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A Neighborhood Gathers for WayneFest 2021

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Every Show Joe2 Tone, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, Arizona, Blood Feud Family Singers, Bluegrass, Coronado Park, Folk Music, Garage Rock, Hip Hop, Mega Ran, Nerdcore, Phoenix, Rap, Ska, Surf Rock, The Rebel Set, Wayne Fest

Wayne Newton lived in Phoenix. Yes, Mr. Las Vegas and known for his iconic look performing music Wayne Newton. For a part of his childhood he grew up in the Coronado District of Phoenix. He attended North High School before moving again to set him up for all the grandeur of Las Vegas. Why bring this up? That is because WayneFest is a celebration named after him and a get together of the neighborhood he once lived in. It started in 2018 making it one of our newest festivals in…

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Doll Skin’s Hometown Show

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021 Every Show JoeAlternative Music, Alternative Rock, An Awful Mess, Arizona, Doll Skin, Emo, Phoenix, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Rio Wiley, Winterhaven

There are shows you circle on your calendar as must go. After the last year and a half, that has only further magnified those you miss seeing live and those you just have newly discovered. Doll Skin was of those I had circled from the moment it was announced. They are such an excellent band to watch live. For bonuses on the night, that would be getting to catch Winterhaven, An Awful Mess, and Rio Wiley additionally. Opening up was a bouncy and fun band called Winterhaven. This is the…

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Hot Mulligan Brings a Fire Tour to the Van Buren

December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Emo, Hot Mulligan, Indie Punk, Indie Rock, Phoenix, Pop Punk, Prince Daddy and the Hyena, Punk, Punk Rock, Sincere Engineer, Super American, The Van Buren

Going into a show blind can lead to just a bigger high when you discover another awesome band. It is the reason you should always go to a show from the beginning, as those openers have become a few of my favorite bands. However, in the case of Hot Mulligan, they were a band I actually had never listened to prior to this show going in. Additionally, Super American on this tour too. I was there for Sincere Engineer and Prince Daddy and the Hyena. Combined though, all four just…

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Lagwagon’s Two Nights of Blaze and Double Plaidinum

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Lagwagon, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Red City Radio, Venomous Pinks

Getting to see a band once is a pleasure, but getting to see them two nights in a row is a double delight. There have been a handful of times that I’ve been able to watch a band two, or more, nights in a row like that. AJJ and Authority Zero are ones I have in the same venues back to back. The Slackers and Crazy & The Brains are two that come to mind that I’ve pulled off in two nights in two different cities. Regardless of whether the…

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A Scott and Lo(u)ser In A Living Room

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Chris Graue, Folk Music, Littlest Man Band, Lo(u)ser, Phoenix, Reel Big Fish, Scott Klopfenstein, Ska

Occasionally really cool opportunities come to a town near you. Having the opportunity to see Scott Klopfenstein, a longtime member of Reel Big Fish and his own project that followed with the Littlest Man Band, just play a living room one Saturday evening is one of those very special opportunities. While I was at Punk Rock Bowling I saw Scott and Chris Graue announce on Twitter they’d be playing a backyard in Phoenix. I was excited just with a little matter of sorting out attending the day they came to…

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An Acne Superstar Release

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Every Show JoeAcne Superstar, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Cheap Hotels, Emo, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Phoenix, Pop Icons, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Troubled Minds

I’ve always thought if I had a couple million dollars, part of my goal would be to get a few local bands recorded and promoted out to the larger audience they deserve. One of the best examples of that would be Acne Superstar. This idea has roots in after the band took a little break from performing, when their lead singer, Nav, went to Florida for a summer. They played their first show after a couple months, once again standing out from the crowd that night. It had me questioning…

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Boss’ Daughter Back on Tour

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Boss Daughter, Flagstaff, Flagstaff Brewing Company, Folk Punk, Punk, Punk Rock

This past Friday I took a trip up to Flagstaff. The occasion is my friends in Boss’ Daughter are going back on the road for the first time since before Covid. I go back with Chris Fox since I first saw him play a Vegas backyard in 2015 with his other band Vampirates. Jamie and Danny since finally seeing Boss’ Daughter back in 2019 on that same Flagstaff Brewing Company stage. All wonderful people that translates into the high energy, animated now three piece you see up there. The show…

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The Horrorpops and Franks & Deans Back Together Again!

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Belfry Bats, Franks & Deans, Horrorpops, marquee theatre, Psychobilly, Punk, Punk Rock, Ratpack, Rockabilly, Ska, Tempe

My interest in Rockabilly began in 2014 when I was at Punk Rock Bowling. I was at a club show to catch Old Man Markley, but there was this headliner called Reverend Horton Heat that followed. Sticking around that night, the Rev just blew my mind on what this rad genre of music was. At the time, Horrorpops were not active so I did not have the opportunity to catch them until most recently. However, it would be my first time seeing Hoss, of Franks & Deans, perform on a…

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Flogging Molly Returns With Violent Femmes To Mesa!

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Every Show JoeAdolescents, Arizona, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Celtic Punk, CJ Ramone, Flogging Molly, Folk Music, Folk Punk, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Mesa, Mesa Amphitheatre, The Damned, Thick, Violent Femmes

Sometimes you know you miss things, but until they are before your eyes you don’t realize how much you missed them. When it came to the tour with Violent Femmes and Flogging Molly, a pair of them in the form of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Flogging Molly brought out that exact feeling for me. However, that was in part because I had never seen Thick or Violent Femmes before. I was in for a treat with the four combined this Friday night. Our openers were a band…

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AJJ’s Knife Man 10th Anniversary Tour Hits The Nile

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Every Show JoeAJJ, Arizona, Emperor X, Folk Music, Folk Punk, Mesa, nile theater, Punk Rock

It has been a little bit since last AJJ played a hometown show. Of course, there was the before vaccine times of Covid and where everything came to a grinding halt for the safety of one another. So it was an understandable longer time. However, a really cool thing about AJJ during that time is they did weekly streams with Sean and occasionally more on their Instagram through the entire quarantining period. On a similar safety note with this tour, they are working to make it vaccinated only and ask…