Ska – Every Show Joe

Jer Puts the Leap in Leap Day

March 12, 2024March 13, 2024 Every Show Joe2 Tone, Arizona, Devon Kay and the Solutions, Emo, Hip Hop, Indie Punk, Jer, Phoenix, Punk, Rocksteady, Ska, Ska Punk, Skatune Network, Spicy Mayo, Suzie True, Trunk Space, We Are The Union

A leap day only occurs once every four years. That would make it perhaps the most special day of the year. So, it is only appropriate that on this kind of special day we would have Jer making a tour stop at the Trunk Space. Joining them for this tour was Chicago favorites of mine, Devon Kay and the Solutions, and Suzie True, from the state next door. Not to mention, they called in the perfect local companion band, Spicy Mayo, to open it all up. If you want the…

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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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Contributed to this Look Back at the Edge!

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Every Show Joe, Phoenix New Times, Punk, Ska, Ska Punk Army, The Edge 103.9, The Edge 106.3

Head over to the Phoenix New Times site by clicking here to check out this little article that I even gave a few reflecting moments to Benjamin Leatherman for his article on the old Phoenix radio station The Edge 106 and later 103.9. That station responsible for shaping a lot of my music tastes back in the day.

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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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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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The Littlest Man Band Pays A Visit to the Desert

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Every Show Joe2 Tone, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, Arizona, Bowcat, Folk Music, Indie Rock, Pub Rock Live, Rocksteady, Scott Klopfenstein, Scottsdale, Ska, The Littlest Man Band

The most regular stream I tuned in to through the Covid quarantine was that of Scott Klopfenstein. Not only did I hear, and subtly remember lyrics, of his solo work in regularity, but I heard the songs of this band called the Littlest Man Band. It is a band that formed back in 2003 but went on break while Scott moved to the East Coast. However, since Scott has come back to the West Coast, you can say the cliché he got the band back together. With a couple adjustments…

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Punk In Drublic Returns To Phoenix

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Every Show JoeArizona, Authority Zero, Bell Bank Park, Bouncing Souls, Lagwagon, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Mesa, NOFX, Punk, Punk in Drublic, Punk Rock, Reggae Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Ska, The Last Gang, Venomous Pinks, Winterhaven

1994 was an important year in the resurgence of a punk rock that had gone back underground the latter half of the eighties. It marked a couple seminal albums released that year, including Green Day’s Dookie, Bad Religion’s Stranger Than Fiction and Offspring’s Smash. Another one of those big albums was NOFX’s Punk In Drublic. In the time since its release, the album has crossed the one million threshold and stands a fan favorite in punk circles. Beginning in 2017, it became the name of a punk rock and craft…

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Jeff Rosenstock And Friends At The Crescent Ballroom

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Crescent Ballroom, Folk Music, Garage Rock, Indie Punk, Indie Rock, Jeff Rosenstock, Oceanator, Phoenix, Ska, Ska Punk, Slaughter Beach Dog

There are artists that just invoke positivity. Not only in their performance, but in their day to day interactions and fans they inspire. You find the crowds in front of them are as supporting and happy as the artist they came to watch. Jeff Rosenstock is that kind of musician, regardless of the negative reflection of the world, albeit true, in his lyrics themselves. So throw in vaccination only requirements, to make people feel safe coming out, and the band themselves bringing Slaughter Beach, Dog and Oceanator with them to…

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A Neighborhood Gathers for WayneFest 2021

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Every Show Joe2 Tone, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, Arizona, Blood Feud Family Singers, Bluegrass, Coronado Park, Folk Music, Garage Rock, Hip Hop, Mega Ran, Nerdcore, Phoenix, Rap, Ska, Surf Rock, The Rebel Set, Wayne Fest

Wayne Newton lived in Phoenix. Yes, Mr. Las Vegas and known for his iconic look performing music Wayne Newton. For a part of his childhood he grew up in the Coronado District of Phoenix. He attended North High School before moving again to set him up for all the grandeur of Las Vegas. Why bring this up? That is because WayneFest is a celebration named after him and a get together of the neighborhood he once lived in. It started in 2018 making it one of our newest festivals in…

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A Scott and Lo(u)ser In A Living Room

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Chris Graue, Folk Music, Littlest Man Band, Lo(u)ser, Phoenix, Reel Big Fish, Scott Klopfenstein, Ska

Occasionally really cool opportunities come to a town near you. Having the opportunity to see Scott Klopfenstein, a longtime member of Reel Big Fish and his own project that followed with the Littlest Man Band, just play a living room one Saturday evening is one of those very special opportunities. While I was at Punk Rock Bowling I saw Scott and Chris Graue announce on Twitter they’d be playing a backyard in Phoenix. I was excited just with a little matter of sorting out attending the day they came to…