Credit: KAI HOLYOKE

Credit: KAI HOLYOKE

They Hate Change

In March, They Hate Change’s Clearwater — released via Santa Maria, California imprint Deathbomb Arc (JPEGMAFIA, Lana Del Rabies, more) — was released and became exactly what fans of Tampa Bay’s underground music scene needed during the first few weeks of spring. The duo dropped another gem, the seven-track Juices Run Clear, six months later, making for the most exciting one-two experimental hip-hop punch of 2019.

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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...