A compendium to this week’s Urban Explorer’s Handbook, in which Creative Loafing maps out the best of the best of the Bay area-based Internet sites. Here is the next featured music site; to see the complete list, click here.
New Granada Presents/New Granada Records
Who runs it: Keith Ulrey, a musician and local and regional music supporter and promoter.
Why you need it: New Granada stages pretty much any local indie show you'll find in Tampa, and helps the bands to get the word out. New Granada also records anywhere from two to four DIY-style albums for these bands each year, and brings bigger acts to town to give the bands some additional exposure.
This article appears in Mar 25-31, 2009.