Every Show Joe Says Go! 1-18-2019
This update marks the two year anniversary, to the date, of the first Every Show Joe Says Go! episode! On this one I get to tell you there is a steady week of good music, with some great punk and ska through it. Hope I see you at one of them! Friday 18 Tiki Bandits with the 16 Eyes, The Rebel Set, and Moonlight Magic at the Yucca Tap Room Gnarwhal Jrz, The Banter, Ben Anderson, and Fresh Tears at the Lost Leaf Mae, Matthew Thiessen of Relient K, and…
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Best of 2018 – Local LP’s
Now we come to the second of two lists, from listening to over 50 local releases. I posted up my 10 favorite local EP’s from that list, and now comes my top 10 favorite full length albums from the Phoenix music scene. 10. Off the Mark – Aging Disgracefully This is another older band making a return, however I had not listened to last they were active. Their first track screams album anthem with the alternating guitar tones to begin. It leads into quality sung and played tracks. The album…
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Best of 2018 – Local EP’s
There were so many albums that I listened to in 2018 that I broke them out into two lists for the Locals. On this one you will find my top ten favorite EP’s that Phoenix local bands put out over the course of the year 10. FoL – Therapy Probably was not a surprise to find FoL on this list once again. They only build on the quality of that last album with this one. Seven more great tracks to get stuck in your head. My only sour grapes about…
Read MoreEvery Show Joe Says Go! 1-11-2019
Shows are ramping up as we get further into 2019. A few nights where you may find yourself at an impasse deciding where to go too. See you out there! Friday 11 Dadadoh and the POC “Wowee” album release with 20 Ft. Neon Jesus, Room 4, Latosque, DeeJay P-Phunk, Acne Superstar, and 2000 Ft Turtle at the Pueblo Revival The Echo Bombs, Man Hands, DOMS, and Puppy and the Handjobs at the Lost Leaf Steve Beers Birthday Show with The Woodworks, Deadfoxx, The Psychedelephants, Hostile Work Environment, and Page the…
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Artist Spotlight: Snailmate
Continuing on with the artist spotlight feature brings a local Nerdcore duo into the light. This is one you may not see as often locally because they have been doing a lot of trekking around the country since they started. My history with them goes back to when April was drumming in this fantastic blues and soul style band, Sister Lip. When that band ended up calling it quits, a few members went onto new projects with April joining Kalen for Snailmate. In the more than a decade since I…
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Didn’t Feel Like A Monday
There are older bands I have not caught in a non-festival setting. These are excellent ones that either they haven’t visited in the time since discovering or I had one of my regular overlaps of music I want to go see in the same night. The Lower Class Brats and Old Firm Casuals are both bands that until recently fit underneath this. A show additionally bringing a Tucson favorite, Thug Riot, and I got introduced to a band I had never heard before, Grade 2. Opening up are the Tucson…
Read MoreEvery Show Joe Says Go! 1-4-2018
A new year with always new shows to go check out! See you out there! Friday 4 Fox & Peacock Fun-draiser /Justin Stewart’s 40th Birthday Party featuring Grave Danger with Chip Hanna, Moonlight Magic, Some Magical Animal, Snailmate, and Wurmfur at the Yucca Tap Room Aggressive Express, Birth of Monsters, Hermanos Cabrones, Mariachi Axteca De Oro, and Harry Jerkface at Palo Verde Lounge Manny’s Birthday Show with The Bittersweet Way, Citrus Clouds, Fairy Bones, The Woodworks, Gladhammer, Parlor Birds, and The High Dive at the Rogue Bar Manic Monkeys with…
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Nothing Like It
Sometimes it is the small shows that pack the biggest wallop. Where there are only two bands, yet it feels like you watched a bigger concert. There were slightly contrasting energy of the music performed, but both Narrow Head and Fucked Up made it a show to remember. Our openers were guys from Texas called Narrow Head. These guys gave me more of a grunge rock and Nirvana vibe. It was in part due to a lot of their songs had a slower pace with drawn out chords underneath. It…
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Artist Spotlight: The Bombpops
For the third band in my most recent feature, the Artist Spotlight, I am shining it on the Bombpops. This is a band I discovered the first time at Last Exit Live on a tour with the Swingin’ Utters in April 2015. This unknown was upbeat and the right kind of pop punk I love. A little Ramones blended with Joan Jett with their unique take on it. Lyrics I could relate to, with a few specifically because I had just come out of one of the worst relationship of…
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