Wait, who are these guys? The five-piece band known as Things That Aren’t Words has us wondering just what other secrets Tucson is keeping tucked away....
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Best Acoustic Performance: Hill Never Sing Again by The Hill in Mind
Joshua Hill performs under the moniker The Hill in Mind, sometimes with a band and sometimes without. On his 2016 release, Hill Never Sing Again, the singer-songwriter dove deep...
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For The Record: Can’t Change the Sun by Blaine Long
by Senior Staff Blaine Long might be the Arizona musician everyone’s talking about right now. He was recently featured as a contestant on The Voice so Long’s...
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Why You Should Listen: Gork
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor Gork’s new four-track disc, Lonely Crowd, isn’t perfect. What record is? However, it’s surprisingly filled with terrific melodies and thoughtful, stirring lyrics. The...
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Radio Phoenix Podcast: Phantom Party
We’re big fans of Phantom Party so we were excited to spend some time with the band at Radio Phoenix for another installment of Rise! Local...
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For the Record: Hands In Our Names by Karima Walker
by Carly Schorman Senior Editor Tucson’s Karima Walker recently released a hauntingly beautiful album, Hands in Our Names. Combining elements of drone and folk, Walker crafts layers of sound...
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Songs From the Reading Room: Couples Fight
A & TJ were joined by Rick for this kick ass Couples Fight acoustic session of Songs From the Reading Room! Jokes were cracked, a superb...
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Songs From the Reading Room: Dadadoh and MC/DC
DaDadoh, joined by MC/DC, came down to the Reading Room and recorded these fantastic takes of “Not Yet” and “The Weekend.” Special thanks, as always, to...
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Songs From the Reading Room: Ruca
Ruca came down to YabYumHQ and delivered some positive vibrations for our latest Songs from the Reading Room session. Make sure to check out both “The...
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Songs From the Reading Room: Justin Moody
Arizona songwriter Justin Moody joined us at YabYum HQ to help create this latest installment of Songs from the Reading Room. Thanks to Burning Empire Media...
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The Rifle: Rib to Rib EP
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor The Rifle’s profile reads, “Making music (secretly) in Tucson”, but after listening to Rib to Rib, the secret will soon be...
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