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Tonight in live music: Pre-Fest 2, Watsky
Today's most noteworthy shows include the launch of the second Big Pre-Fest in Little Ybor and alt hip-hop star Watsky. More info below...Watsky with Kyle, Anderson Park In “Whoa Whoa Whoa,” San...
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Review: The Melvins, Hold it In
“It would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” Oscar Wilde once commented while observing Niagara Falls. In other words, watching water fall isn’t so amazing when you take gravity into...
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WUSF presents Jazz Night in America
This week, WUSF Public Media launches a new public jazz radio show and concert videocast series, Jazz Night in America. The weekly one-hour radio program is hosted by bassist Christian McBride and...
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An Earful: First Aid Kit's new video, Blood Orange on Kimmel, and Prince...
New music Tuesday was a doozy, and this writer is ashamedly still playing the new Taylor Swift LP (and the super-weird Swift/Aphex Twin mashup), but alas, the internets have rescued us all from...
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CL On Seventh Avenue: Tweets and 'grams from Big Pre-Fest in Little Ybor
Pre-Fest is going to wreck us over the next 48 hours, watch us crash and burn live as it happens. There are approximately 75 bands set to take over five Ybor City venues over the next two days and...
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Album review/Show preview: Sunbears!, Future Sounds
Sunbears! are habitually compared to Flaming Lips. I’ve been guilty of making the association myself since few other modern acts are capable of crafting such thoughtful, blissful, lushly orchestrated...
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Tonight in live music: Miles Davis Tribute, Pre-Fest 2, Day 2 & more
Get your music on tonight — day two of Pre-Fest shennanys, metal, jazz and local art rock included. More info below.Tribute to Miles Davis: James Suggs Quintet A trumpeter who spurred several major...
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Seven obscure records that will scare the living crap out of you this Halloween
Sure, some of you will throw on Joy Division at your upbeat Halloween dance party and call it a day. (May I also recommend screening The Crow in the background? Classic.) But if you’re interested in...
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Concert review: New Wave / No Synths at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg
“So what is 'New Wave,' really?” Gina Vivinetto asked the crowd at the Palladium Side Door this past Sun., Oct. 26. Answers like “The Cure!” and “The Psychedelic Furs!” were inevitably spouted, but the...
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Tonight in live music: Joey Bada$$, Zappaween, St. Pete Noise Fest & more
It is a rather interesting and varied concert calendar on this Halloween Friday. Complete breakdown below...Joey Bada$$ Every rapper has a bravado track or two and Joey Bada$$ is no different in that...
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This weekend in live music: Pallbearer, Lake Street Dive, Jason Derulo, Wiz...
The weekend live music breakdown... don't forget to set your clocks back a hour. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Lake Street Dive Boston-based quartet Lake Street Dive are sure to leave a lasting impression when...
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Billy Mays III celebrates five years of noise with re-release of debut, new...
After a year and a half on a winding journey around the U.S., experimental guitarist Billy Mays III returned to Tampa Bay last month. He’s taking the moment to regroup and launch a series of projects...
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An Earful (Local Edition): Fistful joins New Granada Records, Crowbar toasts...
The weekend is over and it’s a nip titly out there, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks. A slew of local music news was announced over the last couple...
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Album review: Run The Jewels, Run The Jewels 2
It's been nearly a week since Michael “Killer Mike” Render and Jaime “El-P” Meline, or Run The Jewels, leaked their sophomore album, Run The Jewels 2, and I feel like I've just begun my lovingly...
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Concert review: Lake Street Dive go down smooth on a chilly night in Ybor
For their maiden voyage to the Tampa Bay area, quirky, fun New England-based hip quartet Lake Street Dive made quite an impression on an unusually nippy Saturday night. The large crowd gathered in...
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New Music Tuesday! (November 4): Bob Dylan, Deerhoof, Neil Young, Mariachi El...
The very first batch of new music releases for November has arrived. Man, does time ever fly. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard...
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The Well-Played List, 11-4-2014: Gerard Way, Trans Upper Egypt, Hookworms & more
The ongoing listening series otherwise known as The Well-Played List features the most listened-to, jammed-out songs, albums and artists of the week as submitted by the CL Music Team along with a...
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Tonight in live music: First Aid Kit, Gringo Star
Two noteworthy shows in Ybor City taking place on this Wed., Nov. 5... First Aid Kit with Samantha Crain Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit is sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, their unique,...
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Album review: Primus, Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble
From the first ominous groaning notes of cello and bass that ooze into set opener “Hello Wonkites,” you know you’re in for a wild ride. The eighth and latest studio album from Primus finds Les...
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Parquet Courts stream new album, announce January 31 show at American Legion...
Let’s just go ahead and file this thing directly right under “WTF is happening right now?” After mostly shunning the Tampa Bay area for the last half decade, Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts have finally...
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