Vista Kicks @ KAABOO Music Festival on September 16, 2018 Credit: Tracy May
It’s just under 3,000 miles from Roseville, California to Ybor City, but there’s a good chance Vista Kicks is going to feel at home on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Crowbar in Tampa when it arrives to support its new EP, Charlie.

The trio—joined on this tour by Victoria & Makayla Wymer, aka the Hail Maries—plays a special brand of sweaty rock and roll that fuses the energy of bands like Americana darling Shovels & Rope with the popular indie-rock vibe of acts like Hippo Campus, Coin and Hunny.

J-pop and soul-inspired band Cannibal Kids opens the show.

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This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2022.

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...