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Rhythm Room Rocks With Dave Hause and the Mermaid

There are artists that transcend genre. They start in one we love the most or hold dear enough. Though as they grow as musicians they branch further into others. One of those musicians is Dave Hause, who I know from punk rock origins with The Loved Ones and later The Falcon and All Brights. With his solo work, he has branched out further to showcase folk rock skills. This night brought him back to Phoenix with those skills. His band Dave Hause and the Mermaid with the talented Will Hoge…

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Aquadolls and Sitting On Stacy Visit Valley Bar

I’m back on pushing blind discoveries are exactly why you try to make it at the beginning and stay to the very end of a show. If you read my prior M3F coverage, you already know that was a bucket load of seeing rad new musicians for me recently. That is continuing as I came out for the Aquadolls in their co-headlining tour with Sitting On Stacy and their cool openers in Hoity Toity. Both latter bands I’d never seen or heard before. Let me tell you, all of them…

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Different City, Same Skatercon

They say a change of scenery can do you well. For Skatercon 6, that meant heading to an entirely different city for the first time in Tucson. The five past prior ones have all been held in Phoenix. This time, we were about an hour and a half south with Mt. Lemmon in our backdrop at Santa Rita Skatepark. Skatercon in a different city did what it does best loaded with bands and skaters, local and touring. A little bit of technical issues playing into it made our Phoenix local…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 3-11-2022

Things are looking better and with it bringing a lot more shows the next week! Friday 11 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) The Aquadolls, Sitting on Stacy, and Hoity-Toity at the Valley Bar. Proof of vaccination or negative test required. – 7 PM Playboy Manbaby with Rootbeer Richie and the Reveille at the Tempe History Museum. – 7 PM to 9 PM New Guinea Pigs on the Block with the Echo Bombs, Emperor Asshole at Yucca Tap Room. Proof of vaccination or negative test required – 9 PM…

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M3F 2022: Day Two

With the first day of M3F under my belt, I was more excited going into the second day. I had already discovered so many new to me musicians and bands that it created a bigger anticipation for the second day. The sun was out this time that added warmth and to that feeling that it was going to be a good day.  As for the festival, it did live up to that growing anticipation and the bar set by the day prior. First of the music would be another solid…

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M3F 2022: Day One

The now by the name M3F festival has been running since 2004. The three in the name originally coming from McDowell Mountain Music when it started in Scottsdale in view of the McDowell Mountain range. Since then, it has only grown and grown, moving into bigger digs in downtown Phoenix at Margaret T Hance Park. It only made sense for them to remove the direct name of McDowell Mountain and rename to the acronym of M3F. My first attending of the festival was in 2016 where I watched Beck for…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 3-4-2022

March is here and many musical options are there for your concert going in just week one in Phoenix! Friday 4 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) D.I. with 80*D, Corky’s Leather Jacket, and No Gimmick at Pub Rock Live. – 7 PM M3F 2022 Day 1 with Bryce Vine, Jungle, Zhu, Bea Miller, A R I Z O N A, Jai Wolf, Franc Moody, Goth Babe, Two Feet, and more at Margaret T Hance Park. – 2 PM to 11 PM Punk at the Blooze with Kickin’ In,…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 2-25-2022

This week is packed with rad live music in Phoenix, to the north in Flagstaff, and south in Tucson. Take your pick, be safe and have fun at a show! Friday 25 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) The Breakup Society with Scorpion Vs Tarantula and French Girls at Chopper Johns – 9 PM Gnarwhal Jrz at the Lost Leaf. Masks asked indoors. – 9 PM Dirty Lingo Reunion with the Runner Up and Brian Champian at the Rockbar. – 7 PM The Borrowers with The UAPS, Metropolis Man…

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PEARS Return to Phoenix

The very first time I saw PEARS was in a Las Vegas backyard in 2015. That was near the beginning with their first album under their belts and Fat Wreck had just signed them. Since then, they have only gone up in trajectory in success, music writing and performances. That includes their self-titled 2020 release being their best to date. However, they never had a chance to tour on it until now. The great one two punch of the tour included Neighborhood Brats who unfortunately dropped due to continuing issues…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 2-18-2022

This week ebb’s and flows with a few returning locals and favorite touring artists visiting! Friday 18 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) Koffin Kats with Outlaw Inlaws, Vacant Skies at the Rebel Lounge. Proof of vaccination or negative test required. – 8 PM Sara Robinson Band with Indigo Kidd and the Bittersweet Way at Last Exit Live. – 9 PM Bullet Babe with Mannequins, Junk Drawer, and the Fiends. Masks Required. DM a band for address. – 8 PM Crop Killer, El Googly Diablo, The Stillnites, and the…

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