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Tonight in live music: Interpol, Melvins, Pangea Project No. 55 & more
From Franken-rigged instrumentation to sludge-weird metal to dark-tinged post-punk, this Thurs., Nov. 6 is looking to be a strange yet interesting one as far as live music goes. Breakdown...
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Tonight in live music: Ben Folds, Paint Fumes, Matisyahu, Mary Chapin...
Lots happening in live music this Fri., Nov. 7, including two noteworthy shows at the Straz Center. More info below...The Ben Folds Experience The suburbs-rocking, piano-banging leader of Ben Folds...
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Anthrax’s Scott Ian drops new memoir, Chats with St. Pete’s Bob Andelman
I love both hip hop and heavy metal, but as far as I’m concerned they’ve only been successfully brought together once, on the manic Public Enemy/Anthrax collaboration “Bring the Noise.” Of course, as...
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This weekend in live music: Jukebox the Ghost, The English Beat & more
This weekend's live music breakdown...Jukebox the Ghost“I want to get you over, by my side / When you’re next to me baby, you can only ever do right,” singer/pianist Ben Thorne pipes in “Sound of a...
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Concert review: The Ben Folds Orchestral Experience at the Straz Center
I’m a latecomer to the Ben Folds fan club. Like anyone who listened to the radio in the last couple of decades, I knew the refrain of his big indie hit with Ben Folds Five, 1997’s “Brick” (“She's a...
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Concert review: Interpol brings a solid if not transcendent show to Jannus Live
Longtime friend and local musician Brian Repetto, aka DJ BCR and former frontman for Dumbwaiters, first played Interpol for me at an after party at my dinky Friendship Garden apartment in Seminole...
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New music Monday & Tuesday! (Nov. 10-11): Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Big KRIT,...
Here comes the second week of November and we’ve got a big ol’ doozie of brand new music that drops over the next two days. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some...
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Tonight in live music: The Lone Bellow, Randy Newman, WMNF Listener...
This Tue., Nov. 11 is jam-packed with live music offerings — breakdown below.The Lone Bellow“Then Came the Morning”– the latest single from The Lone Bellow off a forthcoming album produced by The...
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Tonight in live music: Emmylou Harris, Robin Trower & more
Hump Day, yay! A rather intriguing lineup of concerts on tap this Wed., Nov. 12. Check it out below...Emmylou Harris Her sweetly drawling intones have been soaring for four decades and over 27 albums...
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An Earful (Local Edition): Big Guava downsizes, Coastline brings Flaming Lips...
Big Guava is back, and while it’s notasbig this time around, it will have a noticeable impact on the agendas of some local festhusiasts. Live Nation’s summertime music festival is taking over the shed...
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Destroyer Fest pummels State Theatre this Saturday with Weedeater, Lazer/Wulf...
The inaugural day-long Destroyer Fest assembles an impressive group of metal acts with varying sounds and brings them to the State Theatre stage, all in the name of charity. On the national front,...
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Tonight in live music: Break Science, Sevendust, Devon Allman
A few noteworthy shows slated for this Thurs., Nov.13...Break Science with Manic Focus, Space Jesus An livetronica duo coming out of Brooklyn, Break Science is Adam Deitch (keys, production,...
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Listen: The Art of McCartney feat. Bob Dylan, Kiss, Brian Wilson and others
The Art of McCartneyis a 34-song compilation of Paul McCartney’s greatest hits covered by a variety of (in)famous names ranging from Bob Dylan (“Things We Said Today”) to Owl City (“Listen to What the...
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Concert review: Primus brings funked-out chops and Wonka-fueled weirdness to...
I love Les Claypool. He always manages to bring righteous bass chops to the stage while delivering high entertainment – a mix of eye-crossing, mind-melting musicianship, weirdo antics and insightfully...
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CL Holiday Auction 2014: Two days of studio time at Rock Garden Recording
Creative Loafing has officially launched our 2014 Holiday Auction today, and the sixth annual edition is looking to be the best one yet. Yeah, yeah, we say that every year, but this time we really,...
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Tonight in live music: Rev. Horton Heat, The Dig, James Taylor, Hyperbolic...
This Friday proves to be a big ol' doozie of live music. Everything you probably want to know about most is broken down below...Rev. Horton Heat with New Cathedral Of all the -billy bands that have...
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This weekend in live music: MC Chris, O.A.R., Patti LaBelle, Juicy J,...
A jam-packed weekend of live music ranging from howling roots rock to nice n' easy R&B to pumping bass music, AC-friendly pop rock and cheeky-ass hip hop. More info belowSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15The...
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Tonight in live music: Heather Maloney
After her cover of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" with folk group Darlingside (ala Mitchell and CSNY) was featured by the New York Times, Massachussetts pop-Americana songstress Heather Maloney enjoyed...
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New Music Tuesday! (November 18): TV on the Radio, One Direction, Ariel Pink...
The albums below came out on Monday and today. There's a whole lot of vinyl reissues that I left off here because I had neither the time nor the patience to list them all. So, if you're really looking...
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Tonight in live music: Spankalicious with Galaxe at Crowbar
The “SpOILed Nation Tour” features the entire ThazDope Records roster as led by Cincinnati-based electro music maker Spankalicious, aka Kevin Moore, who lists “Psychedelic bounce” as his genre. He...
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