The Nude Party, one of America's best rock and roll bands, rides into Tampa on Tuesday

By Ray Roa on Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 12:17 pm

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The Nude Party, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 19, 2023.

Rides On, the third album from North Carolina-based septet The Nude Party, is 48 minutes of lo-fi, 1960s influence that make purists question what the hell happened to music.

Patton Magee and company appear to lean heavily on guitar lick influence from The Byrds, and even vocals that carry the same mmph and almost twangy aspects heard in Mick Jagger’s pipes.

Considering how many venues in town that have been graced by The Nude Party—including The Bends, where it staged a gig seven years ago—it’s getting to the point where catching the band live is slowly but surely evolving into a rite of passage for Tampeños.

Tickets to see The Nude Party play Crowbar in Ybor City on Tuesday, Sept. 19 are still available and start at $20. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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UPDATED 09/15/23 5:40 p.m. Septet.

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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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