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Venture Compound's Jesse Vance
by Colin JoyceJesse Vance kneels on the floor at the Museum of Fine Arts on a balmy St. Pete evening, flanked by a synthesizer, a laptop, a saxophone and other unidentifiable electronic paraphernalia....
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Experiments in noise
A growing group of creatives produce free-form music at its most base. by Colin JoyceSome people see the conventions of pop music as chains. A verse, a chorus, a guitar solo, a bridge: these are the...
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Teach Me Equals
by Arielle StevensonIt’s after midnight at St. Petersburg’s Local 662; the room floods red and black. Erin Murphy and Greg Bortnichak of Teach Me Equals (formerly Bard and Mustache) take the stage in...
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The Sarasota music scene
Sarasota may be hard to break into, but there's plenty of musicians up to the challenge. by Arielle StevensonFlorida has no shortage of good alternative/indie music scenes. There's St. Augustine,...
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Jazz godfather David Manson
by Julie GaristoYou’d be hard put to hear a conversation about Tampa Bay jazz and experimental music without mention of Dr. David Manson.“Dave is the Thurston Moore of the free jazz/experimental music...
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Jazz(isms) and where to find them
Aficionados can find exciting sounds scattered around the Bay area. by Julie GaristoCourtesy of a fake ID, I sipped one of my first adult cocktails at the Jazz Cellar’s piano bar — so called because...
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Luxury Mane's Billy Summer
by Scott HarrellWere we looking to trace the currently rising psych/surf/garage scene to a sort of homegrown aesthetic Johnny Appleseed, we could do worse than Billy Summer. After coming up in the...
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Retro fresh psychedelia
Psych-rock hallmarks from the past herald a local rock revolution. by Scott HarrellNo great rock ’n’ roll movement ever had a name until the special stuff was pretty much over. It’s part of what makes...
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Multi-talented Temp
by Andrew SilversteinWhile many performers could make solid cases for being key players in Tampa’s underground hip-hop scene, newcomer Chris ‘Temp’ Caro has taken some attention-worthy strides since...
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The Hip-Hop Underground
Rhyme-slingers, DJs and producers making waves on both sides of the Bay. by Andrew SilversteinHow does an underground hip-hop artist thrive — if at all — in a city once deemed “America’s Death Metal...
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UNRB's Noel Rochford
by Leilani PolkWhether or not Noel Rochford considers himself an influential part of the ska scene, the 22-year-old artist and his ska-fusion band UNRB are representative of the genre’s expanding...
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Ska-Fusion: The Fourth Wave
The area scene mixes kitchen sink appeal with skanky flavor. by Leilani PolkA few decades ago, ska was barely a blip on the Florida music scene radar, limited to tiny third wave enclaves spread out...
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The Music Issue 2013: Find Your Niche
Uncovering local music scenes beyond those already so familiar to Tampa Bay audiences. by Leilani PolkFor the 2013 Music Issue, I wanted to shed some light on local music scenes beyond the blues,...
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Review: A night of Monkees business at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
by Gabe EchazabalWhen one thinks of The Monkees — the zany madcap comedic quartet that sold a boatload of records in the 1960's and starred in their own television sitcom — an image of the adorable,...
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Photo review: Black Sabbath at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa
Black Sabbath hit the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Mon., July 29, in the midst of the latest round of dates that are part of their ongoing reunion tour, currently backing their first new...
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Local music substitutes
Get your national music fix from some quality local players. by Meaghan HabudaMusic defines a region just as much as one-of-a-kind restaurants and historic landmarks. CL’s Warehouse Arts District...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: The Howlin' Brothers, Jonas Brothers,...
Concerts, Aug. 1-7 by Leilani Polk, Tyler Killette, Matthew Drozdeck, Meaghan Habuda and Amina JacksonTHURSDAY, AUGUST 1Rock the Park w/Oxford Noland/Jinx/UNRB The free all-ages concert series held...
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Review: KEN Mode and Inter Arma melt the Orpheum, Ybor City
A look back at the Tue., July 30 show. by Colin Joyce Part of the way through KEN mode’s soundcheck Tuesday night at the Orpheum, bassist Andrew LaCour paused to note that it sounded like “a big room...
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Album review: Inter Arma, Sky Burial
by Colin JoyceSometimes metal is a compelling form of transgressive art. At its best it’s shocking and endearing in all the right ways – playfully tousling the hair of those not hip to its darker...
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Louder Than Hell lessons in metal history.
A new oral history-style book for metalheads and beyond. by Matthew DrozdeckFar from a bland overview of the genre by so-called scholars or a gushing narrative written by some random fan, Louder Than...
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