Revisiting the innovations of previous decades has always been the right of artist, but only by bringing a modern context to those early influences can one...
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Show of the Year: The Indie 500
The Trunk Space commemorated 10 Years with the biggest (and longest) show anyone has thrown in these parts in quite some time if not in all...
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Best Quinquennial: Banana Gun
Every year we see bands come and go, but this year marked a special occasion for the folks over at Banana Gun. The band celebrated their...
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The Art Scene Queen: Daniel Funkhouser
Every year we like to acknowledge one person who has really pushed to bring arts to the forefront of our community. In 2014, it was Daniel...
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Dark Horse Award: Copper & Congress
I think it was something about the name that glazed over Copper & Congress in my mind. Understand, please, that many of our conversations take place...
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Top 10 Singles of 2014
(1) “Pyramids” by Burning Palms If you follow our coverage, you know we’re big supporters of Burning Palms out of Tucson. That’s because they make rad...
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Favorite Rabble Rousers: Travis James & the Acrimonious Assembly of Arsonists
Travis James is a feisty one. When a couple of YabYum staffers headed down to photograph him for the awards this year, he indicated he preferred...
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Best Hunt: NXOEED
Who the hell throws scavenger hunts these days? OK, quite a few people actually, but they all pale in comparison to a hunt thrown by NXOEED himself,...
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Top 5 Punk Albums of 2014
Lenguas Largas Come On In Tucson’s Lenguas Largas released Come On In through L.A.’s Recess Records back in August. It was the perfect addition to our summer...
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Best Electronic Album: Fresh As It Gets by Robots With Rayguns
Whether it’s truly known or not, there is a wide-range of electronic music output happening in Arizona. Maybe it’s because the technology and software are easier to...
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Best Eternal Summer Album: Lawnchair’s EP
I always convince myself there is nothing worse than the Arizona summer. That is, until I’m sitting in the freezing cold on the precipice of a...
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Hardest Working Musician: Dan Tripp
We always seem to find one artist every year that really confronts that lazy, shiftless musician archetype with perspective-changing force. This past year, Dan Tripp (aka...
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