Show Review: Dirty Honey got AZ back to the gig for fiery tour kickoff
In our biggest full-circle moment of the year, Dirty Honey kicked off their summer tour at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre on Thursday. It’s been nearly a year and a half since live music took a forced hiatus, and Dirty Honey was one of the final shows covered by Atlas pre-COVID. The band made the first proper […]
Album Review: DENM hops genres on Cali-centric debut
There’s no denying that California has been celebrated in music for decades for its sunny days and sandy shores. But for every bubblegum pop anthem about girls in Daisy Dukes and bikinis, there’s a massive musical catalog about what’s happening under the sparkly surface. Slum Beach Denny, the debut album from DENM, falls squarely into […]
Show Review: Krewella closes out another weekend of pod concerts in AZ
Live music is slowly crawling its way back, and the DJs are leading the charge. Powerhouse promoter Relentless Beats executed another socially distant outdoor banger over the weekend, with Saturday’s edition featuring Krewella, K?d, and JVNA. And the return of the Arizona heat called for the fans to shake the dust off their best rave […]
Show Review: Anarbor brings live music back to Arizona to celebrate new EP
Over a year into this global pandemic and live music is slowly coming alive again. With restrictions lifted in Arizona, local legends Anarbor brought the socially-distanced party to Scottsdale on Saturday to celebrate the upcoming release of their brand new Tangerine EP. Show-starved fans were on the edge of their seats as The Irie took […]
Album Review: Mikey Ferrari’s ‘Spaceboy’ EP ushers in future of indie pop
Regardless of what’s going on in the world, we’re always looking for music that moves us. Now that we’re a year into this global pandemic, reaching for inspiration seems harder than ever- and in steps Mikey Ferrari. His debut EP, Spaceboy, doesn’t reinvent the wheel of indie pop but when the vibes are this immaculate, […]
Premiere: Hank Fontaine is ready to ‘Cut and Run’ on new single
Singer-songwriter Hank Fontaine turned the endless quarantine days into a brand new single (and upcoming album). “Cut and Run”, out February 26, tells the semi-true tale of a romance gone toxic- a feeling that will ring too true with many listeners. Fontaine took the pent up time from the last year to record and produce […]
Album Review: Step inside the brutal honesty of nothing,nowhere’s ‘Trauma Factory’
Joe Mulherin, otherwise known as the voice behind emo-rap project nothing,nowhere, opens his sophomore album with a haunting poem that concludes with, “Human life is a trauma factory.” And with that intro to the album’s title, listeners are off on a nighttime joyride through nothing,nowhere’s most honest and emotional music yet. Trauma Factory is a […]
Show Review: Heartbreakers weekend brings love and live music back to AZ
Throwing a show? In a pandemic?? While many have tried (and most have failed with COVID restrictions in place), Arizona’s Relentless Beats has tested and perfected an outdoor, socially-distanced event model that threw its first party of 2021 this past Valentine’s Day weekend. The Heartbreakers Pod Concert Experience was three packed evenings of EDM at […]
Album Review: Mod Sun returns to roots on ‘Internet Killed the Rockstar’
It is the year 2021 and, in the midst of a global pandemic, more and more artists are stretching beyond the boundaries of their typical musical styles and into genres that are finding revivals in quarantine. Mod Sun’s latest album, Internet Killed the Rockstar, is another such example of former “scene” artists returning to their […]
Album Review: Frank Iero and the Future Violents starts 2021 with stunning “Heaven Is a Place, This Is a Place”
Frank Iero (and his Future Violents) are beginning a new year with an EP of heaters. “Heaven is a Place, This is a Place” is four tracks of unfiltered emotion- from anger to yearning to pure honesty. Iero has always poured 110% of his guts into every song he’s ever released. When he sings, he […]