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Check out the best Tampa Bay local music releases of 2018

By on Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 9:00 am

Year-end lists are tricky, and there are always local releases that’ll fly under CL’s radar. These are 28 of of the Bay area albums that moved us in 2018 listen to a mixtape featuring songs from the albums via cltampa.com/music. Click the artist name to hear the album in its entirety.

December 26, 2018
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Blake Daniels Demos Photo via David Jenkins

Blake Daniels

Demos
Photo via David Jenkins
Blestian Photo via Facebook/Blestian

Blestian


Photo via Facebook/Blestian
Career Structures Photo by Jess Phillips

Career

Structures
Photo by Jess Phillips
Carrollhood and Underoath Carrollhood, Erase Me Photo via Amy Kate Anderson

Carrollhood and Underoath

Carrollhood, Erase Me
Photo via Amy Kate Anderson
Clang! Demos Photo via Ulysses Luevano

Clang!

Demos
Photo via Ulysses Luevano

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