PEARS – Every Show Joe

PEARS Return to Phoenix

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Every Show JoeArizona, Baja Bones, Blotter Vision, Hardcore Punk, PEARS, Punk, Punk Rock, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

The very first time I saw PEARS was in a Las Vegas backyard in 2015. That was near the beginning with their first album under their belts and Fat Wreck had just signed them. Since then, they have only gone up in trajectory in success, music writing and performances. That includes their self-titled 2020 release being their best to date. However, they never had a chance to tour on it until now. The great one two punch of the tour included Neighborhood Brats who unfortunately dropped due to continuing issues…

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Punk Rock Bowling 2021: Day 0 and 1

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Every Show JoeAnti-Flag, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Descendents, Dilliinger Four, Folk Music, Frank Turner, Fremont Country Club, Garage Rock, Get Dead, Jerk, Las Vegas, Make War, PEARS, Pegboy, Punk, Punk Rock, Punk Rock Bowling, Ska, Ska Punk, Strung Out, Suicide Machines, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Darts, The Linecutters, The Run Around, The Uppers

Turns out there are ways to make two and a half years feel like forever. Of course, the idiot in the White House spewing nonsense daily was a regular attack on our mental well being. Then in 2020, our favorite musicians touring and festivals came to a grinding for the safety of one another with Covid 19 on the spread. Those of us being morons about wearing masks and keeping quarantined had a year and a half of streams by those same artists and a few of the festivals, including…

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The Warmth of a Basement Show

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 Every Show JoeArizona, Eye Rake, Hardcore, HiGH, Mesa, Nile Underground, PEARS, Punk, Robot re(Pair)

Basement shows are a staple of music in various cities around the country. However, here in Phoenix, we have about two venues that count as basements. The first is a more recent one, the Valley Bar, and the second one is the Nile Underground, with a bit of age and history to it. One downside of a basement in a historic building is the ventilation and air conditioning doesn’t usually make it all the way down. For the music fans in Phoenix and a couple bands, this ends up a…

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Best Albums of 2017: The Nationals Edition

January 5, 2018January 5, 2018 Every Show JoeAlestorm, Anti-Flag, Authority Zero, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Best Of 2017, Direct Hit, Fare Game, Flogging Molly, Matamoska, PEARS, Propaghandi, Redneck Nosferatu, Rozwell Kid, The Bombpops, The Bronx, The Lillingtons, The Menzingers

While the locals list is certainly the more special list to me, that national list is a good glimpse into my personal taste. The national list of favorites I expanded to fifteen to include bands that aren’t local, but would be considered local if I did live in their city. There was certainly a couple that I felt blended in and beat a few of the national acts. So with that in mind, let’s go down the list from fifteen to my favorite album of 2017. Side note, a couple…

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Punk Rock Bowling: Day 2

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 Every Show JoeBad Cop Bad Cop, Iggy Pop, Las Vegas, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, OFF!, PEARS, Plague Vendor, Punk, Punk Rock Bowling, Ska, The Interrupters, The Lawrence Arms, The Spits

The first full day of Punk Rock Bowling is Saturday. You have your pool party shows, the main stage, and the club shows. You can find yourself going about fifteen hours a day on these days. For me, this was the settling in day. I ended up out there about three, when Plague Vendor started. With the Punk Rock Bowling write ups, I’m going to probably do more blurbs than my usual writing format. There is a lot of stuff to cover, and of course, some great pictures to check…

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Favorite Albums of 2016 From the National Bands

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 Every Show JoeAFF, Alternative, Descendents, Face to Face, Fea, Get Dead, Indie Punk, Jeff Rosenstock, Joyce Manor, Lost In Society, Lucky Eejits, Mean Jeans, Nerf Herder, NOFX, PEARS, Pulley, Punk, Red City Radio, Rock, Ska, Ska Punk, Skinny Lister, The Interrupters, The Negative Nancys, The Slackers, The Two Tens

Deciding on a name for this, and how to sort the bands that aren’t from Phoenix, but don’t tour a ton outside of their home towns and states was a little difficult. In the end, I wanted to put an emphasis on the guys from Phoenix so this category covers everyone else. These are bands I will continue to say check them out if you can in 2017 in whatever location you can find them! It got a little tougher to sort through this one. Down to the well-known fact…

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A Couple of Punks Solo It

December 9, 2016 Every Show Joe51 West, Arizona, Chuck Arock, Dani Delarge, Diego Galvan, Dylan Starks, Little Bags, PEARS, Tempe, The Linecutters, The Otos, Zach Quinn

This was a night catching one of my favorite touring friends, and seeing more of the great younger musicians in our punk scene. There was a good energy to the room. A lot of fantastic musicians I don’t usually see play by themselves, just usually with their appropriate bands. Three of the four didn’t even use a microphone. First up we had Dani Delarge, who comes from the super energetic band The Otos. His bandmate, Liam, I’ve watched go fearlessly into mosh pits for a few years now. Dani’s solo…