In his life behind the guitar for Clang!, Brian Shields contributes to a krauty, hard-hitting post-punk that’ll make your neck hurt.
For his solo project Shieldsie—which plays Tampa's Born Free Pub & Grill on Saturday, Oct. 8—the Tampeño plays introspective slowcore, which he says is "me being serious without keeping a straight face."
A video for “Ponderin’”—from Shieldsie’s debut album, Florida Man Sings!, features home video footage on top of mid tempo electric-guitar rock. It’s all melancholy in the best way, and this show is actually the last chance to see Shields play live locally for the foreseeable future (he’s moving to Philadelphia on Nov. 1).
“Gonna miss all yall and I’ll be back visiting in tampa here and there to play shows,” he told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
To help say goodbye, some if his best friends (art-pop band Mtvh1n1, Merchandise frontman Carson Cox’s EBM-synth project Romeo Blu, and experimental act Cabo Boing) open the show at Sulphur Springs biker bar Born Free, which is quickly becoming a go-to spot for solid local shows.
Shieldsie album release is the last local concert from Tampa musician Brian Shields
It happens on Saturday at Born Free.
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Ray Roa
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...
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