Gallery: 2 Chainz closes out final weekend of the 2025 Arizona State Fair

The Arizona State Fair concert season has come to a close but not before rapper 2 Chainz turned the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum all the way up last week. Fans trickled into their seats, drinks in hand and knowing that the party simply wouldn’t start until 2 Chainz walked in. After a delay, the lights […]
Artist Spotlight: The Cab launches musical reboot with new EP; talks nostalgia, upcoming album and getting a second chance at the band

After a decade away, The Cab is beginning their second act and they’re not wasting any time. The band’s new EP is already resonating with fans, they’ve been on the road all summer and their When We Were Young appearance brought them home to Las Vegas for the first time in far too long. Atlas […]
Show Review: Mayday Parade leaves a piece of their heart in Phoenix

Fresh from an invigorating performance at When We Were Young Festival, Mayday Parade- alongside The Cab and The Paradox- brought their timeless energy to Arizona Financial Theatre last week. It was a night that invited the audience to sing along passionately to plenty of nostalgic favorites and introduced the band’s new music to a diehard […]
When We Were Young 2025: Nostalgia reigned supreme for the fourth installment of iconic Las Vegas festival weekend

Everyone’s favorite nostalgia festival returned for a massive fourth year as When We Were Young took over the Las Vegas Festival Grounds last weekend. The downtown streets swarmed with colorful millennials clad in all black and sporting their best Warped Tour-era fits to celebrate another edition of the ultimate throwback lineup. Atlas jumped in the […]
Show Review: Story of the Year’s festival preshow starts the When We Were Young weekend with a bang

Emos of all ages landed in Las Vegas early last week for a chance to catch a When We Were Young festival pre-show. Atlas’ pick for Friday night was Story of the Year’s epic headliner at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, nestled right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. The band was joined by […]
Show Review: The Click Five is back for good, sells out Las Vegas headliner

The guys in The Click Five are ready to be in a band again, returning to a Las Vegas stage for the first time in well over a decade last week. The B Side at the House of Blues was packed with squealing millennials eager to recapture a moment of early-2000s joy- and that joy […]
Show Review: The Rocket Summer returns to the desert for 20th anniversary of ‘Hello, Good Friend’

It’s been over a decade since The Rocket Summer (the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Bryce Avary) visited Tucson but that all changed with an intimate show at Club Congress on Tuesday night. Even though most of the room admitted to driving down from Phoenix, the close-knit feel of the iconic main street venue made for an […]
Show Review: Cartel’s ‘Chroma’ gets a proper 20th anniversary party in Phoenix

Cartel is back and before they drop any new music on longtime listeners, they’re taking the time to celebrate 20 years of Chroma– an album that continues to have a massive impact on the alternative music scene to this day. The tour was rounded out by Hunny and Macseal for a relaxed Sunday night at […]
Show Review: Turnstile’s Never Enough Tour sells out Mesa Amphitheatre

One of the most anticipated tours of the year finally made its way to Arizona last week- Turnstile’s Never Enough Tour sold out Mesa Amphitheatre and the crowd was a bomb ready to unleash their energy upon this stacked lineup. The Baltimore hardcore outfit was joined by Speed and Amyl and the Sniffers for a […]
Show Review: The Story So Far brings fans together for rainy, rowdy Mesa tour stop

Fans looking for a classic pop punk show needed only to attend The Story So Far’s fall tour. This energetic explosion- featuring Neck Deep and Origami Angel- found the perfect home for the evening under the stars at Mesa Amphitheatre last week. It was an early, rainy night in Arizona but the vibes were perfect […]