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✔️ = Critic's Pick
✔️ House of I Album Release On Alienation, House of I tries to represent the experiences and perspectives it imparts on today’s society and the people it interacts with. The Bay area indie-rock group’s album was recorded over the last four years, and members say that the tracks chart the group’s growth as songwriters. Listen to a premiere of “Take My Hand” before the boys head to Gulfport’s hyper-communal Blueberry Patch to play an album release show that could go late into the night. (Blueberry Patch, Gulfport) INFO
CL PREMIERE
"Take My Hand," says House Of I, which releases Alienation on January 22
John Gorka John Gorka’s been rocking the neu-folk movement since the ‘80s, and the Jersey native just released his brand new album, True In Time. Be prepared for the former Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band frontman’s signature wit at this close-quarters club Jaeb gig. (Jaeb Theater at David A. Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Off With Their Heads (Acoustic)/Stacey Dee/Seth Anderson/Purr Purr Purr/Decker Things always get very rowdy when Minnesota’s Off With Their Heads gets booked to play October punk rock party Pre-Fest, but the boys are turning the electricity off for a pair of Bay area acoustic shows happening in some very interesting, intimate locations. This Monday gig in St. Pete goes down at Lucky You Tattoo and comes after OWTH destroyed Tampa (Jan. 19 at Pokey's), Vero Beach (Jan. 20) and Orlando (Jan. 21). Bad Cop Bad Cop’s Stacey Dee opens the show. (Lucky You Tattoo, St. Petersburg) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
January 22-27, Busch Gardens Real Music Series w/the Diamonds (Stanleyville Theatre at Busch Gardens, Tampa) INFO
This article appears in Jan 18-25, 2018.