This young musician is also a healthcare provider in her Florida community and her new single holds the present moment in freeze frame for a serious, and much needed, examination. Flortcha Flow crafts Indie R&B but she’s doing more than setting a mood with her message…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast of The YabYum Hour: Sean Bonnette of AJJ
Sean Bonnette of AJJ joined host Garrett Bowers on this edition of The YabYum Hour on Radio Phoenix. The two talk on a range of subjects from guitar technique to skateboarding to who would win in a street fight between Sean and Stephen Steinbrink. Garrett also plays songs based on the conversation along with some new YabYum favs. Check it out. You’ll definitely want to find out what regular attendees of Desert Trash are to be called going forward…
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Music Video of the Day: “Go Dumb” by The Happy Fits
No one is cancelling summer. I’m standing my ground. Sure, we’re doing what we can to fight for social justice, wearing our masks, and staying indoors as much as possible, but we’re all doing our best doing our best to avoid the tar pit of depression. The Happy Fits are here to help…
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The Quarantine Questionnaire: Maximiliano Ibarra of Beach Bummer
Who are you and are you in a band or do you perform solo? If in a band(s), what is the name of that band?
I am Maximiliano Ibarra and I am in a band called Beach Bummer…
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Music Video of the Day: “Don’t Be A Loner, Party Through Corona” by One Final Boss
One Final Boss is “a music project born out of watching old friends grow up and settle down while spending too much time on the internet.” Now, if that isn’t a statement that doesn’t hit home with you in some way, I don’t know what you’re doing on this website…
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Saxophone Story: Aaron Goodman
I first saw Aaron Goodman play the sax with Liam and the Ladies at their very first show in 2009. I was instantly hooked to his style and ability to solo so well over their quirky ska rhythm. These days, Goodman is part of the riff/jam/rock/ska quintet Mr. Incommunicado, who recently released their latest album, ‘Just Say Yes’…
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Music Video of the Day: “I Don’t Wanna Dance” by Top Bunk
Top Bunk is the Cali music crew that dares to ask, “Would you rather go adulting or throw dope parties and do hoodrat stuff with your friends?” For these fellas, the answer is clear. They’ve elected Petro A.P. as not only their vocalist but their Peter Pan. This ragtag team of music makers craft some funky dance pop that breaks from club norms for something a little weirder, but no less contagious. Check out “I Don’t Wanna Dance” by Top Bunk. And they have a fun, funky video to go with it. Naturally…
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Spotify Playlist: Summer Indie Picks
Featuring a healthy mix of music from across the indie spectrum, this Summer Indie playlist just might be able to calm damaged nerves and restore balance to the entire universe… or at least provide a couple hours of good music. You know, whichever…
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Music Video of the Day: “Dark Kid (Ep.1)” by The Green Apple Sea + Wayne Graham
When Wayne Graham passed through Nuremberg on tour, The Green Apple Sea extended an invitation to hang out at Lonestar Studios. During the next twenty-four hours, the two bands worked to a 4-track EP…
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5 Rad + Rowdy New Singles
5 Rad + Rowdy New Singles: No Lungs, Closet Goth, Sprints, Annie Jump Canyon, + Love Like Fiction…
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Music Video of the Day: “We Are The Plague” by Suzie Stapleton
Fuzzy bass lines, psychedelic guitars, and the raspy vocals of Suzie Stapleton set a NeoNoir tone before ramping up the energy to full blown raucous on her new track, “We Are The Plague”…
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An Insider’s Introduction: Greg Lloyd of Prism Collabs
Greg Lloyd is a musician, producer, sound engineer, wrangler of creatives, and aural innovator living here in Phoenix. And, recently, he added author to his resume when he published a DIY guide for musicians on the ins-and-outs of recording. At the same time, Lloyd was working on a collaborative recording project that released a new EP. tape.in by Prism Collabs stands out as a fluid yet eclectic mix of ambient instrumentals, as innovative as the structure of the project itself, while simultaneously speaking to the many possibilities of home recording…
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