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In a continuous effort to not only keep adding cool new shit to the new AZPunk, but deliver the daily punk rock events, shows & happenings from all over the state straight to your webbernets devices, AZPunk now offers an RSS feedSubscribe to the AZPunk.com RSS today's shows feed! for today's shows listed on our calendar! So if you do the math, when you post your show info on AZPunk, like a bullet train, your show info will rocket through the innernenet's connecting tubes and beamed straight into people's brains instantly like magic! Now you don't even have to be on AZPunk to find out what the hell you and your bored friends are going to do tonight (although, we certainly encourage you to come back at some point. We miss you already.) Head over to our RSS pageSubscribe to the AZPunk.com RSS today's shows feed!, grab the link to the "Show Feeds" subscription, plop it into your RSS reader, and get out and support your local D.I.Y. community!
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Congrats to the contest winners Steven Cosand, Jessica Mendez, Roberto Moreno & Josh Jennings! Thanks for playing!
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, . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
Congrats to the contest winners Kris Jonson & Sean Stroud! Thanks for playing!
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 . . .
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!
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 . . .
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 . . .
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
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 . . .
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 . . .
7pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10
with The Creepshow, Belfry Bats, Moonlight Howlers, Do Somethings, Casket Snatch
8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $8
with Fang, Casket Life, The Prosthetics, Said Gun, Elders
7pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $5
with I Am The Avalanche, The Movielife's Vinnie Caruana, Sharp Sticks
10am @ Painted Rock Skate Park • All Ages • Free Show!
with Azpx Skateboarders
12pm @ See Details • All Ages • Free Show!
with The Blissins, Elron, D.m.g., Braincage, Drunken Bad Decisions, Busted Bearings, Kreeps Will Kill, Distortionists, More
8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $6
with Greenhaven, Broloaf, Reverend Doom, Sharp Sticks
9pm @ Yucca Tap Room • 21+ • Free Show!
with Grave Danger, The Dark Hearts, S.k.d, The Bitten
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.
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."
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
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 . . . .
We''re continuously trying to come up with new ideas and useful tools to help you in your search for something punk to do in the Valley. If you think AZPunk is doing a good job, buy us a beer. Any little bit helps keeping this AZPunk machine running, and is totally appreciated.
Haven't picked up one of our local punk stuffed compilation albums for a measley $3? What the hell are you waiting for? The AZPunk compilation albums Volumes 1-6, have more than 200 local Arizona punk rock & hardcore songs to burst your eardrums to. Head over to ShopAZPunk.com and buy a copy or two, ya cheap bastard.
602Radio.com showcases videos and recordings of live studio sessions with local punk bands and streams them online for you to hear for free.
Join Westley Allen (Plainfield Butchers) and Erratic! Radio every Tuesday From 8-10 PM MST on KWSS 106.7 FM (streaming @ www.kwss1067.com) as he plays a mix of punk-garage-new wave and local noise. Bands Perform LIVE in the studio weekly. Get in Touch! They're always looking for submissions! Check out show archives @ www.erraticradio.com.
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