No one commands a crowd quite like Playboy Manbaby. It helps that the band crafts feisty hits make you want to pump your fist, shake your...
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Top 20 Singles 2016
20 RNA “Delta” The experimental noise act known as RNA released Between The Mountains and Us on Jan. 1st of 2016. The ruckus release included the stellar...
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Best HipHop Album: For Mark, Your Son by Lando Chill
I have to admit, this was one of our most contentious categories this year. Arizona HipHop has been on the up-and-up in recent years and 2016...
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Best Indie Pop Album: Three by Diners
It sure feels like we’ve been following Diners for quite some time. Back in 2012, we gave them the award for Best New Band and, since...
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Best EP: Happy Plaza by Gene Tripp
Jay Hufman, who performs under the name Gene Tripp, released this seven-track gem back in February of this year. Happy Plaza is soft-spoken but has an...
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Most Likely to Succeed: Fairy Bones
Fairy Bones might have been a point of musical contention amongst the staffers here at YabYum in 2016, but one undeniable fact remains: this band is...
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The Songbird Award: Karima Walker
The only thing that competes with Karima Walker’s stunning song construction is her heart-stirring voice. Walker unveiled Hands in Our Names, recorded at Five Thirteen Recording, back in...
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Most Anticipated Album: PAO! by Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra
The Arizona supergroup known as Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra has been packing venues on the regular for several years now, but it was only this past November...
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Best Psychedelic Album: Snake River Blues by decker.
The Sedona act decker. is known for continually pushing their sound in new directions with each and every release they put out. The year 2015 brought us Patsy,...
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Best Genre-Bender: Bear Ghost
The feisty Phoenix four-piece known as Bear Ghost creates a veritable smorgasbord of sound on their 2016 release, Blasterpiece. Delivering a high-energy funk, Bear Ghost offers fluidly...
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Best New Band: Phantom Party
Phantom Party formed back in the Spring of 2015 and the three-piece quickly got to work hashing out their debut EP, but it was only over...
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Best Americana Release: Shasta City, Bad News Ricky by Huckleberry
The title to Huckleberry’s 2016 EP might be a little clunky, but the four songs it represents are fluid and fabulous. Shasta City, Bad News Ricky came out...
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