It's a busy night of concerts on this Fri., March 25. Take a look at the breakdown of highlights below, then peep what's coming up this weekend, too.
Intronaut with North, The Ocean, Scale The Summit Intronaut (which features former members of Anubis Rising, Exhumed, Uphill Battle and Impaled) toes a fine line between post-metal and prog-rock, mixing atmospheric and heady-intense washes of sound with intricate polyrhythms, unexpected time signatures and bass forays traveled with fretless fluidity; some people like to call it ‘thinking man’s brutality.’ This tour supports 2015 fifth LP, The Direction of Last Things. Arizona trio North (which just debuted a full-length release on Prosthetic Records, Light The Way) brings sludgier post-rock timbres to the tour, while Robin Staps’ German progressive metal outfit, The Ocean, fires their technicality with political lyrical fuel. (Orpheum, Ybor City)
Blast! Friday with Atlanta Rhythm Section A Southern rock staple with slick R&B influences helemed by keyboardist Dean Daughtry since forming in 1971, Atlanta Rhythm Section came up with charting singles like “Spooky,” “Imaginary Lover” and “So Into You,” which continue to get airplay and land the ATL band gigs like this headlining slot at downtown Clearwater’s monthly street festival. The music starts at 5:30 p.m. with an opening set by Ellie Lee & Blues Fury. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
Indie Women Music Showcase: Geri X, Legacy West and Alex Stamper An intimate evening of fine feminine talent led by roots-folk rock songstress Geri X, whose lyrical style is razor sharp, and love and heartache ever present themes of her moody narratives. Legacy West is an alternative blues outfit driven by the old soul-vocals of frontwoman Aubrey Lovell, while the tonal quality of singer-songwriter Alex Stamper is the exact opposite – sweet, high and youthful. (Hideaway Café & Recording Studio, St. Petersburg)
Bengali 600 An assemblage of well-practiced Orlando-area musicians (bassist, drummer, keyboardist, guitarist, a few percs players and a four-piece horn section) ply original Afrobeat sounds along with a repertoire of covers. RIYL: Budos Band, Fela Kuti, Antibalas. (New World Brewery, Ybor City)
Betty Fox Horn Band with Matt Schofield Band Blues and soul-howling songstress Betty Fox and her band (guitarist Matt Walker, bassist Benjamin Sudano and drummer Sam Farmer) returns to the Skipperdome stage joined by a full horn section that brings a brassy boost to their grooving sounds. Guitar virtuoso and British Blues Hall-of-Famer Matt Schofield also performs on this night. (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
The Movement A Philly-Columbia, S.C. trio that crafts reggae music imbued with healthy doses of heady Jamaican dub, dancehall and ska flavor, and marked by pop-velvety vocal stylings. The Movement just dropped a sixth LP, Golden, its rays-lit melody-drenched single “Dancehall” starting as a slow-swaying ode of affection before picking up speed into a lush, fast-bumping island-dancing groove. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Boombox Cartel LA-based DJ/production duo Boombox Cartel (Americo Garcia and Jorge Medina) have been jumping between electro, trap, dubstep, and hip hop sonic realms for the past four years, drumming up some EDM buzz with singles on Mad Decent (a collab with NGHTMRE, “Aftershock”) and OWSLA (“Jamba” with Jackal) as well as a remix spot on Diplo & Sleepy Tom's official Be Right There EP, which earned them an invite to play an hour-long mix on the Diplo & Friends BBC Radio show earlier this year. (Amphitheatre, Ybor City)
Hippie Sabotage This brothers-fueled duo from Cali gained some international buzz after UK pop star Ellie Goulding posted their remix for Tove Lo’s "Stay High" on Instagram and it went viral with more than 1 million hits (now it’s at 393 million). Hippie Sabotage produce glitchy experimental electro with pitch-shifted vocal splices and overall heavy hip hop influence that gives their mixes a beat-tape quality, ideal for rapping or flowing over. (State Theatre, St. Petersburg)
Lil Wyte with Slumerican & many others For a Southern rapper, Memphis-bred Lil Wyte has a rather fast and calculated flow style, aggro-ruff tonal quality and subject matter that’s generally preoccupied with weed-smoking. He even has his own medical strain – OG WYTE Kush, a marriage of Kush, White Widow and Grand Daddy Purp. He’s collabed with Three Six Mafia, Juicy J and JellyRoll, among others, is a member of the Hypnotize Minds rap collective, and has released more than a dozen albums and mixtapes since bursting onto the scene in 2003. On this night, he heads an impressive roster of hip hop talent highlighted by Nashville group Slumerican. Also performing: Big Henry, Shawty Fatt, Dangeruss, Ken Kong, Young Huli, MP, Anoumou$, Bangpunk, Los Ghost and CREMrO. (Local 662, St. Petersburg)
ALSO TONIGHT
Damon Fowler Group (Ale And The Witch, St. Petersburg)
Ryan Montbleau (Craftsman House, St. Petersburg)
Botomatics/Broken Taillight (Ruby’s Elixir, St. Petersburg)
Shadow_Run/Broz w/DJs Grandmaster_Crouse & D-FENS (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
Bad Friday w/The Prople/Green Bastard/Stand up Ralph/Matthew Bistok and the Electric Powered Windmills (Fubar, St. Petersburg)
Punk Rock Karaoke feat. members of The Pink Lincolns & Down By Law (The Hub, downtown Tampa)
Ulcer/Stonecutters/Insatanity/Must.Not.Kill/Thrash Attack/Regurgitated Pus/Dismember The Carcass (Brass Mug, Tampa)
Trigger City Trio (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa)
COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
Chuck Brodsky Sat., March 26, Craftsman House, St. Petersburg
Pangea Project No. 64: Zach Cooper w/Infinite Third/DC9V/Jason Bundy/Chris Charbannueau/Sean Hamilton Sat., March 26, The Venture Compound, St. Petersburg
The Baseball Project Sat., March 26, Crowbar, Ybor City
Earth, Wind & Fire w/Chicago Sat., March 26, MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa
NRBQ w/Acme Jazz Garage Sat., March 26, Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa
One-Eyed Doll w/Eyes Set To Kill/Open Your Eyes Sat., March 26, State Theatre, St. Petersburg
Bath Salt Zombies Sat., March 26, Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg
Troy Youngblood & Soulfish w/U.S. and The Underdogs Sat., March 26, The Hub, downtown Tampa
Turbo Saturday w/Januari/See Shellz/SubPirate/Head Freq/Charlie Brass Sat., March 26, Fubar, St. Petersburg
Aegea CD Release Show w/Sunshine & Bullets/From This Fire Sat., March 26, Local 662, St. Petersburg
Soul Saturday: Danielle DeCosmo CD Release w/Mountain Holler/Blackbird Morning Sat., March 26, Hideaway Café & Recording Studio, St. Petersburg
Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Sat., March 26, The Ritz Ybor, Ybor City
Hellgorefest3 w/Shattered/Three Knuckles Deep/Mad Splatter/BloodRapture PuertoRico/Dark Disciple/Contorted/SledgegrindeR Sat., March 26, Brass Mug, Tampa
The Ultimate Joe Cocker & Santana Experience - Mad Dogs & Sacred Fire Sun., March 27, Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
TB Wine and Food Festival: Third Eye Blind Sun., March 27, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa
