My Morning Jacket at the old New World Brewery in 2002. The Black Keys at Skipper’s Smokehouse in 2005. Seeyousoon at Hooch and Hive on Friday.
All those are “I saw them before they were big” shows, and while you can’t travel back in time, you still have a chance to see the South Florida nine-piece (stylized “SEEYOUSOON”) with a few handfuls of people at this top-notch, intimate West River venue near downtown Tampa. The band is on the rise thanks to an incomparable sound that sprinkles Gen-Z nostalgia into hip-hop—just listen to the insanity of Seeyousoon’s song single “Ben Affleck.” Never has something named after the worst Batman sounded so good. The band’s latest single “Faster Please” is in the running for song of the summer, and totally not getting disqualified for marijuana use either.
Seeyousoon plays Holland’s Lowlands Festival and Miami’s III points after this all-ages gig (under 18 needs a guardian), so see the band in the club before it’s headlining Jannus or something. Two of Tampa’s finest—Best of the Bay-winning Bangarang and Nico Sweet—open the show.
Seeyousoon w/Bangarang/Nico Sweet. Friday, July 9, 8 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa. brokenmoldentertainment.com
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This article appears in Jul 1-7, 2021.