✔️ = Critic's Pick
✔️ Rock The Park w/The Porch Sessions/The Reality/HoneyWhat Danielle Mohr’s band has a new name (HoneyWhat), and the Bay area songwriter will test it out to open this month’s installment of Rock The Park in downtown Tampa. Rarely seen off-again, on-again alt-folk group The Porch Sessions is also playing the free, pet- and kid-friendly evening, but 28-year-old songwriter Nathanael Hyer — a Bradenton crooner is relatively new to the Bay area Americana scene — had to cancel. Filling in at the last minute and providing summery sounds this time around will be funk and reggae four-piece The Reality. These shows aren’t officially BYOB, but we’ve never seen the cops give anyone who wasn’t an asshole a hard time. Rock the Park starts early (6:30 p.m.) so you’ll be in bed before 11 p.m., too. (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa) INFO
✔️ Fides w/Empire Cinema/Schaefer Llana The tunes on Fides’ 2016 album, Across The Yard, can switch between slow-burning and melancholic (the title track), hair-raisingly joyous (“Blown Out”) and straight-up anthemic (“Broken”). It’s all just perfect for fans of indie rockers like David Bazan and even The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas. On Thursday, the Mississippi-based quartet brings another Magnolia State act (songwriter Schaefer Llana) to St. Pete for a show alongside hometown boys Empire Cinema, who are playing shows in support of the band’s own self-titled debut released just this year. Have a look at a recent Paper Thin Walls live session Llana recorded, pick up your jaw and then head to another free show at The Bends (bring money for drinks). (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
RECORD STORE DAY 2018
Empire Cinema is releasing 50 advance copies of its new album on Record Store Day
Red Light Cafe w/Terrapin Don’t forget that The Bunker is still a great spot to catch a small DIY show. On Thursday, the Ybor coffee shop and community space continues its Red Light Café series with an appearance from St. Petersburg’s Nick Capone. Better known as Terrapin, Capone deploys his voice, drum machines and synth in creating what he calls “ambient downtempo synth grooves for night people.” It’s been a couple of years since Terrapin’s debut, The Quiet Ones, but two new singles — “Ligeia Mare” and “Fata Morgana” — suggest that Capone is working towards a new release soon. (The Bunker, Ybor City) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Vintage Youth w/VJ Jason Barco (Orbit 19 Lounge, Holiday) INFO
Youth Ukulele (Hugh Embry Library, Dade City) INFO
The Sound of Music (Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
“Living Room Live" Open Mic w/Rebekah Pulley (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Liz Pennock and Dr. Blues (Rhythm and Brews, Zephyrhills) INFO
Hector Mayoral (c.1949 Florida Beer Garden, Tampa) INFO
