In between their Coachella performances, during the week aptly named #ChellainPhx, New York Rock Experimentalists Ratatat performed at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe Arizona. Playing to a nearly sold out show, Ratatat brought fans of all ages, seriously there were several fans under the age of ten seen grooving to the sounds of Wildcat and Lex. Though doors opened at 6:30pm with a reported show time of 8pm and no listed opener it wasn’t until around 8:30 pm until emerging Queen

Keeping with the advent of new festival experiences in the valley, local alternative radio station 93.3 took a swing at festival season with the premiere of FestivALTAZ at Quail Run Park in Mesa Arizona. The lineup, though limited, packed a punch bringing in Coasts, Meg Meyers, Family of the Year, Glass Animals, Panic at the Disco, and Death Cab for Cutie. For those in the valley unable to make there way the 250 miles out to Coachella this weekend, FestivALTAZ proved to be th