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Two-stage DIY music festival comes to Ybor City this weekend
Indie venues like Crowbar face significant threats to their existence, but the local scene is never short on bands ready and willing to play their stages. In Ybor City this weekend, organizers of DIY Fest II have assembled more than a dozen of the Bay area’s most-seasoned live acts who’ll take over two stages and play more or less every strain of rock from third-wave emo (Hollyglen), and indie-pop (Peace Cult, Mak), to Americana (Have Gun, Will Travel), grunge (Hovercar), electro (Fantastical Tigers), and more subgenre-bending sounds (Discord Theory, Bangarang, Pilot Jonezz). Tickets to DIY Fest II at Crowbar in Ybor City on Saturday, July 13 are still available and start $20. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters. Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Tampa Bay artists Cort Hartle and James Pendleton are skipping town, but not before this farewell show
So many great local bands meet the day when one of its members moves out of the city, and that time in now for punk scene staple Rutterkin and relative newb Bad, Bad Things. Both outfits represent what can happen when good people, with even better taste in music, get together and share the fruits of their hang with friends. Both of them also count James Pendleton as band member, and he—along with Bay area artist Cort Hartle—are getting the fuck outta town (New Jersey calls). You’ll have to DM @victoralvarezmusic on Instagram for the address of this farewell house show where Alvarez’s New Aesthetics emo-ish project plays support alongside Earthgirl. A $10 donation is being collected at the door when Rutterkin and Bad, Bad Things plays The Lighthouse in St. Petersburg on Saturday, July 13. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters. Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
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