Excision w/Cookie Monsta/Barely Alive/Dion Timmer Seriously, how much longer will it be until rooms like The Ritz can’t hold Jeff Abel any longer? The 30 year old producer better known as Excision is famous for having some of the most extravagant production in EDM, and he’ll prove it on this stop for The Paradox tour where a massive set (complete with 150,000 watts of sound) will overtake The Ritz with a mind-altering, almost visually abrasive light display that will probably make you feel like you just stepped out of real life and into the set of Tron (if it were in the trunk of a tricked out, subwoofer loaded ‘63 Impala). (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Ol' Dirty Sundays 1st Annual Ladies Night w/DJ Casper/DJ Fader How about a V-neck for V-day? Ol' Dirty Sundays is hoping to lure the ladies in tonight with the sale of limited edition v-neck shirts as they turn their weekly celebration of hip-hop, soul, R&B and reggae into an adoration of all the girls in the world. Fader will apparently be handling the "nice" love anthems while Casper gets his hands on the "nasty" ones. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Amber Lynn Nicol Album Release DIY isn’t limited to the punk scene. Just ask Bay area songwriter Amber Lynn Nicol who stayed in her south St. Pete bedroom to make the more electro tinged pop she’s celebrating at this release show for her Endless Summer EP (her sixth studio release). The former Painted Fish member was schooled in audio engineering at SPC, and she got some help from producer friends to help bring the sound to life. “I knew I wanted to use the Native Instruments sounds and sample popular and current [sounds],” she told CL in an email. “I wanted it to be something people could dance to.” (Coconuts Comedy Club, St. Petersburg) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
The Juke Joint Kings (Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa) INFO
Eve To Adam w/Message From Sylvia/Mr. Bella/Cruz Brothers (The Local 662, St. Petersburg) INFO
Vibe & Direct (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
Steinway Piano Series w/Duo Eleganza (Barness Recital Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa) INFO
Pure Prairie League w/Jim Messina (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Pain of Salvation (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO
Mountain Holler/Will Quinlan & Holy Slow Train (Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa) INFO
Dionne Warwick w/Myles Savage's Motown Party (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO
Leonard Cohen Tribute (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO
Safety Harbor Is For Lovers w/Florida Suncoast Chorus (Safety Harbor Public Library, Safety Harbor) INFO
Your Arsenal: February Episode (c.1949, Tampa) INFO
Dr. Dale F. Voelker (United Methodist Church of Sun City Center, Sun City Center) INFO
Robust Romantics w/Dwight Thomas (Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, Clearwater) INFO
Tampa Bay Symphony Winter Concerts (St. Petersburg College, Clearwater) INFO
Jarekus Singleton (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
South Tampa House Concerts presents: The Novelists (House Show, Tampa) INFO
This article appears in Feb 9-16, 2017.