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Tonight in live music: Guthrie Brown & The Family Tree, Pleasures, GBH and...
Some intriguing and diverse live music happening this Thurs., June 4. Take a look at the breakdown below... Guthrie Brown & The Family Tree with Kristopher James, The Porch Sessions The...
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Suncoast Blues Society throws its 18th anniversary party this Saturday at...
The South gave birth to the blues, and Florida in particular has a lengthy history that dates back to 1919. Tampa Bay’s own thriving bluescape took off in the ’30s, when stops on the storied Chitlin’...
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El-P previews Meow the Jewels, a Run the Jewels remix LP made almost entirely...
It’s a story as old as time: prolific rap duo records stellar second album, critics and fans praise it as the best of the year, then they remix the whole thing using cat sounds as the only backing...
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Tonight in live music: New Orleans Suspects
Almost every member of Crescent City outfit New Orleans Suspects – originally formed in 2009 as the pick-up band at the NOLA’s storied Maple Leaf bar – has ties with other staple performers of the...
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Weekend Tune-Up: Tunes for your weekend by Beirut, Eternal Summers, Jamie xx,...
Another week has come and gone, which means you deserve a brand new Weekend Tune-Up. Let's go over the highlights. The June 2 edition of New Music Tuesday proved solid and included a least one...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: The winner of Letter O; vote on Letter P
The Wu-Tang Clan might not be the group you wanna eff with, but those Two Dope Boyz In A Cadillac get it crunkin' on every occasion. This includes the Letter O of the Hip Hop ABCs, where we take an...
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This Saturday in live music: Curren$y, Train, IPA Festival with Roxy Roca & more
Live music happening this Sat., June 6 - minus Garth Brooks. Sorry country fans.Curren$y For all his inherent talent, Curren$y’s career has been nothing short of a stoned and slow roller coaster ride...
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This Sunday in live music: Blueprint, Northern Faces, Delta Moon CD Release...
The weekend comes to a close with some rather appealing live music offerings led by a another high quality hip hop talent to follow last night's Curren$y blow-out. Check out a breakdown of what's...
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Monday music roundup: Set and Setting, Pleasures, Saskatchewan
If you're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this fine Monday, you may not need some eye and ear diversions. For the rest, here's a few videos and a rad cover track by three Bands from the Bay that'll help...
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New Music Tuesday! (June 9): Muse, No Joy, Of Monsters and Men & more
Not a huge week for new music releases but there are some definite gems. Check out this week's curated breakdown below, with info, hyperlinks, audio and video for your listening and viewing...
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Tonight in live music: Tycho
In the wake of touring with a full band behind 2011 much-lauded LP Dive and digging how his ambient electro compositions grew instrumental flesh, San Francisco-based Ghostly International-repped Tycho...
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City of Tampa welcomes Spam All Stars for a free surprise show before the...
If it’s still unclear, Bolts fever has established a firm and unrelenting grip on Tampa Bay. The Lightning is up 2-1 in their best of seven game series against the Chicago Blackhawks, which look to...
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Way Back Wednesday: Wu Tang Clan, Faith No More
It's mid-week, and that means it's time for another Way Back Wednesday, let's get to it. Where would you rank Wu-Tang Clan in hip hop? Many critics laud the ensemble as the best in the game. Their...
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Video: Kacey Musgraves plays "Biscuits" on Fallon, see her at The Trop on...
If you need even more proof that Kacey Musgraves does whatever she wants, then look no further than the 26-year-old’s performance on "The Tonight Show" late Tuesday evening. Flanked by a four-piece...
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Tonight in live music: Beta Play with The Tragic Thrills, Three Cents Short
A few shows happening this Thurs., June 11. Beta Play with The Tragic Thrills The California band formerly known as Tommy & The High Pilots, currently known as Beta Play, singer-guitarist Tommy...
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The Food Issue: Tasty rhymes — 11 food referential hip-hop tracks
Playing with language is a long-standing tradition in hip-hop, with artists employing slang, allegory, hyperbole, double entendre, idioms, metaphors and all manner of other assorted wordplay to get a...
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Concert review: Tycho brings his Awake tour to The Ritz Ybor
Dreamy soundscapes, stuttering percussion, and layered keyboards is what Tycho does best. The producer/musician also known as Scott Hansen was a one-man band in the studio up until about three years...
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Tonight in live music: Eternal Summers, Yellow Claw, David Crosby & more
A rather nice Fri., June 12 in live music. Take a look at the breakdown below...Eternal Summers with DieAlps!, Silver Waves Once a duo, now a trio that’s not making the salt-stained sun-splashed...
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Weekend Tune-Up: Tunes for your weekend by Muse, Gardens & Villa, FFS & more
Pay day and a new Weekend Tune-up, sounds like a damn good way to kick off the weekend. This past New Music Tuesday was a little on the lean side as far as new albums go, but several fresh singles...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: The winner of Letter P; vote on Letter Q
Welcome back to the Hip Hop ABCs, an alphabetically inclined quest to find the best that rap music has to offer. For each letter, Creative Loafing readers vote to decide which artist or group deserves...
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