Month: August 2022

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Making Twenty Five Look Magical

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There are life’s moments that are absolute in needing to celebrate. Moments that show how magical it is when two people come together and over the long stretch continue to show that magic. For two friends, Jason and Marla, this night at the Trunk Space was a celebration of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. With their love of one another, the festivities brought that together with their love of local music. For the intimate occasion, they invited a few of their local favorites, Wallace Hound, Spicy Mayo, and this mysterious…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 8-26-2022

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August’s end brings a plethora of live music options around this state! Friday 26 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) Sinbuenos with So Happy, Manoz Zuziaz, Kill Something, Los Hijos De Nadie, and Junk Drawer at Cheba Hut Downtown Phoenix Band Together: A Benefit for Reproductive Rights featuring Danielle Durack, Bogan Via, Syster, Proper Pet, and AJ Odneal at Rebel Lounge – 7 PM CHZBRGR Picnic with Joan of Arkansas, Ghost in the Willow and Dune Parade at the Yucca Tap Room – 8 PM Pobre Pobre with State…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 8-19-2022

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Powering through the fatigue to make sure you have a few show suggestions around AZ for your next week! Friday 19 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) Survival Guide (Formerly Agent M of Tsunami Bomb) acoustic set at Simple Machine Brewing – 5 PM to 9 PM Metalachi with Las Calakas at the Rhythm Room – 8 PM Lee Perreira at the MIM – 7:30 PM Birds and Arrows Album Release with Fairy Bones at Club Congress Plaza, Tucson – 8 PM L.A. Witch at Club Congress, Tucson –…

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Photo Gallery: Overstand at the Beast

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Last month I grabbed my camera and ran over to the Beast in Tempe to capture a band called Overstand. The Beast being the nickname for the venue that doubles as Cornish Pasty in Tempe. Overstand is an East Coast Hardcore influenced band made up veterans of the Phoenix punk scene. On lead vocals you got Ben Barnes of Broloaf and Eye Rake more recently. Over on bass, Roy Valencia of way too many to name including Broloaf. Todd Hamilton of Broloaf and North Side Kings over on the guitar.…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 8-12-2022

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It does lighten up for the first time this month, but good shows to be found still around the state this week! Friday 12 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) American Standards, Turn Zero, Apocolypse Pony, Amaya, Lethean, and Dondre tha Giant at Pub Rock Live – 6:30 PM Mega Ran Album Release Party with Penny the Great, Slop Funk Dust and Whitney Peyton and 8 Bit Mammoth at the Valley Bar – 7 PM The Antibacteria Cafeteria Presents The Saturn III, Los Jones, and the Maybe Next Years…

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Bowling for Soup and Less than Jake Tag Team The Marquee

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Epic duos persist throughout pop culture. Rick and Morty, Joker and Harley Quinn, Pinky and the Brain, Jay and Silent Bob, and so many others over the decades. That brings me to the peanut butter and jelly of epic duo tours, Bowling For Soup and Less than Jake. The pop punk and ska punk staples are together for a west side run of the U.S. bringing the awesome pair of Cliff Diver and Doll Skin with them to the Marquee Theatre this past Friday. Up first was a band known…

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Listen To Your Heart, Yes

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There are times I am just excited the moment I hear a show announcement to the time it occurs. Sometimes it is an artist I love, like a Less than Jake, and sometimes it is one I have yet to see but fell in love with their music. This time around there was a band I discovered in 2020 when I had nothing better to do than watch concert streams and dig into algorithm suggestions. That band was Cheekface. Right after that short exposure, I sought out their Bandcamp, purchased…

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Every Show Joe Says Safely Go! 8-5-2022

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We are truly in August and looks like the rad shows keep on rolling through Arizona this week! Friday 5 (All times AZ/MST times unless otherwise noted) Bowling for Soup and Less than Jake with Cliffdiver, Doll Skin at the Marquee Theatre – 7 PM Wheelright with Harrison Fyord at the Valley Bar – 7:30 PM Praise The Underground! Featuring Science Fair Diorama, Marc, Cigs, Simple Malfunction, The Basements, So Happy, and Junk Drawer at 7427 W Coolidge St, Phoenix – 5:30 PM Blotter Vision with Krovak, Tactless, and The…

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A Loaded Night With Frank Turner

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I have said it before, but sometimes there are strokes of luck when a few artists come together for a tour. You may call it a super tour by the number of killer acts in one place for one ticket that isn’t a festival. I bring that up because that is just what Frank Turner put together for his epic fifty states in fifty days tour. That is not touching on the big endeavor Frank took on to hit all fifty states in his first post 2020 U.S. tour. The…

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Subhumans Return to Rebel Lounge

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There are staples of every genre. The bands that are your must see whenever they come to town. They inspire and put on awesome performance after performance with every visit. They are equally bands who have been doing it since the early days of their genre that you look up to. The band I’m talking about that fits the bill here is the Subhumans. This marked their first visit back to the desert since before things shutdown in 2020. With Subhumans, we had local favorites, Skull Drug, to kick off…

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