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Good Question: Brother Teresa Wants to Make You Dance with ‘Jam Chill Slam’ [interview]

March 6, 2019 Featured Articles Good Question Interview Jacob Unterreiner

by Jacob Unterreiner

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Brother Teresa really wants you to dance, but they don’t want to make it easy for you. The band’s acrobatic, boogie-inducing riffs are infectious, but sometimes they come in irregular time signatures; forcing the audience to think before they groove.

The band is fronted by a pair of singer-guitarists in Joe Allie and Salah Moharram, and is rounded out by bassist Bailey Stewart and drummer Dom Crooks. I sat down with the whole confounding crew in order to discuss their evolution as a band and their debut record: Jam Chill Slam…

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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Anna + Bonnie!!

March 3, 2019 Anna Katen Bonnie Anderson Featured Articles Garrett Bowers Radio Phoenix

Bonnie and Anna have begun their local music journey together and on this show they play some of their new local favs as well songs that they just really like. Plus, Yungh Garrett throws in a couple of choice cuts as well. Catch Anna + Bonnie host The YabYum Hour every second and fourth Wednesday of the month and, as always, this show’s complete playlist can be found below.,,

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

February 28, 2019 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…

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Audrey Heartburn: ‘Dressing Room’ [review + interview]

February 26, 2019 Featured Articles

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

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I remember attending Endless Bummer 3 last summer and meeting Salah Moharram and Sophia O’Malley like it was yesterday (and I can’t even remember yesterday). Although I had yet to see their joint project, Audrey Heartburn, it was one of the more quaint personal interactions I had between the energetic sets I caught that day: all three of us trading jokes and discussing bands and musical nuances. I promised myself I would attend an Audrey Heartburn show, but that day had yet to materialize before their debut EP, released on December 13, 2018 would find its way into my meaty claws. The three-track punk-hearted companion crosses a few genre lines, but is noteworthy for its clean composition, artistic intent, and well-timed cues…

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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Stephen McDonald

February 24, 2019 Amy Young Dan Schwartz Featured Articles Radio Phoenix Tom Reardon

Tom and Amy made their way to Radio Phoenix for The YabYum Hour, this time interviewing Stephen McDonald from Redd Kross/Off!/The Melvins!! They also play a bunch of rad tunes so be sure to tune in. The complete playlist can be found below.

Catch The YabYum Hour every Wednesday at 7:00 PM only on RadioPhoenix.org — where the Valley comes to Talk.Sing.Connect.

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Comes to Valley Youth Theatre

February 24, 2019 Arts & Culture Featured Articles Rebecca Rudnyk

by Rebecca Rudnyk

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Valley Youth Theatre has done it once again. This lovely little theatre company that provides a forum for young people to develop and hone their skills continues to show its range, and tear down the stigmas that often shadow children’s performances. This is not a middle or high school school production. These kids care. They don’t just care. They aren’t just going through the motions. They are laying their hearts out on the stage every night. They are serious about our forum. They are planning their future theatre careers, and ambitiously working towards those goals. And because of them, I am confident that our beloved forum will continue…

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