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Bishop Briggs w/SHAED/Manatee Commune It’s been almost half a year since the Bay area checked in with Sarah Grace McLaughlin at 97X’s Next Big Thing, and tonight the singer better known as Bishop Briggs brings a headlining set to State Theatre. The 24-year-old Brit has a new, self-titled EP in tow now, and you can expect fans to know the words to songs like “Hi-Lo (Hollow)” when they pack the St. Pete venue tonight. (State Theatre, St Petersburg) INFO
Matt Hires w/JD Eicher In September, CL spoke with Nashville songwriter Matt Hires about the his most important LP to date (last October’s American Wilderness), it’s going to be exciting to see how the effort — where Hires, a Tampa boy done good, loses religion while still holding tight to God — has grown. The listening room above Rock Brothers Brewing’s tasting room will be the perfect place to see it happen, and Ohio songwriter JD Eicher opens the show. (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) INFO
Thomas Carabasi and the New Jazz Standards Quintet Bay area percussionist and bandleader Thomas Carabasi is known for his Latin leanings, but this show promises to be more a mixed bag of jazz classics featuring deep cuts by Mingus, Pharoah Sanders and Charles Sullivan. James Suggs (trumpet), Jeremy Carter (sax), Patrick Bettison (keyboards) and Alejandro Arenas (bass) lend support. (Palladium Theatre, St. Petersburg) INFO
Dice Soho w/Dougie F/Vern Sr/Gat and Cris/Louis JR/Noo$e Say what you want about XXL magazine’s taste; the acts they praise always draw attention, and that’s exactly the case with Dice Soho, a Houston rapper that the magazine has called one of the Magnolia City’s brightest stars. Listen to “Too Much” below to make up your own mind. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Delain w/Hammerfall (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO
The Rustbelt (Ringside Cafe, St. Petersburg) INFO
Acoustic BBQ w/Aaron McGuire/Scott Harrell (New World Brewery, Ybor City) INFO
Flat Stanley w/Radarmen?/Sandspur City (New World Brewery, Ybor City) INFO
Acro-Cats w/Tuna and the Rock Cats (Stageworks Theatre, Tampa) INFO
Play Like Iz (Largo Public LIbrary, Largo) INFO
This article appears in May 11-18, 2017.