The Kilakee House, which plays The Nest in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 27, 2024. Credit: Photo via thekilakeehouse/Bandcamp

Cathartic rock and roll can be a balm for the stress and worry *looks around* this world brings to our lives, and Courtney Kiker’s band dishes it out generously.

Hailing from Atlanta, The Killakee House’s 2023 album Little Gallows ditches ego (“there’s no high horse in my stable,” Kiker sings on the opening track, “Wasted Youth”) and instead turns in 25 minutes of big riffs and sing-along hooks that can bring a room together in the live setting.

Tickets to see The Killakee House play The Nest at St Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Saturday, July 27 are still available and start at $5.

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This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2024.

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...