Show Review: Pop Evil brings eclectic group of fans together for memorable Skeletons Tour stop
“We all have skeletons,” explained Pop Evil frontman Leigh Kakaty. Regardless of your age, color, or creed, every person has this in common, and the group has centered on this theme for new album Skeletons and its eponymous tour that hit Tempe over the weekend. And it came to life in the Marquee Theatre, where […]
Bases and Brews Music Fest 2023: Walk the Moon and Lovelytheband close out this inaugural festival in Surprise
The inaugural Bases and Brews Music Fest combined the best of both the spring training baseball and the music worlds last weekend. Featuring carnival rides, midway games and a stellar lineup of artists, Atlas trekked out to Surprise, Arizona, for a grand time with Walk the Moon and Lovelytheband. Lovelytheband took the stage against a […]
Show Review: Badflower brings the house down on Asking for a Friend Tour
It’s not every day that two Atlas faves team up for a cross-country tour, but the Asking for a Friend Tour — featuring Badflower, Des Rocs, and Blood Red Shoes — did just that, packing Mesa’s Nile Theater on Tuesday night for some heavy hitting rock & roll. Bathed in blues and pinks, British act […]
Show Review: Cafuné brings viral success to Valley Bar
The bedroom pop duo of Sedona Schat and Noah Yoo- otherwise known as Cafuné- brought their viral success to Phoenix’s Valley Bar last week. After finding runaway success on TikTok with “Tek It”, the pair has now translated that success to a run of stellar shows. Throughout the evening, Schat and Yoo kept the energy […]
Show Review: Sik-K’s sold out tour pops off at The Rebel Lounge
Fans packed The Rebel Lounge wall to wall on Tuesday for Korean hip hop star Sik-K’s Pop a Lot Tour. The venue’s intimate design put the rapper up close and personal with a starry-eyed audience, most of whom sang along in both English and Korean all night. Promptly at showtime, Sik-K bounded onstage to the […]
M3F Fest 2023: Beloved Arizona festival settles into its new era
M3F Fest, North America’s largest nonprofit music festival, wrapped its 19th year over the weekend and seems to be settled into its new era of mainstream appeal and larger audiences. The two-day festival welcomed more than 25,000 fans to downtown Phoenix’s Margaret T. Hance Park for a weekend of culture and community, all to benefit […]
Show Review: Keshi’s Hell & Back Tour takes a victory lap in Orlando
A fog of humidity that eventually turned into torrential downpour couldn’t stop a hyped Florida audience from turning up for Keshi’s latest tour stop. The R&B singer pushed through finicky weather to deliver a memorable evening for hundreds of fans at the Orlando Amphitheater on Sunday- with the local carnival providing a colorful backdrop. After […]
Show Review: Epik High reaches an All Time High on latest tour
Epik High’s got a bone to pick- and if you listen to their music long enough, they’ll tell you with who and why. With over 20 years in the game, the trio of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz are still on the road with a show that has the energy of a group just […]
Innings Festival 2023: Green Day, Weezer, more rock out at Tempe Beach Park
When that springtime sunshine peeks through the gloomy winter clouds, it’s officially both music and baseball season in Arizona. Innings Festival brings these two American pastimes together each year for two days of music, food and sports and this year was bigger and better than ever. Day one boasted Green Day as the epic headliner, […]
Show Review: ONEUS levels up on Reach for Us Tour
The line started in the early hours of the morning and stretched down the street in front of Tempe’ Marquee Theatre as hundreds of fans turned out for the return of ONEUS. The KPOP group brought their most recent tour to Arizona last week, nearly a year after their first run at the same venue- […]