SERIOUSLY: Bruce Springsteen’s crotch ‘rises up’ at Sandy benefit?

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First things first:  Hurricane Sandy and all the havoc and heartache that it caused are not subjects to be taken lightly.  Case in point, Paul McCartney is joining Nirvana onstage for the benefit concert going on right now.  The show — which you can stream right here — is going on right now and (most importantly) you can donate to the cause HERE. SERIOUSLY: THE BOSS... Read More

Dan Deacon mashes up just about everyone on Wish Book Vol. 1, encourages cell phone use during Dec. 15 show at Crowbar

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Here is some interesting news for Dan Deacon fans who hate seeing cell phones at shows:  The 31-year-old beatsmith — who stops into town this Saturday — is actually encouraging the use of smartphones on his current tour thanks to the development of his own groundbreaking app that turns each phone into a source of synchronized light and sound depending on your location... Read More

SERIOUSLY?: DMX sings “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”

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Nowadays, the mall starts playing holiday music the day after Halloween.  While the is clearly the reason everyone hates Christmas so much, Earl Simmons — aka DMX — is here to make it all better. Yesterday the fine folks at Death + Taxes pointed out a video that finds the 41-year-old Simmons singing the Christmas classic Rudolph “The Red-Nosed Reindeer”... Read More

SERIOUSLY: Believe it. Guavaween 2012 is a must-do.

Ryan Metcalf of The Same meets the crowd during the band's set at Local 662 in St. Petersburg, Fla. on March 30, 2012. | Photo by: Nicole Kibert ©

Remember last year when a highly-anticipated Memoryhouse show had to be moved from New World Brewery to Cappy’s Pizza due to the auspice of Guavaween?  That hurt.  Not because Cappy’s isn’t a great place to see music (it actually is), but because the very idea that music-lovers have to stay away from Ybor City on Halloween weekend is insane. Well, that’s... Read More

SERIOUSLY?: Shark spotted swimming down Bayshore Boulevard

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Image via Instragram (@RyanOrion) UPDATE: In an email to SubAp! Ryan Littler — who lives in Downtown Tampa’s Channelside District — explained that he posted the original photo to his company’s Facebook page this morning.  Littler, 22, wants to let “the internet debate whether it’s real or not.” The weather obviously blows today, and there... Read More

SERIOUSLY?: Top 10 “Who The F*** Is Bonnie Bear?!” Twitter Messages

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A lot – and we mean a whole lot – has happened to Justin Vernon since he mythically emerged from those Wisconsin woods with one of the best breakup albums of our generation.  The 31-year-old singer-songwriter and frontman of Bon Iver has since had that album – For Emma, Forever Ago – picked up and released by Jagjaguwar, played an amazing show at State Theatre, and become... Read More