I’ve been a fan of Karima Walker before Hands In Our Names dropped, so when I heard about this project I was curious not only about the music that would emerge but about the creation process itself. That’s because her most recent effort is not a solo undertaking, but something distinctly different…
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For the Record: ‘Volume 1’ by Kris Wilson
by Mark Anderson
From the very start, Kris Wilson’s new EP Volume 1 simply grabbed me…
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For the Record: ‘MindStatE’ by Strange Lot
Having covered and enjoyed Strange Lot since their very beginning, it’s no understatement when I say their new album MindStatE is their best release yet. Dominic Mena (vocals/guitars/keys/drums) and Tim Lormor (drums/guitar) have left the dusty desert of Phoenix for the rolling hills of Austin and have come out swinging with this new release…
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For the Record: ‘Strange Vibrations’ by Parlor Birds
The much-anticipated debut album, Strange Vibrations, from the Phoenix duo known as Parlor Birds takes listeners on a ride through turns and loops of rocknroll’s history; intermeshed, interwoven, and reinterpreted. Featuring Mike Chapman on “noise, dirt, words” and Chris Kuhar on “thump, rattle, rat-a-tat,” the one constant on the new release is the dusty swagger the band brings to these 11 tracks…
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For the Record: ‘Bitters’ by Noonday Devils
Stock full of swagger and stomp, Noonday Devil’s new Fervor Records release Bitters is a hard rock monster. Guitarist/vocalist Freddy Crounse and drummer extraordinaire Joey Floortom have unleashed their demons, and it’s in the form of a long playing record. Blood red in fact…
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For the Record: ‘Revelation’ by The Geibral Elisha Movement
Geibral Elisha and his band, The Geibral Elisha Movement (GEM), are stirring up magic, sending messages into the cosmos, and can regularly be found playing downtown Phoenix at venues such as the Phoenix Art Museum, Crescent Ballroom, and The Lost Leaf…
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For the Record: ‘Coming Down’ by The Irie
To celebrate the release of their new EP Coming Down, Arizona rock-reggae-pop act The Irie have a pretty epic shindig planned.
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For the Record: ‘Awake in the Night’ by The Lonesome Wilderness
The Lonesome Wilderness have released their third, and best, album to date – Awake in the Night. YabYum has been covering The LW since they’re beginnings so I’m certainly glad to see Andrea, Brian, Joe, and Paul haven’t slacked off in the half-plus decade they’ve been playing together…
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For the Record: Ultraviolet Idiot by Bindi-Eye
by Carly Schorman
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Zachary Wubbena is the prolific songwriter behind the stoner-rock sounds of Tempe’s Bindi-Eye. His new album, Ultraviolet Idiot, is the latest in a string of dreamy, lofi, prosaic releases to emerge from the artist and just might prove his best work to date…
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For the Record: ‘Where You Are’ by R. Ariel
by Carly Schorman
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Phoenix songwriter/author and world traveler, r.ariel, is off on a whirlwind musical adventure that has taken her across continents and, as one of her avid social media followers, I love being taken around the globe as she brings her art and music to new listeners and new locales.
R.Ariel recently released her new album, Where You Are, earlier this year and her new book, No One Likes Us, on the SAME DAY. Either one of those artistic undertakings seems like it could be inordinately consuming, but R.Ariel seems to exist in a perpetual cycle of creation…
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For the Record: ‘Adversary’ by The Blood Feud Family Singers
by Carly Schorman
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I’m rather partial to the Noir Americana of The Blood Feud Family Singers. Maybe it’s because I lean toward pensive and melancholy by my very nature. Or maybe it’s because life’s handed me a shit run of luck once or twice so I’ve definitely had a good look at the underside over other people’s shoes. Or maybe it’s just because The Blood Feud Family Singers features some of the finest songwriting I’ve heard this side of the Rio Grande. Adversary, the new album from the BFFS, is so good you don’t really need to justify the fandom. You just have to hit play…
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