Folk Punk – Every Show Joe

Apes of the State Down in the Underground

March 15, 2023March 26, 2023 Every Show JoeA Better Problem, Apes of the State, Arizona, Dana Skully and the Tiger Sharks, Emo, Folk Punk, Indie Rock, Mesa, Nile Underground, Punk, Punk Rock

Three years ago, things had ground to a halt as we worked to slow the spread of a newly discovered virus and waited for science to bring solutions while we tried to mitigate the worse of it. It meant we had a lot more time for finding music, whether it was new to you or just in general newly formed. Between the many livestreams that musicians had turned to and just looking at the “You may also like” sections of music services, it felt like I stumbled onto a treasure…

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A Zona Night with AJJ and Veronica Everheart

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Every Show JoeAJJ, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Crescent Ballroom, Folk Music, Folk Punk, Indie Rock, Phoenix, Punk, Veronica Everheart

They say the universe works in mysterious ways. If you’ve been following me, I’m on a now five-month journey of experiencing long Covid and chronic fatigue. So, about a month ago I received an email about doing possible photos for this show and responded if I felt better, I might be able to at this Zona Nights show. Zona Nights the name for club shows playing around the inaugural Zona Music Fest. I am not exactly feeling better, but last week I received an email saying I’m approved. I thought…

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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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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…

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Favorite Musician Discoveries of 2020

November 15, 2020November 16, 2020 Every Show Joe2 Tone, Apes of the State, Bite Me Bambi, Catbite, Favorite Discoveries, Folk Punk, Folk Punk Rock, Grumpster, Half Past Two, Hardcore Punk, Jacknife Stiletto, Kill Lincoln, Lex the Lexicon Artist, Nerdcore, Punk, Rocksteady, Sarchasm, Ska, Ska Punk, Street Jail

The understatement for a lot of us is that the year 2020 has been mostly downs with a couple ups. I’m here to help improve that with awesome artists I have discovered through the year. A couple of the musicians on the list were before quarantining and lockdowns, but they count in my book. Majority I found through the past eight months of livestreams and streamed concerts. I know for many of you, it is a lukewarm prospect to go watch these streams while you miss the live experience. However,…

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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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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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A Night of Storytelling

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Folk, Folk Punk, Frank Turner, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Ikeda Theater, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Rock 'n Roll

Authenticity goes a long way. It is being true to oneself. It is not giving another version of you in front of others. For some people, they have a public version and a private version of themselves. This is the case with musicians, where the lyrics written are not always about oneself. They may be telling a story or creating a persona different from their own. With Frank Turner, he puts himself into his lyrics and is true to who he is during any performance. His latest visit in a…