Good Life Festival 2023: Blue Öyster Cult and Kansas play the classics at Schnepf Farms
Good weather, good food and good music were all on tap at the Good Life Festival in Queen Creek, Arizona, last weekend. With Saturday’s lineup including Blue Öyster Cult and Kansas, there was no shortage of families out to have a good time at one of Schnepf Farms’ most popular events. Blue Öyster Cult took […]
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: Greta Van Fleet’s Dreams in Gold Tour dazzles in Tucson
Tucson transformed into a 1970s time capsule on Monday when Greta Van Fleet’s Dreams in Gold Tour came to town. Decked in fringe, vintage band shirts and plenty of bell bottoms and paisley, the nearly sold out Tucson Arena was ready to raise the roof. The prolific rock group made a dramatic entrance, dropping a […]
Show Review: Taylor Swift takes us through her Eras with massive Glendale tour kickoff
After five years, four albums and a global pandemic, Taylor Swift took the stage in front of nearly 70,000 screaming fans to simply say, “Welcome to the Eras Tour!” The multitalented superstar kicked off her first tour in half a decade at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium with a career-spanning 44-song set that ran more like […]
Show Review: Tank and the Bangas takes Crescent Ballroom to church with electrifying set
It’s only appropriate for Tank and the Bangas to pack out Crescent Ballroom on a Sunday- because they certainly took Phoenix to church. The New Orleans group brought their Red Balloon Tour to Arizona for a night of sincerity and celebration. Opening the evening was McKinley Dixon, a Chicago wordsmith whose raw and honest lyrics […]
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 […]