A promotional band photograph by Chris Chappell showing folk-punk group the band AJJ. Captured in a wide-angle indoor shot against a exposed brick wall with glass block windows, all six band members squeeze closely together along a sofa while smiling and laughing. One member reclines across the laps of the others wearing a white graphic t-shirt and glasses, surrounded by bandmates in casual dark t-shirts, long-sleeve tops, caps, and glasses under warm ambient interior lighting. — AJJ Credit: Chris Chappell / Terrorbird

AJJ, formerly known as Andrew Jackson Jihad (a moniker the group has long denounced), has never shied away from the doomy dreariness that is life on earth—and plays a Tampa show one week after the midterm elections.

A new LP, Dirty Old Power, continues that tradition and finds the anti-folk outfit trying to find a balance between cynicism and hope. This time, however, AJJ has peppered its punky pop music with more keys (“Florid Language”) and quiet moments, too (“Bitch Ass World”).

Greet Death, a Michigan quintet that released a gem of a shoegazing rock album last year (Die In Love), opens.

Tickets to see AJJ and Greet Death at Orpheum in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 10 are still available and start at $37.60.

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This article appears in Oct. 29 – Nov. 04, 2026.