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The Four Eyed Horsemen Assemble In Phoenix

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Four Eyed Horsemen, Hip Hop, MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Mega Ran, Nerdcore, Phoenix, Rap, Rebel Lounge, Schaffer the Darklord

One of the most consistent streams over the year and change without live shows was the Four Eyed Horsemen. The four that make up this group are MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Mega Ran and Schaffer the Darklord. The once a month streams were easily top of the pile in production. The effort put into the monthly themes, green screen and real backdrops and costumes further reinforced this. They were something that I could rely on while Covid shut down live concerts that always gave me smiles, laughs and times to…

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Celebrating Ten Years of Playboy Manbaby

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Garage Rock, Hardcore, Indie Rock, Mega Ran, Metal, Nedal, Okilly Dokilly, Phoenix, Playboy Manbaby, Punk, Punk Rock, The Van Buren, Together Pangea

The first time I saw Playboy Manbaby it was stumbling into them on stage at the Long Wongs location near Apache and McClintock. I was at Tempe Tavern and the friends I was hanging out with decided let’s jump over to see what was a walk down the street. What first drew me to them was immediately the brass section. That accompanied by the misidentifying them as another ska band in an otherwise starved local Ska band scene in 2012 in Phoenix. However, the tunes they played were punk with…

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I’d Call This A Mega Tour

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Arizona Federal Theatre, Descendents, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rise Against, The Menzingers

There are concert lineups you don’t know how they came together, but you are happy they did. One of the more surprising in the past couple years for me, but makes sense after a minute to think about it, was Reverend Horton Heat, Fishbone, and Strung Out. While not as genre crossing, another three big names I didn’t expect to tour together would be the one from this night with Rise Against, Descendents, and the Menzingers at the Arizona Federal Theatre. More surprising is trying to figure out who headlines…

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A Skankin Good Time!

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Bowcat, Darling Skye, Epic 18, Epic XVIII, Punk Rock, Ska, Ska Punk, Tempe, The Re-Adjusters, Yucca Tap Room

This was a show wrap up that started before I knew I had caught Covid 19. I had finished processing the photos the following Sunday night from the show and as I started to sit down to write the following day, the symptoms of Covid 19 started setting in. Given the early symptoms included sinus pressure, it created conflict with my ability to focus on writing about this wonderful night of Ska at the Yucca Tap Room. However, as I see the tail end of the symptoms I wanted to…

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A New Day

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Authority Zero, Galaxy Punk, Madd Dog Tannen, marquee theatre, Miles to Nowhere, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Reggae Rock, Ska, Tempe

It was a night of nervous excitement for me. It was my first return to the Marquee Theatre in over a year and it was a day getting hyped by listening to the brand new Authority Zero album Ollie Ollie Oxen Free. There was anticipation in the air, not just from myself, but from everyone excited to see the night’s show after the past year and a half. It took a little for the spark to ignite, but that Marquee audience burst to life once they started to get comfortable…

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Punk In The Arizona Waterpark

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Big Surf, Face to Face, Good Riddance, H2O, Pennywise, Punk, Punk In the Park, Punk Rock, Slaughterhouse, Strung Out, Tempe, The Bombpops, Voodoo Glow Skulls

I have spent over a year watching live music through a computer monitor, my phone and occasionally on my TV. Due to the spread of Covid 19, live events were put on pause to try to reduce the spread. While for me, I have enjoyed the live streamed events and the more intimate interactions I have got with musicians it just wasn’t the same for many. It wasn’t the same as the energy you get from a room of friends made through the love of belting those lyrics back at…

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A Rebel Open Mic

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Almond Eyes, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Electrisad, Folk Music, Kim Capria, Old Star, Phoenix, Rebel Lounge, Soft Blossom, The Banter

It’s been over a year since I last took pictures at a venue of live music. The past year and a couple months have presented drastic changes in the way life has been for all of us. Though now vaccinated and I carry my mask around too, I have been edging my way back into getting out to live music. The past year has created points of anxiety I had not anticipated or have experienced like this before. Heading out to the Rebel Lounge open mic has been helpful in…

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A Miles to Nowhere Practice

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Carter Drive Sessions, Galaxy Punk, Miles to Nowhere, Punk, Punk Rock, Tempe

The past over ten months has been the longest I’ve gone without physical live music in over a decade. It has been a more insular time as trying to quarantine due to Covid 19, mask up when I go grocery shopping or anywhere near others, and where we have had to go to other outlets to get that music fix. For me, that outlet has been the thousands of musician and concert streams that have been organized or simply on a whim gone live the past ten plus months. One…

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Photo Gallery: The Avengers at Wooden Tooth Records

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Every Show JoeAnchorbaby, Arizona, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Man Hands, Punk, The Avengers, Tucson, Wooden Tooth Records

I’ve been sporadically digging into my photos, discovering ones that may got lost in the shuffle of everything I do. That was usually do to how much I ran around and tried to take photos before this pandemic put a stop to live shows for the time being. However, there was a cool event at the Wooden Tooth Records in Tucson that I never got around to posting. I actually stopped there to catch the show on my way to the SidePony Festival in Bisbee. They had the legendary Bay…

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Photo Gallery: Mustard Plug & The Toasters

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Every Show Joe2 Tone, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, 3rd Wave Ska, Arizona, Half Past Two, Mustard Plug, Pub Rock Live, Scottsdale, Ska, The Toasters

I’m back digging into my backlog of photos once again, with a night of Ska music to remind us of the good times before. This tour brought two staples and favorites of the genre, The Toasters and Mustard Plug, tag team headlining duties. Dave and Mustard Plug were their usual charismatic and fun selves taking top billing this night. Bucket singing songs from the Toasters that are so remembered they ended up more like singalongs with this crowd. I would be beside myself not to mention this tour introducing me…