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Our first guest on our inaugural episode is Brandon Kellum, lead singer of American Standards. Playing music and belonging in bands half his life, we thought...
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Ryne Norman: This Tempered Tongue
By Matt Marn Staff Writer For Phoenix guitarist and songwriter Ryne Norman, every new opportunity is a chance for something great. Every new fan, each potential...
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Izaak Opatz: Seasonal Work and Heartbreak Music at Glacier National Park
Izaak Opatz has spent the last decade growing a music career that began in Missoula, Montana, moved on down to Nashville, out over to Los Angeles, and back to Montana again. There, the singer-songwriter now works on a trail crew at Glacier National Park, plays music, tools leather, and films online concerts…
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An Insider’s Introduction: Aaron Acero of AZ Local Show
For a little over a year, Aaron Acero has been producing the AZ Local Show, an interview/performance/sketch show featuring both PHX bands and fans…
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An Inside Look at Rubye Moore’s Drag Talent Show ‘The Beatdown’ at The Rock
Hidden in the wide open, the queer paradox known as the Phoenix-metro drag scene has something for everybody: whether you’re in the mood for pageantry, goth, high-fashion, or the down to earth, every day (except Monday) there seems to be a new drag show at any given gay bar in the Melrose District…
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Good Question: Ruben Wan
by Jacob Unterreiner
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When people call America a melting pot, they’re usually referencing a vague, romanticized idea of diversity which is celebrated only in theory. However, if the melting pot analogy holds any water at all (pun intended), it is because of people like Ruben Wan…
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Social Savvy: Matthew Slusser of Getting Stoked
If there is someone who has changed the Podcast game in the Valley of the Sun, it is Matthew Slusser.
A former member of the now-defunct surf-rock band Phantom Party, Slusser started his Podcast “Getting Stoked” in 2017, which has quickly become a channel for frank, open discussions with local bands with topics ranging from mental illness and getting real about the entertainment industry. Slusser’s earnest and accessible candor has also landed him interviews with nationally-known artists, such as Culture Abuse…
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Social Savvy: Trevor Hedges of Sundressed
“Social Savvy” is the column where we interview creatives in our community to talk about the the impact and challenges of navigating through this crazy world...
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Social Savvy: A Claire Slattery
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…
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Yoni Wolf and WHY? Set to Perform ‘Alopecia’ in Entirety at 191 Toole
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.
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Sad Dance Party: Spontaneous Human Combustion [album review]
Logan reviews the new Sad Dance Party album, ‘Spontaneous Human Combustion’, right here…
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Red Tank! Ready to Hit the Road [interview with Clipper Arnold]
by Carly Schorman Senior Editor – The PHX outfit known as Red Tank! takes just the right amount of rowdy and arty and smashes them together...
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