{"id":349136,"date":"2026-07-22T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349136\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:20:09","slug":"surfer-blood-returns-to-tampa-for-final-week-of-crowbar-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349136\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfer Blood returns to Tampa for final week of Crowbar concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"612\" data-attachment-id=\"364984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/surfer-blood-9-19-10-49\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Surfer-Blood-State-Theatre-Nicole-Kibert--scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2007&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2007\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.surferblood.com\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Surfer Blood&lt;\/a&gt; plays &lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/statetheatreconcerts.com\/\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;The State Theatre&lt;\/a&gt;, St. Petersburg, FLA on September 19, 2010.\\n\\nNote: Please share, download and use these photos for non-commercial purposes but be sure to abide by the &lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;creative commons license&lt;\/a&gt; by crediting the photos to Nicole Kibert \/ &lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.elawgrrl.com\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;www.elawgrrl.com&lt;\/a&gt; and if using online, add a link back to this page or to &lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.elawgrrl.com\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;www.elawgrrl.com&lt;\/a&gt;. This license does not permit commercial use without my permission. Thanks.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1284937358&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Surfer Blood 9.19.10 - 49&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Surfer Blood 9.19.10 \u2013 49\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Surfer Blood plays State Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 19, 2010.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Surfer-Blood-State-Theatre-Nicole-Kibert--scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Surfer-Blood-State-Theatre-Nicole-Kibert-.jpg\" alt=\"A live concert photograph by Nicole C. Kibert showing John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood performing on stage at the State Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 19, 2010. Captured in profile facing right against a dark stage background, the lead guitarist and vocalist plays a white Fender Stratocaster electric guitar while standing on stage. They are wearing a light-colored graphic T-shirt with a colorful vintage print and light denim shorts. Floating soap bubbles catch the stage lights around them against the dark background, with stage lights glowing softly overhead and the hands of audience members visible in the lower foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-364984\"  \/>Surfer Blood plays State Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 19, 2010. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/8CuuQU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Kibert\/elawgrrl.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surferblood.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.surferblood.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Surfer Blood<\/a>\u2019s slacker beach-rock soundtracked the come up for an entire generation of music fans, and many of them grew up in venues like <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/crowbar-tampa-12390507\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/crowbar-tampa-12390507\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crowbar<\/a>, too. As the famed room approaches its final show next Friday, the West Palm Beach outfit headlines one hell of a rock bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brother Cephus\u2014led by actual brothers Gabe and Seth Davis\u2014makes a rare appearance in support of Ought-channeling indie-rock that is some of the best the Bay area has ever produced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show starts off heavy, too, thanks to Meatwound a Tampa hardcore staple that sounds <a href=\"http:\/\/decibelmagazine.com\/2025\/05\/07\/ful-album-stream-meatwound-macho\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/decibelmagazine.com\/2025\/05\/07\/ful-album-stream-meatwound-macho\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201clike Killing Joke fed through a meat grinder,\u201d <\/a>according to Decibel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowbarybor.com\/#\/events\/187055\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.crowbarybor.com\/#\/events\/187055\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Surfer Blood, Brother Cephus, and Meatwound at Crowbar in Ybor City on Tuesday, July 28 are still available and start at $28.03.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surferblood.bandcamp.com\/album\/astro-coast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Astro Coast by Surfer Blood<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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\/july-16-22-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 16 \u2013 22, 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":"Surfer Blood plays State Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 19, 2010. 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