St. Pete Jazz Festival: Paul Krueger Quartet For Friday night’s edition of the fest, SPC welcomes L.A. pianist/composer Paul Kreuger and Denver trumpeter John Lake for a program of their respective original arrangements; accompaniment by much called-upon Bay area rhythm section, drummer Ian Goodman and bassist Alejandro Arenas. (SPC Music Center, St. Petersburg)
Consider the Source This technically-precise instrumental three-piece from New York draws heavily on prog, math and psych rock influences, but gives their sound an exotic experimental twist of sci-fi effects and Middle Eastern sonic swirls. Gabriel Marin is the star on fretless double-neck guitar, his precise shreds, texturizing and riffs finely linked with the slap-percussive, grooving or chord-wielding charges of bassist John Ferrara, while drummer/percussionist Jeff Mann delivers dense pulses and polyrhythmic support. (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
Church Whip Fresh off their controversially-titled “Raping the East Coast” tour, d-beat dissonant, raw and noisy hardcore punk outfit Church Whip (which features Merchandise members Carson Cox and David Vassalotti) returns to their hometown to play a free show of material off new LP, Psychedelic Nightmare. (Mojo Books & Music, Tampa)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23
St. Pete Jazz Festival: Marty Morell Group The EMIT-and-SPC-presented fest concludes with a concert by Marty Morell Group, a six-piece led by drummer, percussionist, vibraphonist, producer and one-time Bill Evans sideman Morell, and featuring lead croons by jazz vocalist Michiko Ohta. (SPC Music Center, St. Petersburg)
Cope w/Mama’s Love A night of rock, roots, grooves and feel-good breezy improvisations from Bay area jam rock staples Cope as joined by heavier two-guitar fivesome, Mama’s Love, from Athens, Ga. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Daughtry/3 Doors Down Daughtry is the Southern rocking group led by American Idol-spawned namesake Chris Daughtry. 3 Doors Down is the mainstream alt-rock group that rose to fame with super catchy 2000 single “Kryptonite” and a multi-platinum debut album. Both bring grungy tendencies to this co-headlining tour. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
An Acoustic Evening with Matisyahu He’s experienced a shift in his artistic, personal and spiritual life over the past few years — leaving his Hasidic reggae-rapper proclivities behind in favor of more singing, poignant introspection, and uplifting messages. “Today, today, live like you wanna/Let yesterday burn and throw it in a fire, in a fire, in a fire” Matisyahu counsels in “Live Like a Warrior,” his vocal timbre surprisingly sweet and velvety as he likely speaks from experience, island-flavored phrasing intact but the melodies less broken up by the rhyme-slinging of his past. (Tampa Theatre, Tampa)
Pink It Up 4!: Ska Bands & Fans Against Breast Cancer w/Johnny Cakes And The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypso/The Long Johns/General Tso’s Fury/Victims Of Circumstance/UNRB The fourth annual charity event to honor those touched or lost to breast cancer features sets by five solid Bay area acts that range the skank-o-sphere, from high brass sass to punk rock power. Jeremy Gloff serves as host, artists Wade Slater and Pedro Jermaine display works, and all proceeds go to Morton Plant Mease Foundation: Mammography Voucher Program (MVP) and Cancer Patient Support Services (CaPSS). (Market on 7th, Ybor City)
Paleface A barking, howling, deep-toned and raw-voiced indie folk troubadour who makes no apologies for his straight-talking manner and delivers lines like “I’m like a rock, will you roll me?” and “I spent a little too much time on the dark side — I gotta come into the light.” Paleface currently tours with drummer/co-singer Mo Samalot, who adds able-bodied beat-keeping and feminine appeal to his songs with her charming candied lead vocals and cooing backing harmonies; electric guitarist Soren Mattson, who brings another layer of melody and riffage to their live sound. Paleface has performed on three albums by The Avett Brothers, inspired artists ranging from Beck to Kimya Dawson, and is a rousing showman we’re lucky to see play for free. (Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg)
Peter Mulvey w/Ralston Bowles/Dean Johanesen Wisconsin folkie Peter Mulvey brings his warm baritone to town supporting 2012 release The Good Stuff, a collection of covers by Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Willie Nelson, among others, that are lightly saturated in jazz, blues and groove sonic hues. (Hideaway Café & Recording Studio, St. Petersburg)
That 1 Guy w/Wolff Yeah, it’s That 1 Guy — you know, the one-man experimental band who plays all those handmade instruments? The main one (aka ‘The Magic Pipe’) is shaped like a harp and made out of steel pipes, joints, and bass strings? He makes weird sounds via a combination of string-flinging, bending, plucking and banging? The sound is funk-jazz-gypsy rock something-or-other with lots of pipe percussiveness? Still not ringing a bell? Well, maybe it’s time you saw his freak show. There’s also a ‘Magic Boot’ (a cowboy boot wired and fed through the Magic Pipe’s audio lines) and ‘Magic Saw’ (apparently makes a sound like a theremin). YouTube it. (Crowbar, Ybor City)