Punk Rock – Every Show Joe

Devon Kay and the Solutions Delightful Desert Stop

August 31, 2023September 1, 2023 Every Show Joe2 Tone, Arizona, Bowcat, Celleste, Devon Kay and the Solutions, Funk, Indie Punk, Indie Rock, Okinawa Plane Crash, Punk, Punk Rock, Rockteady, Ska, Ska Punk, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

Eclectic is defined as “composed of elements drawn from various sources.” It tends to be descriptions of the weather in Denver and my music tastes. Similarly, it can be used to describe the bill that assembled at Yucca Tap Room with Devon Kay and the Solutions. Just to touch on how eclectic it was, the night of music included the ska offerings of Bowcat, the punk funk of Okinawa Plane Crash, and the indie rock sounds of Celleste. The four of them combined with what I call the Indie Punk…

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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 Sunday Night with Anti-Flag and We Are The Union

December 9, 2022January 22, 2024 Every Show JoeAnti-Flag, Arizona, Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, Psychobilly, Punk, Punk Rock, Rockabilly, Ska, The Limit Club, Venomous Pinks, WATU, We Are The Union

Since my long haul Covid has continued to keep me struggling with chronic fatigue, I started to set positive goals. Positive motivations for things I will do once this symptom is finally gone. However, this symptom has kept going and talking to my doctor we cannot pinpoint when exactly it will end. Despite that, time progressed toward one of those goals. That goal from the tour announcement was to get out to Anti-Flag with We Are the Union and Doll Skin and hopefully get to photograph it too. In that…

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Concerts To Consoles: Episode 50 – Christoph and Ernest of Crazy and the Brains

November 2, 2022December 4, 2022 Every Show JoeConcerts To Consoles, Crazy & The Brains, Interview, Punk, Punk Rock, Shredder's Revenge, TMNT, Twitch, YouTube

Now you can watch or listen to Crazy & The Brains’s Christoph and Ernest hang out for a chat and playing ShreddersRevenge on what is number 50 of Concerts To Consoles! Talking all things from why music genres are dumb to Jack Terricloth to the Jersey music scene. Watch on Twitch up to 60 days from today’s broadcast here: https://www.twitch.tv/everyshowjoeWatch on Youtube above and here: https://youtu.be/0CUKH1uxZJ0Listen on your podcast service of your choice: https://anchor.fm/everyshowjoe

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Making Twenty Five Look Magical

August 29, 2022August 30, 2022 Every Show JoeArizona, Indie Punk, Indie Rock, Math Rock, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Soul Music, Spicy Mayo, Trunk Space, Wallace Hound, Wedding Anniversary, Yay Bobby Napalm

There are life’s moments that are absolute in needing to celebrate. Moments that show how magical it is when two people come together and over the long stretch continue to show that magic. For two friends, Jason and Marla, this night at the Trunk Space was a celebration of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. With their love of one another, the festivities brought that together with their love of local music. For the intimate occasion, they invited a few of their local favorites, Wallace Hound, Spicy Mayo, and this mysterious…

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Photo Gallery: Overstand at the Beast

August 18, 2022October 21, 2024 Every Show JoeArizona, Cornish Pasty, East Coast Hardcore, Overstand, Punk, Punk Rock, Tempe, The Beast

Last month I grabbed my camera and ran over to the Beast in Tempe to capture a band called Overstand. The Beast being the nickname for the venue that doubles as Cornish Pasty in Tempe. Overstand is an East Coast Hardcore influenced band made up veterans of the Phoenix punk scene. On lead vocals you got Ben Barnes of Broloaf and Eye Rake more recently. Over on bass, Roy Valencia of way too many to name including Broloaf. Todd Hamilton of Broloaf and North Side Kings over on the guitar.…

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Bowling for Soup and Less than Jake Tag Team The Marquee

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Bowling For Soup, Cliff Diver, Doll Skin, Emo, Less than Jake, marquee theatre, Phoenix, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Ska, Ska Punk

Epic duos persist throughout pop culture. Rick and Morty, Joker and Harley Quinn, Pinky and the Brain, Jay and Silent Bob, and so many others over the decades. That brings me to the peanut butter and jelly of epic duo tours, Bowling For Soup and Less than Jake. The pop punk and ska punk staples are together for a west side run of the U.S. bringing the awesome pair of Cliff Diver and Doll Skin with them to the Marquee Theatre this past Friday. Up first was a band known…

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Listen To Your Heart, Yes

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Every Show JoeArizona, Cheekface, Garage Rock, Guppy, Indie Rock, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Valley Bar

There are times I am just excited the moment I hear a show announcement to the time it occurs. Sometimes it is an artist I love, like a Less than Jake, and sometimes it is one I have yet to see but fell in love with their music. This time around there was a band I discovered in 2020 when I had nothing better to do than watch concert streams and dig into algorithm suggestions. That band was Cheekface. Right after that short exposure, I sought out their Bandcamp, purchased…

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A Loaded Night With Frank Turner

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Every Show JoeAmigo The Devil, Arizona, Folk Music, Frank Turner, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Pet Needs, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, The Bronx, The Van Buren

I have said it before, but sometimes there are strokes of luck when a few artists come together for a tour. You may call it a super tour by the number of killer acts in one place for one ticket that isn’t a festival. I bring that up because that is just what Frank Turner put together for his epic fifty states in fifty days tour. That is not touching on the big endeavor Frank took on to hit all fifty states in his first post 2020 U.S. tour. The…

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Subhumans Return to Rebel Lounge

August 4, 2022August 5, 2022 Every Show JoeAnarcho Punk, Arizona, Garage Rock, Generacion Suicida, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Skull Drug, Subhumans

There are staples of every genre. The bands that are your must see whenever they come to town. They inspire and put on awesome performance after performance with every visit. They are equally bands who have been doing it since the early days of their genre that you look up to. The band I’m talking about that fits the bill here is the Subhumans. This marked their first visit back to the desert since before things shutdown in 2020. With Subhumans, we had local favorites, Skull Drug, to kick off…