The Phoenix metropolitan area might just be the next music capital added to the map. Especially considering the number of Arizona labels out there continually working...
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Bands We Want to Steal from Tucson 2014 Edition
Okay Tucson, perhaps threatening to “steal” these bands is a bit much. We’re willing to negotiate. Perhaps we can keep things friendly and arrange for some...
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Top 10 Album Covers of 2014
Andrew Jackson Jihad Christmas Island Artwork by Suzanne Falk (read more here) Diners Always Room Artwork by Nick Shively Robots With Rayguns Fresh As It Gets Artwork...
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Top 3 Retro Revamped Records
Revisiting the innovations of previous decades has always been the right of artist, but only by bringing a modern context to those early influences can one...
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Show of the Year: The Indie 500
The Trunk Space commemorated 10 Years with the biggest (and longest) show anyone has thrown in these parts in quite some time if not in all...
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Best Quinquennial: Banana Gun
Every year we see bands come and go, but this year marked a special occasion for the folks over at Banana Gun. The band celebrated their...
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Best Swan Song: Of the Painted Choir
I was very upset to learn that the members of Of the Painted Choir, a Phoenix favorite, were going on their separate ways earlier this year when...
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The Art Scene Queen: Daniel Funkhouser
Every year we like to acknowledge one person who has really pushed to bring arts to the forefront of our community. In 2014, it was Daniel...
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Dark Horse Award: Copper & Congress
I think it was something about the name that glazed over Copper & Congress in my mind. Understand, please, that many of our conversations take place...
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Top 10 Singles of 2014
(1) “Pyramids” by Burning Palms If you follow our coverage, you know we’re big supporters of Burning Palms out of Tucson. That’s because they make rad...
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Favorite Rabble Rousers: Travis James & the Acrimonious Assembly of Arsonists
Travis James is a feisty one. When a couple of YabYum staffers headed down to photograph him for the awards this year, he indicated he preferred...
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Best Hunt: NXOEED
Who the hell throws scavenger hunts these days? OK, quite a few people actually, but they all pale in comparison to a hunt thrown by NXOEED himself,...
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