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If youโ€™re a fan of Cake, They Might Be Giants and the likes, get ready to become a cheekfreak.

Cheekface, the L.A. indie-pop band has gone full ska on its fifth studio album, Middle Spoon. Itโ€™s the perfect upbeat, funky soundtrack to smile and bang your head into your steering wheel during your morning commute.

Pacing, the San Jose-based opening act led by Katie McTigue, gets the anxious-yet-adorable party started. Her new single โ€œPl*net F*tnessโ€โ€”about becoming a โ€œprofessional membership cancellerโ€ after her fatherโ€™s deathโ€”perfectly captures the incompatibility of capitalism and grief.

Tickets for Cheekface with Pacing happening Tuesday, April 15 are still available at $22.

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Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,...