Who are you and what do you do? My name is Michael Zimmerlich and I’m the co-founder of an independent record label and management company called...
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The Quarantine Questionnaire: Jim Bachmann
With live music events in the Phoenix area being largely on hold for the moment, we wanted a fun way to highlight local artists that could...
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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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Good Question: Austin Ryan of No Lungs
One of my least favorite questions to ask artists is, “How did your band get its name?” So I didn’t ask local musician Austin Ryan how the name No Lungs came about, but if I had to guess, it probably has something to do with Austin’s Earth-shattering vocal delivery…
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The Making of the Music Video: “Extrovert” with No Volcano
by Carly Schorman – Phoenix’s psych rock superstars No Volcano just released their new music video this week! “Extrovert” is a new single from the band’s...
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Slip into the 1970s with ‘Halloween & Oates’
by Carly Schorman – It’s Halloween season which means costumes and candy and jack’o’lanterns and Hall & Oates. Yes, Hall and Oates. The musical pairing of...
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YabYum Seven: Austin Davis
My name is Austin Davis and I’m a 19 year old poet and student activist studying creative writing at ASU. My first book of poetry, Cloudy Days, Still Nights, was published by Moran Press in 2018. My second collection of poetry, Second Civil War, was also published by Moran Press in 2018. Second Civil War is a call to action for my generation to stand up for what they believe in and fight hate and injustice. The poems in this book touch on issues from gun violence to racism to immigration to the nature of modern capitalism, among many others…
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For the Record: ‘Popular Confessions’ by Paper Foxes
by Carly Schorman – Paper Foxes have been sharing their synth-fueled sounds with fans for years and they just unveiled their debut LP: Popular Confessions. The new...
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Good Question: Go Outside
by Jacob Unterreiner
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Here’s a challenge–try and think of a band name that starts with a verb. I’ll give you some time…
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Good Question: Sam Etling of Sore Eyes
by Jacob Unterreiner
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Every songwriter thinks of themselves as uncommonly honest. After all, vulnerability and openness tend to be points of pride for people who make music. But as with all things, there is some level of artifice to the musical community and it can be challenging to determine whether someone’s honesty is genuine or performative…
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For the Record: ‘Dark Enough to Dance’ by Harper and the Moths
Harper Lines from Harper and the Moths go “For the Record” about the band’s new album: Dark Enough to Dance | YYM+A | art as means to enlightenment
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At Home With: Fairy Bones
After many understandable rejections of the concept by those wishing to keep their lives private, I found the “yes” in Chelsey Louise, guitarist and lead vocals of Arizona band on the up-and-up, Fairy Bones. Nestled in an east-central Phoenix neighborhood with a nondescript dirt front yard lived the lair of pop-punk late twenty-somethings I was slightly intimidated by. While the delivery of Chelsey Louise was warm, the house was so busy — with my usual OCD Martha Stewart behavior — I didn’t know where to start with photos which captured every personality…
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