{"id":180556,"date":"2026-03-06T10:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180556\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:05:10","slug":"orlando-garage-soul-favorite-the-sh-booms-brings-new-ep-to-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180556\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando garage-soul favorite The Sh-Booms brings new EP to Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"354040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/orlando-garage-soul-favorite-the-sh-booms-brings-new-ep-to-tampa\/attachment\/the-sh-booms-phographer-james-hand\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Sh-Booms-Phographer-James-Hand-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1709&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1709\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"The Sh-Booms \u2013 Phographer James Hand\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Sh-Booms&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Sh-Booms-Phographer-James-Hand-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Sh-Booms-Phographer-James-Hand-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Sh-Booms-Phographer-James-Hand.jpg\" alt=\"The Sh-Booms band members posing together in front of a white geometric breeze block wall. The eight individuals are dressed in stylish casual and professional attire, featuring a mix of black button-downs, a gold shirt, and a central figure in a black wrap dress.\" class=\"wp-image-354040\"  \/>The Sh-Booms Credit: James Hand \/ Earshot Media<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no forgetting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshbooms.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.theshbooms.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sh-Booms<\/a>. Staples on the Central Florida indie-rock scene, bassist Alfred Ruiz and singer Brenda Radney made a mark with a garage-soul sound that\u2019s since expanded, especially on a forthcoming EP, This Is A Test\u2026 due March 10.<\/p>\n<p>On it, the nine-piece band takes a giant leap into pop, with stops in the worlds of post-punk, funk and new wave along the way\u2014all fitting for a concept record about two astronauts on a collision course.<\/p>\n<p>The support bill is eclectic as Ruiz and Radney\u2019s tastes, and includes grunge-y Tampa band Hovercar along with Orlando metal outfit Skeletizer arriving in support of a fiery, fast, and loud mini album of its own, Sounds From the Doomshed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772791510_718_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/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\/mar-05-11-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar. 05 \u2013 11, 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":"The Sh-Booms Credit: James Hand \/ Earshot Media There\u2019s no forgetting The Sh-Booms. 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