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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
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David Baker, bassist; Ryan McCarthy, drummer; Josh Scheible, singer and guitarist; and Caegan Quimby, singer-songwriter and keyboardist
PLANTING PLANTING Physical Plant’s successful album release show could signify a comeback for the local original music scene. NIKI KOTTMANN A+E MANAGING EDITOR
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he scene was as familiar as it was foreign — especially for Sarasota. A sea of leather jacketdonning, beer-clutching millennials stood bopping their heads to live psychedelic/folk/rock tunes blaring through speakers outside a brewery. It was a chilly night for a concert by Florida standards — somewhere in the 50s temperature-wise — but that didn’t keep an energetic crowd of young people from packing the backyard of JDub’s Brewing Co. to celebrate the release of local four-man band Physical Plant’s first album. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Ethel’s ‘Circus’
A unique circus tribute combines skillful string playing with multimedia storytelling. PAGE 10
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Runa
This five-piece Irish folk band is known for its genrebending, emotive style. PAGE 6