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Skinny Puppy plays at State Theatre Sat., Nov. 18

Ed. note: This piece was compiled by Jennifer Almond.

THURSDAY, Nov. 26
CROWBAR Gil Mantera’s Party Dream The duo-turned-trio from Ohio produces synthtastic New Wave-flavored pop melodies with overaffected and vocoder robotic vocals trading off atop bleeptastic beats. This is the band’s second round in town since the release of their 2009 album, Dreamscape, and their live show is worth checking out for sure. Frontmen/maybe-brothers Ultimate Donny and Gil Mantera are ringmasters of absurdity in tacky spandex who bring a sort of gross animal magnetism to their chaotic, alcohol-fueled performances. If you missed ’em at Sarasota’s Cabana Inn on Tuesday, here’s your makeup date. —Leilani Polk
THE FLYING DOG CAFÉ Open Mic/Jam Night
THE GATOR CLUB The Cherry Bombs
MARINA JACK DEEP SIX LOUNGE Rock Lee
MARINA JACK PORTSIDE PATIO Democracy
MARINA JACK II THANKSGIVING DINNER CRUISE Dan Crawford

FRIDAY, Nov. 27
ACE’S Jilly and The Jammers/Steam
AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 Jack Tamborine
CABANA INN & LOUNGE KoKo Ray
CAFÉ RUELLE Debbie Jay
DCOY DUCKS Mumbo Jumbo
THE DISTILLERY Big Blu House
EZRA DJ Jay
5 O’CLOCK CLUB The Hurricanes/The Cherry Bombs
THE GATOR CLUB The Boneshakers
HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL A.J. & The Automatics
HOT TUNA BAR & CAFÉ Rob Kosinski
THE IRISH ROVER Bobby Vesey
IVORY DJ Dandy/DJ Eddie Ro
LE BARGE Rich McKee
MATTISON’S FORTY ONE Kraig Kenning
OLD PACKINGHOUSE Bad Penny & The Riff-Raff
THE RITZ YBOR Paul van Dyk Among the elite of electronic music artists is Berlin-based DJ/producer Paul van Dyk, who’s been doling out trance dancing beats since the early ’90s. His current winter tour supports Volume: The Best of Paul van Dyk, a collection that draws from every period of van Dyk’s career and also features new material and special remixes. —LP
SHARKY’S Tru Pseudo
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Damon Fowler Group/Daryl Hance
THE STATE THEATRE Rusted Root The Pennsylvania septet seasons their jamgrassy rock with world percussion influences, and enjoyed some minor fame with the spirited, Billboard-charting single “Send Me on My Way” off their second release and major label debut, 1994’s When I Woke. The band just released Stereo Rodeo, their first album of new material in seven years, in March; this tour supports the album and celebrates the band’s 20th anniversary. —LP
VINO LOCO Sean Phillips
WOODY’S RIVER ROO Will Scott (Early)/The Del-Rays (Late)

SATURDAY, Nov. 28
ACE’S The Sean Chambers Band
AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 Jack Tamborine
CABANA INN & LOUNGE Steel River Band
CAFÉ RUELLE Heather Straw
DCOY DUCKS Big Daddy
THE DISTILLERY 6-Year Anniversary Party feat. Stalling Dawn/Bootleg
5 O’CLOCK CLUB My Friend Scott
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL Caribbean Cowboys
THE IRISH ROVER Bobby Vesey
IVORY DJ Ansidis/Mr. RPM
LEBARGE Sly McLeod
MATTISON’S FORTY ONE Democracy
OLD PACKINGHOUSE The Frayed Knot
O’LEARY’S The BeThere Brothers
PASTIMES PUB 7 Years Past/Haitz/Left Hand Corner
THE RITZ YBOR Mother’s Finest Underrated race- and gender-integrated Southern funk rock ensemble Mother’s Finest never enjoyed the mainstream success or made the cultural impact of their predecessors, Sly & the Family Stone, but the Atlanta-based sextet definitely made some ripples with their self-titled debut in 1976 and its follow-up, 1977’s Another Mother Further. Both albums feature hard funkadelic rhythms, Moog solos and the throaty soulful vocals of lead singer Joyce Kennedy. The band has a rep for putting on high-spirited live shows; get out your groovin’ boots and get ready to get down. —LP
SHARKY’S The Rogaines
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Thomas Wynn & The Believers/Shak Nasti
THE STATE THEATRE Skinny Puppy/Vverevvolf Grehv Originally formed in 1982 by drummer cEvin Key and vocalist Nivek Ogre (real names Kevin Crompton and Kevin Ogilvie, respectively), Skinny Puppy is a dark, avant-industrial metal group that has influenced scores of like-acts with their experimental, pioneering recording techniques (layering, tape-splicing, distortion) and use of synthesizers, drum machines, samplers and found sounds. Skinny Puppy is also known for controversial performance art-style live shows marked by improvisation, projections and elaborate stage props and machines. Key and Ogre, the band’s only constant members, parted ways in 1995, reunited in 2000, released their first new album in eight years in 2004, The Greater Wrong of the Right, and followed it up with 2007’s Mythmaker. A new album, In Solvent See, is planned for 2010. —LP
VAN WEZEL Dave Koz & Friends Smooth Jazz Christmas 2009 with special guests Rick Braun/David Benoit/Brenda Russell/Peter White
VINO LOCO Henry Monzello
WOODY’S RIVER ROO Caribbean Cowboys (Early)/New Justice (Late)

SUNDAY, Nov. 29
ACE’S Rastus Kain Band
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
LEBARGE Howlin’ Bob
ORPHEUM The Nilla/Shangri-La
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Benefit Concert for the People of El Salvador Feat. Alfredo Rivero and Manigua/Ray Villadonga and PBS/Point 6/Somos Musica/Baye Kouyate/The Hamiltones/Bleu Gravy
TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER R. Kelly w/Marcus “Pleasure P” Cooper Any artist who can still play 2,600-seat venues and wrangle no less than $50 per ticket after making headlines for allegedly peeing on a minor should get a little credit for staying power. And the three-time Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter-producer R. Kelly does have rather nice pipes to go along with his questionable sexual history. This show is part of his “Ladies Make Some Noise” tour and takes place on the eve of the release of his ninth studio album, Untitled, out Dec. 1 on Jive Records. —LP

MONDAY, Nov. 30
AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 The Ricky & Franky Rockin’ Oldies Show
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
HOT TUNA BAR & CAFÉ Rus Anderson
RUTH ECKERD HALL Roger Daltrey He’s the iconic curly-haired frontman of The Who (which may or may not be reuniting next year). On this latest “Use it Or Lose It” solo tour, Daltrey performs his own adaptations of Who songs, solo material and covers that pay homage to his influences and contemporaries. (Setlists from recent shows have included “Who Are You,” “Baba O’Riley,” “I Can See for Miles,” and a Johnny Cash medley.) According to the press release, Daltrey has chosen more intimate venues because “I want to give people a good night out. The economic situation being what it is these days, I think that’s what they want: to go out and feel they’ve had a good jolly-up.” Selling tickets for a minimum of $62.50 isn’t really helping the current economic climate, but I supposed the sentiment is nice. —LP

TUESDAY, Dec. 1
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
LEBARGE Rich McKee
MAHAFFEY THEATER Kenny Rogers Christmas & Hits Tour As the title of his tour suggests, country music singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers is taking his holiday show on the road and performing hits like “The Gambler” and “Islands in the Stream” alongside songs drawn from his seven Christmas albums, which include original numbers as well as classics and modern standards. Rogers will be joined for select numbers by the PCCA Gibbs High School Choir. Concert attendees who bring a non-perishable food donation for America’s Second Harvest of Tampa Bay will be entered into a drawing for a “Christmas and Hits” prize package and a chance to meet Rogers in person before his performance. —LP
ST. PETE TIMES FORUM Miley Cyrus w/Metro Station The Disney-processed pop phenomenon and daughter of country music star Billy Ray got famous from her acting gig on the Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, and has turned her TV persona (normal teen by day, famed pop singer by night) into a hugely lucrative real life music career, which means we get continuous newsblips about every move and snotty remark she makes. The latest was during an interview about her hit single, “Party in the U.S.A.” and its lyric, “and the Jay-Z song was on.” Miley, who didn’t write the song, insisted she’d never heard anything by Jay-Z, wasn’t really into pop music, and that her single “is not even my style of music. … Honestly, I picked that song because I needed something to go with my clothing line.” That’s deep. —LP

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2
ACE’S Blues Jam w/Left Blue Fender
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
THE IRISH ROVER Bobby Vesey Ballads & Bodhrans
LEBARGE Max McCann
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Island Night w/Impulse
THE STATE THEATRE Skindred/Stuk/Falling Awake/Nine Mile Drive Skindred hails from Wales and produces a driving blend of reggae, metal and punk rock marked by the lead vocals and electronic stylings of dreadlocked frontman, Benji Webbe, who sings, toasts and roars in a gravelly-deep, Caribbean-spiced brogue. —LP

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