Creative Loafing Tampa

Microgroove record store opens in Seminole Heights [Video]

Former Vinyl Fever employees Carl Webb and Keith Ulrey open their doors.

• by Joran Oppelt
Seminole heights welcomes new record store, Microgroove.
• Tags: Shopping, Music, Neighborhoods, Music Events, microgroove, seminole heights, tampa, florida, music, record, store, retail, shopping, black friday, record store day, carl webb, keith ulrey, new granada

Canceled and changed concerts this Friday night

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, new world brewery, pegasus lounge, mary magdalan, tampa, new granada, easybreezy, friends of giants, alexander and the grapes

Do It This Weekend: Aries Spears, Scrog and other events to get your fa-la-la-la on

• by Julie Garisto
Deck the halls and paint town the red with comedian Aries Spears, legendary local band Scrog, David Dondero and more.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Czar, Improv, new-world-brewery, comedy, David Dondero, christmas, The Chocolate Nutcracker, italian, three, Casa tina, It's A Wonderful Life, gulfport art walk, New Granada, kelly benjamin, November Foxtrot Whiskey, got jokes, Lance Rodgers, Monk, Hallucination Before Christmas, Aries Spears, Mad TV, Scrog, Reversal of Man, Matt Coplon, Ariel Gunn, Dec. 17, Dec. 18, Dec. 19, Pan Y Vino, Natale, Cena, Buena, gerard louis drouillard, Una Voce

Must-see music tonight: Bowerbirds with Julie Doiron and Geri X at New World Brewery

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Geri-X, new-world-brewery, New Granada, Bowerbirds, julie doiron, Uncategorized

The decade in Tampa Bay Music

• by Joran Oppelt
Memories from 2000-2009 about the Tampa Bay music scene.
• Tags: Music, Local Music, Best of the Decade, St. Petersburg, Tampa, aestheticized, auto!automatic!!, Automatic-Loveletter, BAAMO, Damon-Fowler, Daves-Aqua-Lounge, Ditchflowers, Geri-X, Hat-Trick-heroes, Have-Gun-Will-Travel, history, In-the-Raw, REAX, rebekah-pulley, red-room-cinema, Southeast Music Alliance, state theatre, Tampa-Bay, thx-mgmt, Tres-Bien, Will-Quinlan, win-win-Winter, Ybor City, St. Pete, Twilight, holiday, Jim-Morey-Band, scene, Music, home, garage, Animal Collective, south by southwest, Local Music, candy bars, Ryan Wendell Bauer, Matt Hires, New Granada, blind man's colour, kanye west, summer jam, Artists and Writers Group, 97X, The Semis, four star riot, atlantic records, cbgb, harry dash, cocktail honeys, sma, the hazies, pee shy, the gita, the saturn 5, misfortune 500, black honkeys, florida music association, b.c., chase theory, mercury lounge, interscope, vanessa carlton, gasoline alley, auditorium, worldwide zoo, sugar oaks, summerbirds in the cellar, bombshell gallery, the bank, uptown, club more, rubb, green room, kelly's pub, club underground, riddle of steel, beauvilles, dave "rat" anderson, mike o'neill, jeff wood, 24 hour service station, Best of the Decade, Uncategorized

Fall Arts Best Bets: Indie Love in O-town

• by Leilani Polk
The Decemberists, Frightened Rabbit, Blitz
• Tags: Music, Concerts, aestheticized, Orlando, Music, frightened rabbit, the social, Concerts, Hard Rock Live, indie rock, blitzen trapper, mutemath, o town, THX Management, New Granada, the decemberists, short fazed hovel tour, mute math, ghostland observatory, house of blues, Uncategorized

Free green filmfest at Eckerd

• by John Rosser
Eckerd's Environmental Film Festival may not be the best-known filmfest around, but it may be one of the best, with Sundance films and a 2009 Oscar nominee on its roster.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Arts & Entertainment, Encounters at the End of the World, Eckerd College, Sundance Film Festival, Movies, environmental film festival, Werner Herzog, Academy Award nominee, The Garden, Florida, Music, live, indie, rock, photography, FL, band, New Granada, solo, 3.8.11, Franz Nicolay, Uncategorized

Beer Review: Nordic ale adventures with Nøgne Ø Brown

• by Bethany Sherwin
Traditional English brown from an unlikely country.
• Tags: Drink, Drink, beer, beer review, english style brown ale, Norwegian beer, ale, Nøgne Ø, Brown Ale, Florida, Music, live, indie, rock, photography, FL, band, David Dondero, New Granada, solo, 3.8.11, Uncategorized

Plane crashes into house in Buffalo, 50 killed

• by David Warner
Video, Twitter and on-the-scene interviews on the crash of a commuter flight into a house in Buffalo, NY. Forty-nine people were killed, including one on the ground.
• Tags: News, News, New York Times, Buffalo plane crash, National Post, Flight 3407, Newark, NJ, Florida, Music, live, indie, rock, photography, FL, band, New Granada, solo, 3.8.11, Franz Nicolay, Ybor, Tampa, setlist, Orpheum, Americana, live music, review, 3.10.11, punk, Fake Problems, Uncategorized

The Short List: Republicans not happy with Charlie Crist

• by Joe Bardi
Judd Gregg drops out of Obama's cabinet, the stimulus package might really pass Congress today, Chris Brown and Rihanna up for NAACP Image Award, and more on today's Short List.
• Tags: The Short List, The Short List, barack obama, microsoft, Rihanna, economic stimulus package, chris brown, governor crist, national security, david axelrod, Grace Potter, Jonathan Tyler, Plazza Theatre, Florida, Music, live, indie, rock, photography, FL, band, David Dondero, New Granada, solo, 3.8.11, Uncategorized