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Tonight in Live Music: Swans and Brushfire Stankgrass
Here are a couple concerts happening tonight.Swans with Little Annie feat. Paul Walfisch Wonderfully abrasive, and still so cutting edge even after spending the last four decades doing everything they...
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Way Back Wednesday: Jodeci, Stone Temple Pilots
Welcome to another installment of Way Back Wednesday, where I remind you of some classic groups from way back... Jodeci just dropped a new album this week, their first in 20 years —The Past, The...
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Tonight in live music: Taking Back Sunday, Jeff Zagers, Teenage Bottlerocket...
A breakdown of live music happening on this Thurs., April 2...Taking Back Sunday with The Menzingers, Letlive. Amityville, NY-spawned outfit Taking Back Sunday has been an emo headliner for a decade...
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Watch: Waxahatchee "Under A Rock" video
The new album from singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield's Birmingham, Ala.-bred Waxahatchee drops next Tuesday, and Ivy Tripp is one of the more anticipated indie-rock releases of spring. For good...
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Watch: Kendrick Lamar's "King Kunta" video
Fresh off the release of the phenomenal To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar debuted the video for standout track “King Kunta” in the corporate-iest of corporate ways last night — on a Beats by Dre™...
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Concert review: Swans at State Theatre, St. Petersburg
Michael Gira did not stop the show, berate the sound engineer, or stare down audience members. Last night’s Swans show at State Theatre was, instead, both passionate and tightly executed, a gut-punch...
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Tonight in live music: Love Axe CD Release Show, Young Rapids, tUnE-yArDs & more
Hey, it's Friday — who wants to twist and shout with me? Here's a breakdown of live music happening tonight...Love Axe CD Release Show with The Vesper Bell, Empire Cinema LA-based multi-instrumental...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: Winner of Letter F; vote on Letter G
Here at the Hip Hop ABCs, we ask readers who consider themselves passionate hip hop fans which emcee or group they feel is the best in the game as driven by the letters of the alphabet. The winner of...
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Weekend Tune-Up: Tunes for your weekend by Jamie xx, Lower Dens, Hot Chip & more
The first weekend of April is here, it's getting warmer outside, and you just got paid. Great, isn't it? All that's missing is your newest addition of the Weekend Tune-Up. Not to worry, I've got you...
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Tonight in live music: The Bright Light Social Hour, The Baseball Project,...
A nice healthy slate of live music happening this Sat., April 4. The usual breakdown below. The Bright Light Social Hour Much has happened to The Bright Light Social Hour since the Austin-bred...
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Listen: New track from Tame Impala, "'Cause I'm a Man"
Tame Impala, the beloved darling psychedelic rock project from Down Under helmed by multi-instrumental singer-songwriter Kevin Parker, has been working on new material and have so far leaked the...
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Concert review: Tune-Yards at Beacham Theatre, Orlando
Even leaving Tampa before rush hour on Friday to try to get to the Orlando Tune-Yards show on time, we couldn’t avoid the notoriously terrible I-4 traffic. Between post-work congestion and carloads of...
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Tonight in live music: Talib Kweli at Orpheum
Talib Kweli has maintained his indie street cred and social consciousness amid achieving extraordinary success in hip hop, his breezy clever rhymes touching on anything from the illusions and...
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New Music Tuesday! (April 7): Matt & Kim, Brian Wilson, Toro y Moi, The...
I like Tuesdays because I spend the morning cruising the interwebs, listening to fresh tunes, then bringing some of my favorite ones (and those I just think you might like to hear even if they aren't...
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Tonight in live music: Mates of State, Have Mercy, American Aquarium &...
A look at concerts happening around Tampa Bay this Wed., April 8.Mates of State with Good Graeff, Sunbears! It’s hard to believe that Mates of State is made up of a mere two members. Kori Gardner and...
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Listen: !!! [Chk Chk Chk], "All U Writers"
Record Store Day is fast approaching — the national retail holiday hits local indie record shops on Sat., April 18 — and announcements about limited releases due to drop on that day have been storming...
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Album review/Show preview: Displace, Eureka!
Amid the scores of acts that have frothed up from the local jam scene in the past few years, Displace is among the finest with a dynamic sax-stroked fusion of progressive rock, funk, jazz and electro....
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The 21st annual Tampa Bay Blues Fest brings Boz Scaggs and others to Vinoy...
Shuffling, swinging, guitar-licked and brass-soaked sounds echo across the grassy expanses of Vinoy Park and rise to the rafters at Palladium Theater when the annual Tampa Bay Blues Festival lands in...
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Tonight in live music: Diana Krall, Rachel Kate with Jeff Shepherd & more
In addition to the kick-off of Tampa Bay Blues Festival, we have plenty of other concerts slated for this Thurs., April 9. Breakdown below...Diana Krall The Canadian keys-playing jazz chanteuse with...
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On Record Store Day, New Granada will reissue Candy Bars’ acclaimed 2006 LP...
For what could possibly be the last release of New Granada Records’ 20th Anniversary celebration, the Tampa indie record label is going all out by dropping a mere 20 copies of Candy Bars’ revered 2006...
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