Shurwood w/ At The Heart Of It/Fero Lux/Snacking/Seek Well/Ask For Tiger Scramz, more scramz. The emo subgenre (yes, there are genres within subgenres) has been popping up on our radar a lot lately, and this stop from Massachusetts’ At The Heart of It is the latest example. “You Couldn’t Stay,” a single released last week on Bandcamp screams back to a time when Geoff Rickly was leading his band, Thursday, through painfully aggressive post-hardcore songs like “Paris In Flames” and “Understanding In A Car Crash.” A handful of high quality Bay area outfits open this show in St. Petersburg’s Warehouse District. (Venture Compound, St. Petersburg – INFO)


Dillon Francis, EDM on the beach. It's nice out. You like beats. Dillon Francis is a pretty funny dude with with fun catalog. Why the hell not? Just don't throw a soda can at his head, k? Get hyped below. (Beach Bar, Tampa – INFO)

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Gypsy Wind (The Independent, Tampa – INFO)
Nate Najar Quartet (Ella's Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa – INFO)

This article appears in Aug 25 – Sep 1, 2016.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...