Yucca Tap Room – Page 6 – Every Show Joe

Twenty Years Later

February 5, 2017February 8, 2017 Every Show JoeAnti-Flag, Arizona, Ballyhoo!, marquee theatre, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Punk, Reel Big Fish, Reggae, Ska, Tempe, We Were Stereo, Yucca Tap Room

Twenty Years, two decades, those national crowds have been listening and watching both Anti-Flag and Reel Big Fish. That’s two thirds of my life they’ve been in my life, although my listening to either didn’t start until about two years after that listening to Ska Punk on the old Edge 106.3. Turning sixteen with a shiny new driver’s license, I filled that void of a quiet car with the local radio airwaves. This tour, while not an expected combination of headliners, brought me great excitement to watch two favorite bands…

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Double Whammy

February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 Every Show Joe51 West, Arizona, Corky's Leather Jacket, Creepsville 666, Crown Victoria Vandalism Committee, Diego Galvan, Escape from the Zoo, Folk Punk, Psychobilly, Punk, Rockabilly, Tempe, The Freak Billyz, The Linecutters, The Living Deads, Yucca Tap Room

What do you do when there is a bunch of music in one night? If you’re me, you try to find the best way to hit as much as you love and enjoy it. For tonight, probably one of the best examples of how I earned my nickname, I hit up two separate shows almost simultaneously. In this case, it was an easier example with both 51 West and Yucca Tap Room being walking distance. It was catching a great combination of some awesome folk punk, punk, and rockabilly combined.…

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A Punk’s Night Out

February 3, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Contradiktion, Fea, Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, Thurston, Yucca Tap Room

Change is inevitable and going to happen whether you want it to or not. Tonight brought forth a change you can see from the pictures with Yucca no longer having the black curtain behind the stage. I think it helps the stage look brighter and better, although based on the more than usual feedback has the audio bouncing around the room. The new look was brought with some of the fastest, loudest punk I’ve seen at the Yucca Tap Room tonight. Opening up was the band Thurston, who I’ve followed…

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Something Something Ashes of a Phoenix

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Becoming Legends, Down By Law, First or Last, Guilty By Association, Punk, Tempe, Undefined, Yucca Tap Room

Metaphors are a fun way to open up some piece of writing. I could go into the symbolism of a Phoenix for James or the lineup tonight for Down by Law being from the punkrockacademyfightsong album, their third and arguably most known album. No matter how I introduce it, the night was an awesome mix of punk rock with two more from out of town, Guilty By Associate from Vegas and Undefined from Prescott. Everyone brought the energy for this Tuesday night show. Energy is probably the thing that James…

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Blind Surprises

January 30, 2017 Every Show Joe51 West, Acoustic, Alternative, An Empty Orchestra, Arizona, Cory Wells, Damn The Weather, Demon In Me, Ethan 103, Indie Rock, Midway Heights, Punk, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

I spoke of never going to a show blind just a couple days ago, meanwhile, tonight I did it. With a invite from my friend Danielle and only watching a link to a Demon in Me song, I went in to see what great offerings there were to be found at 51 West. What started and ended acoustic, turned into a great mix of alternative and acoustic sounds ending on Demon In Me. Up first was a gentleman who goes under the name Midway Heights. While he mentioned that his…

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The OKC of Punk

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, C:28, No Gimmick, Punk, Reason Unknown, Red City Radio, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

It is rare an illness keeps me out of going to see music. Having a cold didn’t keep me from seeing Beck last year. However, when it includes a triple digit fever the body says different things on how long you’re going to make it on your feet. Getting that behind me was a blessing, and out to see the three bands tonight was one of the best things I’ve done in five days. However, before I even get to the first band of the show, let me first say…

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Some Kind of Nightmare on Friday the 13th

January 14, 2017January 14, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Chairbreaker, Corky's Leather Jacket, Punk, Some Kind of Nightmare, Tempe, We Might Be Wasted, Yucca Tap Room

Tonight was another gathering of good friends for music, though this time it was some we don’t see as often. Some Kind of Nightmare has been awesome enough to be coming to Phoenix to play shows and make a lot of great friends in the process. During this time Molly faced one of the biggest challenges of her life, breast cancer. Not only did she beat it, her and her husband plus bandmate, Chy, kept doing what they love playing and writing music. They are two of the strongest people…

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Not So Aggro

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Bowcat, Crescent Ballroom, Dirty Reggae, Mind Upside, Phoenix, Punk, Reggae, Rocksteady, Ska, Skull Drug, Tempe, The Aggrolites, Yucca Tap Room

The Aggrolites have a sound that took a little more for me to warm up to a few years ago. They are a ska band with the more traditional, older rocksteady sound. For whatever reason, I initially did not get into them. The first time I took a hard look at their music was when I saw Jesse Wagner play with Vic, from an all-time favorite ska band the Slackers, at a Punk Rock Bowling pool party. The duo was amazing and left me questioning why I hadn’t listened to…

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Creepy Birthday To You

January 9, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Contradiktion, Grave Danger, Jack the Cat, Punk, Rockabilly, Ska, Ska Punk, Tempe, True Rivals, We Might Be Wasted, Yucca Tap Room

Stealing a little lyric from the “Theme from a NOFX Album” and slightly modifying it, Creepy Don is not really so creepy. This was the night to celebrate his birthday though in the most appropriate way, a punk show. The line-up included his band, We Might Be Wasted, amongst a great packet of musicians. Although, Nick, from Jack the Cat, jested that his taste in music hasn’t got better with age if Jack the Cat is playing. On that note, Jack the Cat kicked off the show. I don’t know…

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Rocking Around The Upright Bass

January 7, 2017January 7, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Black Rose Phantoms, Buried in Red, Creepsville 666, Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Tempe, The Freak Billyz, Yucca Tap Room

A great philosophy in concert going is to always be at shows early and support all the bands. However, tonight was an example of the struggle of managing my time between my day job and keeping up with my website. My aim is to keep a twenty four hour cycle of show posts unless I’m writing up something bigger like the Punk Rock Eve or the upcoming Viva PHX, where there is more to go through. Unfortunately, doing that means I made sure after my day job to get Thursday…