American Aquarium, which plays Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 17, 2025. Credit: Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins
BJ Barham loves Duke’s mayo, and he’s also unafraid to tackle toxic masculinity.

Fresh off turning 40 years old, the American Aquarium frontman recently told NPR all about the band’s new Shooter Jennings-produced album, The Fear of Standing Still, which gets political, tackles the idea of being Southern, and more.

Barham’s back in Tampa, this time under the comfort of the Skipperdome.

Tickets to see American Aquarium play Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa on Monday, Feb. 17 are still available for $20.

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This article appears in Feb 13-19, 2025.

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...