Fri., Sept. 8., 7 a.m. — The Euro models show hurricane Irma tracking a little bit more towards the west (here are the latest projections), which will undoubtedly freak some people out. Consult the information links for the shows that remain to see which acts are still playing, etc. We’ll keep you as up to date as possible. Click here to see a list of all the upcoming week’s concerts (cancellations, postponements, reschedules and all).
Carry on, at your own risk, below.
LINEUP CHANGE: The Jackettes w/Fr33dback/Bendy Straw/Firstworld The Jackettes’ latest session for WMNF late-night program Grand National Championships is a welcome update to the St. Pete band’s charming green-eyed soul, and this will be the last time frontman Jackson Davis & Co. get to enchant comers to the patio at Ybor City’s fabled New World Brewery (the iconic venue will stage one last show on September 23 before relocating to Sulphur Springs). The company is great at this one and will get very ‘tronic thanks to the “glitchy, downtempo ambient house” of producer Matt Reisinger (aka Fr33dback), Katherine Mata’s lyrical whimsy (Bendy Straw) and Sigh Kicks’ Kris Alvarez, who is now making humidor-seasoned chillwave under the Firstworld banner. (New World Brewery, Ybor City) INFO
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LINEUP CHANGE: A Night of Drum and Bass Second Anniversary w/A1-Voodoo/Danny The Wildchild/Random Movement/Jaybee/Thee Joker/Mike Mass/Rude 100/Footsouljahs/Random J/Kay-S/Hellman [UPDATE: As you can see, the lineup changed. A show is still on and the cover has been waived.] CLRH20 returns to Tampa under a new moniker (A1-Voodoo) and will be joined by a Chicago house music luminary (and underrated turntablist) Danny the Wildchild, who will headline an anniversary show for this consistently solid drum and bass night. Promoters nod their heads at Wildchild’s love of hip-hop by welcoming Mike Mass and Rude 100 to do beat sets, and it’ll be anchored by Night of Drum and Bass regulars the Footsouljahs, Jaybee and Thee Joker. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Mountain Holler w/Geri X/Shua,/Alex Borst/Pat Doyle (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Blunts & Blondes (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Starlight Concerts w/Regina AaMacha Band (Highlander Park, Dunedin) INFO
The Independents w/Mosquito Teeth/The Scurvy/Dealbreaker/Boney Fiend (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO
Kaleigh Baker w/ Jordan Wynn (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Silent Disco (3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
PREVIOUSLY CANCELLED SHOWS
CANCELLED: Ruff Ryders w/DMX/Eve/Swizz Beats/The Lox/Drag-On/Fat Joe Where my dogs at? Apparently not at this 20th anniversary show for the Ruff Ryders crew, which was cancelled late last week. No specifics were tossed out, but TMZ did just report that embattled rapper DMX is headed to rehab so that he can come off house arrest. Get better, my dawg. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa) INFO
CANCELLED: Dark Tranquility w/Warbringer/Striker It has been just over a year since the departure of founding Dark Tranquility bassist Martin Henriksson (he switched to guitar after 10 years in the Swedish death band, but Henriksson says he “lost the passion for music” before quitting). This show will be a good test to see if new guys (Andromeda’s Johan Reinholdz and Armageddon’s Christopher Amott) have been able to use their own passions to catch up to the sounds Henriksson put down on Dark Tranquility’s latest LP, Atoma, which saw release last year. California thrash quintet Warbringer supports its own new LP (Woe to the Vanquished, released in March) in the opening slot along with speed metal Canadians Striker. (Orpheum, Ybor City) CANCELLED
RESCHEDULED: Adam Ant It’s a little hard to believe, but this show will be Adam Ant’s Capitol Theatre debut. It comes five years after the 62-year-old’s set at Tampa’s Hard Rock Café and nearly four decades after Mr. Ant (real name Stuart Leslie Goddard) captured the world’s attention on 1979’s Dirk Wears White Sox, where a band headed for a breakup (this Ants lineup only released one LP) managed to piece together a gleefully strange exploration of glam rock filled with songs that mined the minutiae of sex and loneliness with just enough self-absorption to turn it into a time-tested post-punk classic. (Capitol Theater, Clearwater) RESCHEDULED
POSTPONED: Tony Bennett We don’t mention shows that are 60 miles away from the CL office. We’ll make an exception for this 91-year-old member of the Queens, New York music hall of fame (which isn’t a real place, but totally should be). Go see the man born Anthony Dominick Benedetto and put some respeck on his name, mmmk? (Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota) INFO
CANCELLED LINEUP CHANGE: Hello Joyce w/ Acho Brother/Small Reactions/Costas [Update 2: This thing is cancelled altogether. Update: Small Reactions has cancelled its Florida dates. Costas has also cancelled this show, which still happens with new lineup inside of the brewery.] Remember that St. Pete show from Small Reactions we wrote about earlier in these pages? This is it, but it’s also another chance to catch fledgling Bay area indie outfit Costas spread its wings and yet one more reason to see Tampa dream-pop dudes Hello Joyce make good on the sounds of a strong debut full-length, Couch Thoughts, which was released at the end of July. (Green Bench Brewing Co., St. Petersburg) CANCELLED
Rock Solid Pressure Industry Showcase 2017: Alumni Bands (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) POSTPONED
The Werks w/Passafire/The Ries Brothers (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) CANCELLED
Danfield (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) CANCELLED
September 8, Jeff Vitolo & The Quarter Mile Rebels (Orbit 19 Lounge, Holiday) CANCELLED
Dave Decker w/David Kibby/Rodney Smith/Marc Ganancias (Pokey’s, Tampa) CANCELLED
Sean Chambers Band w/Radio Crime (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) CANCELLED
This article appears in Sep 7-14, 2017.
