Tampa Calling

A weekly bulletin on musical guests playing late night TV; set your TIVOs or DVRs if you’ve got an early bedtime.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Monday, July 6: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band (pictured)
Tuesday, July 7: Rob Thomas
Thursday, July 9: Levon Helm
Friday, June 10: Maxwell

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, NBC
Monday, July 6: Death Cab for Cutie
Tuesday, July 7: Andrew Bird
Thursday, July 9: Playing For Change
Friday, June 10: Ray LaMontagne Read the rest of this entry »

A selection of CDs, EPs, LPs, Digital Releases, DVDs and Box Sets that dropped today.

As I Lay Dying, This Is Who We Are DVD Box Set (Metal Blade)
Beck, One Foot in the Grave 15th Anniversary Edition (Iliad Records)
Bill Callahan, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (Drag City)
The Boy Least Likely To, The Law of the Playground (+1 Records)
Day26, Forever in a Day (Bad Boy)
Death Cab for Cutie, The Open Door EP (Atlantic)
Dengue Fever, Sleepwalking Through The Mekong CD/DVD (M80 Music)
John Doe and the Sadies, Country Club (Yep Roc)
Fact, Fact (Vagrant/Maximum)
The Life and Times, Tragic Boogie (Arena Rock)
The Juan Maclean, The Future Will Come (Dfa)
Ida Maria, Fortress Round My Heart (Mercury)
Medeski Martin & Wood, Radiolarians II (Indirecto)
Mia Doi Todd, Morning Music (City Zen)
Mt. Eerie, Live in Copenhagen (Burnt Toast Vinyl, 3xLP)
Papercuts, You Can Have What You Want (Gnomonsong)
Prefuse 73, Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian (Warp)
Scout Niblett, “It’s Time for My Beloved” 7″ (Drag City)
Silversun Pickups, Swoon (Dangerbird)
Jake Shimabukuro, Live (Hitchhike)
The Twang, Love It When It Feels Like This (Arena Rock)
Bernie Williams, Moving Forward (Reform)
Wooden Shjips, Dos (Holy Mountain)
Yonlu, A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre (Luaka Bop)

Friday, Feb. 27 Malcolm Holcombe (Dave’s Aqua Lounge, St. Petersburg)

Saturday, Feb. 28 The Farewell Tour featuring T.I. and Friends (St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa)

Saturday, March 07 Snoop Dogg *CANCELLED* (Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg)

Saturday, March 07 K’Naan (Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg)

Saturday, March 07 William Elliot Whitmore (pictured at right, State Theatre, St. Petersburg)

Sunday, March 15 The Terry Adams Crazy Trio w/The Vodkanauts (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Sunday, March 29 Blues Blast feat. Damon Fowler Group/TC Carr/Jimmy Griswold/Greg Poulos’ Angels from Hazard (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Sunday, April 05 Old School Tampa Reunion Party and Concert feat. Beanstalk/Joe Popp/John Wesley/My Little Trotsky/Maggie Council (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) Read the rest of this entry »

A regular weekly bulletin on musical guests playing the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows; set your TIVOs or DVRs.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Wednesday, February 4: Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt
Thursday, February 5: Mark Olson & Gary Louris
Friday, February 6: Beirut (pictured)
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This just arrived in my inbox about two minutes ago. Rather than ramble on about how cool Langerado is (and it is by far the coolest fest in Florida), or analyze the roster (truth be told, I’ve barely looked at it), I’ll simply pass on the info:

7TH ANNUAL LANGERADO MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INITIAL ARTIST LINEUP:

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, SNOOP DOGG, RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS,
THIEVERY CORPORATION, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, FLOGGING MOLLY,
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, COLD WAR KIDS,
GIRL TALK, CHROMEO, MUTE MATH, AND BLACK KIDS

ARE JOINED BY GYM CLASS HEROES, THE FAINT,
THE POGUES, ZAC BROWN BAND, MATISYAHU, THE DISCO BISCUITS,
UMPHREY’S MCGEE, ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND,
MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD, THE VIRGINS, AND MANY MORE

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY DECEMBER 12TH NOON EST AT WWW.LANGERADO.COM
MARCH 6-7-8, 2009 AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN MIAMI, FL

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