Musician Zack Keim wearing a black and white striped short-sleeve shirt, leaning against a weathered brick wall under a clear blue sky. The image has a grainy, film-like texture.
Zack Keim Credit: Zian Meng / zackkeimmusic.com

After a run with Pittsburgh rock band Nox Boys, Steel City songwriter (and once Uber Eats driver) Zack Keim broke out to play introspective, often-catchy guitar folk and garage-pop, under his own name.

Keim’s sophomore outing, Battery Lane, is an optimistic offering that includes contributions from Matt Costa, The Frights’ Jordan Clark, and Evan Westfall from the folk-pop band Caamp, which released the album on its Super Sport label last year (coincidentally, Caamp is in town this weekend supporting Zach Bryan).

Beachy-bluesy songwriter Monallo plays support along with “Escape” singer David Shane.

There’s no cover to see Zack Keim play The Bricks in Ybor City on Friday, March 13.

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This article appears in Mar. 05 – 11, 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...