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Tampa emcee Mike Mass curates almost 50 of the area’s best hip hop videos; watch them all now.
MTV sucks, so support local artists and check this instead.
Ray Roa
Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The Daily Beast. Products and media for review consideration should be sent to 204 E. Henderson Ave., Tampa, FL 33602.
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Skrillex released a new album while you were sleeping, download it and hear it for free now
EDM wonder boy defies daylight savings, drops new LP at 3 a.m. EDT
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Get lost in The Casket Girls’ new video, “Chemical Dizzy”
Phaedra & Elsa Greene headline the “Graveface Road Show” at Crowbar on Wed., March 19
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Watch Hundred Waters’ new video, “Cavity,” grab Skrillex-approved sophomore LP on May 27
The Gainesville-based electro outfit broke out nationally after a 2012 appearance at downtown Tampa’s Rock The Park
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Watch You Blew It! shake up public TV in their new video for “You & Me & Me”
The rising Orlando punk outfit presents a sophomore LP at a Tampa release show on Saturday.
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Watch Bruce Springsteen show Aussies how to twerk, then pray it happens (or doesn’t) again in Tampa
He cuddled a wombat Down Under, too.
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Listen & Download: Navigateur’s Breathe Resurfaced EP
The Jacksonville-bred electro artist teams up with American, Dutch, and English producers for a remix EP
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KenoSobi presents Stand For Something at a release show this Friday
A full-length from the long-time Gwan Massive drummer/producer
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Watch Red Bull Music Academy’s film What Difference Does It Make?
The Ralph Schmerberg-directed film sees a global premiere tonight.
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Watch: Shakey Graves bring sexy back in a live session, then in real life this Saturday
The “gentleman from Texas” opens for Shovels & Ropes at Crowbar
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The Grecian Urns announce reunion show, re-release debut LP
The BOTB-winning folk-pop outfit return for a show in May.
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Listen: Lauris Vidal, “Hey Oh”
Vidal offers up a Valentine’s Day alternative with a free show next Friday at The Hub.
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Watch: St. Paul & The Broken Bones perform “Don’t Mean A Thing”
The Alabama sextet exorcises their vintage soul/R&B demons at Crowbar tonight.
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Video: Watch Tampa MC Granata tow a wagon, confuse Davis Island in “Palm Trees”
The Tampa MC is “95-percent” finished with a new LP, too.
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Listen: Gators In The Sawgrass, “Johnson Boys”
The band is part of Venture Compound’s excellent Friday night bill.
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Listen: Permanent Makeup, “Suggestion”
Off the 7″ follow up to The Void..It Creeps
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Listen: Speedy Ortiz, “No Below”
The Massachusetts quartet plays Mojo Books & Records on Friday.
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Big Pre-Fest lands in Little Ybor
Gainesville’s Fest extends its reach southward for a bombastic two-day pre-party
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Hardcore/Punk/DIY
Nonconformist ideals mix with a desire to create purely for music’s sake.
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Black Sabbath Farewell Tour, Kisses, Mayhem Fest & more
Concerts, July 25-31