A concert performance photograph showing George Clanton plays Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia on April 25, 2025. Captured in a low-angle medium-close-up shot under high-contrast stage lighting, electronic/indie musician George Clanton performs holding a metallic microphone to his mouth while pointing forward with his index finger. He features spiky bright yellow dyed hair, dark sunglasses resting low on his nose, a black leather motorcycle jacket, and a chain necklace, set against a dark stage backdrop. — George Clanton plays Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia on April 25, 2025. Credit: River10000, CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Vaporwave is the niche critics like to put George Clanton in, but the 38-year-old producer and songwriter contains multitudes.

A chaos goblin before the term entered the lexicon, Clanton’s live shows are high-energy, head-scratching affairs where he’ll crowd surf and talk to the crowd all while making everyone who bought a ticket forget what ails them.

For extra credit ahead of the gig, dig into Clanton’s past projects—Kid’s Garden, Mirror Kisses, ESPRIT 空想—where music bounces around genres like shoegaze to synth-pop and downtempo. Valgur, a Mexican pop-noir duo, opens.

Tickets to see George Clanton and Valgur at Orpheum in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 17 are still available and start at $41.70.