Local Music
Here’s homegrown music news for the Tampa area you won’t get anywhere else
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Tampa Bay’s live music scene is very much alive, but venues of all sizes face challenges to their wellbeing
What is the state of play these days?
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Seminole Heights’ Far Forest is the latest in a long list of must-experience tiny Tampa Bay music venues
Small spots let us mingle with musicians and make friends in between bands in an unpretentious way.
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For many, Tampa music venue Skipper’s Smokehouse is religion
And there are even more uniquely Tampa Bay music venues on both sides of the bridge.
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Ybor City’s Crowbar is king of Tampa Bay rock clubs, but wraps up its lease in 2026
And there are many similarly-sized rooms that a local music fan should know.
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When it comes to Tampa Bay’s midsize music venues, Hard Rock Event Center is a humble giant
The acoustics are great and there’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Simply put, there’s no other venue like The Sound in downtown Clearwater
When you’re enjoying a late-December gig with shorts on, you’ll really understand why Tampa Bay really needed to hear this Sound.
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Whatever you call Tampa Bay’s largest concert venue can truly show your age
The amp, along with Amalie Arena and RayJay are the place for giant concerts.
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Tampa post-punk band Sleeping Pills gets lost in new video for ‘Endless Maze’
It’s the fourth single from the band’s 2022 album ‘A Bend In Time.’
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On new album ‘You,’ Tampa electro duo Alien House has a little fun with a more free-form approach
Out on May 5, the album marries the audio artifacts of the early aughts with the resurgence of ’90s house music,
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Listen to ‘It Came Out Out Of Nowhere’ from the new live album Damon Fowler recorded in St. Pete
‘Live at the Palladium’ will be released on Friday, Jan. 20.
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Beloved dive bar The Bends celebrates a whirlwind decade in St. Petersburg
Newly-formed booking duo ‘We’re Sweet Girls’ brings a stacked lineup to the bar this weekend.
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St. Pete artist Steve Madden is bringing flair to the bins at Daddy Kool Records
He’s brought life to the plain, white, thick plastic sheets the shop uses to categorize and separate its stock.
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Ten years after the debut of St. Pete punk band Wolf-Face, Michael J. Wolf is still a son of a bitch
The band plays a free anniversary show at Daddy Kool Records on Friday.
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Applications are now open for Girls Rock Camp St. Pete 2022
Camp runs from July 18-22 at Allendale United Methodist Church.
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Meet MAK, a synergetic, ‘hydrophonic’ Tampa band making its Gasparilla Music Festival debut this weekend
The band plays on Saturday.
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Murder and moonshine are just two elements of the debut full-length from Tampa indie-rock band Navin Ave.
The band celebrates with a Feb. 19 release show at Hooch and Hive.
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Citing hearing loss, revered Tampa recording engineer Tom Morris has decided to hang up the headphones
Morris first detected problems with his hearing back in the 1990s.
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DJ Ekin is the Tampa Bay Bucs’ official DJ, and he wants to help kids understand the entertainment business
His Hip-Hop Study Hall is part of Ekin’s iCare About Me.