Every Show Joe – Page 80

The Folk Punks at the Trunk Space

February 10, 2017April 21, 2023 Every Show JoeAndy Warpigs, Arizona, Eli Kluger, Folk Punk, Mister Owl, Out of System Transfer, Phoenix, The Slackers Agenda, The Trunk Space, Trunk Space

The Trunk Space for over a decade has been one of the best DIY venues in Phoenix. When it was announced last year that they would be closing down the old space due to the landlord, the local scene took a hit. It had been there over a decade. What I loved about it was that it gave musicians a place to play that other venues wouldn’t always book. I knew going to a show there I would see great things and sometimes new, interesting performances too. Stephanie, who owns…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! Update 2-9-2017

February 9, 2017 Every Show JoeEveryShowJoe Says Go!

Another week, and another week of keeping this going. I’m certainly going to try to make this a weekly thing while time and schedule allows. So hopefully this helps you out on finding some live music to attend in the next week, and see you at a show!

Concerts

Twenty Years Later

February 5, 2017February 8, 2017 Every Show JoeAnti-Flag, Arizona, Ballyhoo!, marquee theatre, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Punk, Reel Big Fish, Reggae, Ska, Tempe, We Were Stereo, Yucca Tap Room

Twenty Years, two decades, those national crowds have been listening and watching both Anti-Flag and Reel Big Fish. That’s two thirds of my life they’ve been in my life, although my listening to either didn’t start until about two years after that listening to Ska Punk on the old Edge 106.3. Turning sixteen with a shiny new driver’s license, I filled that void of a quiet car with the local radio airwaves. This tour, while not an expected combination of headliners, brought me great excitement to watch two favorite bands…

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Double Whammy

February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 Every Show Joe51 West, Arizona, Corky's Leather Jacket, Creepsville 666, Crown Victoria Vandalism Committee, Diego Galvan, Escape from the Zoo, Folk Punk, Psychobilly, Punk, Rockabilly, Tempe, The Freak Billyz, The Linecutters, The Living Deads, Yucca Tap Room

What do you do when there is a bunch of music in one night? If you’re me, you try to find the best way to hit as much as you love and enjoy it. For tonight, probably one of the best examples of how I earned my nickname, I hit up two separate shows almost simultaneously. In this case, it was an easier example with both 51 West and Yucca Tap Room being walking distance. It was catching a great combination of some awesome folk punk, punk, and rockabilly combined.…

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A Punk’s Night Out

February 3, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Contradiktion, Fea, Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, Thurston, Yucca Tap Room

Change is inevitable and going to happen whether you want it to or not. Tonight brought forth a change you can see from the pictures with Yucca no longer having the black curtain behind the stage. I think it helps the stage look brighter and better, although based on the more than usual feedback has the audio bouncing around the room. The new look was brought with some of the fastest, loudest punk I’ve seen at the Yucca Tap Room tonight. Opening up was the band Thurston, who I’ve followed…

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Every Show Joe Says Go! Update 2-2-2017

February 2, 2017 Every Show JoeEveryShowJoe Says Go!

Alright, got another one done, so if you’re looking for music to go to for the next week here’s the update for you! Some great music, though a little lighter next week, so be sure to get out to some music if you can!

Concerts

Something Something Ashes of a Phoenix

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Becoming Legends, Down By Law, First or Last, Guilty By Association, Punk, Tempe, Undefined, Yucca Tap Room

Metaphors are a fun way to open up some piece of writing. I could go into the symbolism of a Phoenix for James or the lineup tonight for Down by Law being from the punkrockacademyfightsong album, their third and arguably most known album. No matter how I introduce it, the night was an awesome mix of punk rock with two more from out of town, Guilty By Associate from Vegas and Undefined from Prescott. Everyone brought the energy for this Tuesday night show. Energy is probably the thing that James…

Concerts

Blind Surprises

January 30, 2017 Every Show Joe51 West, Acoustic, Alternative, An Empty Orchestra, Arizona, Cory Wells, Damn The Weather, Demon In Me, Ethan 103, Indie Rock, Midway Heights, Punk, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

I spoke of never going to a show blind just a couple days ago, meanwhile, tonight I did it. With a invite from my friend Danielle and only watching a link to a Demon in Me song, I went in to see what great offerings there were to be found at 51 West. What started and ended acoustic, turned into a great mix of alternative and acoustic sounds ending on Demon In Me. Up first was a gentleman who goes under the name Midway Heights. While he mentioned that his…

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A Hodgepodge Reward of Music

January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 Every Show Joe.decker, Alternative, American Longspurs, Americana, Arizona, Bear Ghost, Bear State, Black Bottom Lighters, Bluegrass, Blues, Captain Squeegee, Country, Crescent Ballroom, Dry River Yacht Club, El West, Fairy Bones, Fatigo, Field Tripp, Flower Festival, Folk, Grunge, Haymarket Squares, House of Stairs, Indie, Jazz, Jerusafunk, Man Cat, Mariachi de Grand Ave, Neko Case, Okilly Dokilly, Phoenix, Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, Playboy Manbaby, Pop, Roar, Rock, Sister Lip, Stiletto Formal, The Hill in Mind, The Hourglass Cats, There Is Danger, Treasure Mammal, Twin Ponies, Underground Cities, Upsahl, Weslynn, Wyves

Locally you tend to see some band mixing on the stages when they share shows. However, it usually is to tracks those bands already perform. What if you took twenty five members of twenty five local bands, put them into a lottery to make five bands, and had them write and perform three songs plus a cover? You get what Steve, of Psyko Steve Presents, has put together in its fourth year, the Phoenix Rock Lottery. This awesome blend of local talent, music, and genre comes together for a fun…

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A Little More Than Four Simple Words

January 28, 2017October 19, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Arkells, Chip Hanna, Folk, Frank Turner, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Livewire, Punk, Rock, Scottsdale, Tempe, Time Out Lounge, Will Varley

Money, it is usually the enabler to see some of the touring musicians when they come to town. Money would somehow be what kept me from discovering Frank Turner until the release of Tape Deck Heart and not seeing him live for the first time until 2014. I had just discovered the awesome band, Larry and his Flask, at Warped Tour a little prior to the show at Crescent Ballroom so I should have been there in 2012. Though going back to school for a second degree, living off of…