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Photo Gallery: Ska Parade 30th Anniversary Tour

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Every Show Joe2 Tone, Arizona, Bowcat, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Jokers Republic, Los Kung Fu Monkeys, Monkey, Pub Rock Live, Scottsdale, Ska, Ska Parade, The Holophonics

January 25th was a night of many awesome and hard music decisions in Phoenix. However, my attention went to the collection of amazing and fun ska bands celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Ska Parade radio show. Bowcat were our sole locals that kicked off a night that just felt like a celebration of the genre. Joker’s Republic was the only band new to me and I was blown away. If you’ve never seen Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, then you owe it to yourself to when things resume.…

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Photo Gallery: SkaterCon 5

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Every Show Joe16, Arizona, Ass Wipe Junkies, Bill Danforth, Boneless Ones, Chuck Treece, Fat Gray Cat, Garage Rock, Hip Hop, MC Intelligence, McRad, Metal, Paradise Valley Skatepark, Phoenix, Phoenix SkaterCon, Punk, Shovel, Since We Were Kids, Skateboarding, Skaters

SkaterCon 5 marks the last live music I was able to capture before we all went into self-quarantine mode. For that, I am happy because it stands one of my favorite events in Arizona. It is wonderful that it was able to go off without a hitch once again this year. That is from the professional skaters to the skating competitions to the live music, it is an excellent amalgamation of things coming together for the sole goal of celebrating skating. This year brought music from McRad, 16, Boneless Ones,…

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Photo Gallery: Le Tour DeVore 5

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Arizona, Authority Zero, Ballyhoo!, Chris DeMakes, Critical Miss, Fayuca, Gabo Fayuca, Haley Green, How Spangler, Jason DeVore, Less than Jake, Meager Kings, Mike Spero, Punk, Reggae, Reggae Rock, Ska, Ska Punk, Still Drunk Still, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

I’m back to going through photos from my backlog. This time going to January to the Le Tour DeVore. Jason DeVore, of Authority Zero, brought through a star studded cast of Howi Spangler, of Ballyhoo, Chris DeMakes, of Less than Jake, Gabo, of Fayuca, and Russ and Chris, of Meager Kings to the Yucca Tap Room. The tour entirely acoustic, giving people the opportunity to see these guys play their band’s songs and their own. That included an early peak at Chris’s first solo project live. Getting the chance to…

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Photo Gallery: Escape From the Zoo at Big Surf House

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Arizona, Bad Times, Big Surf House, Chatterbox and the Latter Day Satanists, Escape from the Zoo, Folk, Folk Punk, Folk Ska Punk, Marissa., Punk, Ska Punk, Tempe, Whistlepig

What a time to start getting caught up on photos I have taken. Right now we are show less live, but plenty of online streams by a lot of our favorites. Though while shows were happening and we weren’t being asked to self-quarantine, there was an excellent folk punk show at the house known as Big Surf. In town, we had the Folk Ska Punk band, Escape From the Zoo. Joining them again on this tour would be Marissa, Jesse Sendaja’s sister, solo and this time with additionally with her…

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Photo Gallery: The Adicts at the Marquee

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Corky's Leather Jacket, El Googly Diablo, marquee theatre, Punk, Starving Wolves, Tempe, The Adicts, Venomous Pinks

There are bands that just make the entire set a magical experience. For me, one of the best bands at this is the Adicts. Monkey’s flair and way for the theatrics with various props bring this. Add in the happy faces of Pete Dee to Kiki Kabel while performing to add to the joyous feeling brought out in any given set. For me, it was a top of the bucket list to get the chance to take pictures of one of my favorites in punk rock, The Adicts. Though speaking…

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One For the Bucket List

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Every Show JoeArizona, Good Riddance, No Gimmick, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Skate Punk, The Last Gang, Youth Brigade

Bucket lists are things made to keep track of events, activities, or actions we want to achieve in our lives. Sometimes they are ever rotating things in and out and other times remaining pretty stationary in who sits on the top. Since I started doing photography with a DSLR camera, concert photography has created a bucket list of bands I want to photograph. One of those would be Youth Brigade, the Stern brothers who not only have left a mark with BYO Records and Punk Rock Bowling, but on East…

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A Day at the Sidepony Express

December 13, 2019December 14, 2019 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Alternative Music, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Ben Anderson, Bisbee, Bisbee Grand, Chuckleheads, Copper City Saloon, DOMS, Folk, Folk Punk, Gnarwhal Jrz, Las Chollas Peligrosas, Melissa Reaves, Monty O'Blivion, Old Bisbee Brewing Company, Prose and Cons, Punk, Rad Dude, Rae Lydia, Rock 'n Roll, Sidepony Express, St. Elmo Bar, The Bittersweet Way, The Exbats, The Maybe Next Years, The Quarry, Tiny Bird, Treasurefruit

A little over a year ago, this festival out of town was brought to my attention. Even though I knew one of the organizers, it was not until I formally met another that it truly sunk in to go. Unfortunately, last year had an overlap of our local Phoenix Ska Punk Bowling and bad combination of not taking Monday off for the longer road trip. However, this year, I took the plunge down to Bisbee and the Sidepony Express Music Festival. Sidepony Express is a festival on its 8th year…

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This Is A Protest Song

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Bad Times, Folk, Folk Punk, Harley Poe, Homeless Gospel Choir, Mesa, nile theater, Punk

It has been a while since I last attended a night of completely folk punk bands. The last time was back in June when Escape from the Zoo played the Trunk Space. Like that night, Bad Times played. Although in that case, it was just Diego. For this night, not only did we get all of Bad Times, but there was a first for me with Harley Poe and a favorite in the Homeless Gospel Choir. Opening up was the new look at Bad Times. Taking away the solo performance,…

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Super Rad!

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Folk, Heavy Metal, Indie Rock, Jacob Turnbloom, marquee theatre, PPL MVR, Rock 'n Roll, Rocksteady, Ska, Tempe, The Aquabats

There are bands that are just pure joy. That joy can come to an audience through the lyrics they write, the way they perform, or just in how they treat their fans. For me, the Aquabats bring all of those kind of joys. Not only that, they were the second ska band I got into after discovering the genre. The song that first grabbed my attention was the one about school lunch and a celebrated food, “Pizza Day.” I have been attending their performances for the past fifteen years, not…

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That Small Venue Feel

November 18, 2019November 19, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Guttermouth, No Composure, Playboy Manbaby, Punk, Skeleton Army, Tempe, TV Tragedy, Yucca Tap Room

Venues define the personality of a show. How much a venue defines that personality varies from place to place. For some of the midsize to larger, it can create a distant experience. In those spaces, it is up to a band’s performance to engage the crowd more. However, the smaller spaces bring the sense of energy closer to both the fans and the bands. From the moment it was announced that Guttermouth was playing the Yucca Tap Room, I was excited. That is a room that the performance style of…