Robbie Pfeffer is a swell dude who makes some cool music. The front man of Playboy Manbaby, the band released two albums in 2018 and we had him on The YabYum Hour just after the release of their latest effort, Boundless Vanity. Along with some new PBMB tunes, we wanted to play some of the artists that have recently shared a bill with Playboy Manbaby…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Burn Victim
Amy and Tom talked to Trent of Burn Victim shortly before their 20th Anniversary show at The Quail Lounge. Check out a bunch of great Phoenix music history as well as the playlist curated by the band…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Halloween Special
New radio show hosts, Tom + Amy, brought live listeners a special Halloween Edition of The YabYum with songs that spooked them…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Editors’ Recent Favs
Mark and Carly picked some favorite songs as they prepare to pass the host baton to our new team of local music lovers (in training), Anna and Bonnie! Check out the complete playlist below…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Amy Young + Tom Reardon
Before they would become official hosts of The YabYum Hour, Amy Young and Tom Reardon joined us as guests back in October. Not only do we find out a little more about them, they brought in some great tracks to play over the airwaves and we even check out some of their own musical output…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Weird Radicals
Weird Radicals joined us in the Radio Phoenix studios shortly before the release of their latest album, Bangers Ball. We chat it up with the band and find out all about their new release, plus we check out a bunch of sweet tracks they brought in to the studio to play over the air as well…
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The Tastemaker’s Ten: Matt Rendon
Which Matt Rendon is cooler? Matt Rendon, the sound engineer behind Midtown Island Studios in Tucson, or the musician Matt Rendon of such noted acts as The Resonars? Thankfully, they are one and the same so we can just embrace our love of all Matt Rendon forms. And, today, he’ll be taking on the roll of official YabYum Tastemaker for this special “Best Drummers Ever” installment of The Tastemaker’s Ten!
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Old Time Relijun: See Now And Know [album review]
by Jason Kron
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The return of K Records geniuses Old Time Relijun and their new album, See Now And Know, comes two years after singer Arrington de Dionyso became a target of the alt-right…
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At Home With Tryb
by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen
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In the afternoon of late November, I drove up to Scottsdale to interview Garrett “Tryb” Namenye, a DJ and producer based in the Valley who has not only opened for substantial names, but managed to build a strong, interactive following with bass-heavy music and inventive branding. While most DJs hide behind various personas and ego barriers, Tryb is managing to break these artificial walls by staying true to his work and gearing down on the nitty-gritty aspects of his career and family…
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Harsh Mistress: All Roads Lead To This [album review]
by Jakob Casement
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As somebody who primarily enjoys listening to albums with a prominent political theme, All Roads Lead to This by Harsh Mistress offered me the ability to go in a naïve yet satisfying direction with this review. It has enough episodic energy and mood differentiation compacted into each track that it makes you want to skank one second and listen from a couch cushion the next. I was entirely engaged in the listening process from the immediate start…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Soft Deadlines
The dudes from Soft Deadlines rolled into the Radio Phoenix studios before the release of their latest album, People Are Evil, and now the broadcast archive is available for all…
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7 Mellow Music Videos for Your Monday
7 Mellow Music Videos featuring Black Sea Dahu, Liam Bailey, Caoilfhionn Rose, Aaron Taos, PART TIME, MARBL, + Bob Sumner…
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