Trapped Under Ice escapes to play Ybor City + Tandoori Knights, The Miles Davis Experience, MiM0SA + more of the week’s best upcoming concerts.

THURS 17

Jazz at the Museum w/Jonathan “Jazz” Russell A 16-year-old award-winning jazz violin virtuoso and score composer, Jonathan “Jazz” Russell doesn’t need a bright future with such a dazzling present. Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association welcomes the young performer in a concert with bassist John Lamb, drummer Ron Gregg, and pianist Billy Marcus. (The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg)

“Alternative Press Tour” w/Title Fight/ Four Year Strong/Gallows/The Swellers/Sharks It’s been a pivotal year for Pennsylvania melodic hardcore band Title Fight. SideOneDummy Records snatched up the foursome with the dawn of the New Year and their first full-length, Shed, dropped in May. The LP features a dozen short high-energy tracks that form long-lasting impressions. (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) —Lindsay Collette

Shelby Lynne She sings like an angel, at times a rather tortured angel. Shelby Lynne grew up in small-town Alabama and in her late teens became part of the Nashville machine. It was a bad fit. She reinvented herself in 2000 with the triumphant I Am Shelby Lynne, a pop/R&B effort that crackled with soul (the album, her sixth, won her the Best New Artist Grammy). Last month, she released the charming, low-key Revelation Road on her own Everso label. All through the ups and downs of her career, Shelby’s remarkable voice has only gotten better — lustrous and crystalline but with an increasing capacity for nuance and melancholy. She can belt like Aretha, brood like Billie. Lynne’s voice will take center stage in this solo acoustic performance. (Capitol Theater, Clearwater) —Eric Snider

The Whiskey Gentry w/Have Gun Will Travel/Will Quinlan/The Urbane Cowboys Atlanta-based six-piece The Whiskey Gentry play a high-energy, foot-stomping mix of country, bluegrass and rock with banjo, accordion, harmonica, mandolin and violin, in addition to the usual drums, bass and guitar. The star of the show, though, is frontwoman Lauren Staley’s voice, which manages to be both flower delicate and powerful enough to command a surly barroom. Good, evil, heartache and debauchery dominate her lyrics. (New World Brewery, Ybor City) —Christopher Spata

FRI 18

Mahaffey Theater Grand Re-Opening Weekend: Don Henley Kicking off the grand opening weekend for the “new” Mahaffey Theater (“new” being the re-vamped programming as managed by Big3 Entertainment) is rock music icon Don Henley, whose distinctive husky-tone vocals have wailed through chart-topping hits both with The Eagles (who hasn’t heard “Hotel California”?), and as a solo artist (“The Boys of Summer,” “All She Wants to Do Is Dance,” “End of Innocence”). The evening concludes with a fireworks display over St. Pete’s downtown waterfront. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

Michelle Shocked The Texas native alt-folk singer-songwriter (“the most sophisticated hillbilly you’ll ever meet”) presents two concerts worth of her socially aware acoustic guitar-driven tunes; one at 6 p.m., the other at 8:30. (Craftsman House Gallery, St. Petersburg)

The Wanderer w/SloWriter/Sahe Purveying a raucous, heel-kicking mix of surf, roots-Americana, rockabilly and alt country is Tampa five-piece The Wanderer, led by singer/acoustic guitar player Scott Perez. The band recently recorded their debut EP, Through Thick And Thin, and offers free copies at this show, their last before an indefinite hiatus. (The Market On 7th, Ybor City)

Saskatchewan Fresh from a mini-tour that stopped at NYC for a few CMJ showcase performances is mesmerizing psyche-dreamy pop four-piece Saskatchewan, yet another project of Orlando musicians/vocalists Michael Serrin and Chandler Strang (both of Introduction to Sunshine). They’ve been working on their first LP and the new material infusing their setlist includes the slinky dark groove of “Skinny Dipping” and its haunting interplay of organ, guitar and high surreal vocal harmonies. For fans of Grizzly Bear. (The Local 662, St. Petersburg)

Five Finger Death Punch w/All That Remains/Hatebreed/Rev Theory In “Under and Over It,” the first single off Five Finger Death Punch’s just-released third LP, American Capitalist, vocalist Ivan Moody reflects on the rumor-mongering, profuse gossip and general bad info of the internet age with a fuck-all attitude against a heavy, propulsive engine of thrashing groove metal, coughing out his flippant rhymes and roaring in deep gnarly-gritty rage, or singing gripping choruses in a clean-toned wail. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Tandoori Knights w/The Beauvilles/Thee Knight Sweats Musician Arish Ahmad Khan aka King Khan, has an ever-increasing number of projects on rotate. A Canada native of Indian descent who’s currently based in Germany, Khan plays with The Shrines and the BBQ Show most often, but his recent outing is as one-half of Tandoori Knights with Montreal one-man explosion, Bloodshot Bill. Their sound is lo-fi frayed, jangly and ramshackle garage/surf/rockabilly with a twangy, exotica-steeped, voodoo soulful twist. Together, they write lyrics like “Fuck Dick Clark, he don’t let Tandoori play the bandstand!” and “Forget about that, let me tell you what I am, brown trash!” with tongues firmly planted in cheeks. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Wild 94.1 Last Damn Show w/Drake/Travis Porter/Plies/Public Enemy/Trina Get ready for a chance to see the greatest rapper of all time — from Canada. Sorry Snow. Sing-rapping Lil Wayne protégé Drake is, of course, a superstar on this side of the border as well. He’ll be headlining the annual Last Damn Show just three days before the release of his highly-anticipated sophomore album, Take Care. Travis Porter is actually three people (“Make It Rain”). Plies is a Southern-style rapper from Ft. Meyers. And Public Enemy seems to have been shoehorned in to attract either an older audience, or reality TV fans. (St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa) —CS

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience The prodigal son of John returns with his tribute to dad and the band he drummed in until his death in 1980. The five-piece performs a 20-song set of Zepp, and draws on the majority of the band’s catalog — “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” “Moby Dick,” “Celebration Day,” “When The Levee Breaks,” and “Kashmir” among them — and paired with video and light displays. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Kenny Neal w/Jimbo Mathus and the Tri State Coalition Son of harmonica great Raful Neal, Kenny is a modern Louisiana bluesman and axeman who brews a mix of groovin’ swamp-boogie, jazz, R&B and straightforward blues. Jimbo Mathus was called “the singing voice of Huck Finn” by late Memphis producer Jim Dickinson. Mathus, the former visionary frontman of neo-ragtime jump-blues act Squirrel Nut Zippers, now leads the Delta-fused Tri-State Coalition, which signed to Memphis International and released their debut, Confederate Buddha, this year. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

SAT 19

Southern Culture on the Skids w/Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Dearly loved SCOTS — an S.C. trio that plays a swampy fusion of surf, psyche and experimental rock — just dropped a new(ish) album, Zombified. A tribute to the low budget 1960s and ’70s horror and exploitation flicks specific to Southern theaters and drive-ins, the album was originally released in Australia as an EP in 1998. This fresh edition was filled out with five new tunes and made its proper U.S. debut as a full-length on their own Kudzu Records imprint. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Earl Klugh A smooth acoustic jazz guitarist with a relentlessly melodic tone, instrumental musician Earl Klugh has written more than 200 compositions and released upwards of 20 albums in his three-decade career. He first gained attention in 1971 for his contributions to George Benson’s White Rabbit, and since then, he’s earned 12 Grammy noms, the last in 2009 for The Spice of Life. (Largo Cultural Center, Largo)

Tijuana Hercules w/ Doll Parts/Crippled Masters/The Friendly Sort The name pretty much captures the band: Tijuana Hercules, from Chicago, plays junkyard roots-blues that’s brash, wild, gritty and packs a mighty raucous punch. Singer/guitarist John Vernon Forbes leads in an alternately loud and booming or deeper-timbred bear growl; currently, he’s joined by Tony Mendoza (on “kick drum and junk”). (Emerald Bar, St. Petersburg)

Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypso w/Hey Rube/CIO The ska-calypso-punk-jam rockin’ ensemble Johnny Cakes is a 10-piece that includes a full suite of horns (five players total), a percussionist, a gruff-voiced vocalist/frontman who also plays steel pan (Michael Middlebrooks), and a trio of dancers. This show is the fifth anniversary party of Johnny Cakes (and a 30th birthday celebration for Middlebrooks). (Market on 7th, Ybor City)

Mahaffey Theater Grand Opening Weekend: Marc Anthony Mahaffey’s opening festivities come to a grand conclusion with salsa-leaning Latin pop idol Marc Anthony, the ex-amor of Jennifer Lopez who’s been rocking the separated status since July. Expect an added layer of sincere anguish in his heartbreaking ballads. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

The Miles Davis Experience For everyone under the age of 60, Miles Davis’s early work (from Birth of the Cool through Kind of Blue) is experienced strictly through recordings, but songs like “Budo,” “Boplicity,” and “So What?” needs to be heard in a live setting. Enter bandleader Donald Palmer and his quintet, which will showcase the late great trumpeters most-beloved tunes in a live performance at the Straz. In addition to the music, The Miles Davis Experience includes multimedia, with images from the ’50s and beat-poet narration by actor Donald Lacy. This is the second-to-last show of the tour, so expect the band to be on point and on fire. (Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center, Tampa) —Joe Bardi

Hollywood Undead / Asking Alexandria w/Borgore/We Came As Romans/D.R.U.G.S. This current “WWIII Tour” powers its way into town with a double headliner, both with sophomore albums out this past April — Hollywood Undead, an LA sextet of musicians who hide behind pseudonyms and face paint, serve up a vigorous mix of nu metal and industrial alt rock, and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with American Tragedy; British metalcore/Euro-trance five-piece Asking Alexandria’s own second, Reckless & Relentless, only reached as high as No. 9. (Green Iguana — Stadium, Tampa)

A Tribute to Little Walter A concert honoring the ground-breaking blues harmonica player as delivered by Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones with a roster of local virtuoso harpmen. (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

Eyeznpowa / The Rukus / Louis Junior / Prince Golden / Bobby Treacherous / Mighty Jai Thx Mgmt presents a showcase of rising local hip-hop acts, from Eyeznpowa, who rhymes over a re-cut and re-mixed track by Peter Bjorn & John in “AV02,” to The Rukus, which features emcees Rude and KeithElite trading off verses and rhymes against spins by DJ Blenda. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Set It Off w/City Lights/Calling You Out/A View From The East Coast/Makari Set It Off returns triumphant from a U.S. tour that included three dates opening for T.Rex in support of Horrible Kids — a self-released EP that was expanded upon and re-released by Equal Vision Records in August after the label added the band to its roster. (Orpheum, Ybor City)

Gram Parsons Tribute Show A wide-ranging bill of local talent — which includes beloved singer-songwriters like Rebekah Pulley, Ronny Elliot, Harry Hayward and Leigh Humes — pay homage to late country-roots music icon, Gram Parsons. (Phoenix Bar and Grille, Clearwater)

SUN 20

Queensrÿche The heavy prog-metal band marks three decades together this year with Dedicated to Chaos, their 12th studio album. Vocalist and primary songwriter Geoff Tate has said this LP focuses more on the songs’ rhythmic structures than past efforts, and also features more guitar melodies and experimentation. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

The Queers w/Knockout/The Caffiends The Ramones-esque Queers headline a trio of bands specializing in “old-school” pop punk. They keep it cheeky, throw in some surf rock, and like any good punk band, can turn on a dime from a glaringly innocent ditty like “Punk Rock Girls” to the thrashy “I Just Called To Say Fuck You.” (Crowbar, Ybor City) —CS

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus w/Burn Halo/Bet Me I’m Lying/Seven Circle Sunrise/A.P.O.W. After replacing both guitarists with long-time fan Josh Burke (lead guitar) and brother of lead singer Ronnie Winter, Randy (second guitar), Red Jumpsuit Apparatus hits the road for a national fall tour. With two new members and very little prep time beforehand, how they’ll fare remains uncertain. But taking risks is nothing new for a band that parted ways with Virgin to release their music independently in 2010. The band collaborated with producer John Feldman (Escape the Fate, The Used) on their 2011 album, Am I the Enemy — a return to the in-your-face post-hardcore edginess of old favorites like “Facedown.” (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) —LC

Trapped Under Ice w/Hundredth/Backtrack/Betrayal/Take Offense Hardcore Maryland act Trapped Under Ice came under fire earlier this year when, during a show on their European tour, an over-enthusiastic fan tried to stage dive, fell off instead, took lead bellower Justice Tripp with him, and ended up with a broken jaw when Tripp’s fists started flying. The vocalist has since issued an apology for his actions, which he thought were in self-defense and caused by his disorientation from hitting his head in the fall. This show is part of the band’s tour behind a new record, Big Kiss Goodnight. Get ready to rage — but please, stay off the stage. (Orpheum, Ybor City)

TUES 22

Mac Miller w/Pac Div/Casey Veggies An example of an artist who used social networking to build a fatty fanbase, Mac Miller is a 19-year-old indie rapper from Pittsburgh with more than a million followers on Twitter and Facebook. He dropped his debut, Blue Slide Park, a few weeks back. The album has received generally good reviews with its mix of old and new school styles, and reveals his playfully hedonistic charm in songs about poppin’ bottles, blowin’ bong loads or hittin’ on hot honeys, with shades of earnestness sprinkled throughout. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

MiM0SA California native MiM0SA shuffles right into the dubstep scene with a smoother take on the dirty genre. His new 2011 album, Sanctuary, is a chillaxing ride of wobble bass and syncopated rhythms with minimal vocals. Even without big bass drops, MiM0SA keeps his audience trance happy via a mixture of hip-hop, two-step and other electro sounds. (The Ritz Ybor, Ybor City) —LC

WEDS 23

GWAR w/Every Time I Die/Warbeast The mutant heavy metal overlords return to town for another night of monstrous rocking with a new album — Bloody Pit of Horror, their 12th overall — and support by Buffalo hardcore/mathcore/Southern metal outfit Every Time I Die. (Green Iguana — Stadium, Tampa)

Izzy Cox Texas-based songstress Izzy Cox (sometimes called the “Murder Ballad Queen”) croons or belts out lyrics in a rich and pure-toned soprano that soars over her self-coined “voodoobilly jazz.” Her songwriting subjects are serial killers, buckaroo cowboys, snake handlers, switch-blade slinging heroines, and other out-of-the-norm types, and her new record, Killing My Kind, incorporates a mix of alt country, rockabilly, barroom blues and Western swing. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa)

Tur-Drunken Day 1 w/Sons Of Hippies/Florida Night Heat/Friends of Giants/Empire Cinema/Zulu Wave A pre-Thanksgiving day show of diverse and noteworthy local rock bands. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

ALSO THIS WEEK

Dumb Blind Luck CD Release Party w/John Clark & The Baker Act/Kirsten & Jasmin Thurs., Nov. 17, Tre Amici @ the Bunker, Ybor City

Cro-Mags w/Know The Score/Axis/Gator Bait/Harbinger/With Increase Fri., Nov. 18, Orpheum, Ybor City

Matt Stillwell w/Colt Ford/Sunny Ledfurd Fri., Nov. 18, Dallas Bull, Tampa

Stolen Idols Fri., Nov. 18, Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Second Little Manatee River Jam w/Damon Fowler/many more Sat., Nov. 19, Canoe Outpost, Wimauma

Raguckas / Crash Bang Boom Sat., Nov. 19, The Hub, downtown Tampa

Giving Thanks Together: A Multicultural Thanksgiving Celebration Fri., Nov. 18, UU Clearwater, Clearwater

Tantric w/Man Made/Override/Underide/others Sat., Nov. 19, State Theatre, St. Petersburg

Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes Sun., Nov. 20, Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Jack Wilkins Sun., Nov. 20, HCC Mainstage Theatre, Ybor City

The Marshall Tucker Band Sun., Nov. 20, Screwy Louie’s Porpoise Pub, Seminole

Sevendust w/Eye Empire/Seven Day Sonnet Sun., Nov. 20, Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Ben Prestage Sun., Nov. 20, Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa

Kathy Mattea Sun., Nov. 20, Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Hinder / Buckcherry Sun., Nov. 20, Carol Morsani Hall at the Straz Center, Tampa

Empty Hats w/Celticopia Tue., Nov. 22, Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Pierce The Veil *Early show* Wed., Nov. 23, State Theatre, St. Petersburg

Webbie *Late show* Wed., Nov. 23, State Theatre, St. Petersburg

This article appears in Nov 17-23, 2011.