Giorgi playing Crowbar in 2023. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
The only way to get over rear-ending a cop car is to write a song, especially if you’re Michael Giorgi.

The once-Florida-based songwriter did that on “No Sign Of Stopping,” a new single that’s got the anthemic qualities of Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American.

His band joins homegrown favorites like genre-bending duo Dea & Saint for a 21-and-up concert at The Potion Portal. Coming from Sarasota County are Experimental Post/Math rock duo Movie Props and indie rocker Lesa Silvermore.

There’s no cover, but school supply donations are encouraged to benefit the Pinellas County Education Foundation.

Back To School Brainwash II happens Friday, Aug. 8 at The Potion Portal in St. Petersburg.

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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...