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St. Pete hardcore band Last Bias releases new album at Saturday concert

Crusty punk band Human Error, Sarasota emo outfit Floating Boy, and garage-pop quartet The Bad Vibrations.

by Ray Roa March 13, 2025August 5, 2025

Crusty punk band Human Error, Sarasota emo outfit Floating Boy, and garage-pop quartet The Bad Vibrations.

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To mark the Beaver Moon, St. Pete punk band Wolf-Face releases new EP on Saturday

It’s ‘Michelangelo J. Wolf’ now.

by Ray Roa November 14, 2024July 29, 2025

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‘My favorite thing I’ve ever done’: Scene vets find home in Soft Cuff, one of Tampa Bay’s best new bands

The band celebrates its new EP with a St. Pete show on Aug. 17.

by Ray Roa July 24, 2024July 29, 2025

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Harp-drum duo Katara among Tampa Bay’s best instrumental bands

Natalie Depergola and Seth Adam Lynn just released their debut LP.

by Ray Roa July 24, 2024April 19, 2025

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St. Pete’s VFW Post 39 needs a little help, so a bunch of hardcore bands are having a benefit show

The hall needs some dough to update and install its fire suppression system.

by Ray Roa July 17, 2024August 5, 2025

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St. Pete VFW hosts another night of crusty thrash and hardcore this weekend

Human Error tops a bill featuring the debut of a new band, Flag Burner.

by Ray Roa February 1, 2024April 21, 2025

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Danish hardcore band Hexis plays rare Florida show in St. Pete

Bands from Chicago and Tampa Bay open at the VFW.

by Ray Roa November 29, 2023March 24, 2025

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Mexican ‘crust melódico’ band Habak is part of stacked punk and hardcore show in St. Pete

Massa Nera and Quiet Fear join local heavyweights Horsewhip and Star of Kholara on the bill.

by Ray Roa August 10, 2023July 29, 2025

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St. Pete’s VFW Post 39 hosts a Girls Rock Camp benefit punk concert this weekend

Joining Rutterkin on the bill are GRC alum Anarkitty, Orlando band Curtains, plus locals Smile Deadly and Caught Fire.

by Ray Roa July 5, 2023June 14, 2025

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Tampa Bay’s loudest bands play Girls Rock Camp benefit this weekend

Bring earplugs to the old VFW on St. Pete’s Central Avenue.

by Ray Roa June 8, 2022September 12, 2023

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Ska-punk band Arm the Poor reunites at St. Pete’s VFW Post 39 this weekend

And Rutterkin is doing a Guided By Voices tribute.

by Ray Roa January 6, 2022September 5, 2024

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Photos of Lady V holding court at St. Petersburg’s VFW Post 39

by CL Staff January 20, 2020

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VFW Post 39 hosts a stacked punk lineup for ‘Jason Rogers’s Memorial Show’

Catch Laser Mouth, Pig Pen and Postcard Scene taking the stage tomorrow.

by Kyla Fields December 5, 2019April 27, 2025

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Photos from Slap of Reality’s ‘Gaslight’ release show at VFW Post 39 in St. Pete

by CL Staff December 1, 2019

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St. Petersburg’s VFW 39 is hosting a bill full of punks this weekend

Rutterkin, Critical Hits and Piss Test will take the stage on Sunday.

by Kyla Fields November 21, 2019August 17, 2023

Celebrate the businesses in a funky area of St. Petersburg during Grandiversary

Organizers call their collective efforts “combined awesomeness.”

by Meaghan Habuda January 17, 2019August 3, 2023