SoundCheck: Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Rob Thomas, Beatles, The Sound

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With Fall Out Boy, All-American Rejects, Asher Roth

Details: 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Ford Amphitheatre, 4802 U.S. 301 N, Tampa. $20-$68. (813) 740-2446.

Today, pop-punk bands burst on the scene faster than those Bring It On sequels go to DVD. And for that, you can thank (or complain to) Blink-182. With undeniably catchy pop-punk anthems, toilet humor and midday streaking (What's My Age Again?, All the Small Things), the goofball trio (from left, Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge) crashed shows like MTV's TRL at a time when boy bands and angsty rap-metal acts ruled. Much of Blink's material poked fun at lame-o parents and bad girlfriends, though tracks like Adam's Song, which dealt with teen suicide, brought more poignant moments. Emo kings Fall Out Boy, I Love College rapper Asher Roth and the All-American Rejects make this quite a lineup.

. Rob Thomas

With One Republic, Carolina Liar

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday. Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. Sold out. (727) 791-7400.

If we had to list artists most likely to be heard while shopping for housewares, Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas would be there, no question. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Like Third Eye Blind, who plays next week, Thomas pens simple but honest, big-chorused rock songs, i.e. Push, 3 A.M., Real World, Bent, Ever the Same and crazy-mega smash Smooth with Santana. (Billboard ranked Smooth the No. 1 rock song in the history of the Hot 100 chart.) Thomas says new album Cradlesong draws influence from artists ranging from INXS to Tom Petty. One Republic (Apologize, Stop and Stare) and Carolina Liar (I'm Not Over, Show Me What I am Looking For) open.

Come Together: A tribute to the Beatles

Details: 3 p.m. Saturday. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $12-$17. (813) 971-0666.

Featuring the Ditchflowers, Captain Obvious and the Duh Patrol, boon, the Chicken Chasers, the Crabgrass Cowboys, Gumbo Boogie, Hat Trick Heroes, Juniper, Mark C and Joe Reina, Parson Brown, Rich Whiteley Band, Bob Anthony with Natty Moss-Bond, Sandy Atkinson and the Revelations, Sons of Hippies, Soul Purpose, Tribal Style

The Beatles' Abbey Road, which arguably received one of the best remasters of all the reissued albums, is turning 40. To celebrate, melodic pop-rock act the Ditchflowers will re-create tender, top "Harrisongs" Something and Here Comes the Sun, Ringo's environmental rocker Octopus's Garden, John's larger-than-life Come Together, Paul's medley-starter You Never Give Me Your Money and the rest of Abbey Road in an afternoon acoustic set and an evening electric set. Captain Obvious and the Duh Patrol, with Freight Train Annie on vocals, will tackle Yellow Submarine as will Jerry Outlaw of Zappa tribute band Bogus Pomp. The other bands will play a variety of Beatles tunes, bringing the set list to more than '60-ish Fab Four tracks.

Every Time I Die

With Bring Me the Horizon

Details: 7 p.m. Sunday. Ritz Ybor, 1503 Seventh Ave., Ybor City. $20.50. (813) 247-2555.

"Mom, Dad, it's time to go to sleep." That's how Jimmy Kimmel introduced Buffalo, N.Y., act Every Time I Die before it ripped into eccentric, slightly twangy hard-core music on his show. Hot off the press, gritty album New Junk Aesthetic recalls Southern-leaning Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, a more comedic Underoath, and possibly even Foo Fighters, if Dave Grohl went metalcore. Tight musicianship, screaming, jumping and nonsensical lyrics ("If everything I do is wrong, I gotta do it right") also included.

The Sounds

Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Ritz Ybor, 1503 Seventh Ave., Ybor City. $16-$20.50. (813) 247-2555.

The Sounds scored an opening slot on No Doubt's reunion tour earlier this year, due in large part to singer Maja Ivarsson's spunky, sneering role. One of Blender's "Hottest Women in Rock," the striking Swede leads the group on punky, poppy New Wave tracks with a big accent and a bigger attitude. Hurt You (you might recognize it from the Geico caveman ads) sounds like a cocky take on Missing Persons. Other material recalls Shiny Toy Guns or Tegan and Sara.

The Matt Kurz One

With Mogul Street Reserve, the Semis

Details: 9 p.m. Friday. New World Brewery, 1313 E Eighth Ave., Ybor City. $7. (813) 248-4969.

This one-man garage band works like so: Kurz's mouth on vocals, his left foot on bass guitar (really), his right foot on snare and bass drum, his right hand on strumming of guitar, toms, ride cymbal, his left hand on forming of guitar chords, hi-hats, keyboard (with neck/headstock of guitar). Local opener Mogul Street Reserve just picked up a Best of the Bay Award from Creative Loafing for Best Progressive Rock Band, and we couldn't agree more.

Times correspondent Carole Giambalvo can be reached at carole.giambalvo@gmail.com.