“Shot At Me,” the opening track of Mindwash’s new album Think Trash, feels like the opening scene of a dusty action movie where the protagonist is rolling down a lonesome highway in a T-top Chevrolet.

The rest of the nine-track outing doesn’t ease up on the gas and is loaded with tight-jean-wearing rock and roll guitar all driven by the soaring vocal of frontman Laith Abdel who frequently sounds like Cedric Bixler-Zavala a la “Inertiatic ESP”-era Mars Volta.

This album release gig is probably the best local show happening this weekend and gets an added boost from bombastic rock duo Hovercar and the irresistible power-pop of Bad, Bad Things. Drag performances by Aquariius and Autumn Vee are also part of the show hosted by Ripp Lee.

Tickets to see Mindwash at Ybor City’s Crowbar on Saturday, Nov. 11 are still available and cost $15.

UPDATED 11/08/23 2:07 p.m. Updated because his name is Laith Abdel, and to add performances from Aquariius and Autumn Vee.

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This article appears in 11-02-2023.