May 21 Strait over the top

BY ALEC CARVER AND ANDY FULLERTON, tb-two* correspondents

All hail King George! Last week, country stalwart George Strait set a new industry milestone: 60 songs certified as No. 1 hits ...

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May 14 Album review: Vampire Weekend's 'Modern Vampires of the City'

There are worse ways to punctuate what can only be described as a sensational (school) year for music than the next chapter of Vampire Weekend’s career. This is because ...

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May 14 Album review: 'The Great Gatsby' Soundtrack

After being postponed a long six months, The Great Gatsby finally hit the screen with even higher expectations, the movie having been promoted greatly with the release of various soundtrack ...

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May 7 Hits in the heat

BY HANNAH ELLIOTT, Robinson High

Nothing is better than waking up late on a summer morning and the only thing on the day’s to-do list is “go to concert ...

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May 1 Album review: Fall Out Boy's 'Save Rock And Roll'

Looks like after the three-year intermission, Fall Out Boy’s going to need more than a visually arresting album cover to restore their pre-hiatus glory. Back then I rarely listened ...

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May 1 Album review: Snoop Lion's 'Reincarnated'

After an inspiring trip to Jamaica in 2012, Snoop Dogg transformed into his alter ego, Snoop Lion. Connecting with the Rastafarian way of life, he was prompted to change his ...

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April 23 Album review: Phoenix's 'Bankrupt!'

Fans of the Versailles-born four-piece Phoenix brace themselves for the next curve as the alternative rock band is tasked with the impossible — attempting to top 2009’s stellar Wolfgang Amadeus ...

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April 23 Album review: Futurebirds' 'Baba Yaga'

Futurebirds bloomed from a hearty dose of rock, a pinch of country, a bit of psychedelia, wistful bonfire-lit nights and loads of summer state of mind.

Summer is the freedom ...

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April 16 For Specials, a big date in New York

BY GABRIELLE CASLISE, Palm Harbor University High

While their classmates dance the night away at prom this weekend, the 24 members of Palm Harbor University High’s After School Specials ...

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April 16 Four rows away from Taylor

BY CHLOE BEAVER and ALEXA BEAULIEU, St. Petersburg High

When Ed Sheeran opened at the Taylor Swift concert Friday in Orlando, he was just a spot on the stage. That ...

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April 16 Album review: Tyga's 'Hotel California'

The Vietnamese-Jamaican duke of modern rap and wordsmith behind hits Rack City and Ayy Ladies is back with Hotel California, ripe with Tyga’s signature obscene cleverness.

One element I ...

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April 16 Album review: Paramore's 'Paramore'

Paramore wouldn’t be a band I’d be eager to listen to, usually, because band holds a certain negative connotation in my head, for whatever reason.

But, I have ...

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April 9 Album review: Tyler, the Creator's 'Wolf'

Wolf Haley, spooky commander in chief of LA rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, is back with another one-word solo album, his first since 2011, and it ...

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April 9 Album review: Rilo Kiley's 'RKives'

After their official breakup in 2011, indie-rock royalty Rilo Kiley recently released a compilation of never before released songs that span their career. Rilo Kiley shaped modern indie-rock, especially bands ...

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March 12 Album review: Ashley Monroe 'Like A Rose'

To say I’m not a die-hard fan of country music would be an understatement (I pretty much stop at Taylor Swift and the Dixie Chicks), but that doesn’t ...

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