At the end of year, in preface to our Annual Awards, the YabYum Editors like to take a moment and play their favorite tracks from all...
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YabYum 2016 Awards Recap
Alrighty gang, this wraps up our 2016 Awards portion of the year. A big thanks to everyone who came out to the Awards Show at the...
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Album of the Year: Desire by Nanami Ozone
When Nanami Ozone released Desire, their debut full length album, in May, they pretty much set the soundtrack to our summer. And, by the time autumn rolled...
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Top 20 Music Videos 2016
20 Sundressed “Autopilot” Directed by Cory Davis 19 Sugar Skull Explosion “I Don’t Want To” Directed by Plastic Monsters 18 Confetti Club “Clutches of Emotion” Directed...
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Best Live Band: Playboy Manbaby
No one commands a crowd quite like Playboy Manbaby. It helps that the band crafts feisty hits make you want to pump your fist, shake your...
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Top 20 Singles 2016
20 RNA “Delta” The experimental noise act known as RNA released Between The Mountains and Us on Jan. 1st of 2016. The ruckus release included the stellar...
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Best HipHop Album: For Mark, Your Son by Lando Chill
I have to admit, this was one of our most contentious categories this year. Arizona HipHop has been on the up-and-up in recent years and 2016...
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Best Indie Pop Album: Three by Diners
It sure feels like we’ve been following Diners for quite some time. Back in 2012, we gave them the award for Best New Band and, since...
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Best EP: Happy Plaza by Gene Tripp
Jay Hufman, who performs under the name Gene Tripp, released this seven-track gem back in February of this year. Happy Plaza is soft-spoken but has an...
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Most Likely to Succeed: Fairy Bones
Fairy Bones might have been a point of musical contention amongst the staffers here at YabYum in 2016, but one undeniable fact remains: this band is...
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The Songbird Award: Karima Walker
The only thing that competes with Karima Walker’s stunning song construction is her heart-stirring voice. Walker unveiled Hands in Our Names, recorded at Five Thirteen Recording, back in...
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Most Anticipated Album: PAO! by Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra
The Arizona supergroup known as Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra has been packing venues on the regular for several years now, but it was only this past November...
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