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Hard Rock Germantown veterans Clutch and soulful hard rock outfit RIVAL SONS brought their “Two-Headed Beast Tour” to th...
10/17/2024

Hard Rock Germantown veterans Clutch and soulful hard rock outfit RIVAL SONS brought their “Two-Headed Beast Tour” to the Marquee Theatre last week, accompanied by Kentucky quartet Black Stone Cherry. With some of the best, familiar sounds of 90s rock, it was the perfect night to engage in a guilty pleasure: dad rock.

Read the full review here: https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/clutch-gives-tempe-a-night-of-stoner-blues

📸 & 📝: Justin de la Cruz

Hard rock veterans Clutch give Tempe a night of soulful, stoner and dad-rock hits.

Take JNCO jeans, cheerleader outfits, cat ears, kimonos, Renaissance Faire gear, Hatsune Miku wigs and a Sonic onesie. T...
10/17/2024

Take JNCO jeans, cheerleader outfits, cat ears, kimonos, Renaissance Faire gear, Hatsune Miku wigs and a Sonic onesie. Throw in some beats that are physically impossible NOT to dance to, and lyrics that are a perfect middle ground of euphoric nostalgia and an existential gut punch, and you've got a Porter Robinson show. And Arizona couldn't seem to decide if they loved it or hated it.

What everyone did love, though, was his giant inflatable cat, Paws.

Red the full review here: https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/was-porter-robinson-secretly-replaced-at-his-phoenix-show

📸 & 📝: 5threel

Porter Robinson brought memes and music to the Valley on his SMILE :D World Tour.

You know how you look at certain artists, and regardless of if you like their music or not, you understand that their pe...
10/13/2024

You know how you look at certain artists, and regardless of if you like their music or not, you understand that their performances are going to be insanely entertaining and have amazing production value? If Pitbull was not one of those artists for you, he needs to be.

From multiple suit changes for Mr. Worldwide, to multiple outfit changes for the dancers, T-Pain also had an outfit change during his appearance for their song “Hey Baby,” coming out in a yellow suit to compliment PITBULL’s red suit, calling themselves the "musical Deadpool and Wolverine."

Read the full review here: https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/pitbull-reminds-arizona-fans-that-dale-is-a-way-of-life

📸 & 📝: Montoya

PITBULL and T-PAIN have a blast with Valley fans on Mr. Worldwide's "Party After Dark Tour."

Stoners and metalheads alike came together at Pub Rock Live in Scottsdale last month for Portland psychedelic trio Hippi...
10/12/2024

Stoners and metalheads alike came together at Pub Rock Live in Scottsdale last month for Portland psychedelic trio Hippie Death Cult's North American Transcendental Trip joined by Spokane trio KADABRA. Also joining them in the festivities were Arizona sludge doom cult Daytripper and two-piece heavy grunge outfit 73 Libra.

Read the full review here: https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/hippie-death-cult-brings-psychedelic-headbanging-to-the-valley

📸 & 📝: Justin de la Cruz

Hippie Death Cult brought Valley stoners and meatalheads together for their North American Transcendental Trip tour.

Sunday service got moved up, and the lord’s blessings were replaced by the messages of the devil, as Florida death metal...
10/11/2024

Sunday service got moved up, and the lord’s blessings were replaced by the messages of the devil, as Florida death metal pioneers Deicide invaded The Nile Theater earlier this month. Brazilian trio Krisiun, Tech Death outfit INFERI, and Atlanta blackened death metal quartet CLOAK joined DEICIDE in their journey across North America on their “Banished By Sin Tour.”

Read the full review here: https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/death-metal-pioneers-deicide-bring-banished-by-sin-tour-to-the-valley

📸 & 📝: Justin de la Cruz

Death metal pioneers DEICIDE invaded The Nile Theater on their "Banished By Sin Tour."

Hardcore bands from all around the globe–from Sydney, to California, to Oklahoma, and all the way back to the Valley–gat...
10/01/2024

Hardcore bands from all around the globe–from Sydney, to California, to Oklahoma, and all the way back to the Valley–gathered at The Nile in Mesa, AZ last month for Within These Walls 2024. This celebration of hardcore music sold out the day of the event, packing the Underground and the Main Stage with blood-pumping aggression headlined by Australian quintet SPEED HC.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/an-insane-18-bands-packed-the-nile-for-within-these-walls-2024

📝: Justin De la Cruz | 📸: Justin De la Cruz & Dwight Jehan Patao

Hardcore bands from around the globe, including Australia and across the United States, crammed into The Nile for Within These Walls 2024.

Devil and black metal bands NunSlaughter and The Black Moriah brought their "Nunholy Terror Tour" to the Valley with loc...
09/30/2024

Devil and black metal bands NunSlaughter and The Black Moriah brought their "Nunholy Terror Tour" to the Valley with local metal bands Abhorrent Rebirth, Stiorra and Ends Embrace.

Braving the unusually-late heat, the bands put on an energetic show that proved makeup can be more hardcore when you melt it all off.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/nunslaughter-and-the-black-moriah-bring-blasphemous-metal-to-the-valley

📸 & 📝: Justin De la Cruz

Devil and black metal bands Nunslaughter and The Black Moriah brough their "Nunholy Terror Tour" to the Valley.

French Punk Rock trio RIXE graced the United States with their presence and made a stop at The Nile Theater Underground ...
09/29/2024

French Punk Rock trio RIXE graced the United States with their presence and made a stop at The Nile Theater Underground in Mesa, Arizona with support from local punk bands KNIFE'S EDGE, MEMORY WARD, PIG CITY and YELLOWCAKE.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/rixe-ois-from-france-to-arizona

📸 & 📝: Justin De la Cruz

French Punk Rock trio RIXE graced the United States with their presence and made a stop in Mesa, AZ with local punk bands supporting.

From start to finish, their appearance at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas was hit after hit. The amazing outfits i...
09/24/2024

From start to finish, their appearance at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas was hit after hit. The amazing outfits in the crowd, the beautiful graphics displayed on the screens, the perfectly coordinated air cannons and confetti blasters matched to the lights, the special appearances, and the jivin’ with the fans, everything was set to the perfected atmosphere of BANDA MS’s biggest hits.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/las-vegas-is-a-fan-da-de-banda

📝 & 📸: Montoya

From start to finish, Banda MS' appearance at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas was hit after hit.

Vicky Vicious and the Stains celebrated the release of their latest EP, “Shark Week,” at Ground Zero Studios in Phoenix,...
09/22/2024

Vicky Vicious and the Stains celebrated the release of their latest EP, “Shark Week,” at Ground Zero Studios in Phoenix, AZ with local openers Tactless, So Happy, Spicy Mayo, and Afterbirth Cartoons on Saturday, September 14.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/vicky-vicious-and-the-stains-celebrates-shark-week-in-september-with-new-ep

📸 & 📝: Justin De la Cruz

VICKY VICIOUS AND THE STAINS celebrated the release of their latest EP, “Shark Week,” at Ground Zero Studios with local openers.

Hawthorne Heights, Saosin and Anberlin had Valley elder emos channeling their inner teens at the Phoenix stop for the "2...
09/09/2024

Hawthorne Heights, Saosin and Anberlin had Valley elder emos channeling their inner teens at the Phoenix stop for the "20 Years of Tears" tour. Playing "The Silence In Black And White" in full, that angst and emo facet of them that they swore “it’s not a phase, mom!” came rushing back.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/if-you-are-pi**ed-read-what-s-inside

📸: 5threel | 📝: Montoya

Valley elder emos tapped into their inner teens on Hawthorne Heights' 20 Years of Tears tour with Anberlin and Saosin.

Metal icons Lamb of God and Mastodon lit up The Arizona Financial Theater on Friday, August 23, 2024 on their "Ashes o...
09/06/2024

Metal icons Lamb of God and Mastodon lit up The Arizona Financial Theater on Friday, August 23, 2024 on their "Ashes of Leviathan" tour. Joined by Kerry King Music and MALEVOLENCE, they celebrated 20 years of "Ashes Of The Wake" (Lamb of God) and "Leviathan" (Mastodon) by playing both albums in full.

Check out the full gallery at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/mastodon-lamb-of-god-aug-2024

📸: Good Eye Media

Full photo gallery of the Mastodon & Lamb of God show in Phoenix, AZ on August 23, 2024. Featuring Kerry King and Malevolent.

Under the Rug and Basic Printer kicked off their Fall 2024 tour on August 29th at Valley Bar in Phoenix, AZ with an inti...
09/05/2024

Under the Rug and Basic Printer kicked off their Fall 2024 tour on August 29th at Valley Bar in Phoenix, AZ with an intimate, but energetic night of pushing against the grain of normalcy. The two groups are a touring match from heaven with their musical quirks complimenting each other incredibly while both being distinctly unique in their own ways.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/under-the-rug-and-basic-printer-set-out-to-prove-rules-are-made-to-be-reinvented-on-their-fall-2024

📸 & 📝: 5threel

UNDER THE RUG and BASIC PRINTER kicked off their Fall tour on August 29th in Phoenix at Valley Bar.

Trish Toledo (TrishKilla) made her first 2024 Phoenix appearance on her current round of shows around the U.S. on Thursd...
08/06/2024

Trish Toledo (TrishKilla) made her first 2024 Phoenix appearance on her current round of shows around the U.S. on Thursday, July 25 at The Marquee Theatre in Tempe. With Arizona talent in tow for Arizonans in the likes of Sareena Dominguez Music and Earth Surface People, it was a smooth and groovin’ night.

When it came to the main event, Toledo did not disappoint and the crowd made sure to let everyone within five blocks know that a great show was about to take place. With the concertgoers giving the mic'd up band on stage a marathon run for their money, the oldie style hits started flowing throughout the venue. With extended vibrato sequences and vocal flourishes, Trish made sure to spice up each song with a live flair.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/holy-toledo-trish-toldeo-got-tempe-bumpin-with-some-oldie-kinda-lovin

📸 & 📝: Montoya

Trish Toledo gets The Marquee Theatre in Tempe bumping on Arizona tour stop.

On their tour for their new album "Submarine," The Marías stopped by Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Financial Theatre o...
08/05/2024

On their tour for their new album "Submarine," The Marías stopped by Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Financial Theatre on July 20, 2024. From giving you “Paranoia" and making you “Run Your Mouth,” this show was sure to leave you “Over The Moon.”

With their mix of English songs like “Echo" to their Spanish bangers like “Lejos De Ti,” The Marias are a growing musical force in the entertainment industry with plenty of room to bloom. The visuals on this tour brought the soon to be iconic pose of MARIA ZARDOYA backlit behind the portal, to a literal jump session to get the crowd into the right energy for the night, to outfit changes, one due to a very good reason revealed later on.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/move-over-yellow-submarine-there-s-a-blue-one-in-town-thanks-to-the-marias

📸 & 📝: Montoya

Alternative Pop band The Marias make a stop in Phoenix on tour for their new album "Submarine."

The Renaissance Hotel in Glendale was taken over by a party of monstrous proportions earlier this month, a Mad Monster p...
07/29/2024

The Renaissance Hotel in Glendale was taken over by a party of monstrous proportions earlier this month, a Mad Monster party to be exact! Hosting an impressive amount of beloved celebrities from horror movies past such as Matthew Lillard (“Scooby Doo”, Scream Movies, Five Nights at Freddy's Movie), Kane Hodder ("Friday the 13th"), Juliette Lewis ("From Dusk Till Dawn”, "Natural Born Killers"), as well as some that have crossover into the Music world like Nivek Ogre ("Repo! The Genetic Opera”, Skinny Puppy), Sid Wilson (Slipknot, DJ Starscream), and even absolute legendary Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), among many, many more.

Vendors had everything, from custom designed clothing, stickers, posters and pins to high quality replicas of Audrey II, beautiful replica and custom designed Lightsabers and even some independently made horror parody films. If you imagine something vaguely horror related, you could probably purchase it on the vendor floor.

While the convention itself was a hit, unfortunately for those in attendance, it seems that the Renaissance Glendale was not prioritizing the safety and comfort of their attendees over their bottom lines.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/mad-monster-attendees-melt-to-meet-their-favorite-horror-celebrities

📝 & 📸: 5threel

The Mad Monster stop in Glendale, AZ hosted an impressive amount of horror icons and celebrities, unique vendors and engaging panels

Last Wednesday, July 10, the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale came alive, thanks to high-energy punk and metalcore band ...
07/18/2024

Last Wednesday, July 10, the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale came alive, thanks to high-energy punk and metalcore band A Day To Remember, who stormed the stage for their highly sought after “The Least Anticipated Album” United States Tour. With a lineup featuring Scowl, Four Year Strong and The Story So Far as opening acts, the evening was a roller coaster of intensity, a hefty amount of crowd surfers and a concert the Arizona fans will never forget.

Read the full review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/a-day-to-remember-gives-glendale-a-night-to-remember-on-latest-u-s-tour

📸 & 📝: Dwight Patao

The Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale came alive thanks to high-energy punk and metalcore icons A DAY TO REMEMBER.

Today is every stoner’s second favorite holiday, and to celebrate, the team at 22Red, Gelato Canna Co and Muha Meds invi...
07/11/2024

Today is every stoner’s second favorite holiday, and to celebrate, the team at 22Red, Gelato Canna Co and Muha Meds invited us to review some of their concentrate products. July 10th, or 710, is becoming more popular each year with the rise of more concentrate innovations and more brands developing their own “all-in-one” devices.

Why #710? Well, when you flip the number upside down, it (roughly) spells out “oil,” from which concentrates are created. Stoners are nothing if not creative.

For this review, we tested the sativa strains “Mimosa” and “Pink Lemonade,” and the hybrid strain “Tire Fire.” Time to get lit.

Read the full, in-depth review at https://www.desertsoundsmag.com/post/dab-into-710-with-these-stand-out-concentrates

📝: 5threel & Good Eye Media

In-depth review of concentrate badder and cartridge oil from 22Red, Gelato Canna Co. and Muha Meds.

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