A moody studio portrait of musician Sulynn Hago sitting casually on the floor against a seamless grey backdrop. They are holding a dark electric guitar across their lap. They have dark, textured hair and are wearing yellow-tinted glasses, a black suit jacket over a dark shirt, black trousers, and white sneakers. With their legs splayed out comfortably, they rest one hand near their chin, looking thoughtfully off-camera to the left. The lighting is soft and dramatic, creating a quiet, contemplative atmosphere. — Sulynn Hago Credit: Dave Decker

One of the greatest guitar players to come out of Tampa comes home this week. Sulynn Hago (Career, Feral Babies, Propagandhi) is now based in Brooklyn and finally branching out on her own for a 10-song solo debut, Faith in the Doghouse, which brings together a background in punk, metal and jazz.

Already sold-out on hand-numbered vinyl, the album singles dive into new wave (“Night Summer Heat”) and majestically-angular rock (“Driving Off A Cliff,” “Hot Drunken Steps”). Punk band Big Sad—featuring by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay photographer Dave Decker, who shot the cover art for Doghouse—opens this stacked bill that also includes Bad, Bad Things, a band fronted by Hago’s Career bandmate Ryan Fouche.

Of note, Hago’s own band includes local punk-turned Chief of Emergency Medicine at Tampa General Hospital, Jason Wilson, who was a guitar student of his band boss.

Tickets to see Sulynn Hago play Crowbar in Ybor City on Thursday, May 14 are still available for $20.22.

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This article appears in May 07 – 13, 2026.