Show Review: Jimmy Eat World makes a Coachella pitstop with sold out Arizona headliner
Arizona does not play when it comes to Jimmy Eat World. The local legends made a pit stop in between Coachella weekends at the historic Rialto Theatre in downtown Tucson on Friday night for a lengthy headlining set that brought out diehard fans of all ages. The show started with a brief history lesson of […]
Show Review: OnlyOneOf puts on passionate performance in San Francisco
A windy night in San Francisco swept K-pop group OnlyOneOf into The Midway for the penultimate stop of the Our Only Odyssey North American Tour. Despite missing a member due to his military service, the remaining five gave the Bay Area all of their love and energy throughout their two hour set. The small but […]
Show Review: Kraftwerk’s iconic discography comes to life for technicolor Multimedia Tour
Legendary electronic music group Kraftwerk has returned to the road this spring and brought their Multimedia Tour to a packed house at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix this week. The reportedly haunted venue was the perfect home for this tour as the quartet dazzled and amazed their audience with classic songs backed by mesmerizing visuals […]
Show Review: Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine celebrate album milestones on The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour
Metal fans of all ages decked out in their finest maximalist merch from years past crowded into Arizona Financial Theatre last week for the Phoenix stop of The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour. This co-headlining run with Bullet for My Valentine also features August Burns Red and Sylosis and every band cranked up the volume for a […]
Show Review: Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals tear it up at headlining Phoenix performance
Every queer, punk and queer punk in Phoenix found themselves at Crescent Ballroom on Wednesday for Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals as their headlining tour visited the iconic Arizona space. Joined by Alex Lahey, the night contained only celebratory energy with this incredible lineup. Aussie singer Alex Lahey is already a favorite in […]
Show Review: BoyWithUke starts the Burnout Tour with a colorful performance in Phoenix
He’s been away from the road for several years so BoyWithUke’s Burnout World Tour attracted an eager audience to Arizona Financial Theatre on Thursday. As with his last major tour, the crowd was truly a hodgepodge of all ages, with many parents toting their kids and a plethora of teenagers taking up the majority of […]
Show Review: Shakey Graves is soulful and sentimental at ‘And the War Came’ 10th Anniversary Tour
On a breezy Tuesday evening in downtown Phoenix, Shakey Graves returned to The Van Buren to celebrate ten years of And the War Came—an album that cracked open something tender and timeless in the hearts of many. This stop on his 10th Anniversary Tour felt like a reunion with an old friend: familiar, cathartic, and […]
Gallery: Denzel Curry’s Mischievous South Tour kicks off in Phoenix
Denzel Curry is going worldwide this year. Hot on the heels of his 2024 album, King of the Mischievous South, the Miami rapper drew a massive crowd at Camp Flog Gnaw in November and then hit the road in February for an extensive tour through Australia, North America, and Europe. For his U.S. opener, he […]
Show Review: half•alive’s ‘Persona’ era comes to life at The Van Buren
Back on the road to celebrate the Persona era, half•alive brought their new live show to Phoenix for a stunning Saturday night of dancing, color, and joy. Support from mehro and The Walters was the perfect primer, showing both the introspective and energetic sides of half•alive’s music. Early arrivals shrieked with delight at the goofy […]
Show Review: Yugyeom lights up Los Angeles with two sold out El Rey performances
Spring is in the air and the California sunshine welcomed Yugyeom- of GOT7 fame- to a pair of sold out shows at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles last weekend. The intimate venue was quite literally packed to the rafters with K-pop fans eager to catch one of the GOT7 crew on his Trusty […]