A person with tattoos on their arm plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone during a live performance in a dimly lit venue with colorful wall art.
Michelle Shirelle at The Potion Portal in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 12, 2026. Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

A bunch of earth angels were in the portal last week when punk songwriters Michelle Shirelle and Jason Paul brought their bi-coastal sensibilities to St. Petersburg’s Potion Portal.

Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Ryan Metcalf / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

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This article appears in Feb. 12 – 18, 2026.

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...