A medium-shot, indoor portrait of musician Tim Kasher sitting at a dimly lit, high-end bar. They are wearing a charcoal-gray suit jacket over a light blue button-down shirt with a dark, patterned tie. Kasher is captured in a candid moment, looking off-camera and upward while holding a martini glass to their lips. The background is a warm, upscale bar interior, softly lit by circular wall sconces and featuring a dark, polished counter and a hint of holiday-style decorative lighting in the distance. — Tim Kasher Credit: Erica Lauren / Chromatic PR

Sometimes people write an entire album in just one long weekend. Tim Kasher does at least.

The 51-year-old Omaha songwriter, best known for leading indie-rock band Cursive, spent four days last Memorial Day weekend creating Sponges Of Experience. He comes to New World Tampa to share the tunes in person after opening sets by The Appleseed Cast’s Christopher Crisci (performing with his band Old Canes) and Tampa’s own Shae Krispinsky.

“It was a challenge to myself: when I was a wee teenager, I heard Elvis Costello mention on some talk show (I’ve long forgotten which) that he could write an album over a weekend. It was an offhand remark, a throwaway line as he was promoting something or other,” he wrote about the songwriting idea born nearly four decades ago. “As I had already become a prolific writer myself, I was curious if I could pull off something of the sort.”

Tickets to see Tim Kasher, Old Canes, and Shae Krispinsky at Music Hall at New World Brewery in Tampa on Friday, June 12 are still available and start at $27.51.

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This article appears in June 11 – 17, 2026.