Penny and Sparrow w/Corey Kilgannon Austin Americna duo Penny and Sparrow come to State Theatre to show fans how their 2016 LP, Let A Lover Drown You, has grown up. There’s no telling if it’s come to be less sorrowful, but uninitiated fans should know that Civil Wars producer John Paul White helped the boys — Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke — craft 11 tracks of some of the saddest folk to ever come out of the Lone Star state. (The Local 662, St. Petersburg) INFO
Sandspur City, Late Bloomer, Alright & Radarmen Members of Too Many Daves, Science, Dogs on Ice and more come together for a Tuesday night punk rock throwdown where Alright and Late Bloomer (a pair of bands visiting from North Carolina) join Tampa's own Sandspur City and Radarmen for a $5 show where you'll be helping toss a few bucks into the visiting bands' gas fund. Listen to a little something from Late Bloomer below. (Microgroove, Tampa) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Ben Buffington (Mastry's Brewing Co., St. Petersburg) INFO
Ambient Installation Series w/Infinite Third (Grassroots Kava House, St. Petersburg) INFO
Polyphia w/Jason Richardson/Covet (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Old School Tuesdays w/The Hubbtones (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
USF Symphonic Band: Nothing Can Last Forever (Concert Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa) INFO
Song Circle at Nature's Food Patch (Nature’s Food Patch, Clearwater) INFO
This article appears in Feb 16-23, 2017.