A medium-shot portrait of the indie-rock duo Old Mervs standing against a plain, white-painted brick wall. On the left, a band member with short, dark hair and a mustache is wearing a light-blue, button-down short-sleeved shirt. On the right, a band member with shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair and a mustache is wearing a dark-red t-shirt underneath a navy blue corduroy jacket. Both are facing the camera directly, positioned in bright, natural, direct sunlight that creates soft shadows against the wall behind them.
Old Mervs Credit: Press Handout

Old Mervs is playing a young man’s games and doing it well.

The Australian indie-rock duo of David House and Henry Carrington-Jones go back to childhood and their sound harkens back to a golden age of American Apparel-cloaked indie-rock.

Indie Night creator Rohna plays support at Crowbar alongside another Australian rock outfit Ra Ra Viper.

Tickets to see Old Mervs, Rohna, and Ra Ra Viper at Crowbar in Ybor City on Sunday, June 14 are still available and start at $31.99.

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This article appears in June 11 – 17, 2026.

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...