Credit: Photo by Stefan Bollmann

Credit: Photo by Stefan Bollmann

UPDATED 10/02/19 3:35 p.m.

Tom Shear is a familiar name in EBM circles, and the Seattle producer is bringing his one-man Assemblage 23 project to Ybor City this weekend. Shear is joined by a brilliant Canadian post-punk quartet Michigan deathrock outfit, Ritual Howls, as part of this two-day, two-venue festival where Miami goth-rock (Astari Nite), Sacramento synth-pop (Creux Lies) and two of CL’s favorite local darkwave and experimental acts (Sleeping Pills, Fjshwjfe) get in on the fun, too.

Absolution Festival w/Actors/Assemblage 23/Ritual Howls/Astari Nite/Creux Lies/Bootblacks/Twin Tribes/Wingtips/Panic Priest/Push Button Press/Korine/Sleeping Pills/Fjshwjfe. Fri. Oct 4-Sat. Oct. 5, $25-$60. Crowbar and Orpheum, Ybor City. absolutionfest.com.

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This article appears in Best of the Bay 2019.

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...