Big Sad, which plays The Bends in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 7, 2019. Credit: bigsadtampa/Facebook

Big Sad, which plays The Bends in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 7, 2019. Credit: bigsadtampa/Facebook


Here’s a show where a new band made up of Bay area punk scene vets exploring fresh sounds (Big Sad) bridges both the Tampa-St. Petersburg gap and the one between newer pop-punk bands like Rutterkin and more established acts like the tough-as-nails Old Vices. This one is free to attend if you’re at least 21 years old.

Rutterkin w/Big Sad/Old Vices. Sat. Sept. 7, 10 p.m. No cover. The Bends, St. Petersburg. INFO.

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This article appears in Sep 5-12, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...