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Welcome to the August edition of AZ Kaos! This month we have a few new writers and, of course, all those overly opinionated old writers that drink and bitch far too much.
The summer has been quite the busy one around here (and hot as fuck) but it's not over yet. There are still plenty of awesome bands with shows coming up and, of course, plenty to do if you just get out of the house. Now onto AZK stuff - we've been running around like mad for a while now, but are constantly amazed at how much help we've been given or offered from everyone out there! We really couldn't keep this running if not for all of you out there!
July proved for a ton of really great shows and I think everyone out there (especially all of us on staff here) have been having a blast rocking out to some of our favorite bands that happened to come through this month - local and national. There were lots of fun drunks, strange stories, a band tearing up the stage completely naked, tons of great music, some typical scene drama, more pits and glorious pile-ons than we've seen in a long time, and some stuff that we could've gone our whole lives without seeing. August is going to be even better! Don't forget to come out to the Desert Punk Slamboree on 08/22 at The Sets. We've been talking about it around here for months now and it's quickly coming up. You're really not going to want to miss it.
You'll notice that we have a few new contributors this month and we're really excited to have them on board. We've got a little more statewide coverage now and hoping to get even more because we certainly don't want to leave out any of the cool shit happening outside of Phoenix and Tucson.
So, as always if you have something to say, a band you think we should check out, shows coming up, want to help out in any way, or just want to send some naked photos, you can do so via myspace, or just catch one of us out at a show!
If you have a list of local punk shit that you want to share, hit us up in our contact sectionAZPunk needs your participation! and let's talk. We definitely can't cover all these angles alone.
7pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $6
with L’orchidée D’hawaï--french Surf Rock!, Planets--grindy Diy Art, Freindship & The Fawn--folk Blabla, Secondary--??, Naw Meen--slimey Jam, Haunted Cologne--surf
8pm @ Yucca Tap Room • 21+ • Free Show!
with Liar's Handshake, Chip Hanna, Dj Johnny Volume
9pm @ Yucca Tap Room • 21+ • Free Show!
with Chip Hannah, Liar's Handshake, Dj Johnny Volume
10pm @ Sucker Punch Sallys Diner • All Ages • Free Show!
with Noah Engh
6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10
with Calabrese, Stellar Corpses, Gun Smoke, Howlers, Returners, Slime And The Booby Tramps
6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $---
with Calabrese,, Gun Smoke (can), Stellar Corpses (ca), Howlers (ca), Returners (ca),, Kraneos (mx),, Slime And The Boobytramps
7pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $10
with The Bled, Before You Fled, The So So Glos, The Author
7pm @ Shitty T-Pot, The • All Ages • Free Show!
with Sarafan, Sadistic Delusion, Dias Mas Oscuros, Systemaddict Slave, Death Squad, State Leech
8pm @ Judy • All Ages • Donation
with Bro Dawg Party, Custody Battle, Mouth Of Man, Gay Kiss
9pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $5
with Revoltrevolt, The Dark Hearts, The Bitten, Skin Walkers, Wirefeeder
6pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $10
with Earthmen And Strangers, So Cow, Tv Ghost, The Happy Hallows
6pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $7
with Run With The Hunted, Mouth Of Man, Dconscience, Built To Reign
9pm @ See Details • 21+ • $3
with At The College Dropout In Tempe Az..., Contradikation,, Jack The Cat, Celebrate Nebraska, Abraham Drinken
9pm @ Hollywood Alley • 21+ • $5
with Greenhaven, Antique Scream, Hogjaw, Adam Lee Cogswell
6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10
with Choptops, Sawyer Family, Buried In Red, The Do- Somethings
7pm @ Skrappy's • All Ages • $??
with Touche Amore, Red Son, Ready Resist
7pm @ Skrappy's • All Ages • $5
with Awful Truth, Touche Amore, Busted Bearings, Acies, More
7pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $6
with Red Pony Clock--super Cute Big Band Snark Punx., Funderstorm--all Over The Map Jerkout., Man About A Dog--tom Waits Dustcore., Evergreen Medic--shiny Pop Punk., Fatigo--mexi-pop.
8pm @ Hollywood Alley • 21+ • $8
with The Rebel Set, The Cosmeticators, Miss Derringer
8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $7
with The Slants, Get Down! To Brass Tacks, The Maxies, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Melted Cassettes, Whqles
7pm @ YOBS (Ye Olde Bike Shop) • All Ages • $5
with (3/13) Sewn Leather, Tracey Trance, Moment Trigger, Taterbug, Pigeon Religion, (3/14) Death Sentence: Panda!, Devon Williams, The Roar, Lazer Zeppelin, (3/15) Blessure Grave, Twin Crystals, Random Cuts, Ovariesy, Special Guests
4pm @ Tempe Beach Park • All Ages • Over $30
with Metric, The Bollox, Keltic Cowboys
7pm @ Revolver Records • All Ages • Donation
with Earn, Infinite Body, Sungsang
8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • Free Show!
with The Freeze, Liars Handshake, 80*d, Moovalya
9pm @ Rogue Bar (West) • 21+ • Free Show!
with Tokyo Electron, Becky Lee 7 Drunkfoot, Earthmen And Strangers, Cosmeticators, Dj Mike Genz
I was trying out the features Last.fm has. Pretty cool website for bands. Allows complete control over distro from only allowing samples of songs to be played, to downloading complete albums for free. Enjoy.
Check out the writeup on The Blaze's guest DJ shows coming up. Chris and I will be hosting from 1-2pm on March 23rd, so tune in!
The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States. For the sixth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-free, RIAA-safe collection of hundreds of songs which can all be downloaded for free in a couple of clicks, thanks to BitTorrent.
Hey guys my band just recorded our first EP and are looking for some shows. You can hear 3 of the songs on our myspace. But if you or if you know someone who might be interested in booking us let me know. Peace.
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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