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New Music Tuesday! (May 26): Anti-Flag, Snarky Puppy, Unknown Mortal...
A rather light week to end May, probably the ebb before next week's giant release schedule on both June 1 and 2. In the meantime, there are some nuggets worthy of your attention that did drop this...
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Album review: Y Los Dos Pistoles, Six Stories High
Further establishing themselves as one of the best bands in the Tampa music scene, Y Los Dos Pistoles marks a new milestone with their appealingly bipolar new recording, Six Stories High. This...
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Way Back Wednesday: Depeche Mode
Hello fellow music lovers and welcome to Way Back Wednesday, where I shed some light on some artists and jams from way back in the day. During the 1990s, my musical taste began to broaden and Depeche...
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Tonight in live music: Rittz with KXNG CROOKED, Jackson Scott, and more
From Strange indie hip hop to ethereal psych rock, there's several intriguing shows happening this Thurs., May 28. Take a peep at the breakdown below.Rittz, KXNG CROOKED, Horseshoe G.A.N.G. A...
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Album review/Show preview: Part Time/Models, Harlot Drama
Dual guitars lead the charge through retro garage grit and post-punk grooves, warped surf twang, ‘90s alt rock grunge and light whiskey-dripped psychedelia in Harlot Drama, a fresh eight-track EP from...
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Album review: Radarmen?, Echoes in Sound
The nine-track full-length debut from Tampa three-piece Radarmen? (guitarist/singer Rodney Smith, bassist/singer David Kibby and drummer Adam Revak) creeps and surges through dark sonicspheres of...
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Album review: Have Gun, Will Travel, Science from an Easy Chair
A century after Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew survived months stranded on the frozen ocean, Bradenton’s Have Gun, Will Travel are giving an epic tip of the cap to the harrowing tale of men who...
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Album review: Luxury Mane, Isn’t This Great?
Billy Summer, Kyle Lovell and Jay Schultz have averaged an album a year since forming Luxury Mane back in 2013. The third and latest Isn't This Great?– released on cassette and also available for...
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Tonight in live music: Kill Paris, Collie Buddz, Thomas Wynn and The...
It's Fri., May 29. Live music is happening. You need something to do after this long work week. So, why not take the plunge? A breakdown of possibilities below...Collie Buddz with OceanStone, Badda...
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Listen to a Brit-flavored new track from Hymn For Her side project The Mix Tapes
The Hymn For Her camp finally has a No. 1 album, sort of. It’s called #1 (or “hashtag one” if you were born in the 21st century), and it’s the result of sonic canoodling with Justin Kaiser from...
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Two Tampa Bay promotion companies become one: Thx Mgmt joins Brokenmold...
The rumors that have been swirling around for the past several months have finally take root: Thx Mgmt founder Joe D'Acunto is joining Brokenmold Entertainment's Phil Benito and Sean O'Brien as an...
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Weekend Tune-Up: Tunes for your weekend by A$AP Rocky, Yukon Blonde,...
Memorial Day has come and gone, which means that the kick-off to summer is underway. Not to worry, the Weekend Tune-Up is primed to accompany you to pool, beach or barbecue. This week's rather...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: The winner of Letter N; vote on Letter O
Looking at potential winners for the Letter 'N' of the Hip Hop ABCs, I saw a lot of heavyweights who can usually be found on many people's all-time top 5 lists. You had legendary groups like Naughty...
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This Saturday in live music: Melt Banana, Y Los Dos Pistoles Album Release...
A breakdown of shows happening this Sat., May 30.Melt Banana with Meatwound Few bands achieve such consistent levels of noisily complex sonic bizarrity as Melt Banana, a Japanese experimental rock...
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This Sunday in live music: The Mud Flappers, Noise Night at The Bunker with...
A few noteworthy happs this Sun., May 31, the last day of May.The Mud Flappers with Strung Like a Horse The Skipperdome welcomes O-town brewed septet The Mud Flappers, their jaunty vibrant sound...
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All three Garth Brooks concerts at Amalie Arena canceled, 2015 Stanley Cup...
While Tampa Bay Lightning fans rejoice, local Garth Brooks fans are faced with mixed emotions, seeing as the three concerts the drawling king of country music and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, were...
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Tonight in live music: Snoozer with Lady Bones, Michelle Branch
A few shows worth mentioning this Mon., June 1. Check 'em out below.Snoozer with Lady Bones This bill sounds like a lethargic one, solely based on the names of the two bands leading the fray. Philly...
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Tonight in live music: Shelby Lynne
Alabama’s twang-pop songstress with gospel-hued resonance has earned comparisons to Dusty Springfield though she’s adamantly countered the resemblance in sound, if not in passion. "We're both...
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New Music Tuesday! (June 2): Florence + the Machine, Major Lazer, Sun Kil...
A nice respectable batch of new albums have dropped this first week of June. A curated list with info and hyperlinks for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not...
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Sarasota's Good Graeff announce a new album, tour with Mates of State, and...
We love it when an Bay area (ish) act starts to make a national name for itself. In this latest case, it's a CL favorite, Good Graeff, the Sarasota-bred ensemble led by dynamic twin sisters Brooke and...
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