Miller Lowlifes, which plays Deviant Libation in Tampa, Florida on March 7, 2025. Credit: Photo via ADD Records
Self-proclaimed as “the Dive Bar of Bands,” Miller Lowlifes actually landed on a storied Tampa label, A.D.D. Records, which released the quartet’s new album in April.

With a sound that would’ve risen to the top of any Pre-Fest lineup (the band is an alum of the Gainesville punk-rock bacchanal, Fest), Pinch Hitters collects the anger and humor of frontmen-guitarists Richie Schnellbacher and Matt Shumate and turns it into anthemic blue-collar pop-punk sung by guys with white-collar jobs.

A trio of the best punky rock bands in Florida play support.

Tickets to see Miller Lowlifes play Deviant Libation in Tampa on Friday, March 7 are still available and start at $8.

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This article appears in Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...