Mike Tony, who plays Shuffle in Tampa, Florida on July 2, 2024. Credit: Photo via mrrollingchild/Facebook

Michael Bostinto might as well be Tampa Bay’s lounge music king.

Surrounded by musicians since birth, the sultry songwriter better known as Mike Tony can play drums (which he does for Daptone-adjacent quartet Soft Cuff), guitar and piano which he regularly deploys in solo sets like this one he brings to Shuffle for one of the Bay area’s best multi-genre open mics.

While Tony’s vocal (he can go from low crooning to full-pipe belting) and grasp on power-pop earned his old band Très Bien fame on “Next Great American Band,” the music he releases under the Rollingchild is the kind of moody, soulful and dank music that’s good for having sex and also drinking yourself into a bender.

There’s no cover to see Mike Tony play Tampa Shuffle on Tuesday, July 2.

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This article appears in Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2024.