During the sausage making process that is this magazine, I sometimes focus too much on the reeling in the big national act fish and lose focus on the best of our rich local music scene.  However, recently, I was fortunate enough to cover emerging Tampa band, Petrograd in Transit for next month's local scene feature.  Their music is what can best be described as anthemic; larger than life sound with space expanding synth, glimmering guitars, and the deftest touch on pe...

I am not a fan of top 10 lists.  Mainly because its physically impossible to listen to EVERY FUCKING ALBUM release in any given year.  That is unless you happen to be Robert Christgau.  (The man listens to albums through osmosis.) Every December, I sit down and plug what 10 albums I believe represent the most entertaining, original, talented music that was released for the preceeding 11 months.  Its a bit of a folly, come to think of it.  Pretentious, for sure.  Com...