Arizona – Page 14 – Every Show Joe

The Message of Unity

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 Every Show JoeAnti-Flag, Arizona, Club Red, Hardcore, Mesa, Punk, Sharptooth, Stray from the Path, The White Noise

This show was a different kind of line up for me. I don’t usually listen to a lot of hardcore punk. There are exceptions, with the fantastic PEARS and Tarter Control. But I usually just don’t get into the Hardcore punk. Enter a night where one of the highest ranking bands on my favorites list, Anti-Flag, comes to town with three of them in tow. If anyone this night made a case for another Hardcore band that I could get into, it was Sharptooth. This was a band with similar…

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Punk Rock Duo

February 2, 2018May 21, 2020 Every Show JoeAlex Squared, Arizona, Mobina Galore, Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, Time Out Lounge, Yucca Tap Room

Everyone has an opinion. You don’t have to agree with them, but you can listen to their take on it. It is a common discussion that comes up about two piece bands. There are people out there that aren’t fans. They aren’t open to the idea two members can make great music. However, over the past three years I’ve seen a couple now that I feel make the convincing argument for the amazingness that is a two piece band. In this smaller show, we had the two piece of Mobina…

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The Grounding of All Things Music

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 Every Show Joe80D, Arizona, Club Red, Mesa, Punk, The Ataris, The Queers

Shit happens. A little after a month of this show, I ended up losing my day job. It was how I mostly funded this expedition. However, it showed me how things devolve when you don’t have a financial grounding underneath. It made the following months already backlogged on pictures become more chaotic as the job hunt continued. Among that time I did process pictures for bands at their request, and you probably saw them floating around on their respective sites and social media. That was helpful in giving me grounding…

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The Stars Aligned

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Club Red, Mesa, Propagandhi, Punk, RVIVR

Many of us have a bucket list for a specific hobby or just life in general. It is a list of things you want to accomplish before you die. For music, over time I’ve grown a list of my own. There are a few likely impossible, and a few feasible. However, one that has been on mine for near a decade has been Propagandhi. To say that I was looking forward to this night would be an understatement. Add in the fantastic music that is Bad Cop/Bad Cop with the…

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Look What Happened

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Flagstaff, Less than Jake, Progatonist, Punk, Red City Radio, Ska, Ska Punk, The Green Room

Road trips are becoming a more common regularity for my concert going. It is not just the big festivals either. This is a random trip to a place out of town like the Rialto in Tucson. With the opening of the Green Room up in Flagstaff, they have been bringing fantastic punk shows through the cooler climate. It is a Crescent Ballroom size venue with an excellent selection of craft beers from around the Flagstaff area. With a car lease, and limited income currently, I have fewer opportunities to get…

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True Sounds of Liberty

November 19, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Club Red, Mesa, Punk, Reason Unknown, The Father Figures, The Linecutters, TSOL

The month of August started with a bang. This was show that brought a legendary legacy in punk with the more exciting up and comers. There was no doubt I would be in attendance from the moment I saw show announcement. T.S.O.L. and Father Figures accompanied by the high energy guys of Reason Unknown and the Linecutters conquered Club Red this night. Opening up is easily the best punks to explode on our scene in the last two years, the Linecutters. They blend hardcore singing with the tunes of your…

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Therapy For the Speed Bumps

November 17, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Blues, Phoenix, Pride Through Strife, Red Sage, Reggae, Reggae Rock, Rips Bar

Life likes to challenge your ability to do what you love. The ones you stick with through the hard parts are the things you tend to care for the most. I suppose that is part of the challenge. Life wants to tell you that the only way to survive is paying the bills and doing the job to that end. I ask where the fun in that is. What fun would life be if you were to be part of the status quo? If you only have one life to…

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The Brews and The Punks

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Authority Zero, Bad Religion, First or Last, Goldfinger, Guttermouth, NOFX, Phoenix, Punk, Punk in Drublic, Skull Drug

Around twenty three years ago, NOFX released their fifth album, “Punk in Drublic.” Flash forward to now and it has become a full-fledged beer sampling, punk rock show. Phoenix was lucky enough to be added to the list of cities hosting the festival. The line ups vary from city to city with NOFX across the board joined by multiple amazing punk bands such as Bad Religion, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Less than Jake, Goldfinger, and more. The Phoenix stop had the line-up of NOFX, Bad Religion, Goldfinger, Authority Zero, and Guttermouth…

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The Enthusiasm of Pessimism

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Folk, Folk Punk, Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Stevenson, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Rock, Ska, Wiccan Babysitter

When Bomb the Music Industry started playing, I was too busy graduating from college and becoming a cog in the corporate machine. I fell out of following music outside of a couple bands while I worked for GameStop. After leaving that position, I had to work to find my stress free environment which brought me back to following music in 2011. However, by the time I got to discovering Jeff Rosenstock, it was after Bomb the Music Industry had ceased playing. The closest thing I could do was track down…

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Friends Coming Together

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Bloody Rogue Bastards, Bluegrass, Celtic Punk, Colten Hood, Ethan 103, Jesse Val, Painting Fences, Punk, Rock, Tempe, Time Out Lounge

Birthday shows tend to be a more common occurrence as I meet more within our music scene. They bring out the friends and musicians. Some I don’t get the pleasure to see as often as I would like. In the case of tonight, I got to catch someone who I have missed play for a while, someone I had not seen before, and a bunch of regular bands I love to see live. Opening up the night was the birthday girl herself, Cecilia. Playing with her friend on guitar, the…