Phoenix musician Qais Essar fuses modern musical sensibilities to the tradition of classical Afghan instrumentation to create some truly unique sounds in our Western deserts. In anticipation...
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Closing the Distance: Bryant Vazquez
Closing the Distance is a new series in which we expose artists with desert roots who have since moved to other locales. Let’s bring this community...
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3 Rad New Rock Releases
by Carly Schorman Senior Editor KONGOS Egomaniac This might sound a bit presumptuous, but I’m always surprised by how much I enjoy the music of Kongos....
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Top 5 Shows of the Week: July 1 – 7
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5 Mellow Singles
by Carly Schorman Senior Editor Karima Walker “Lullaby” Ever have one of those days where every song sounds the same? That was my day and then...
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An Insider’s Introduction: Ann Seletos
by Mark Anderson Senior Editor Ann Seletos is fuckin’ cool. And not cool in like a “cool” way. You know, that too cool for school, disaffected by...
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3 Mellow Indie Releases
by Lenore LaNova Senior Editor Things That Aren’t Words Remember the Details The Tucson five-piece known as Things That Aren’t Words released their 5-track debut in April. Remember...
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Tre da Rimini
by Mark Anderson Senior Editor OK so I know this post might seem very random, but the fact is YabYum receives music submissions from all over...
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Songs from the Reading Room: The Heartless Bartons
Brent Miles and Jennifer Glenn of The Heartless Bartons came down to the Reading Room at YabYum HQ to play a couple of songs. Check out...
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Interview with Yod of Fu
Song River chats with Yod from the band Fu who recently released their new EP titled, I. – Song River: First off, I have to ask...
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3 New Releases You Should Check Out
The Wanda Junes Hi Fi Record Album The Wanda Junes, those alt-country sweethearts from the Old Pueblo that first captured our hearts (and attention) with Live at...
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Algae & Tentacles Unleash Lightning
by Lenore LaNova Senior Editor I’m always down to explore the innovative undertakings of John Melillo so you can perhaps imagine my excitement when I received early...
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