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: Ripe brings feel-good fun to Phoenix on the Get Sweet Tour

Ripe doesn’t want you to sit still. The Boston-born band is on a mission to get you (and keep you) on your feet and make sure you’re smiling the whole time. Emerging in matching varsity jackets at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix on Thursday night, they turned the circular stage into the center of the dance […]
Gallery: Felly connects with fans at intimate Crescent Ballroom show

Downtown Phoenix was buzzing as fans packed into Crescent Ballroom for an intimate evening with Felly on Friday. The rapper-singer-producer made it clear early in the set that the grind was real—it was night 15 of the tour, and they’re not even halfway through yet. Still, you wouldn’t have known it by the energy onstage. […]
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 […]
Gallery: Quinn XCII and Goth Babe give fans a mid-week boost at Arizona Financial Theatre

Quinn XCII and Goth Babe are enjoying the journey, bringing the LOOK! I’m Alive Tour (supporting Quinn’s album of the same name) across the U.S. and making a stop in Phoenix for a night with good friends and even better vibes. Despite some brief sound issues, both artists were very clearly having fun on stage […]
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 […]
Show Review: Bilmuri’s Summer Slammer Tour hits the gas at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre

Bilmuri’s Summer Slammer Tour turned Arizona’s Marquee Theatre upside down last week with a sold out show that packed the venue from floor to balcony. Johnny Franck’s iconic solo project has turned unserious music into an art form that clearly resonates with the fans as they stood wide eyed and grinning on the barricade and […]