While the indie-rock favorite will certainly play its big 2006 hit, it’s in the Bay area to support a new album, Physical Thrills, which 15 years later finds the band more carefree than ever. The 14-track effort is enthusiastic and uptempo in places while being menacing, reverb-drenched and slow in others.
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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...