{"id":128162,"date":"2026-01-22T19:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128162\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:35:10","slug":"minneapolis-punk-band-off-with-their-heads-returns-to-tampa-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128162\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis punk band Off With Their Heads returns to Tampa this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"516\" data-attachment-id=\"232933\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/tampa-bay-live-music-january-19-2018-12237842\/attachment\/music_off_with_their_heads_acoustic_nicole_kibert-5a62136523ccd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/music_off_with_their_heads_acoustic_nicole_kibert.5a62136523ccd.png?fit=1920%2C1272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1272\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"music_off_with_their_heads_acoustic_nicole_kibert.5a62136523ccd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Off With Their Heads, which plays Pokey\u2019s Pub in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 19, 2018&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/music_off_with_their_heads_acoustic_nicole_kibert.5a62136523ccd.png?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/music_off_with_their_heads_acoustic_nicole_kibert.5a62136523ccd.png?fit=780%2C516&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/music_off_with_their_heads_acoustic_nicole_kibert.5a62136523ccd.png\" alt=\"A musician with dark hair and a beard sings passionately into a microphone while playing an acoustic guitar during a live indoor performance. They are wearing a black graphic t-shirt and blue shorts. In the background, another individual plays acoustic guitar while seated, and a colorful banner with cartoon illustrations hangs behind the stage area.\" class=\"wp-image-232933\"  \/>Off With Their Heads, which plays Pokey\u2019s Pub in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 19, 2018 Credit: NICOLE KIBERT\/ELAWGRRL.COM<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a warzone in Minneapolis right now, and a band that\u2019s soundtracked so much life in that city arrives to warmer climes, fresh off a tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of its landmark album In Desolation.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting Off With their Heads are two totems of Florida punk and emo: Gainesville\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dikembe.bandcamp.com\/music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dikembe<\/a> and Sarasota outfit Floating Boy which just released one of the best rock LPs of 2026 so far, <a href=\"https:\/\/floatingboy.bandcamp.com\/album\/perfect-place\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/floatingboy.bandcamp.com\/album\/perfect-place\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perfect Place.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newworldtampa.com\/events\/off-with-their-heads-dikembe-floating-boy-and-smug-llc\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.newworldtampa.com\/events\/off-with-their-heads-dikembe-floating-boy-and-smug-llc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Off With Their Head play the music hall at New World Brewery on\u00a0Friday, Jan. 23 are still available for $24.06. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offwiththeirheads.bandcamp.com\/album\/in-desolation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Desolation by Off With Their Heads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/jan-22-28-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 22 \u2013 28, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Off With Their Heads, which plays Pokey\u2019s Pub in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 19, 2018 Credit: NICOLE KIBERT\/ELAWGRRL.COM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[23390,63334,135,1865,137,136],"class_list":["post-128162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-new-world-tampa","tag-off-with-their-heads","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}