Cry Baby Credit: Photo via crybabymusicempire/Facebook
Fans of Muna who were bummed that the band didn’t open for Phoebe Bridgers earlier this year should head to Tampa Heights to see Cry Baby this weekend.

The quintet—which plays Tampa Shuffle on Saturday, Aug. 20—plays a similar strain of alt-pop, but works in a few updated takes on the old-school boy band sound made famous in Orlando more than 20 years ago.

Shane T, who plays an equally poppy, albeit darker, brand of upbeat music, opens the show.

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This article appears in Aug 11-17, 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...