Tampa hip-hop mainstay DJ Fader burglarized, community rallying to help...
We write about a lot of benefits on CL. Sometimes we're trying to fight terminal illnesses, and sometimes we're just imploring you to join the community trying to keep a longtime favorite food stop...
View ArticleConcert review: Experience Hendrix at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
A white-bearded gentleman in tie-dye sat alone outside Ruth Eckerd Hall amid a cloud of smoke, fashioning a long feather earring, a Rasta-colored pucca shell necklace, and a black cigar holster. A...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday! (September 23): Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Alt-J, SBTRKT,...
September is winding down but the release schedule is ramping up and we’ve got alot of noteworthy stuff dropping today. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other...
View ArticleLive and Local Spotlight: Paul Moroz Memorial Show
While visiting our favorite haunts, there’s that friend who would stop us in our tracks — someone we haven’t seen in more than a year, miss dearly and would be overjoyed to see again. Paul Moroz, for...
View ArticleTonight in live music: Joyce Manor lands at Epic Problem
What distinguishes Joyce Manor from all the other pop-punk bands exploding out of Southern California with something to prove? The foursome has been earning all sorts of buzz since signing to Epitaph...
View ArticlePhoto review: Tom Petty doesn't back down at the Amalie Arena
The recently re-named Amalie Arena was full of boomers when Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers landed in town this past Sunday evening. Special guest opener Steve Winwood warmed and wooed with strong...
View ArticleAlbum review/Show preview: Zulu Wave, Jagorilla
From the first raging notes that launch “Jagorilla,” Zulu Wave confirms they aren’t fucking around with the rocking out. The set opener and title track off the local quartet’s brand new full-length is...
View ArticleHyperbolic Chamber Music launches at The Venture Compound this Saturday
When the right creative forces collide, projects like the Hyperbolic Chamber Music concert series arise. The inaugural presentation, Works for Cello, launches at Venture Compound this Saturday...
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning announce pre-game concert series, tap Have Gun Will...
The Tampa Bay Lightning hinted at a love for locally-grown music last year when BOTB-winning emcee Jinx released the team’s official playoff anthem. The team doubled down on their belief in the Bay...
View ArticleTonight in live music: Luke Temple, Old School Sessions with KRS-One,...
A nice selection of potential concerts you could be seeing this Friday night.Luke Temple with King of Spain, Oxford Noland He has a delicate velour-brushed falsetto that’s so soothing and serene it’s...
View ArticleMusic Shit Happened: Bruce Springsteen for babies, Black Keys on Fallon, new...
>>> The Bossstepped another year closer to senility this week (happy 65th, Bruce!), but that hasn't stopped him from kicking ass in his live shows. Now there's a way for parents to slip a...
View ArticleThis weekend in live music: Taj Weekes & Andowa, Bruce Springsteen 65th...
An interesting weekend ahead...Reggae Rise Up Festival with Rebelution, Steel Pulse, Collie Buddz, Zion I, Ballyhoo!, Rootz Underground, Los Rakas New to Tampa but now in its sixth incarnation, Reggae...
View ArticleVideo: Saint talks about winning the Bar Exam
Tampa Bay will be well represented at this month’s Bar Exam in Atlanta. Saint, who hails from Palm Harbor, sat down with Infinite Skillz to talk a little about his career thus far, winning the A2BAY...
View ArticleAlbum review: SBTRKT, Wonder Where We Land
British electronic artist SBTRKT – revered for his use of punchy-catchy synths and ability to balance glitchy electronic rhythms with fiery vocals – manages to elevate his material while avoiding...
View ArticleTonight in live music: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Torche
Two very different shows happening this Tue., Sept. 30. Info on both below. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers with Daryl Hance“It’s a little too late to die young,” Nicki Bluhm belts out in “Little Too...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday! (September 30): Prince, The Vaselines, Melissa Etheridge,...
Holy macaroni, it's the last day of September! Jesus, time flies, and the new music just keeps on coming. Info and links for the releases you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you...
View ArticleStream new releases from St. Pete bands Jensen Serf Company, Zulu Wave
There are some who still don't know that Pinellas County is fertile ground for rock music that makes your ears ring while leaving you begging for more. New releases from two of the area's best should...
View ArticleAlbum review: Erasure, The Violet Flame
Longtime British synth-pop duo Erasure seem to be going through a slight identity crisis throughout 16th album The Violet Flame. It boasts plenty of those elements that have made the two-man operation...
View ArticleDunedin Brewery presents its 14th annual Oktobeerfest with Kool Keith, Ghost...
Dunedin Brewery throws a beer party every time the seasons change (or in this year’s case, when it celebrates hallmarks like its 18th anniversary), and the fall is no exception. The only difference is...
View ArticlePlan-B Block Party hits Ybor City this Saturday with Kishi Bashi, Those...
Antiwarpt spin-offs Plan-B and Don’t Stop St. Pete fall on different weekends this year, and the relief I feel about not h aving to choose between the two is likely shared by numerous other...
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