Things are slowing down a bit on the "regular" live music front and ramping up on holiday offerings. To check those out, click here. For live music happening this Fri., Dec. 11, plus a peek at the weekend ahead, check the breakdown below.
Malcolm Tent with Purr Purr Purr, Bosstichi Miami-spawned, Connecticut-based idiosyncratic punk rocker Malcolm Tent (not to be confused with the accordion-wielding Malcolm Tent) plays a baby blue acoustic guitar, talks or sing-songs through his drolly written odes, and has been active since ’83. According to his Bandcamp, latest album Pose Hard includes “16 incredible mind blowing tracks pointing out the wonderful absurdity of the human race, starting with the artist himself.” Among the highlights: “Achilles’ Dick," "Anti-Social Network” and, my personal favorite, “White People Everywhere.” Support for this in-store from Purr Purr Purr (the feline-charged bass/rap project of Shae Krispinsky) and Bosstichi (Treasure Island’s Adam Turkel from doing a punk rock acoustic set). (Planet Retro Records, St. Petersburg)
Twisty Chris & The Puddin' Packs, Octo Gato, Blonk A three-pack of surf and punk-rooted Florida talent. Clearwater’s own beach blanket-boisterous Twisty Chris & the Puddin’ Packs bring tracks like “Lavalava Twist” and “Jugs of a Killer,” the post-modern sleaziness of Orlando-brewed Blonk is looser and more psychedelic as driven by the tunefully piercing wails of frontman Vladimir Dragonheart Rachmoninov, while Octo Gato, from Ft. Lauderdale, pits the warbling-yelping vocal twang of Mike Locke aka Captain Octo against bouncy garage jangle. (Fubar, St. Petersburg)
Mija Amber "Mija" Giles is an on-the-rise OWSLA-repped EDM producer/DJ out of LA whose house-rooted sounds take a glitchy, trap-pumping turn; her most recent release, “Crank It,” is a collab with frequent EDM associate Ghastly and features guest grunts and utterances by Lil Jon. (Amphitheatre, Ybor City)
ALSO TONIGHT
Johnny Mile and the Kilometers/Little Sheba and the Shamans/Skinny D and the Hot Rod Truckers The Bends, St. Petersburg
Future Vintage Album Release Party Ringside Cafe, St. Petersburg
Shaun Hopper Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Geri X/Kristopher James/One Trip Little Emerald Bar, St. Petersburg
Damon Fowler Group w/Vanessa Collier Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
D.R.I. w/ Bleeding Money/Toxic Shock/Unsung Destroyer/Dead Cat Lounge Brass Mug, Tampa
Applebutter Express Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg
Local Lockdown w/Prepare The Grave/Untomoria/Within Us/Divine Science/American Greed/Shot Glass Serenade State Theatre, St. Petersburg
Lazy Lester w/Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones 2 Palms Bar & Bistro, Clearwater
Boxcar Hollow Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Legion of DOOM w/Dabron Kain/BluJD/Tone Kapone/Mickey Spixx/Mojito/Arkay/MC Fanotch/Ketchum Killum/Rival/Foundation/DJs Hurley, Skeelow and Wally Clark Crowbar, Ybor City
Two-Piano Eight-Hand Extravaganza: What Pianos & Pianists Do For Fun w/Eunmi Ko, Rebecca Penneys, Omri Shimron & Benjamin Warsaw SPC Music Center, St. Petersburg
Row Jomah Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa
COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
Break This Curse/Camrose/Blacklight Band/Disheveled/The Knowing Within Sat., Dec. 12, Brass Mug, Tampa
Jackyl Sat., Dec. 12, State Theatre, St. Petersburg
The Black Dahlia Murder w/Goatwhore/Iron Reagan/Entheos/Artificial Brain Sat., Dec. 12, Orpheum, Ybor City
Basement Sessions Sat., Dec. 12, MFArts, Ybor City
Ummet Ozcan Sat., Dec. 12, Amphitheatre, Ybor City
Kamelot w/Dragonforce Sat., Dec. 12, The Ritz Ybor, Ybor City
Kung Fu w/Holey Miss Moley Sat., Dec. 12, Crowbar, Ybor City)
Loudon Wainwright III Sat., Dec. 12, Murray Studio Theatre, Clearwater
Rising Appalachia Sat., Dec. 12, Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor
Tampa Bay Rocks the Cure w/Sister Hazel/The Outpatients Sat., Dec. 12, Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
WMNF Presents: Frank Sinatra Centennial Sat., Dec. 12, Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
Roy Schneider & Kim Mayfield w/Lipbone Redding Sat., Dec. 12, Hideaway Café & Recording Studio, St. Petersburg
Dirty Bourbon River Show w/Stringfellow Sat., Dec. 12, Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg
The Malah w/Four Star Riot Sat., Dec. 12, Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Damon Fowler & Selwyn Birchwood Sun., Dec. 13, Hideaway Café & Recording Studio, St. Petersburg
The PANGAEA PROJECT No.62: Tatsuya Nakatani + Michel Doneda Duo Sun., Dec. 13, The Venture Compound, St. Petersburg
Lipbone Redding Sun., Dec. 13, Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg
The Hustle Sun., Dec. 13, Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
