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Happy Birthday AZPunk

Here's to 8 years, technically...

TPStank • Monday, February 1, 2010 • 10:15 AM

Updated 2/8/10

Congrats to the contest winners Steven Cosand, Jessica Mendez, Roberto Moreno & Josh Jennings! Thanks for playing!

Enter for your chance to win an AZPunk birthday grab bag full of all kinds of local punk music that's a bad influence to you and the people around you!
Enter to win this awesome shit!

And what an 8 years it's been, eh? A little more low-key, but still D.I.Y. & dedicated to local punk & hardcore; love it or hate it, if you're any fan of the music, there's a chance AZPunk's played into either some part of your show-going experience, or online entertainment at one point or another. And in celebration of the good, the bad, and the fugly, the old, and the yet-to-come of this giant dysfunctional AZ underground music website, AZPunk is gathering a shitload of local stuff, packaging it up in a brown paper bag, and giving it to you. We're digging into the stockpile of comps, cds, . . .

The Return Of The Nile Basement

The Mantooth Group announces the re-opening of the Nile Basement as "The Underground"

mantoothGroup • Monday, January 25, 2010 • 1:18 PM

Updated 2/4
Welcome Back To The Nile Basement 2/12

One flight of stairs below the historic Nile Theatre there is a basement but not just any basement, a basement that helped shape the state of live music in the valley for almost ten years. "The Nile had been one of the local staples for quite some time when I started performing as a wee young lad, and I was quite stunned when the place shut down. To hear that it's reopening is great news for the city of Mesa, and the state of Arizona. Not kidding. Some amazing bands have played there, and I'm positive that with the great promotion companies out there in Phoenix, many more bands will come wanting to play there for years to come," commented Wes Volcom of former . . .

Bropacalypse Now!

A BroLoaF retrospect

broloaf • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 • 5:04 PM

Bropacalypse Now! A BroLoaF retrospect.

Back in late 2007, local punk geezer, and Father Figure, Tom Reardon, came to us with an interesting show challenge; can several randomly picked local musicians organize a punk band, write a 30 minuteset's worth of songs, and work together with musicians you hardly know, all within 2 months? The answer to this challenge would be played at the Hollywood Alley on AZPunk's Thrash of the Titans show. 24 musicians from local punk bands all around the Metro-Phoenix area took two months to organize six separate punk bands to compete for the title of AZPunk Titan and a spot on the AZPunk.com Volume 6 album. The battle was bloody and long, but as the night drew to a close, there was no doubt in neither the crowd, nor the judges . . .

MCD Records want to give you some Boats!

Win a tripple pack of vinyl, and catch the Boats! AZ tour

TPStank • Monday, December 14, 2009 • 5:04 PM

Updated 12/29

Congrats to the contest winners Kris Jonson & Sean Stroud! Thanks for playing!

May Cause Dizziness Records is giving away a pair of Boats!/The Enlows 7-inch split
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May Cause Dizziness Records and Sacramento punk rockers Boats! are bringing teh rock to your doorstep with an AZ tour through Scottsdale, Tucson and Flagstaff, and a chance to win a trifecta-colored vinyl collection of their 7" with fellow Southern Cal buds, The Enlows. Brag to your friends and bulk up your punk cred by a whole 3 points by entering this . . .

Local Stuff You Should Know #10

Win FREE Vandals/VGS tickets & check out the end of 09 events

TPStank • Tuesday, December 1, 2009 • 2:51 PM

Updated 12/17

Congrats to the contest winners Humberto Avila & Tyler King! To see our cutting-edge contest winner choosing process, click here. It will blow your freaking mind!

The Vandals Annual Christmas Show with Voodoo Glow Skulls 12/11

Grab your speedos and clear your calendars, because on Friday December 11th, The Vandals are bringing their annual Christmas show to the Clubhouse, and Psyko Steve is kicking AZPunk down 2 free pairs of tickets to pass on to you! Next Thursday we will be . . .

Local Stuff You Should Know #9

The OSS, Elders & The Tightholes

Mitch • Monday, November 9, 2009 • 1:11 PM

Featured writer: Mitch from The Tightholes
Featured writer: Mitch from The Tightholes

The word "punk" gets thrown around a lot lately, a lot of the time when it probably has no business being used. It seems like often someone will tell me about some supposedly great punk band and it turns out that they basically have the tendencies of a rock band, but just sped up. Now that's fine, but that's not what attracted me about the genre, and I really don't know when punk turned into sped up Guns N' Roses riffs without the wank. I am not an elitist of any sort, but I can offer you a replacement for the played out whiskey rock camouflaged as punk that seems to be running rampant these days. I've been playing punk for about 14 years now, so I have seen local punk take many shapes. I have seen its ups and downs, maybe perhaps, I have even reached "old guy" status. Maybe I am not far from standing in darkened corners alone at shows talking about how . . .

Barred For Life @ Jugheads 11/7

Editorial team scouring North America in effort to document legacy of Black Flag, American punk rock

HNIC • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 • 1:09 PM

Barred For Life @ Jugheads 11/7

This Saturday, November 7th, author Stewart Ebersole and a four-person editorial team will be stopping by Jugheads in an effort to document the legacy of Black Flag via their iconography in tattoo art. The band's logo, four staggered, parallel rectangles known simply as "The Bars", is one of the most enduring and vivid symbols of youth subculture, and lends its name to the title of his forthcoming book, Barred For Life. Ebersole and his team will be taking photos for his book while you and your friends beat each other to the sounds of Black Fag, and locals

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  • ShizzFest 2 Recap

    TheShizz.org rounds out it's 2nd semi-annual local music event

    chadk • Friday, October 30, 2009 • 12:33 PM

    ShizzFest 2 - October 10, 2009

    On October 10, 2009 at the Trunk Space and Sweets & Beats in Phoenix, 20 bands performed on 3 stages throughout the evening in a festival of local sounds celebrating different bands in the Phoenix area at the semi-annual concert event, Shizzfest 2, presented by TheShizz.org, a local music messageboard.

    So there I was waiting in the Jugheads parking lot. I had been there since 4:45 even though Tyler told me he would be there at 5. I had ants in my Dickies and basically . . .

    Local Stuff You Should Know #8

    Benefit show for Tumbleweed.org and the homeless youth of Phoenix

    Benny • Thursday, October 15, 2009 • 12:21 PM

    Updated 10/30
    Featured writer: Ben N. from Said Gun on Tumbleweed.org benefit show
    Featured writer: Ben N. from Said Gun

    So economically, times are pretty damn tough for all of us. But our local charities and non-profits are really feeling the pinch. What's really frustrating is that this economic downturn is having the worst effect on our most vulnerable community members. The Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development, a local non-profit for homeless and at-risk youth, is on the verge of losing some really great programs. The drop-in gallery, which features the artwork of local teens, is facing closure. So is Tumbleweed's outreach program, which provides food, clothing and other personal necessities to homeless teens all over the Valley.

    So this is where we, as a community, come . . .

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    User News

    Downtown Artist Issues task force meeting 2/11

    TPStank • Monday, February 8, 2010 • 1:33 PM

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    There will be a Downtown Artist Issues Task Force meeting on February 11th, at City Hall at 3:00 pm. The key topic will be the street closures on Roosevelt and their impact on First Fridays.

    Numbers On Napkins Guitarist, Matt Martini, leaves band to pursue side project full time

    Badstain • Wednesday, February 3, 2010 • 10:54 PM

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    After nearly five years of perfoerming in Phoenix based Numbers On Napkins guitarist Matt Martini has chosen to leave the band for creative differences. Martini has decided to pusue his side project, REASON UNKNOWN full time. NoN made this statement, "Matt is like our brother. He will be missed and we wish him and REASON UNKNOWN all the best."

    Screamer looking to start a band

    kylegehring • Tuesday, February 2, 2010 • 1:18 PM

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    I moved here from the NW and am looking for some people to collaborate with. I already have some material, but would love to create new stuff. Looking for bass, drums, and guitar. Here is a link to some of the material: www.myspace.com/angrynerdsyndrome Send me a message if you're interested: gehrky72987@yahoo.com

    Feb 2, DeadMilkmen Joe Jack's tour blog

    TrunkSpace • Thursday, January 28, 2010 • 10:09 PM

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    I've been hearing stories from a few of my musician friends about the lengthy trips they've undertaken to see the Dead Milkmen in concert since the infamous comical punk band reunited and began performing select gigs around the country last year . . . .

    New Times asks: Do House Shows Matter?

    TPStank • Thursday, January 28, 2010 • 12:13 PM

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    The comments are always the best part about these articles.

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