Next month, Tampa emo pioneer Pohgoh goes on another tour of Japan, but this weekend, it looks back on 30 years of history that reaches all the way back to Ybor City’s long-shuttered Blue Chair Music where the band played its first show alongside Bob Suren’s hardcore band Failure Face and Washington State post-punk OG Unwound.

hat show saw drums handled by a machine, but for this anniversary gig, Pohgoh has Keith Ulrey keeping time (he joined the band for its second show and hasn’t looked back) as Pohgoh plays songs from all three of its studio albums at this no-cover record store gig.

There’s no cover to see Pohgoh play Microgroove in Tampa on Friday, May 10.

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This article appears in May 2-8, 2024.