An eye-level shot of the three members of the band Magic City Hippies standing in a room. The man on the left wears a light gray T-shirt with a white jacket. The man in the middle has on a floral collared shirt with a light blue denim jacket, and the man on the right wears a gray T-shirt with a black jacket. A wooden cabinet and a mirror are both behind them, the latter reflecting the room.
Magic City Hippies, which plays Beats On The Street in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Fro Rojas

Credit: Fro Rojas

Modern Animal, the new album from Magic City Hippies due on Friday, is full of earworms and bossa nova-flavored, bona fide ass-shakers. It’ll feel a little like a record release show when the Miami outfit opens for Umphrey’s McGee at Jannus Live, too.

“We’re always out to entertain people,” Hippies singer-guitarist Robby Hunter said in a release. “Miami is a nightlife city. People are oriented towards staying out all night. Anything you do has to make them dance.” The band brings the experience of three long years on the road to this show, and you’re going to regret not getting out early to see songs from 11-track album in real life.

Umphrey’s McGee w/Magic City Hippies. Thurs. Aug. 15, 5:30 p.m. $30. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg. jannuslive.com.

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This article appears in Aug 15-22, 2019.

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...