Discount Baby, Swamp Sister showcase bookend this week’s best Tampa Bay concerts

Concert report from ‘Radio Reverb’ on WMNF 88.5-FM Tampa.

click to enlarge Discount Baby, which plays The Bricks in Ybor City, Florida on January 4, 2020. - discountbabyfl/Instagram
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Discount Baby, which plays The Bricks in Ybor City, Florida on January 4, 2020.


Every Saturday, I cohost “Radio Reverb,” a two-hour, new music program on WMNF 88.5-FM in Tampa.

The radio show features a concert report listing about a dozen of the best Tampa Bay concerts to look out for over the next seven days.

Get more info on what we talked about below, and tune in today from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. to hear some of what we’ve written about below. See even more show previews via cltampa.com/music.

Sat. Jan. 4

Color Of The Year: Sam E Hues w/Louis Junior/Gat$/Mike Mass/Mike Escanor/Mari So Dope/Ameen Spade (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
McQQueen w/Bornite Carnation/Yr Glow (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
Emo Night Tampa w/Discount Baby (The Bricks, Ybor City) emonighttampa.com
The Almost w/w/All Get Out/Ghost Atlas/Rowdy/Kerry Courtney (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO

Tues. Jan. 7

Melody Artisans: Four Year Anniversary Party (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor) INFO

Thurs. Jan. 9

Poisonville Songs: Hearts Gone South (Comfort Inn & Suites, St. Petersburg) INFO

Fri. Jan. 10

TGTG w/Decorate The Spine/ Kid Loki/ Proud Miranda (Red Star Rock Bar, Ybor City) INFO
Terrapin w/Gushing/Adrian Maule/ManByName (Emerald Bar, St. Petersburg) INFO

Sat. Jan. 11

Swamp Sister Showcase w/Dinner Time/Charles Irwin/Glaze/They Hate Change/Hello Joyce (Hooch and Hive, Tampa) INFO
Leon Majcen w/Bryan Elijah Smith (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) hideawaycafe.biz
Second Saturday Night Market & Show w/Jordan Esker & the 100 Percent/Boston Marriage/Bushi (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg) INFO

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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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