...
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The Well-Played List, 9-15-2014: Mitch Murder, Elephant Stone, Slow Magic,...
After a summer hiatus, the Well-Played List is back, and we've had done alot of listening during all that time away. This week's list is jam-packed and ready to kick off your week right with some...
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Tonight in live music: Hail to the Sun, Mad Caddies
A few shows for your Tuesday live music planning... Hail The Sun with Stolas, Icarus The Owl, Samurai Shotgun, Rising Down A few acts repped by Blue Swan Records – the label owned by Will Swan of...
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Concert review: Erasure brings thumping club music to Mahaffey Theater, St....
For only being a two-man operation, Erasure sure knows how to kick up a huge cloud of glittery dust and throw a hell of a party. The synth-pop twosome who got their start in the mid-1980s have...
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New Music Tuesday! (September 16): Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Barbra Streisand,...
Week three of releases out this September and we’ve got another big 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...
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Tonight in live music: Ab-Soul, Carter Hulsey & Ryan Reid
If you aren't hitting CL's Best of the Bay awards party tonight (what's wrong with you?!?), here are two noteworthy Hump Day shows for your live music pleasure... Ab-Soul Ab-Soul is one of those...
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Album review: Karen O, Crush Songs
“They are the soundtrack to what was an ever-continuing love crusade,” Karen O commented in her statement about the lovesick tracks found on her debut solo outing, Crush Songs (out Sept. 9 via Cult...
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Don't Stop St. Pete announces its festival lineup, Plan B Block Party adds...
Come October, music festival fans will have no problem spending their disposable income. Live Nation's Coral Skies Festival and St. Pete Folkfest happen on the last weekend of that month, and now a...
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Concert review: Ab-Soul at Orpheum, Ybor City
Ab-Soul is the underdog of the Top Dawgs, dramatically overshadowed in the public eye by TDE labelmates Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar. While Lamar is busy getting Album of the Year nominations,...
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The Colbert Report and a $1.8 million deal with Sony, all before getting to...
Most 8th grade boys spend their hours counting all the new armpit hairs that've sprouted through the day. Not the case with Malcom Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins, and Alex Atkins.The Brooklyn-based trio...
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Tonight in live music: The Pretty Reckless, High on Fire & more
The live music breakdown for this Fri., Sept. 19The Pretty Reckless Rock bands fronted by actors are hit-or-miss ventures. Jared Leto has transitioned from actor to rock star rather admirably and...
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This weekend in live music: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, DieAlps! CD...
A giant weekend of live music ahead. Here's a breakdown.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20DieAlps! CD Release Show with Rec Center, Radarmen There’s something very tender and charming about the lightly-accented...
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Awkward Age offer limited free downloads of brand new LP, warm up for...
Punk rock was well represented at Creative Loafing's Best Of The Bay awards last week (so not punk). One of the accolades went to Pre-Fest. The day-long music event capitalized on the abundance of...
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