Every Show Joe

Oh, four weeks now means I got this back on track. You should definitely give Snailmate the biggest sendoff humanly possible. I know if my chronic fatigue behaves that day, I’m going to try. Otherwise, hit up any of these shows and show these bands some support. You may even discover a new band you like!

Friday 7
· Mercy Music with Miles to Nowhere, Free the Witness and Subtitles at Pub Rock Live - 7 PM
· Insomniacs Album Release Show with Something Outrageous, Junk Drawer at Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· Colour TV with Juniper Ridge, Cassidy Brooke at the Valley Bar - 7:30 PM
· The Technicolors with Theo Moss at Club Congress - 8 PM

Saturday 8
· TA-80, Super Speader, The Jerk Officers, and Lucky Sisu at Rips Bar - 9 PM
· He/Then, Critical Miss, Clovers Curfew and Rad Pinckard at Yucca Tap Room - 3 PM
· The Technicolors with Theo Moss, American Craftsman at Crescent Ballroom - 8 PM
· Prince Mirth: 5th Anniversary Show featuring Birds and Arrows, Future Fiires, and Ghost Moone at Yucca Tap Room - 7:30 PM
· The Woodworks, Wurmfur, and Anthony Fama at Time Out Lounge - 8:30 PM

Sunday 9
· Windowspeak with Dead Gowns, Morphia Slow at the Valley Bar - 7:30 PM

Monday 10
· Ska Night featuring Natural Infestation, Left Hand Hotdog, Analog Daydream at the Hive, Flagstaff - 6:30 PM

Tuesday 11
· Off With Their Heads with Mermaid Island, No Gimmick at the Rosetta Room - 7:30 PM
· Quicksand and Bane with Soul Blind at the Nile Theater - 7:30 PM
· Left Hand Hotdog and Analog Daydream with Natural Infestation, Neon Jesus, and Parolour Magic & Boosty at the Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· The Cybertronic Spree at Crescent Ballroom - 7:30 PM
· The Bomb Pulse, Futurist, Alien Arcade at the Hive, Flagstaff - 6 PM

Wednesday 12
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Thursday 13
· Final U.S. Show for Snailmate with HoneyBunny, The Talking Hours, and Bay Window at the Rebel Lounge - 7:30 PM
· Unpolished, Tripolar, Tapestrees, and Keller Frank at Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM

Friday 14
· Todd & Butler Turn 50! featuring Hard Luck MF, Overstand, Sorrower, Lago, Flesh Prison, and Paveway II at the Nile Underground - 6:30 PM
· Cthulhus Sale First Friday Showcase featuring Bounce House Ska, So [Bad] And [Dumb], None, and Zero Gravity at Pho Cao - 7 PM
· Punk Night featuring HoneyBunny, Rad Stacey, Soneffs, and Patience at Yucca Tap Room - 8:30 PM
· Phantom Spring with Tina Fake, No Expo, Suzaku99, and Same Time Tomorrow at the Rosetta Room - 6:30 PM
· The Lollybombs with Jeremiah Smartano at the Orpheum, Flagstaff - 8 PM
· Celleste, Jane Field, Elementary, jaimejorge, and CATykylsm at Groundworks, Tucson - 7 PM

The Iron Roses with a fu**in' banger of a new release today! Link to their Bandcamp in the comments.

Guess you now see why I got a america’s local band cheekface tattoo now. Topping out my top 5 listened to last month and in great company! Beach Bunny the only one without a new album, but has become comfort music when stressed lately. Check them all out, if you haven't already!

And week three back in action! Onto August shows we go, with the only cooling off is about midweek with a few less shows. It is not the temperatures, so catch one of these awesome shows indoors instead.

Friday 31
· Smooth Hands: The LP 5th Anniversary with Tournament, Beaver Creek, and Psnd at the Valley Bar - 6:30 PM
· Maddypalooza Part 3 featuring Rejected Monsters, Jerk Officers, Body Rez, Tax Fraud, and Yawn Fighter at the Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· Rad Pinckard and Tara Lynn Walrus at The Copper Jackalope, Cottonwood - 8 PM

Saturday 1
· Micah Schanbel and Vanessa Jean Speckman with Todd Seres, Josh NZ, and Fixed Reaction at Time Out Lounge - 8 PM
· The Happys with The Joeys at Last Exit Live - 8:30 PM
· The Blood Feud Family Singers and Vox Manicka at King Pigeon Thrift and Vintage - 7 PM
· Katie Mae & the Lubrication with JT Sheets Band and Nick Hans at the Crescent Ballroom - 8 PM
· MaxiFEST with The Perusers, Noble Crooks, Sliced Limes, and Big Finish at Yucca Tap Room - 7:30 PM
· The Beths and Beach Bunny with Wishy at the Rialto Theatre, Tucson - 7 PM
· Trish Toledo with Manic Hispanic at La Rosa, Tucson - 7:30 PM
· Death Delay, Naming Our Monsters, Alien Arcade, and Rad Pinckard at the Hive, Flagstaff - 6:30 PM
· Dusty Boots Music Festival featuring The Blissins, Ike Fonseca & Company, Algorethythm, Krovak, Hobo Houston, and more at Clear Sky Resorts, Williams, AZ

Sunday 2
· Miles to Nowhere, TA-80, Swigfoot, and Hooray for Dad at the Rock, Tucson - 2 PM

Monday 3
· Los Straitjackets with The Rebel Set at Crescent Ballroom - 7 PM

Tuesday 4
· Lost Straitjackets with The Dirty Licks at 191 Toole, Tucson - 8 PM

Wednesday 5
· Punks Unplugged with Jeff Gonzales, Steve Manicdote, Kylo Gun, Scott Gesser, TOB, and Scott Schafer at Rips Bar - 8 PM
· Sickways with So Happy, Mile Marker Tragedy, and Gnarly Carnal at Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· clipping. With Open Mike Eagle and Pedestrian Deposit at the Rialto Theatre - 8 PM

Thursday 6
· Super Spreader with Idol Vice, and Vic Tim’s and the Kentucky Rifles at Pub Rock Live - 7 PM

Friday 7
· Mercy Music with Miles to Nowhere, Free the Witness and Subtitles at Pub Rock Live - 7 PM
· Insomniacs Album Release Show with Something Outrageous, Junk Drawer at Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· Colour TV with Juniper Ridge, Cassidy Brooke at the Valley Bar - 7:30 PM
· The Technicolors with Theo Moss at Club Congress - 8 PM

And awesome album number 6 is out and arrived in my mailbox today from america’s local band cheekface!

Aww, though I wish Bob the best and thank him for all the memories his venue hosted. You got until May to catch a show at this Phoenix staple.

Important announcement! After 35 plus fantastic years of running the Rhythm Room, I have decided to retire the club and enter into the next chapter of my life. The plan is close the Rhythm Room on May 30, 2027 and to have a glorious final season this fall, winter, and spring! We will have numerous amazing shows and we hope that you will celebrate the legendary legacy of this Phoenix music institution in our last run. As for my own plans, I plan to continue to play music, keep my great band working, keep recording and releasing music, promote music events, and of course continue my Blues Radio Show.

In reflection, the Rhythm Room has enabled decades of wonderful music and meaningful community gatherings. We look back at all the amazing concerts, shows, and events that we have presented over these last 3 1/2 decades. And I have experienced no better feeling than getting on that stage with my favorite musicians to play my heart out to a room filled with dear friends. And gathering great musicians has led to some great recording sessions, which in turn have created album releases that have had worldwide impact and recognition! We are very proud of the amazing list of renowned talent that has blessed our stage!
Myself and other bookers and promoters have presented a wide array of great music talent of many genres, but with Blues always as our centerpiece. The musicians that have played at the RR have become beloved family to us. And we have been blessed with an amazing staff who believe in the Rhythm Room’s cause. I must mention current RR manager Lynsey Curtis who has been a part of the Rhythm Room for over 20 years and who represents with charm and kindness. And thank you to the great artists, promoters and booking agents who are crucial in this endeavor. And we are especially thankful for the fantastic audiences that have come to gather to enjoy music, friendship, and camaraderie.

To say that I’m going to miss all of this would be a huge understatement. But this year I will celebrate my 70th birthday, and I’m going to give myself permission to live life with a more measured, less hectic pace. I look back at the many amazing achievements of the Rhythm Room and all of the people that it’s touched and I have nothing but gratitude. Thank you to the Phoenix music community for allowing me the honor of serving you. And even though this is a big change, I assure you that I still have much more to give. We hope that you will join myself, Lynsey and the great Rhythm Room staff in celebration of our final season from August 27, 2026 to May 30, 2027
With love, Bob Corritore.

Look at this! Two weeks in a row of concert suggestions for the next week around Phoenix and beyond. This is certainly easier on my chronic fatigue over recording videos, so I'm more optimistic this may be able to be kept up from here. A reminder, this is catered to my tastes, which does include removing mention of anti science artists I'm aware of. Anyways, go check out some awesome live music!

Friday 24
· Louis on Tour with All The Better, Dizzy Mavis at the Rosetta Room - 7 PM

Saturday 25
· Pinata Protest with Mike and the Molotovs, Whiskey Famine, and Black Mountain Moonshine at the Nile Underground - 7:30 PM
· The Stray Cats with Pete Berhard, of the Devil Makes Three, at Celebrity Theatre - 7:30 PM
· The Pübes, The Woodworks, Doug Preston and the Lemon Trees at Chopper Johns - 8 PM
· Dadadoh and the POC, Paveway II at Rips Bar - 9 PM

Sunday 26
· Laced with Deadbolt, So Happy, Gillotine, and Gateway at Olla Olla Crepes - 6 PM

Monday 27
· The Mainliners with NIIS, Free From Concern at the Rebel Lounge - 7:30 PM

Tuesday 28
· Millington with MattstaGraham, All Hype, and Swigfoott at the Rosetta Room - 7 PM
· Pigeon Pit with Propolis, Bethany Home at the Valley Bar - 8 PM
· Girl Dinner and Older with So Happy, Parched at Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· Fortuna Malvada EP Release Show with Identity Crisis, See It Through, and Brawliday Inn at Pues Cafe, Tucson - 6 PM

Wednesday 29
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Thursday 30
· Space Vampires with TA-80, Something Outrageous, and Harry Jerkface at Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM
· Parched with Starlite Open, Frogs on Skateboards, and Betting on the End at Rebel Lounge - 7:30 PM

Friday 31
· Smooth Hands: The LP 5th Anniversary with Tournament, Beaver Creek, and Psnd at the Valley Bar - 6:30 PM
· Maddypalooza Part 3 featuring Rejected Monsters, The Jerk Officers, Body Rez, Tax Fraud, and Yawn Fighter at the Yucca Tap Room - 8 PM

😭 Gonna miss them. Go check them out one more time while they live here a little longer!

DID YOU SEE THIS LINE UP?! We are so stoked our besties from all over the country are coming out to play our last show in the USA! Are you kidding me?! We got HONEYBUNNY from Texas and The Talking Hours from New Mexico along with Phoenix locals Bay Window 🥰 Ticket link in bio, THIS SHOW IS ALL AGES!!

Punk world lost a great one... RIP

We are devastated to announce the death of our partner, sister, daughter, and friend Jennifer Precious Finch. Jennifer’s impact on the world of music was seismic; her impact on our lives, even moreso. We appreciate everyone’s interest and concern, thank you for all the kind messages. We appreciate some space to heal privately during this difficult time.

I may have got my second favorite america’s local band cheekface lyric, only to "I have watched every episode of PBS NewsHour and I'm going on vacation," on my forearm today by Cage Free Tattoos! 👀 First lyric tattoo for me.