{"id":349220,"date":"2026-07-22T23:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349220\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:23:11","slug":"synthwave-giant-com-truise-among-artists-playing-final-week-of-concerts-at-ybor-city-venue-crowbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349220\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthwave giant Com Truise among artists playing final week of concerts at Ybor City venue Crowbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"364993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/com-truise-photo-credit-effixx-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/com-truise-photo-credit-effixx-1.jpg?fit=2400%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486628097&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"com-truise-photo-credit-effixx-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Com Truise&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/com-truise-photo-credit-effixx-1.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/com-truise-photo-credit-effixx-1.jpg\" alt=\"A dramatic, dark promotional portrait by Effixx of electronic music producer Com Truise set against a solid black background. Positioned center frame in a chest-up portrait, the individual looks forward toward the camera with a full dark beard and neatly styled dark hair. Neon lighting illuminates the portrait with a strong dual-color split effect: bright vibrant magenta-pink light casts across the left side of their face and neck, while subtle blue-purple light highlights the right side, with the rest of their dark outfit blending seamlessly into the shadows.\" class=\"wp-image-364993\"  \/>Com Truise Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tailored-communication.com\/artists\/com-truise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Effix \/ Tailored Communication<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Cruise was cringey this weekend during his cameo at the FIFA World Cup Final. The electro producer with a spooneristic moniker should be much, much smoother. In the run up to the venue\u2019s finale with Talib Kweli, Brokenmold Entertainment booked a longtime favorite to help send Crowbar off properly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comtruise.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/comtruise.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Com Truise<\/a>, aka Seth Haley, is a pioneer of the synthwave revival, deploying retro drum sounds and lush texture on songs that should\u2019ve existed to soundtrack \u201880s films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A student of the drum and bass\/hip-hop house party scene, the now Orlando-based composer makes a drive across I-4, with livetronic party starter Kaelin Ellis who just created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DbBTEhYsNW6\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DbBTEhYsNW6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an original anthem for the Swiss National Team <\/a>that may or may not have propelled the side to the World Cup quarterfinal this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowbarybor.com\/#\/events\/186657\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.crowbarybor.com\/#\/events\/186657\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Com Truise and Kaelin Ellis at Crowbar in Ybor City on Wednesday, July 29 are still available and start at $28.03.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784762591_956_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/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-23-29-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 23 \u2013 29, 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":"Com Truise Credit: Effix \/ Tailored Communication Tom Cruise was cringey this weekend during his cameo at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7523,1864,135,1865,137,136],"class_list":["post-349220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crowbar","tag-live-music-in-tampa","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\/349220","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=349220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}