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Big Sad plays Microgroove in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 21, 2024. Credit: Rachel Framingheddu \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\nBig Sad plays Microgroove in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 21, 2024. Credit: Rachel Framingheddu \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n
Big Sad\u2019s \u201cBlack Umbrellas\u201d is one of the best protest songs to come out of the Bay area. On it, frontman Dave Decker (in full disclosure, also Creative Loafing Tampa Bay\u2019s senior photojournalist) sings about Portland protests and \u201cFeds flanked to the right like it\u2019s World War 3.\u201d<\/p>\n
The punk band opens this bill at Tampa\u2019s where it joins crust-punk outfit Headless State, post-hardcore quartet Last Bias, and The Outbreed to raise money for Americans For Immigrant Justice<\/a>, a Miami-based nonprofit that provides \u201cdirect representation, impact litigation, advocacy and outreach\u201d for some of the country\u2019s most vulnerable people.<\/p>\n Black Umbrellas by Big Sad<\/a><\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in Feb. 19 \u2013 25, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \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…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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