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The Warmth of a Basement Show

Basement shows are a staple of music in various cities around the country. However, here in Phoenix, we have about two venues that count as basements. The first is a more recent one, the Valley Bar, and the second one is the Nile Underground, with a bit of age and history to it. One downside of a basement in a historic building is the ventilation and air conditioning doesn’t usually make it all the way down. For the music fans in Phoenix and a couple bands, this ends up a…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! 6-9-2018

This week looking a little lighter, plus navigating the temporary sites in wake of that TicketFly hack to try to get all the shows I can find to recommend in one place. Hope I see you out at a show! Saturday 9 Safer Fest 2018 with Property Six, Inept Hero, Good Rust, Torn At The Seam, Clint Stevens Band, Juttin Lee, Genre, Ass Wipe Junkies, Elephant Gun, Jesse Val, Mikey Bones, Brian Black, Fall of Atlas, Skoville, Moons, Birds, and Monsters, and Endless Muse at Joe’s Grotto Critical Miss Birthday…

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Go With The Flow

There is a lot of new music hitting my ears weekly these days. Perhaps it is the exponential growth of bands I follow or just the coincidental concentration of bands releasing new music. With that comes the album release shows. It is a get together of musicians and a few of their favorite musical friends to celebrate their latest lyrical creations. This time around a few guys I’ve been watching since I was a teenager were celebrating their latest music, NEATO, with a few of their favorite friends. The show…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! 6-1-2018

Back after a weekend out at Punk Rock Bowling to do my regular concert calendar videos again! Very helpful with the TicketFly venue websites down after they got hacked. Hopefully this helps you find some music and I’ll see you out at a show! Friday 1 Authority Zero with Madd Dog Tannen, After the Calm, Nomada, and Undefined at the Marquee Theatre Sundressed with Playboy Manbaby, Tiny Stills, Crooked Teeth, and Instructions at Rebel Lounge No Year with Birth of Monsters, The Living Receiver, and Stone Claw at the Yucca…

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The Triple Release

Album release shows are an excellent way to bring out everyone into one place to pick up and celebrate new music. They tend to usually be for a single release, and occasionally for a dual release. However, in this case we had three bands releasing three new albums of their own. This would be a first for my concert going, as Playboy Manbaby, T.O.S.O., and Not Confined had a brand new album this night. On top of those, we had Exxxtra Crispy playing to start the entire thing off. Exxxtra…

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Lucha, Beer And Punk Rock

Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of the Mexican army defeating the French in the Battle of Puebla. It is a holiday that has taken on a celebration of Mexican culture and drinking here in the U.S. Over the years, the holiday has been more of day that my activities are more dictated by if there is a good show. This year presented a festival that has been hitting Tucson and a few stops around the country for a couple years now. It is the Sabroso Taco Festival with acts…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! 5-18-2018

This week has a little more, with some shows through the 29th. I may not have enough time before I head to Punk Rock Bowling XX to do the weekly update, but still wanted to make sure you had some shows to consider in case I couldn’t! See you guys and gals out at a show or Punk Rock Bowling! Friday 18 Zero Degrees North EP Release with Kill Your TV, and No Lungs at the Trunk Space Spanish Love Songs with LightSpeedGo, Ghost in the Willow, and Black Paw…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! 5-12-2018

I got you covered on another Saturday update. A little lighter than the past week, but some good ones and bigger than usual Tuesday of music. See you out at some music! Saturday 12 NEATO CD Release Party with Johnny Lee Gowans, Hollowpoint Vigils, Miles to Nowhere, Coyotes Tango, Off the Mark, and Skull Drug at Pub Rock Live 2 Tone Lizard Kings Album Release with Warsaw Poland Brothers, Mr. Incommunicado, and Bowcat at Yucca Tap Room TCA Edge show with Manic Monkeys at the Tempe Center for the Arts…

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Masters of Melodic Punk

There are lineups you just look at and can tell will be amazing. A couple bands on the bill stand out and above a lot of their respective genre. In the case of this night at the Crescent Ballroom, it was just that. The tour paired the talented musicians of both Red City Radio and Lawrence Arms, alongside the fantastic discovery for me in Sincere Engineer opening it up. Sincere Engineer is the one person, acoustic act of Deanna. From the beginning she was entertaining not just by performing these…

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In With The Out Crowd

Enthusiasm is the intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval. Many describe it as infectious. I would go with it as the theme of the amazing lineup of a tour. This night’s tour package had Less than Jake and Face to Face co-headlining with Direct Hit and Jukebox Romantics along for the ride. All four of these bands brought a large amount of enthusiasm to their night’s performances. Opening up was the only band I was unfamiliar with going in, the Jukebox Romantics. The three piece from New York was…

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