A few shows happening this Thurs., June 11.
Beta Play with The Tragic Thrills The California band formerly known as Tommy & The High Pilots, currently known as Beta Play, singer-guitarist Tommy Cantillon opting to drop his handle from the name and assume a new one to match the quartet’s attitude and stylistic shift from alt rock with dusty roots and pop jangle to more electro-infused grooves and sweeping arena-ready fare. Fellow Santa Barbara band The Tragic Thrills have also added synths and airy spaciousness to their folk-reared pop-rock sounds. (New World Brewery, Ybor City)
Three Cents Short with Sketchie, Mind The Canvas, Clem Mcgillicutty & The Burnouts, Unchecked Aggression The self-styled “Grand Rapids party ska” of DIY three-piece Three Cents Short is feel-good fresh with guitars that jump between pop melodic and crunchy distorted, bouncing basslines and the sort of gruff spouting lead vocals you’d expect to hear in a ska-punk band, though you wouldn’t expect such finely flung backing harmonies amid the rah-rah choruses. Amid the regional support on this unbridled Thursday night bill is skate punk-galloping Sketchie, from Sarasota, and Sebring’s Clem Mcgillicutty & The Burnouts, adding some crusty cracker country folk-punk to the equation. (Epic Problem, Tampa)
ALSO TONIGHT
Spar, Plan to Fail, Path of Increased Indifference The Corner Club, Tampa
Christie Lenee Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg
Stick Martin Band Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Bunker Singer-Songwriter Night: Joel Tatengelo, Dan Feinman, Justen Cimino Tre Amici @ The Bunker, Ybor City
Musicians Jam Session Sawgrass Bar, St. Petersburg
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2015.