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Good Question: Daughters Bring Their Raucous Energy to The Rebel Lounge

February 28, 2019 YabYum Featured Articles Interview Jacob Unterreiner Punk

by Jacob Unterreiner

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In 2003, Daughters played a show at the Mason Jar (before it became the Rebel Lounge). They were opening for Dillinger Escape Plan. Daughters’ drummer Jon Styverson recalls, “I remember the line to get in was wrapping into the street. I don’t know why it was in the street, but it was, and a car came by and hit like 4 people. It was terrible. After the show, I was at the merch table and these four kids came up to me in bandages, with blood all over their shirts–they’re the ones who got hit. They got released from the hospital and came right back to the show.”

This story tells you all you need to know about Daughters; they have fans who get hit by a car before the show starts, go the hospital, and manage to make it back in time to catch the set. It is not a leap to say the music Daughters makes is the soundtrack to brushing off the blunt force trauma of a car accident…

The Black Queen Brings Moody Synth Sounds to The Rebel Lounge [interview]

February 21, 2019 YabYum Featured Articles Interview Jacob Unterreiner

by Jacob Unterreiner

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If I told you there was a band called The Black Queen and it was fronted by former Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato, what genre of music do you think they would play? You maybe guessed it: moody, synth-based pop…

Social Savvy: A Claire Slattery

February 13, 2019 YabYum Allyson Bills Band Basics Featured Articles Interview

by Allyson Bills

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If you are active in the Phoenix arts and music scene, there is a high probability that you have run into A Claire Slattery.

The brainchild behind world-famous Tempe social outings such as The Vanishing Show and the Grand Opening of Chili’s, in curating these hot events it’s evident that Slattery has an intrinsic knack for bringing the Phoenix area community together through socially-conscious discourse and ironic fun…

Danielle Durack: ‘Bashful’ [interview]

January 23, 2019 YabYum album review Album Reviews Arizona music Featured Articles Interview Jacob Unterreiner Pop

by Jacob Unterreiner

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No matter what type of music you play, standing out as a musician is a difficult task. However, for singer-songwriters, standing out is nearly impossible. The sound of soft, folky strums of acoustic singer-songwriters can be heard at every coffee shop, bookstore, and art gallery in the Valley…

At Home With Tryb

December 19, 2018 YabYum Electronic Featured Articles Interview Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

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In the afternoon of late November, I drove up to Scottsdale to interview Garrett “Tryb” Namenye, a DJ and producer based in the Valley who has not only opened for substantial names, but managed to build a strong, interactive following with bass-heavy music and inventive branding. While most DJs hide behind various personas and ego barriers, Tryb is managing to break these artificial walls by staying true to his work and gearing down on the nitty-gritty aspects of his career and family…

Sadb0i Juxtaposes Dubstep and Trap on Blunt and Aggressive ‘Deadwolf’ EP

December 12, 2018 YabYum Electronic Featured Articles Interview Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

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I think it was Sinead O’Connor in that Prince-penned song where she claims “its been seven hours and thirteen days;” and indeed it felt that long since I investigated the going-ons of anything related to electronic music…

Josué Kinter Fuses Bandit Country, Gothic Americana, and Western Jazz on ‘Summertime Demos’

December 4, 2018 YabYum album review Album Reviews Featured Articles Interview Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen Punk

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

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When I last caught up with Josué Kinter, it was under more awkward pretenses as I covered the slightly bombastic Endless Bummer 3, hosted by Bloody Basin. In the review, I not only mischaracterized certain roles within the band, but there were moments when my mind was overwhelmed with condensing absolutely everything I saw. Since his band Hex Wave happened to be second-to-last on the lineup, I’m sure there was some degree of disconnect in my mind after spending a considerable amount of time in the late summer heat…

For the Record: ‘Adversary’ by The Blood Feud Family Singers

November 26, 2018 YabYum album review Album Reviews Carly Schorman Featured Articles For The Record Interview

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…

Yoni Wolf and WHY? Set to Perform ‘Alopecia’ in Entirety at 191 Toole

November 13, 2018 YabYum Featured Articles Hip Hop Interview Jacob Unterreiner

by Jacob Unterreiner

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I was fortunate enough to chat with WHY?’s frontman Yoni Wolf ahead of their show at 191 Toole in Tucson on November 17th, where the band will be performing their album Alopecia in its entirety.