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Bringing in names like Foo Fighters, Maroon 5, and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, BottleRock welcomes in the summer energy with music, food, wine, and brew in this year’s sold out festival. BottleRock Festival, presented by Jam Cellars, is now on its 5th consecutive year with this year’s three-day festival in Napa Valley from May 26th-28th. The headliners for 2017 are Foo Fighters, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and Maroon 5 with culinary guests Martha Stewart, José Andrés, and M

Bad Suns closed its Heartbreaker Tour at 191 Toole in Tucson on March 20, 2017. Bringing their old and new jams to the stage were band members Christo Bowman (vocals), Miles Morris (drums), Ray Libby (guitar), and Gavin Bennett (bass). Bad Suns had just come off a tour in October and November showcasing the band’s newest album Disappear Here until it launched into another smaller tour to start off 2017. The band stopped in Phoenix in November on its Disappear Here tour, but t

Photography co-shot and Review co-written by Emma Sounart and Kiya Gaskin Viva PHX hit Downtown Phoenix for its fourth annual run on March 11, 2017. Walking into Downtown Phoenix during Viva PHX, there were swarms of people and stages lit up from CityScape all the way down past Comerica Theatre and Crescent Ballroom to a little studio called The Pueblo. The stages were divided by genres. Grungier music got the edgier stages like Punk Rock Alley and national acts were given th

Green Day released its twelfth album Revolution Radio in October of 2016. The band’s first single off the album was “Bang Bang” followed by “Revolution Radio” and “Still Breathing” that were released a little over a month before the album release. The Revolution Radio Tour hit Europe before making their first stop of 2017 in America in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Arena on March 1. Green Day is signed by Warner Bros. and the American Punk Rock band is original

Twenty One Pilots released its latest EP TOP X MM of remixes off its album Blurryface with Mutemath in December 2016. The band’s hit album Blurryface came out in May 2015 followed by its single “Heathens” for the movie Suicide Squad in June 2016 and its cover of My Chemical Romance’s “Cancer” for the 10-year anniversary of The Black Parade. The Emotional Roadshow World Tour came to Tucson bringing old songs and the new singles to Tucson Convention Center on February 19. Twent

Founded in 2009 as a recording project, Metalcore band Volumes shredded across the country this past summer on the Monster Energy Stage as part of the 2016 Vans Warped Tour. Taryn It Up caught up with founder Diego Farias at the Wantagh, NY date to chat about how Warped was going for the band and what their single "Feels Good" (released a week before the start of Warped) was all about, among other topics such as gear of choice and the most challenging aspects of being in a ba

WARPED IN REVERSE #4 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Kiya Gaskin Assuming We Survive slayed the stage all summer at the Vans Warped Tour last summer, and they were bummed that it had to come to an end. Tour Press Force caught up with Alternative Pop Punk group at Warped Tour during the final week of the tour in California. The band could only describe the tour as the ‘time of their lives’. “It is amazing,” drummer Kris Pasos said. “We only have a we

Bad Suns’ highly anticipated Disappear Here tour finally arrived in Phoenix on November 17th, 2016. Inside the venue rehearsing were band members Christo Bowman (vocals), Miles Morris (drums), Ray Libby (guitar), and Gavin Bennett (bass). Bad Suns had just finished touring with Halsey on her Badlands tour over the summer where they won over fans with some songs off their old album Language & Perspective as well as a few singles they released off their new album. The band rele

Reviews by Kiya Gaskin, Tyler Peckham, and Emily Ducker Out Came The Wolves | Review written by Emily Ducker Out Came The Wolves was the first of four bands to take the stage at the Phoenix stop of the Face To Face Tour at Joe’s Grotto Sunday, November 6. The Modern Rock group, made up of Cameron Burns on vocals, Austin Brady on guitar. George Shrouder on guitar, Ervin Buljubasic on bass, and Andy Hart on drums, is out on this tour promoting their first debut album Strange F

Attila’s Chaos Tour lived up to its name. Chaos and madness ensued when Fronz and the rest of his tour mates played at Livewire in early November. This show was rowdy and definitely not for the easily offended. Local Post Hardcore band Go Ask Alice was first up for the night. The trouble with having local bands open for bigger acts like Attila is that often people do not care about them. That unfortunately was the case with Go Ask Alice. When they went on stage, not many peop

We sat down with the new Classic 60s Fuzz Rock band STINKEYE after their set at a Tempe House Show in mid-December. Check out their interview featuring 'Pink Clam' and 'Orange Man' off their Llantera Demos! Follow them on Facebook: @stinkeyeblows #STINKEYE #ClassicRock #60sRock #FuzzRock #LlanteraDemos #AZHomegrown #NahnalahG #CosmicA #TourPressForce #TPForce #TPF #feeltheinferno

The Rise Up Tour rose to its full potential during its Halloween tour stop in Mesa, Arizona. The show was opened up with local band At My Mercy and jokesters Like Moths to Flames. Silverstein, Memphis May Fire, and The Devil Wears Prada round out the main acts. The audience was geared up for a night of heavy music, and disappointed they were not. At My Mercy kicked off the show by surprise. It was actually a surprise - when their set started, the crowd seemed to have no idea

Classic Pop Punk powerhouses The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Moose Blood and Seaway came together for a tour of a lifetime. Their stop in Phoenix was memorable for most fans, in the fact that the show came just a day after the election results, and the men held nothing back. The bands got political and emotional, making this show one of the best Pop Punk shows in a long time. Most people dread the opening act of a Pop Punk show. They are usually some overzealous

A review of Nik Turner with Hedersleben and Stinkeye in Phoenix on 25 November, 2016 From the freshly scrubbed auditorium at the MIM with its often affluent, middle-aged clientele, to the tan bark and cigarette butt-strewn backyard of a combination bookstore and head shop in downtown Phoenix, Tour Press Force (TPF) covers music performances in all kinds of venues. Unlike many of the bands that we cover, where photo and interview arrangements can be made weeks in advance, I di

Arizona’s local music scene was highlighted an open-air festival on the streets of Downtown Mesa. The city was brought to life November 10th - 12th with the annual Mesa Music Festival. The three-day festival kicked off on Thursday with a series of guest speakers and was followed up by a welcoming party. The next two days were filled with performances by local and national bands and many guest speakers including keynote speaker Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. Friday was the

Tour Press Force (TPF) caught up with Adrian Estrella (vocalist) and Joe Lawson (bassist) of Assuming We Survive during the tail-end of their All Roads Lead Home tour at the Rebel Lounge, December 9, 2016. The guys talked about their passion for playing music and the power of positivity. "I guarantee you, it's all about the positivity-ness. If they did those little things, I guarantee they would go really far...support everyone...I want people to understand that this is, it h

At the 2016 Mesa Music Festival, Arizona native and lead singer of Linkin Park Chester Bennington made an appearance as a special keynote speaker. His stories of debauchery, drugs, and music had the audience laughing all night. Bennington started out with a retelling of his entry into the music scene. Bennington was one of the lucky ones when it came to starting a career. He made his first record at 16 and dropped out of high school because the only thing he cared about was g

9.7.16 | Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, AZ — Interview with Terra Lopez, Rituals of Mine Tour Press Force (TPF) sat down with vocalist, Terra Lopez of the Electronic/Soul Duo Rituals of Mine after their concert debuting their recent album Devoted, while opening for The Album Leaf. Rituals of Mine, formerly known as 'Sister Crayon', were recently signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released their first album Devoted under the new moniker. Listen to Lopez discuss the catha

What, with David Allen Coe wailin' "You Never Even Called Me by My Name," one could hardly believe they had walked into the opening of Emo Nite at the Valley Bar in Downtown Phoenix. Emo Nite insiders knew without a doubt, as November 15th was a Tuesday night and Sad As Fuck Emo balloons were a drift all over! Yeah, another clue was Barbe Noire's "Tuesday" signaling the gear-shift into EMO. In strolled a mixed crowd of 20-30 somethings ready to get down – sad as fuck and scre

From darkness to light, high-energy interaction streamed throughout The Nile Underground during Emarosa’s 2016 Fall Tour. The show opened with AZ Homegrown bands Mimelight and Never Let This Go, along with the touring band Cold Collective, and the Valley’s very own Anarbor followed by the headliner of the night, Emarosa. The show opened up with the AZ Homegrown Indie Rock band Mimelight out of Mesa, AZ. Being the opener, their job was to get the audience relaxed and warmed up