Show Review: Angels & Airwaves’ Lifeforms Tour mesmerizes Phoenix
It’s been Tom DeLonge’s art and passion project for 15 years and this week, Angels & Airwaves touched down in Phoenix as one of the closing shows of the Lifeforms Tour. The Van Buren was sold out- packed to the literal rafters with ride or die AVA fans ready to lift their hands and voices […]
Show Review: IDK How puts on playful show in Arizona
The Arizona evening was cool and calm, setting the stage for the latest Rock It Up concert in Tempe. I Don’t Know How But They Found Me (playfully known as IDK How) shattered the night air with their breezy songs, filling Tempe Marketplace with hundreds of happy concertgoers. The duo of singer Dallon Weekes and […]
Gallery: Jeremy Zucker was everyone’s crush at Phoenix show
After more than a year of cancellations and rescheduling, the kids were ready for Jeremy Zucker—outfits planned, phone cameras aloft, and voices ready to sing along with every word. But the open adoration wasn’t just for the headliner. Newcomer Valley Boy immediately charmed the crowd, who welcomed him with encouraging cheers and shouted compliments throughout […]
Show Review: Thrice fills Marquee Theatre with new music
There’s a few things we’re guaranteed at a Thrice show- this band is consistent, reliable and will always play with a fervor that brings the house down. The band visited Arizona on Thursday, joined by Touché Amoré, for a stomping rock show that had fans caught up in the incredible music all night long. Touché […]
Show Review: The Technicolors debuts new songs at Cinema Sublimina release show
The Technicolors is Arizona’s sweetheart band and the proof was in the vibrant turnout for their CD release show last weekend. The quartet dropped the weird and wonderful Cinema Sublimina the day before and fans came prepared, having already memorized the words to the new songs. Singer Brennan Smiley covered his black shirt in neon […]
Show Review: Badflower returns to AZ better than ever for packed show
If you’re looking for one of the best live bands in music right now, look no further than Badflower. After two years off the road and with a new album under their belt, the screwball rock band brought their latest tour to the Nile Theater and gave us the energy we’ve been so desperately missing. […]
Show Review: Chloe Moriondo’s Blood Bunny Tour visits Phoenix for enthusiastic show
The Rebel Lounge was sold out on Sunday for Chloe Moriondo and, after seeing her performance, it was easy to see why the room was utterly infatuated with the young pop singer. The front row was already squealing with delight as Moriondo took the stage. Their genuine smile and excitement to greet the fans was […]
Show Review: X Ambassadors’ energy is infectious at Arizona show
It was only night two of tour, but X Ambassadors sounded just as much in the groove as if there hadn’t been a live music hiatus at all. Out on the road to support this year’s The Beautiful Liar, the New York based trio stopped at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre on Saturday night with Taylor Janzen and Scarypoolparty—the […]
Show Review: Tinashe is pop superstar perfection on 333 Tour
The queen of R&B visited Phoenix last week for her wonderfully theatrical 333 Tour. Tinashe was joined by pop icon Rei Ami for a show that had every bad bitch in the area turned up on a Thursday. Rei Ami strutted onstage in a killer black jumpsuit and spiked boots, ready to slay her set […]
Show Review: Phoenix got into it with Chase Atlantic at sold out show
Chase Atlantic fans fully understood the assignment as they arrived in their weekday best to a sold out show at The Van Buren on Wednesday. The viral Aussie group was joined by Niko Rubio and gave the hyped up crowd a night to remember. Rubio took the stage right on time to bring her own […]