Ska Punk – 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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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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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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Boston to Berkeley Tour Returns For A Sequel

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Every Show JoeDropkick Murphys, Mesa Amphitheatre, Punk, Punk Rock, Rancid, Rock 'n Roll, Ska Punk, The Bronx

The first Boston to Berkeley Tour took place in 2017. Five years ago everyone was in amazement that these two punk rock powerhouses came together to tour. On that one, it was with the legendary The Selector and Kevin Seconds for the Phoenix stop. Flash forward to this past Tuesday and both Dropkick Murphys and Rancid are back at it for a part two with the amazing Bronx in tow. As you figured from above, opening up is one of the most energized bands in punk rock with the Bronx.…

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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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A Skankin Good Time!

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Bowcat, Darling Skye, Epic 18, Epic XVIII, Punk Rock, Ska, Ska Punk, Tempe, The Re-Adjusters, Yucca Tap Room

This was a show wrap up that started before I knew I had caught Covid 19. I had finished processing the photos the following Sunday night from the show and as I started to sit down to write the following day, the symptoms of Covid 19 started setting in. Given the early symptoms included sinus pressure, it created conflict with my ability to focus on writing about this wonderful night of Ska at the Yucca Tap Room. However, as I see the tail end of the symptoms I wanted to…

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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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Concerts To Consoles: Episode 48 – Duck

April 26, 2020February 3, 2025 Every Show Joe2 Tone, Concerts To Consoles, Costume Quest, Interview, Joystick, JRPG, Podcast, RPG, Ska, Ska Punk, Twitch TV, Xbox 360, YouTube

Back with a new episode from Self Quarantine and with my first remote guest in the Concerts To Consoles history. This episode brings Duck, from Joystick, remotely on the show from NOLA. As we catch up with each other, talk about the band and quarantine activities, we try the trick or treating JRPG style of Costume Quest on the Xbox 360. Find it on YouTube, the Twitch archive, and podcast services now!

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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…