“To live outside the law you must be honest”: Thus spake one folk firebrand named Bob Dylan a lifetime ago. If that applied to Dylan and his creative comrades back then, it certainly applies even more now to modern Orlando folk-punk outsiders X-Dirty Fingers.
The duo of (no last names, please) Ali and Taryn — an outspoken trans woman — are unabashedly working-class, queer, progressive and ready to sing in a workers’ utopia far off and obscured behind capitalist smog. Wielding guitars, banjos, Taryn’s voice and that’s it, this is a band living happily outside the lines.
They’re currently touring with Gainesville’s Confession Kids, who bested illness to rejoin this touring party. And they’re bringing a strident Mountain Goats-meets-Kirsty MacColl sound and righteously angry yet hopeful songs. Opening are Holly Pocket and Holding On For Dear Life. No frills needed.
7 p.m. Friday, July 19, Stardust Video & Coffee, $10.
Stardust Video and Coffee
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This article appears in Jul 17-23, 2024.