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An Insider’s Introduction: The Sugar Thieves

July 30, 2020 An Insider's Introduction Arizona music Carly Schorman Featured Articles Interview

The Sugar Thieves came together in musical love and bluesy harmony more than a decade ago in a smokey dive bar with the fateful partnership of lead singer Meridith Moore and guitar player/vocalist Mikel Lander. Yes, it was Big Fish Pub and the year was 2006, the planets aligned to give the Valley this bastion of music from the American Heartland…

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Music Video of the Day: “Sabotage” by BBXO

July 14, 2020 Featured Articles Music Video of the Day Music Videos

I don’t know if you have any positivity pushers in your life, but they’re out there and sometimes it’s hard to explain that positivity is often a privilege. BBXO “wrote this song for all the people who have had so many bad things happen to them that they have become afraid of happiness: and so, every time that they are offered a chance at happiness, they sabotage it…

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Best Americana Album 2019: ‘Arizona Burrito’ by Jim Bachmann

January 8, 2020 2019 Awards Featured Articles

There’s a Southwestern slant on the porch-picking sounds of Arizona Burrito, the 2019 album from Jim Bachmann. Mixing up blues and country with a bit of roots rock to keep things lively, Jim Bachmann creates a salt-of-the-earth sound for his plain-dealing lyrical sensibility. Arizona Burrito harbors anthems for the downtrodden, love songs for the heartbroken, and adds that little extra muscle you need when you’re trying to keep that boot of the modern world from crushing the life right out of you…

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Sunday at Noon “Bring The Thunder” with Almost Awake, Arlington, + Headstrum at The Rebel Lounge

April 20, 2019 Featured Articles live music Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

Since I reviewed Sunday At Noon’s Beat Up & Bitter album, I’ve been trying my damnedest to explore even a fraction of the Phoenix rock community outside my average drag, indie, and punk circuit. I always seem to fall victim to my taste-related loops, but on Thursday, April 11, The Rebel Lounge introduced me to a fresh community of hard-working artists and dedicated concentrations of fans supporting the alt-rock they love. Presented by Atlas Artist Group, Sunday At Noon kicked off their “Bring the Thunder” joint-tour with Vegas-based Almost Awake, Arlington from Southern California, and Queen Creek hometown heroes, HeadStrum (in place of All New Hopes)…

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