Wow. Has it been a whole month already? This month didn’t just fly by. It zoomed past in a supersonic jet! In case you missed any...
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The 2012 Bands We Should Have Covered
We hear so many great albums and see so many wonderful shows throughout the year it’s impossible to cover it all… we’re understaffed and overworked and...
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Best Album: Good Friends Great Enemies
Ok so we all know a lot of really exquisite albums came out this year, but what qualifies as the best? In YabYum’s case it was determined by...
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The Dynamic Duo Award: Bogan Via
The musical pairing of Madeleine Miller and Bret Bender might have been a match made on, well, Facebook, but the results prove it must have been...
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Best New Band: Diners
We should begin with a warning. Somehow, completely unintentionally, the “Best New Band Award” has developed a reputation at YabYum as the kiss of death. It...
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Personal Jesus Award: Jack Maverik
What can one say about Jack Maverik? That he’s the most understated cool guy in the scene? That he has been a fiercely positive push for...
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Favorite Songbird: Kristina Moore of Where Are All the Buffalo?
Listeners encountering Where Are All the Buffalo? are certain to succumb to the enamoring power of vocalist (and multi-instrumentalist) Kristina Moore. Her lithe voice flies and...
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Most Likely To Succeed: William Reed
William Reed seems to do it all. From creating the hottest dance nights all throughout the Valley to producing and performing in multiple acts (including Blaque...
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Most Innovative Band: MAN-CAT
MAN-CAT oh MAN-CAT, where do we begin? From their lively sound crafted of sampled pop music thrown into a blender, the band then performs these permutations...
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Best Album For the End of the World: I Drew a Picture by Stephen Steinbrink
Maybe fatalism is just a part of the human condition. Each generation seems to suspect theirs will be the last. As creatures of forethought whose only...
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The Soundtrack to the Paradigm Shift: The Haymarket Squares
We at YabYum don’t really think the world is going to end… yet. And, hopefully, with the help of a mass-consciousness paradigm-shift, humanity just might pull...
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Most RocknRoll Couple: NicMic Walker
The Love Me Nots have to be one of the coolest bands to ever call Phoenix home. That’s a given. Zero Zero has been on the...
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