Local Music: Daily Loaf, Creative Loafing Tampa

Inside the photo booth: Bluesman Damon Fowler

Kevin Tighe — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:54:00 -0400

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Inside the photo booth: Jazz vocalist Rose Bilal

Kevin Tighe — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:14:00 -0400

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Inside the photo booth: Jazz bassist John Lamb

Kevin Tighe — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:30:40 -0500

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Inside the photo booth: Escape Tonight's Russell Fama

Kevin Tighe — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:47:38 -0500

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Inside the Photo Booth: Bluesman Josh Lamkin

Kevin Tighe — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:15:00 -0500

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New Poetry n' Lotion single, "Octopoda"

Leilani Polk — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:00:00 -0400

Poetry n' Lotion has been working on a follow-up to their high quality 2010 debut, Kentucky Monkey, that more adequately reflects where they are now, minus mandolin player Jim Page and plus trumpeter and crowd pumper-upper Kenny Pullin. The recent addition of a fifth member, Auto!Automatic!!'s Alex Fedele on trombone and percs, puts the band lineup total at five as rounded out by guitarist/keysman Matt E. Lee, lowend massager Thomas Murray and rhythms slayer John Nowicki.…

RIP Ryan Fujiki-Hastings, a scholar among musicians

Julie Garisto — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:09:00 -0400

If I could make one wish as a writer, I'd request not having to write another obit about a friend — but the cruel hand of fate would just flip me the middle finger and say no.

So, it's with a heavy heart and lingering feelings of futility (and pissed-off frustration) that I say goodbye to Ryan Fujiki-Hastings, 34, drummer for Candy Bars, a Tampa band on the New Granada label (contemporaries of Sleepy Vikings, Rec Center) and before that Michael Furey, his older brother, Shawn's band.…

Antiwarpt III Must-See Video Spotlight: Florida Night Heat

Leilani Polk — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:00:00 -0400

In the weeks leading up to Antiwarpt III, Creative Loafing has teamed up with fest organizers and St. Pete Beat/Creative Motion Inc. to produce a series of videos spotlighting our favorite must-see acts playing the third edition of the downtown St. Petersburg alternative-to-Warped Tour-festival. This year's edition brings more than 99 indie performers to town, with a strong focus on super high-quality local and regional (Florida) talent.…

Antiwarpt III Must-See Video Spotlight: RedFeather

Leilani Polk — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:52:00 -0400

In the weeks leading up to Antiwarpt III, Creative Loafing has teamed up with fest organizers and St. Pete Beat to produce a series of videos spotlighting our favorite must-see acts playing the third edition of the downtown St. Petersburg alternative-to-Warped Tour-festival. This year's edition brings more than 99 indie performers to town, with a strong focus on super high-quality local and regional (Florida) talent.…

Antiwarpt III Must-See Video Spotlight: Permanent Make Up

Leilani Polk — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:00:00 -0400

In the weeks leading up to Antiwarpt III, Creative Loafing has teamed up with fest organizers and St. Pete Beat to produce a series of videos spotlighting CL's favorite must-see acts playing the third edition of the downtown St. Petersburg alternative-to-Warped Tour festival. This year's edition brings more than 99 indie performers to town, with a strong focus on super high-quality local and regional talent.…

Antiwarpt III Must-See Video Spotlight: Jensen Serf Company

Leilani Polk — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:50:00 -0400

In the weeks leading up to Antiwarpt III, Creative Loafing has teamed up with fest organizers and St. Pete Beat to produce a series of videos spotlighting our favorite must-see acts playing the third edition of the downtown St. Petersburg alternative-to-Warped Tour-festival. This year's edition brings more than 99 indie performers to town, with a strong focus on super high-quality local and regional talent.…

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: The Explorers Club

Leilani Polk — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Local community-funded radio station WMNF brings a mass of local, national and regional talent to Ybor City every year for a multi-venue genre-crossing music fest, Tropical Heatwave. We're counting down the weeks leading up to the 31st annual event — set to occur on Saturday, May 12, and encompassing 13 stages and more than 60 performers — by featuring our top 10 favorite acts, the ones you can count on to bring the fire to this year's Heatwave.…

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets

Leilani Polk — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:42:00 -0400

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: The Bright Light Social Hour

Leilani Polk — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:59:00 -0400

Record Store Day 2012 radar: CL's most anticipated releases

Leilani Polk — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:15:00 -0400

This Saturday, April 21 marks the fifth annual edition of Record Store Day, an international celebration of independent record stores and their continued significance in music. More artists and labels than ever before have taken pains to produce special RSD-exclusive releases or early vinyl copies of forthcoming records that are (theoretically) only available in indie shops on this date.…

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: The London Souls

Leilani Polk — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:18:00 -0400

Local community-funded radio station WMNF brings a mass of local, national and regional talent to Ybor City every year for a multi-venue genre-crossing music fest, Tropical Heatwave. We're counting down the weeks leading up to the 31st annual event -- set to occur on Saturday, May 12, and encompassing 13 stages and more than 60 performers -- by featuring our top 10 favorite acts, the ones you can count on to bring the fire to this year's Heatwave.…

Pre-Heat Demo Listening Session call for submissions

Leilani Polk — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0400

Are you a local singer-songwriter, band, producer or some other artist working in the local music scene who recorded a demo and want feedback and creative criticism about what you did right and/or what you should do differently/modify/re-think? Creative Loafing and WMNF present the return of the ever-popular Demo Listening Session as part of the pre-Heat Panels in the CL Space from noon to 4 p.m.…

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: Barons of Tang

Leilani Polk — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:19:00 -0400

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: The Preservation

Leilani Polk — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:55:00 -0400

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: He's My Brother, She's My Sister

Leilani Polk — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:26:00 -0400

Local community-funded radio station WMNF brings a mass of local, national and regional talent to Ybor City every year for a multi-venue genre-crossing music fest, Tropical Heatwave. We're counting down the weeks leading up to the 31st annual event — set to occur on Saturday, May 12 — and encompassing 13 stages and more than 60 performers — by featuring our top 10 favorite acts, the ones you can count on to bring the fire to this year's Heatwave.…

Photo review: Just another Friday night in Dunedin with Four Star Riot and others

Kevin Tighe — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:21:00 -0400

Good music and cold beer was easy to find Friday night in downtown Dunedin. Creative Loafing's 2011 Readers' Choice for Best Local Band, Four Star Riot, cranked out soulful R&B and rock at Dunedin Brewery while over at Jolly Mons, one my favorite local guitar players, Ben Plott, gave one of his usual stand up-and-cheer performances.…

Countdown to Tropical Heatwave 2012: The Growlers

Leilani Polk — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:26:00 -0500

Local community-funded radio station WMNF brings a mass of local, national and regional talent to Ybor City every year for a multi-venue genre-crossing music fest, Tropical Heatwave. We will be counting down the weeks leading up to the 31st annual event on Saturday, May 12 — which encompasses 12 stages and more than 60 performers — by featuring our top 10 favorite acts, the ones you can count on to bring the fire to this year's Heatwave.…

Tampa band Tallhart signs to Equal Vision Records

Leilani Polk — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:46:00 -0500

The indie rock foursome formerly known as Marksmen, and currently known as Tallhart (to avoid trademark issues), has finally received their due and not only landed a fatty label deal, but are the first act signed to Equal Vision Records' newly launched imprint , Rory Records, which is headed up by Say Anything frontman Max Bemis.

Tallhart.…

Think Globally, Act Locally: Supporting area music at The Local Revolt

Cynthia Mulligan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:59:00 -0500

Occasionally, a group of people get together and try to share something they love with others, to really reveal the experience. The promoters of The Local Revolt Music Series are making a habit out of it.…

Clearwater rocker Juliet Simms finds her Voice

Julie Garisto — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:01:00 -0500

Post Giants-winning Super Bowl, Feb. 5, I'm folding laundry in my bedroom and The Voice reality TV show registers a little above the ceiling fan on my peripheral hearing. A pretty blond female country singer belts out.…