Tampa Bay music festival junkies can move happily through the rest of their Thursday.
Don't Stop St. Pete, set for March 25 at the Morean Center For Clay, has announced a lineup that includes Gainesville's UV-TV plus some of the best up and coming bands in Florida.
Visitors include Orlando black metal Autarx, Ft. Lauderdale's Ian Iachimoe (not Paul McCartney), Miami's Wastelands. The Tampa Bay based lineup is led by noise pop outfit Blestian who are joined by DRUG, FayRoy, Luxury Mane, Sonic Graffiti, Jensen Serf Company and more. More bands are set to be announced and up to date info is available via dontstopstpete.com.
What's more is that Gasparilla Music Festival — happening March 11 & 12 in downtown Tampa — has made another round of band announcements, which include rock and roll outfit Twin Peaks, songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, electro soul producer Michael Menert, jam circuit favorite Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (see photos of then at Hulaween here) and more.
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In case you forgot, Chicago rock and roll youngsters Twin Peaks were in town last September for one of the best shows of 2016 (video to prove it). Phoebe Bridgers is a Los Angeles songwriter on tour with Ryan Adams, who headlines GMF's Sunday lineup. We've got our fingers crossed for some onstage collaboration between the two of them, but in the meantime let Bridgers' "Streamroller" activate your tear ducts below.
The announcements update a lineup that already includes Cage the Elephant, Chronixx, Ghostface Killa and more. More information is available via gasparillamusic.com.
This article appears in Feb 9-16, 2017.