They've been compared to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but Celebration is neither as punk-derivative nor as inaccessible. Singer Katrina Ford brings ethereal white girl soul to the Baltimore three-piece's landscape of shimmering, texturally rich, sometimes hard rockin' psychedelia. The fourth band founded by Ford and her multi-instrumentalist husband, Sean Antanaitis, Celebration has managed to impress both critics and peers since their 2005 self-titled debut and they've toured with the likes of Blonde Redhead, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV On the Radio. The band comes to Tampa with Brooklyn's Dragons of Zynth, a quintet that produces experimental glam rock that is both bizarre and appealing in a holy-shit-what-the-hell-is-going-on-here? sort of way. Sun., Oct. 28, 9 p.m., New World Brewery, 1313 E. Eighth Ave., Ybor City, $8, 813-248-4969.
This article appears in Oct 24-30, 2007.