The YabYum team gives you their weekly show picks for the Phoenix Metro Area. For more events happening around town, check out our Upcoming Shows page.
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Sophomore Swingers: ‘0% Fun’ by Fairy Bones
Uh, let’s get something clear right from the start, I like Fairy Bones, but as I’ve mentioned (in writing) before, their debut album left me wanting....
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Best Reprisal: ‘Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012-2016’ by AJJ
AJJ is a PHX institution and a YabYum staff favorite so it’s no surprise they’re popping up on our end of the year favorites. Except, this year, the band released a collection of “Lost Works” which seemed like it might just be a random smattering of dusty B-sides and perhaps even, dear gawd, lofi live tracks. But, as tried-and-true AJJ fans, we dismissed our doubts with faith that this folk/punk (not folk-punk) act would not let us down with some commercial stint. No, no, not AJJ…
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Best Punk Album: ‘It’s Fun To Be A Nothing’ by Shovel
The rowdy PHX two-piece known as Shovel has been making their way around the Valley punk circuit for some time now, but their latest release, It’s Fun To Be A Nothing, has captured the attention of listeners well beyond our dusty desert…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Robbie Pfeffer of Playboy Manbaby
Robbie Pfeffer is a swell dude who makes some cool music. The front man of Playboy Manbaby, the band released two albums in 2018 and we had him on The YabYum Hour just after the release of their latest effort, Boundless Vanity. Along with some new PBMB tunes, we wanted to play some of the artists that have recently shared a bill with Playboy Manbaby…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Burn Victim
Amy and Tom talked to Trent of Burn Victim shortly before their 20th Anniversary show at The Quail Lounge. Check out a bunch of great Phoenix music history as well as the playlist curated by the band…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Halloween Special
New radio show hosts, Tom + Amy, brought live listeners a special Halloween Edition of The YabYum with songs that spooked them…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Editors’ Recent Favs
Mark and Carly picked some favorite songs as they prepare to pass the host baton to our new team of local music lovers (in training), Anna and Bonnie! Check out the complete playlist below…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Amy Young + Tom Reardon
Before they would become official hosts of The YabYum Hour, Amy Young and Tom Reardon joined us as guests back in October. Not only do we find out a little more about them, they brought in some great tracks to play over the airwaves and we even check out some of their own musical output…
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Radio Phoenix Broadcast: Weird Radicals
Weird Radicals joined us in the Radio Phoenix studios shortly before the release of their latest album, Bangers Ball. We chat it up with the band and find out all about their new release, plus we check out a bunch of sweet tracks they brought in to the studio to play over the air as well…
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The Tastemaker’s Ten: Matt Rendon
Which Matt Rendon is cooler? Matt Rendon, the sound engineer behind Midtown Island Studios in Tucson, or the musician Matt Rendon of such noted acts as The Resonars? Thankfully, they are one and the same so we can just embrace our love of all Matt Rendon forms. And, today, he’ll be taking on the roll of official YabYum Tastemaker for this special “Best Drummers Ever” installment of The Tastemaker’s Ten!
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Show Picks of the Week: Dec 14 – 20
The YabYum team gives you their weekly show picks for the Phoenix Metro Area. For more events happening around town, check out our Upcoming Shows page.
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