Tampa’s Social Wreckage blends indie-rock and punk to great effect
Social Wreckage Credit: Nate Young / nobladesnobows/Instagram Social Wreckage blends melodic vocals with heavier, hard-driving instrumentation, landing somewhere…
Ortrotasce is Tampa Bay’s lord of analog darkwave
Ortrotasce plays Gasparilla Music Festival’s Kiley Amphitheatre stage at Kiley Gardens in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2022.…
Tampa band Sleeping Pills fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks
Sleeping Pills Credit: Courtesy Sleeping Pills sounds like crawling out of a foggy beach town at midnight. Darker…
Lightning ‘can’t wait’ for Stadium Series amid red-hot stretch
TAMPA — Jon Cooper called this upcoming weekend Tampa’s miniature version of Mardi Gras. And right now, his…
Tampa’s Pusha Preme blends rap with electro-soul
Pusha Preme plays Gasparilla Music Festival at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 16,…
Tampa Bay Recovery Center Announces Continued Delivery of Medically Supervised Detox Services in Tampa
Petersburg, Florida, United States, 29th Jan 2026 – Tampa Bay Recovery Center supports people seeking treatment for substance…
Jupiter Bloom is the indie-rock crew Tampa didn’t know it needed
Jupiter Bloom Credit: Elise Norman / jupiterbloomband/Instagram Fresh off a debut single, “Water Lilies,” which dropped last September,…
Pitcher Edwin Uceta and Tampa Bay Rays go to arbitration with $325,000 gap in first case of year
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Pitcher Edwin Uceta and the Tampa Bay Rays argued the first salary arbitration case…
Tampa artist Fary Charles channeled rage, disappointment, and a desire to prove himself into his latest solo show
Fary Charles (aka Junkyrd) at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Credit: Dave…
Seven emerging Tampa Bay artists to watch in 2026 and beyond
The Jan. 29, 2026 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Credit: Illustration by Clancy Riehm. Design by Jack…
Tatiana Mesa Paján was doing well as an artist in Cuba—and had to start over when she fled to Tampa
Tatiana Mesa Paján at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker…
Pitcher Edwin Uceta and Tampa Bay Rays go to arbitration with $325,000 gap in first case of year
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Pitcher Edwin Uceta and the Tampa Bay Rays argued the first salary arbitration case of…