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The Altons Credit: Courtesy photo<\/p>\nThe Altons Credit: Courtesy photo<\/p>\n
The average age for members of The Altons<\/a> can\u2019t be more than 32 years old, but the Los Angeles band\u2019s sound is much older.\u00a0<\/p>\n The quartet, as vocalist and guitarist Bryan Ponce explained to the L.A. Times<\/a>, is unmistakable product of East L.A. where weekends on the street are often soundtracked by parties blasting anything from cumbia, to punk rock or Art Laboe-approved oldies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Drawn in by the pull of frontwoman Adriana Flores along with the sometimes multi-lingual, always retro, sound of singles like \u201cLove You Like That\u201d (2025) or the band\u2019s long-awaited Daptone Records debut full-length Heartache in Room 14, fans of The Altons are just as diverse and often span three generations.<\/p>\n After summer festival dates and one-offs on the west coast, The Altons will jump on a plane for a short tour of Florida that includes three stops ahead of the Sublime Reef Madness Cruise out of Miami.<\/p>\n Tickets to see The Altons play Bayboro Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Nov. 11 are still available and start at $25.<\/a><\/p>\n Heartache in Room 14 by The Altons<\/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 July 16 \u2013 22, 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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