The Los Angeles-based outfit known as Velvet Starlings is fronted by 17-year-old singer-songwriter Christian Gisborne, but the band’s sound has an old-fashioned aesthetic that stretches back nearly half a decade before Gisborne’s emergence on this plane to 60s rock of the British Invasion. “Bitter Pills” offers listeners some ruckus rocknroll to help get over those breakup hurdles…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast of The YabYum Hour: SOLO CORONA PT. 4
With quarantine still in effect, Garrett is running The YabYum Hour on Radio Phoenix. Not only does he play a bunch of rad songs, he catches up with co-host Anna to find out how she’s doing during these unprecedented times. Check it out…
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Music Video of the Day: “BLACK LIVES MATTER” by Dax
We first featured Dax last September with his single “Wack Ass Rappers 2.” A lot has changed since then for the world and for this artist. Right now, a lot of musicians are delivering their own message on the importance of the movement sweeping across the globe, but Dax achieves something uniquely powerful with his track, “BLACK LIVES MATTER.”
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The Quarantine Questionnaire: Tom Reardon
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...
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Music Video of the Day: “I WISH MY BRAIN WAS A COMPUTER” by PLAYBOY MANBABY
Playboy Manbaby brings an irreverent humor to everything they make, be it a new song or a new music video, but no one can accuse this PHX funk-punk quintet of not taking their commitment to creation seriously. Ever since their inception a’ways 8+ years ago, the PBMB crew has been steadily releasing new music to their ever-growing fan club of which I am a card-carrying member. Or, at least, I would be if they’d ever print me a damn card…
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Spotify Playlist: Rowdy New Tracks for Summer
Featuring a healthy mix of punk to pop, garage rock to stadium bangers, get ready for Summer with these rowdy new tracks…
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Music Video of the Day: “Taking Chances” by Kult Krimes
Okay, so, truthfully? When I first got this track from London Van Rooy (of Small Leaks Sink Ships) about this new music endeavor and hit play, I was taken aback. And, like, not in a good way. But I gave it a moment and let the song play…
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5 Hot HipHop Singles
5 Hot HipHop Singles featuring Whatever Cecil, Chezale, Alex Mack, ILL EFFECT, + Belaganas…
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Music Video of the Day: “Up All Night” by Sara Marie Barron
Take some downtempo jazz add smooth R&B and just a splash of glitter glam and you have the sensuous sounds of “Up All Night” by Sara Marie Barron. The Detroit-based singer-songwriter possesses a stellar range to ride the peaks and valleys of the soundscape on this track. Listeners can’t help but get drawn into the slinky vibes Barron is sending out…
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Tastemaker’s Ten: Gabe Santillan
Gabe Santillan is a Phoenix musician (and music teacher) who lives to bring the funk to every musical endeavor he’s involved in from the electropop duo SLWLY...
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Music Video of the Day: “Stay Alive” by Mustafa
This poet and songwriter from Toronto’s Regent Park released his debut single earlier this month. This 23-year-old delivers a gut-wrenching performance of his moving message on “Stay Alive.”
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#BlackLivesMatter
YabYum won’t be publishing new content this week in solidarity with protesters across the nation.
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