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Every Show Joe Says Go! 8-9-2019

Another week of a strong weekend and a lighter week of music, but there is at least one good show to hit every night on this latest episode. Friday 9 Hoist the Colors with Buk Chuck, Idiotkin, and Actual Psychic Violence at Pub Rock Live Hado with Fairy Bones, The Color 8, The Runner Up, and Sons of Providence at Rebel Lounge Brandi’s ReCaoPhoEry Get-It-Back-A-Thon, raising money for Crossroads Inc and Bright Focus, with I.Am.Holograph, Fargo Arizona, Ben Anderson, Haley Green, Daphne and the Glitches, and Murphy’s Outlaw at Pho…

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Concerts 

Double the Party, Four Times the Show!

Merriam-Webster defines party as a social gathering. For many, that is how most would define a concert or show. You could literally say we have double the party with both Pity Party and Dog Party on night’s bill. This is probably an obvious joke that has run its course over the time of their tour with Bad Cop/Bad Cop. No matter, it makes for a nice attention getter to talk about their stop in Phoenix with the added awesomeness of our local Venomous Pinks. Opening up was our local women,…

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A Reel Big Soup

Third wave ska was born out of the punk scene in the late eighties, combining the sound of old school ska with the upbeat and fast paced nature of punk. Of those within the genre, there is only a pair I have watched in double digit. One of those tattooed on my arm, Less than Jake, and the other is Reel Big Fish. I used to joke they were a band that I couldn’t miss. That I always ended up at their Phoenix stops regardless of remembering they were playing.…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! 8-2-2019

The ebb and flow of the calendar, with lighter but busy corners on this week of shows! Friday 2 AZ Punk Invades Joe’s Grotto featuring Skull Drug, Inept Hero, Skeleton Army, We Steal Copper, The Zombie Zone, and more at Joe’s Grotto President Gator 18 Year Anniversary Show featuring Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Bogan Via, Gospel Claws, ROAR, and Fine China at Crescent Ballroom Soft Deadlines and Antenna Talk at Illegal Pete’s on Mill Dinosaur Pile Up with Brkn Love and Luna Aura at Rebel Lounge A Sunday Fire with StereoRiots,…

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Concerts 

A Familiar Pair

How often do you see a two band show? I feel like it is rare that any show I attend isn’t a minimum of three. However, that is exactly what happened on Streetlight Manifesto’s latest trip to Phoenix with Kitty Kat Fan Club. Although with bands this good, two is a good number. Our openers were Kitty Kat Fan Club, a familiar group to anyone who went to the last times that Streetlight Manifesto or Koo Koo Kanga Roo came to town. I was in attendance at both, though felt…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! 7-26-2019

A solid rebound on the quantity of shows this week after the lighter week we had prior. Plenty of options that should keep you happy every day this week. Friday 26 Mac Sabbath with Okilly Dokilly, Playboy Manbaby, and GodSpeedBall at the Marquee Theatre Sarchasm with Mt. Mural and Hi, My Name is Ryan at the Yucca Tap Room Some Jaywalkers, Maybe Next Years, Clam Slam and Altercation at the Grid Thee Faded Pictures with Man Hands, Fat Gray Cat at Chopper Johns The Zombie Zone with Villains In Heat,…

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Artist Spotlight Concerts 

Artist Spotlight: Potty Mouth

In my latest artist spotlight, it is a case for why you show up early for every band. I first saw Potty Mouth as part of the tour with Skating Polly. Skating Polly was a band I was recommended prior, but had not had a chance to watch live before. Though before those guys played there was this band called Potty Mouth. They are an all-girl four piece live, and three piece otherwise, that brought an enthusiasm to the stage. They played a pop punk brand of music with fantastic…

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Frenetic, Fast Paced Fun

Have you ever heard a song and immediately were enamored with it? Hearing Amyl and the Sniffers song “GFY” for the first time on the Jonah Raydio podcast was just that. After that, I immediately jumped over to Spotify to listen to the rest of the self-titled album that it came from. The energy and sound grabbed me song after another on it. Of course, luck would have it they would be in town about a month after with a rad group of locals. Up first is a band I…

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