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 »

Some recent additions to our Upcoming Events concert calendar; for the comprehensive list, click here.

Saturday, May 23 Lush Progress Video Release Party w/Butch Ryan Band/Glasgow (New World Brewery, Ybor City)

Tuesday, May 26 The Juan Maclean (pictured) / The Field (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Saturday, May 30 Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre (The Garage, St. Petersburg)

Tuesday, June 09 New York Dolls (State Theatre, St. Petersburg)

Wednesday, June 10 Mishka w/Zaki Ibrahim (Orpheum, Ybor City)

Thursday, June 11 Mewithoutyou w/The Dear Hunter (State Theatre, St. Petersburg)

Friday, June 12 Steely Dan Rent Party ‘09 Tour (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Saturday, June 13 Crossbreed (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) Read the rest of this entry »

Much randomness has arrived in my inbox, made headlines, been ranted about, premiered, revealed … you get the idea. Here’s a breakdown of news stuff that caught my eye over the past seven days.

Tonight, the Decemberists (pictured) make their first appearance on The Colbert Report since the 2006 ShredDown between Funk and Colbert fill-in, Peter Frampton. Portland’s indie chamber rock ensemble is set to perform “The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid.”

State Media just made a few interesting concert announcements: People in Planes (May 6 at State Theatre, a last minute radio-sponsored show for a measly $5), El Ten Eleven (May 8 at Orpheum), Young Love with Paper Route (May 23 at Orpheum, Ybor City), Mishka (June 11 at Orpheum), VNV Nation with War Tapes and SAM (July 24 at The Ritz Ybor), and Gogol Bordello (July 27 at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg).

Newcomer pop-soul singer/songwriter Priscilla Renea is the latest webcam-owning self-promoting musician who’s used YouTube to get noticed. She’s got a real nice voice, young and velvety sweet, so teen-attractive that she was scooped up by Power/Capitol without delay and released her debut EP, Hello My Apple, March 31. Here’s the adorable vid she put out in honor of her release. Whaddya think?

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Abe Vigoda, Reviver EP (PPM)

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, The Century of Self (Richter Scale)

Asobi Seksu, Hush (Polyvinyl)

Beirut, March of the Zapotec/Holland EP (Pompeii/ Ba Da Bing)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Lightning Rod Records)

Annie Lennox, The Annie Lennox Collection (Sony)

Minus the Bear, Acoustics EP (Suicide Squeeze)

Mishka, Above the Bones (J.K. Livin)

Morrissey, Years of Refusal (Attack/Lost Highway)

Mountains, Choral (Thrill Jockey)

M. Ward, Hold Time (Merge)

N.A.S.A., The Spirit of Apollo (Anti-)

Psapp, The Camel’s Back (Domino)

Sam Roberts, Love at the End of the World (Rounder)

Soulfound, Live at Zen Recording EP (Mohawk Bomb Records)

William Elliott Whitmore, Animals in the Dark (Anti)

Various Artists, Dark Was the Night (4AD)