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Tonight in live music: Anais Mitchell, Streetlight Manifesto
A few noteworthy shows are happening on this Mon., Oct. 26. Breakdown below. Anais Mitchell She’s been hailed as the new queen of modern folk rock, given the seal of approval by Ani DiFranco herself...
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Listen: 7 horrifying hip hop tracks for your Halloween playlist
Since its inception, hip-hop has been a storytelling genre. And some rappers elect to take a more gruesome approach, vividly describing murder scenes, nightmares and brutal fantasies. Here are seven...
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Tonight in live music: JR JR, Bronze Radio Return, Safety
A look at three shows happening this Tue., Oct. 27.JR JR with Brothertiger They shucked the “Dale Earnhardt” and are now simply known as JR JR. But the Detroit indie electro-pop group co-led by Daniel...
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Tonight in live music: Gang of Four, Kansas
A few shows happening this Wed., Oct. 28. Take a look at the breakdown below. Gang Of Four with The New Regime With a warped guitar riff, wonky-fuzzed lowend groove, staccato roiling rhythm and the...
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Way Back Wednesday: Busta Rhymes
Welcome to another installment of Way Back Wednesday, where I remind you about some classic artists from way back... My introduction to Busta Rhymes came in 1992 via A Tribe Called Quest's classic...
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Desaparecidos cancels Pre-Fest, Fest appearances, rest of tour
Here's some breaking news sure to disappoint fans of Conor Oberst, angular agitprop posthardcore, and the place where those two things meet: Oberst's amazing on-again, off-again band Desaparecidos has...
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Tonight in live music: Fevers Album Release Party, Big Pre-Fest in Little...
Here's a few shows happening this Thurs., Oct. 29. Fright Night: Fevers Album Release Party with Permanent Makeup, Snakehole You don’t have to wait for Saturday to get some treats, and if you head to...
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Scary good: From Ryan Adams' 1989 to "Dracula's Wedding"
Sometimes, you stumble upon an artist, song, television show, album, and you think, “Damn, this is scary good.” Maybe it’s fundamentally macabre and intriguing, or maybe it’s scarily,...
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Taylor Swift musicians David Cook and Amos Heller to speak at Palladium...
A few days before Taylor Swift is due to fill up Raymond James Stadium on her last date in the U.S. touring behind 1989, two of her band members are set to speak at Palladium Theater this evening as...
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Bogus Pomp brings sinister technicality to State Theatre for Zappaween 20
The third time we get to see the Bay area’s best (and likely the country’s finest) Frank Zappa tribute act helmed by guitar shredder Jerry Outlaw is the now-traditional Halloween show, Zappaween,...
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Tonight in live music: Chris Cornell, Lee Baines III & the Glory Fires,...
Check out all the shows that are happening this Fri., Oct. 30, plus take a peek at the concert lineup coming up this Halloween weekend.Chris Cornell Acoustic with Hemming Two things have held up over...
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Weekend Tune-Up: Tunes for your weekend by Grimes, Majical Cloudz, Miike Snow...
The last weekend in October is upon us, which means that Halloween is upon us as well. There's nothing scary about this week's Tune-Up, just 15 fresh tracks primed and ready for you to blare during...
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Halloween tuneage: Diggin' (up) the Zombies
A common misconception about music is the notion that it exists in some kind of generational vacuum, that artists and songs that surfaced decades ago are somehow inaccessible to anyone who wasn't...
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This Saturday in live music: Taylor Swift, Chvrches, The Underachievers & more
It's Halloween! Of course, there's a whole lot going on this Sat., Oct. 31. Check out the Tampa Bay concert breakdown below. Taylor Swift with Vance Joy, Shawn Mendes It’s tough to be the queen. Just...
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This Sunday in live music: Murs, Boz Scaggs, Triathlon & more
Nurse your post-Halloween hangover with some live tuneage. Here's the concert breakdown for this Sun., Nov. 1. Murs with Red Pill, King Fantastic, Golden Rules, Noa James, Gat And Cris How the hell is...
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Concert review: Taylor Swift brings Idina Menzel to Tampa, treats fans to the...
Somewhere, very close to the big ass catwalk Taylor Swift installed onto the turf at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night, there was a fan holding a sign that read “Best Halloween Ever.” It was a...
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Tuneful cheer: Holiday concerts in Tampa Bay
Whether you’re a hardcore holiday music traditionalist or only capable of stomaching those cheerful tunes as filtered through a hardcore lens, there’s something to enjoy nearly every day leading into...
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Max Norton will tease solo LP at Dec. 27 Tampa show, confirms new Benjamin...
In October, Max Norton checked playing Brooklyn's Barclays Center off of his list of things to do (it was for Jay-Z's Tidal X concert, no less). In 2015, the drummer/mandolin player for Tampa's own...
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Last chance to get your music on during CL's seventh annual Holiday Auction
CL's seventh annual Holiday Auction to the benefit The Children’s Home — which provides children that are victims of abuse, neglect and abandonment with a safe, permanent home — is drawing to a close,...
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Tonight in live music: Malcolm Tent, Mija, Twisty Chris & The Puddin' Packs +...
Things are slowing down a bit on the "regular" live music front and ramping up on holiday offerings. To check those out, click here. For live music happening this Fri., Dec. 11, plus a peek at the...
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