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Radio Phoenix Broadcast of It’s Not Our Fault: Tom and Chuck

June 29, 2019 DJ Hockey Chuck Featured Articles It's Not Our Fault Punk Radio Phoenix Tom Reardon

With Amy outta town, Tom Reardon (along with engineer extraordinaire DJ Hockey Chuck) hosted this edition of It’s Not Our Fault. Check out these rocknroll tracks both old and new as well as hear Chuck and Tom talk about the impending megalopolis that is the Phoenix/Tucson metro area and how views on what’s considered “over the line” in art, music, and culture have certainly changed…

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Radio Phoenix Broadcast of It’s Not Our Fault: Kid Congo Powers

May 14, 2019 Amy Young Dan Schwartz Featured Articles It's Not Our Fault Radio Phoenix Tom Reardon

On this edition of It’s Not Our Fault with Tom and Amy, the gang welcomes Kid Congo Powers! Currently playing with his Pink Monkey Birds, you might also recognize him from such bands as The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, + many more. Find out all about Kid Congo and hear some of the music he’s apart of by checking out this Radio Phoenix broadcast archive below…

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Tastemaker’s Ten: Jen Holiday of The Declaimed

May 8, 2019 Featured Articles Music Videos Punk Tastemaker's Ten The Tastemaker's Ten

Jen Holiday is one badass babe. As the fierce frontwoman of band, The Declaimed, she’s reigned over the boys’ club of Phoenix hardcore for two decades now. And she can do it all with coke bottle curls and a gold sequin dress. Jen Holiday pairs vintage style with post-human rage. That has “tastemaker” written all over it. Check out the 10 tracks Jen Holiday thinks everyone should hear…

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Radio Phoenix Broadcast of It’s Not Our Fault: Derrick Bostrom Part Two

May 5, 2019 Amy Young Featured Articles It's Not Our Fault Psychedelic Radio Phoenix Tom Reardon

Derrick Bostrom is back for Part Two of It’s Not Our Fault with Amy and Tom!! This time it’s all sorts of early PHX punk history and songs along with some great history and music of the Meat Puppets as well. Check out the complete playlist below as well as Part One of Derrick Bostrom on It’s Not Our Fault…

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‘Afro-Punk’ Screening, Salon, + Discussion Coming to Filmbar This Weekend

May 1, 2019 Arts & Culture Featured Articles

Local performance artist and entertainer Katrina Rainsong teamed up with her sister/BFF, Aliya Mack (aka  Cam Apparently), to bring a special screening event of the documentary, Afro-Punk, to Phoenix’s Filmbar. Under the moniker of Rainsong Productions, this sister-power-team started producing burlesque shows, and even a small circus, in 2017…

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2000 Foot Turtle, Spectrum Hues, Lo Temps, + Olympic Games Make for an Unforgettable Night of RocknRoll

April 23, 2019 Featured Articles Indie live music Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

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On Friday, April 12, I pushed my body closer to its limits as I decided to cover two shows in a row. With just 24-hours preceding my review of Sunday At Noon with Almost Awake, Arlington, and HeadStrum, I realized this was a show I would have to compromise my mental health for. Not only was 2000 Foot Turtle scheduled, a personal favorite of mine, but the mysterious Spectrum Hues I hadn’t seen since my early days in photography last year dictated the final decision of my attendance. Aside from fresh punx 2KFT, groovy jam-band Spectrum Hues, and “modern psychedelia” LoTemps, this would also mark the very first performance of local self-described indie punk “ear candy,” Olympic Games — what a low-key clever name to spot on a flyer…

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