Cardiel Credit: Photo via CARDIELTHEBAND/Facebook

Cardiel, a skate-punk duo from Mexico City, spent its autumn touring the west coast with The Schizophonics. Founders Samantha Ambrosio and Miguel Fraíno originally aimed to make music for skateboarding videos.

They seemed to succeed, because not long after they started, Thrasher magazine offered praise to the duo, adding to the band’s revered status in skateboarding and metal circles. Cardiel arrives in Tampa supporting a new album, El Armaged​ó​n Afterparty, that’s every bit as scuzzy and heavy-hitting as its name suggests.

Tickets to see Cardiel play Hooch and Hive in Tampa, along with Tension Electric and Use & Care, on Saturday, Feb. 25 are still available for $12.

This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...