We first got down with Strange Lot when the band released their single “Upside Dwners” last summer. The band followed up their single with the EP Walk of...
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Counterpoint: Hating is Easy. Hell, Liking is Easy. Criticism is Hard.
by Matt Klassen Contributing Writer Frank Ippolito states and then restates: “The [albums] that get written about are the ones worth writing about.” As I was letting...
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Why You Should Buy Your Friend’s Music (Cheapskate)
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor Many of you who are reading this right now are musicians. Musicians, who spend hundreds, thousands of hours creating music. Hundreds,...
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3 Feisty New Albums
Nerdzerker Rage Quit Nerdzerker makes music for the gamer raging in your soul. The punkrock three-piece is signed to Phoenix’s 56th Street Records, home of others...
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Most Popular Articles of 2013
So we collected a list of the most popular articles we featured in 2013. Usually, we just do this for bragging rights among the staff, but...
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Bands, Be Brave.
Yesterday, well not really yesterday but it sounds way more dramatic, the editors of Yab Yum (two of the most integrified people I have met in...
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Mondo Twang for the Sophisticated Listener
I’m not one to kvetch about how terrible the radio is these days. Instead, I’m exploring the wonderful world of podcasts to help meet my weekly...
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The Prowling Kind: Tennessee
There is nothing I enjoy more than listening to music without a single shred of expectation. And that’s exactly what happened when I took Tennessee, the...
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AZ Music Videos!!!
AZ Music Videos to Check featuring Hexs & Miranda, The Holy Coast, The Black Moods, The Creeps, + Marianna Dissard
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The Riveras: We don’t remember the dream but the dream remembers us
by Frank Ippolito Haunting. Stirring. Dramatically emotional. Those are just a few of the feelings that hit me as I listened to We don’t remember the...
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5 Stellar Singles
Fairy Bones “Like Like“ Fairy Bones might have just formed earlier this year but already they’ve amassed a strident following. If you’ve seen them live you...
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Fall Music Festivals
Oh, Fall… the threat of heat stroke fades as the crisp autumnal evenings settle over the state; Valley of the Sun included. It’s our time to...
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