Three young men wearing matching light gray suits stand formally in a lush outdoor garden, surrounded by dense green foliage, spiky desert plants, and yellow wildflowers.
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Last month, the Recording Academy (aka the folks behind the Grammy awards) counted Vortxz among its “6 Rising Latin Stars To Know Now.”

FFO of The Strokes, the Houston trio was hailed for its “mix of new-wave indie, Rock en Español, and alternative rock,” and a dreamy track, “Esos Besos.”

Emblematic of the dynamic nature of Texas’ indie music scene, this no cover show is a chance to see Vortxz in a tiny venue, The Bends, alongside of of Tampa’s most energetic pop-punk outfits, Pet Lizard.

There’s no cover to see Vortxz play The Bends in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Nov. 15.

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This article appears in Nov. 6 – 12, 2025.

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...