I'm so disappointed, I was trying to get someone from our community into a show rather just sell the ticket. Sadly, the first person who messaged me just turned around and sold the ticket.

On the bright side, the guy who bought it is pretty cool. I hope everyone who reached out either got into the show or has an awesome night doing something else.

DM me if interested in coming to the show tonight. Lower level 5th row. My wife and daughter are joining me but I have one more ticket. I'd rather have some hood karma than an empty seat.

Looking for someone fun to go to his show at the Rebel Lounge this Sunday with me! Your ticket is included :)

All the new releases from your favorite AZ bands plus a selection from artists playing this week.

🎧 Listen here

New this week

• Oct 23 – Fangs by Wildflower Mind (single, 1 track)
• Oct 23 – Hypnotize by Vintage Culture (single, 1 track)
• Oct 23 – La Pasé Chido by Los Parras (single, 1 track)
• Oct 23 – Live At Headfooter by Luigi Leone And The Turnip Rats (single, 2 tracks)
• Oct 23 – Nadie Te Extraña by Xavi (single, 1 track)
• Oct 23 – Opposite Day by MARLOMA (single, 1 track)
• Oct 23 – Take U Too by Esso (single, 1 track)
• Oct 21 – You've Got Another Thing Coming by Colton Avery (single, 1 track)
• Oct 19 – Laces (Redux) by deathdotgov (single, 2 tracks)
• Oct 16 – I hate how much I love you by Escher (single, 1 track)
• Oct 16 – Mantis (Acoustic Version) by The Black Hole (single, 1 track)
• Oct 16 – Vitalis by Veins of Aether (album, 7 tracks)

Also in the rotation

• "Hors d'oeuvres" – Practically People
• "Quick Fix" – All The Better
• "Rose Colored Glasses - Reprise" – Ang Sirena, joshie allon
• "Eclipse" – XIXA
• "PITY THE PATHETIC MAN" – Willetta
• "peekaboo (feat. azchike)" – Kendrick Lamar, AZ Chike
• "Outdoors ft. Cicadas" – Mijito
• "THE WRONG ONE" – Sorry X, Drowning Pool
• "LOVEBOMB" – Twisted Overall
• "So Poetic" – Sundressed
• "Parasite" – WinterHaven
• "FRIEND REQUEST*" – Phantom Spring
• "Unicorn Blood" – Sunthrown
• "The Fallen" – Tridon
• "Long Embrace" – Phathoms
• "Cheeseburgers" – Mogley & The Zoniez
• "Young & Reckless" – Katie Mae

🎧 Hit play on the whole thing: riffraff // this week in phoenix

This took me awhile to produce for my friend (the artist, Doré) as I aimed to use real instruments as much as possible. Give it a listen, it’s streaming everywhere!

“A Love That Moves The Stars” by Doré

My name is SJ and I'm looking for a drummer to fill out our band "No Beach" for gigs and recording! We have a lot of material to work with and are currently practicing out of Music Loft in Scottsdale.

Below will be the album "Feeling Strange", if you like the sound send me a message and we can figure out a time to jam!

https://open.spotify.com/album/36aMy9KHK7HM1PtVFKKIUB?si=q2-D86AaSJmunAMUhcAW0w&utm_source=copy-link

Peoria based music artist!

Hello fellow Arizonans! Hopefully I’ll get my music to live performance grade soon, studio time, hopefully next year.

Hot take from a guy who still rewinds cassettes with a pencil: 101 shows across 19 venues this week, and 16 of the acts are homegrown. Put down the remote and go stand near a speaker.

🌵 = Arizona local

AZ Financial Theatre

• Mon · Oct 19 · 7:30 PM – Modest Mouse · Caroline Rose
• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – Dermot Kennedy · Jonah Kagen · Aaron Rowe (The Weight of the Woods Tour)
• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – Los Gemelos De Sinaloa (The Gemeliza Tour)
• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – Mon Laferte · Silvana Estrada (Femme Fatale Tour)
• Sun · Oct 25 · 8 PM – Malcolm Todd · 54 Ultra (Do That Again Tour)
• Mon · Oct 26 · 8 PM – Chief Keef (Live 2026)

Crescent Ballroom

• Mon · Oct 19 · 7:30 PM – Protomartyr
• Tue · Oct 20 · 7:30 PM – Joy Oladokun (The Heavy Things Tour)
• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – Kishi Bashi (Sonderlust 10th Anniversary Tour)
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – Amble
• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – The WLDLFE
• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – Ax and the Hatchetmen (Late Checkout Tour 2026)
• Sun · Oct 25 · 8 PM – Sawyer Hill (Everybody's Home, Nobody's Happy World Tour)
• Mon · Oct 26 · 7:30 PM – City of the Sun

Gracie's Tax Bar

• Mon · Oct 19 · 10 PM – Mayte (Vinyl Night: Temporal)
• Tue · Oct 20 · 8:30 PM – Care-E-Oke
• Wed · Oct 21 · 10 PM – Stimbo (Liminal Space)
• Thu · Oct 22 · 7 PM – Videogame Tournament
• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – DISGRACEFUL!
• Sat · Oct 24 · 10 PM – Sessions PHX
• Sun · Oct 25 · 10 PM – J-ME LEE (B-Sides & Bangers)
• Mon · Oct 26 · 10 PM – MITCH FREEDOM 🌵 (Vinyl Night: COOPERATION)

Janeys Coffee

• Mon · Oct 19 · 7:30 PM – Jay Allan
• Tue · Oct 20 · 7:30 PM – Bill & Austin Dutcher 🌵
• Wed · Oct 21 · 7:30 PM – Duffy King
• Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM – Tap takeover Mother Road Brewery, music by Notes from Neptune
• Fri · Oct 23 · 7:30 PM – Sonoran Dogs
• Sat · Oct 24 · 10 AM – Glade Wilson 🌵
• Sat · Oct 24 · 2 PM – Doc Baldi
• Sat · Oct 24 · 7:30 PM – The T-BoneZ (costume contest) 🌵
• Sun · Oct 25 · 10 AM – Melanie
• Sun · Oct 25 · 1 PM – Steve Howes
• Sun · Oct 25 · 4 PM – Closed for private event
• Mon · Oct 26 · 7:30 PM – Jay Allan

Last Exit Live

• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – Homestyle Dinner Rolls
• Sun · Oct 25 · 8 PM – Great Lake Swimmers · Colleen Brown

Marquee Theatre

• Sat · Oct 24 · 7 PM – Saosin (20 Years of Self-Titled)

Mortgage Matchup Center

• Tue · Oct 20 · 7 PM – WEEZER
• Fri · Oct 23 · 6:30 PM – Gorillaz

Sun Bar

• Fri · Oct 23 · 9 PM – PNK Party: Mandragora, Alves, JIMII, and Valerie Stoss
• Fri · Oct 23 · 9 PM – SISTO
• Sat · Oct 24 · 9 PM – Stoned Level
• Sun · Oct 25 · 5 PM – Pull Up, Get Down: NO STATIC

Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

• Mon · Oct 19 · 7:30 PM – beabadoobee · Wisp (The Powerlines Tour)
• Tue · Oct 20 · 7:30 PM – Bryson Tiller · Majid Jordan · Ty Dolla $ign · Austin Millz (The Neo Trapsoul Tour)

The 44

• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – Elote · Be Quiet And Drive · RED WHITE AND NU
• Sun · Oct 25 · 6 PM – Smile Empty Soul

The Nile Theater

• Tue · Oct 20 · 6:30 PM – Glaive (Sold Out) · Tiffany Day
• Tue · Oct 20 · 7 PM – Ghoul & Dry Socket · Sorrower 🌵 · Navagon 🌵
• Thu · Oct 22 · 6 PM – Companion of Fools · War Prison · Deprave · Lies Upon Lies · 2 Sided
• Fri · Oct 23 · 6:30 PM – E.N Young & Imperial Sound · Tomorrow's Bad Seeds · JAHTIVA · DJ Jahmar
• Fri · Oct 23 · 7 PM – Max Diaz · Practically People 🌵 · All The Better 🌵 · Pin Up
• Sat · Oct 24 · 6:30 PM – DREAMCAST · Velour · Next To Nothing · Prancer
• Sat · Oct 24 · 7 PM – TWISTED CAROUSEL vol. 2 · Debauchery Productions (18+ only)
• Sun · Oct 25 · 5:30 PM – DEAD POET SOCIETY x HONEY REVENGE · HUNNY · Broadside
• Sun · Oct 25 · 7 PM – Jay Roxxx

The Rebel Lounge

• Mon · Oct 19 · 8 PM – The Paradox · Meet Me @ the Altar (Sold Out!)
• Tue · Oct 20 · 7:30 PM – Pertinence 🌵 · Pariah Pete 🌵
• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – Juice · Christopher Blair · Lovetrain
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – Kyle Gordon · Mojohand
• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – Daley · Ang Sirena 🌵 · Cameron Jeong (US Tour)
• Sat · Oct 24 · 12 PM – Strum University Student Bands (Strum Rock Band Show)
• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – Post Sex Nachos · Hannah Geller · Wildflower Mind 🌵
• Sun · Oct 25 · 7:30 PM – Justin Nozuka · Alex Synclair
• Mon · Oct 26 · 8 PM – Frog · Flying Tuna Can · Crescent Cow

The Rosetta Room

• Tue · Oct 20 · 8 PM – ZZZAHARA · FAERYBABYY · dustbowlchampions · Le Mal 🌵
• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – She's Green · Witches Exist · SMUSH · Animal Shin
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – Mia Asano · Deadgrace
• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – Scott Russo · SOUNDIVISION · Kristen Taylor
• Sun · Oct 25 · 8 PM – Surely Tempo · Tengo Surete · Vintage Clothes

The Van Buren

• Mon · Oct 19 · 7 PM – Basement · Momma · Big Boy · Febuary
• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – Boy Harsher · True Blue · Kassie Krut
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – Thee Sinseers · The Charities (Love Stories Tour)
• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – almost monday (THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY)
• Sat · Oct 24 · 4 PM – Daniel Sloss (BITTER, Brand New Tour!)
• Mon · Oct 26 · 8 PM – TEN (US Showcase Tour)

Thunderbird Lounge

• Fri · Oct 23 · 9 PM – Lisa Frank Rave
• Sat · Oct 24 · 9 PM – Transmission: An 80's Dark Wave Night

Valley Bar

• Mon · Oct 19 · 7:30 PM – Edgehill (Moving Out Tour)
• Tue · Oct 20 · 7:30 PM – Weatherday (Hornet Disaster Tour 2026)
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – Automatic · Nuovo Testamento
• Thu · Oct 22 · 10 PM – DJ Reco 🌵 (Latin Night with DJ Reco)
• Fri · Oct 23 · 6:30 PM – DJ Boomer (Soul / Funk / World / Hip-Hop)
• Fri · Oct 23 · 7 PM – Hovvdy · Emma Ogier
• Fri · Oct 23 · 10 PM – DJ Javin (130 CLUB: Hip Hop + R&B)
• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – Xixa 🌵 · Amory Powers (10 Years of Bloodline)
• Sun · Oct 25 · 8 PM – Magenta Wave · Decent Places · Wildflower Mind 🌵
• Mon · Oct 26 · 8 PM – Katie Pruitt (Fools for the Fleeting Tour)

Walter Studios

• Sat · Oct 24 · 8 PM – ENRGY · Kimmy Bang Bang
• Sat · Oct 24 · 9 PM – FANG!

Walter WhereHouse

• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – Paul Oakenfold · The Crystal Method · Sean Watson (Mission Underground)
• Sat · Oct 24 · 9 PM – Snakehips · Randy Perez · Peachy Keen (at Walter Where?House)

Yucca Tap Room

• Mon · Oct 19 · 9 PM – OPEN MIC
• Tue · Oct 20 · 8 PM – Nick Noodle
• Wed · Oct 21 · 8 PM – Songwriter Round
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – Wicked Meadows 🌵
• Thu · Oct 22 · 8 PM – LOUNGE Mandatory Metal
• Fri · Oct 23 · 8 PM – Punk Rock Halloween Bash
• Sun · Oct 25 · 3 PM – Noisemakers
• Sun · Oct 25 · 8 PM – Sight After Dark
• Mon · Oct 26 · 9 PM – OPEN MIC

Singer looking to collaborate or back a band.

I’m, The Kid Hope
An artist from Arizona

Looking for pickers in the valley.

Anyone listen to this channel. Im in Chandler so the reception sucks, but they play a ton of great stuff other than the same 30 songs on iHeartRadio.

Anyone going to the Chris stussy show in PHX 10/30? Looking for people to turn up with! Coming down from Cali!

Hi there, I just moved to Phoenix from Florida. I’m looking to get involved in the community here as well as meet some new people. In Florida, I worked the merch booths at a local Amphitheatre for big tours. I figure that could be a good way to connected here. Would anyone know where to look or who to contact about a gig like this? Thanks!

I’m the founder of The Drop PHX. My background is in IT, and before this I had no experience running a music venue or booking DJs. I came into it as someone who loved electronic music and the community around it.

We built a 4,700-square-foot space with sound, lighting, lasers, different areas to explore, and a ball pit. I thought that if we made the place interesting enough, people would find it.

That was my biggest mistake.

Phoenix has an amazing electronic music scene. I’ve counted nights with 17 events happening at once, some with major DJs. Being a new venue in that mix is tough. We can have a quiet night where I’m questioning everything, then have 150 people in the building the next day.

Building the space and building a consistent crowd have turned out to be two very different jobs.

What keeps me going is hearing someone say, “How did I not know this place existed?” and watching strangers connect through music. Those moments are what I hoped we could create. I’m still figuring out how to make the business side work consistently.

For people involved in Phoenix music, whether you’re an artist, promoter, venue staff member, or regular, what has helped a new room become somewhere people return to? How much comes down to the lineup, and how much comes from the community around the space?

Totally free event, Mesa Music Festival is starting this Friday in Downtown Mesa. Tons of great local bands at outdoor stages and in the restaurants and bars. Should be a very fun weekend!

I'll be playing a set at the Mesa Mural stage on Friday at 8:30pm. Swing by if you like electronic music!

The most up to date listing of bands etc. is on the @mesamusicfest instagram, so check that out for more info!