Words & Photos by Matt Maenpaa Veteran doomsayers The Sword closed out a month-long tour in Denver on August 28, joined by heavy hitters Red Fang and Portland grunge punk…
Jinjer’s Duél Tour 2026 stopped at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ and delivered exactly what fans have come to expect from the Ukrainian metal powerhouse: unrelenting precision, raw intensity,…
Few venues feel as perfectly matched to The Builders and the Butchers as the historic, weathered desert outpost of Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown. The band’s blend of folk, punk,…
Anniversary tours tend to fall into two camps. Some treat the occasion as a museum piece, a setlist frozen in the year the record dropped. Others use the milestone as…
Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren in downtown Phoenix was the setting on May 13, 2026, for a truly authentic Los Angeles punk takeover. Headliner Pennywise, accompanied by the Circle…
The return of Bloodywood to The Nile Theater in Mesa, Arizona on 4/24, felt less like a tour stop and more like a homecoming for one of modern metal’s most…
The Insane Clown Posse made a spectacular entrance in Tempe, AZ, at the Marquee Theater, and as expected, their dedicated fan base was right there with them. The line of…
Phoenix, AZ—Devo played the first night of its “Mutate, Don’t Stagnate” tour at the Arizona Financial Theatre on April 12, 2026. It was a show filled with classic songs, mixed…
Almost exactly one year to the day that Hanabie. first played The Van Buren in Phoenix, they brought their current North American tour back to the Valley of the Sun…
Phoenix, AZ—The Casualties, joined by openers Bite the Hand and Bullshit Detector, detonated Valley Bar on April 5, 2025, delivering a wall-to-wall hardcore punk show fueled by counter-culture rebellion and…
