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Songs from The Listening Room: The Wilt Family

Lance Mascarenas writes songs and performs under the moniker The Wilt Family. The first time we caught him live he was just passing through town, but he...

For the Record: You Can’t Rap Forever by Dadadoh

December 13, 2017 YabYum Arizona music For The Record Hip Hop Mark Anderson

by Mark Anderson – You Can’t Rap Forever, the latest album from local phenom Dadadoh is a punk rawk, hip hop, melodic rock mind-bender and currently...

Prizefighting Kangaroo Episode 01: Corpse Party

December 7, 2017 YabYum Amy Young Arizona Culture Ashley Naftule Devin Morris Podcast

In the premiere episode of the Prizefighting Kangaroo, Ashley and Amy talk about some of the actors and behind-the-scenes folks from the movie industry who shuffled...

Songs from the Listening Room: Cait Brennan

December 4, 2017 YabYum Arizona music live music Songs from The Listening Room

Listening to Cait Brennan perform in The Listening Room Phoenix proved a hallmark moment in my journalistic career. The power and versatility of her voice commands...

The Arizona Theatre Company Brings The River Bride To Life

November 24, 2017 YabYum arizona Arizona Culture Arts & Culture Dale I. Rasmussen

by Dale I. Rasmussen – This week, around the Valley, children will return to their parents’ homes, families with gather around dining room tables, and proclamations...

6th Street Market Returns to Downtown Tempe

November 19, 2017 YabYum arizona Arizona Art Arizona Culture Nicole Royse

by Nicole Royse – TEMPE, AZ — The 6th Street Market, a seasonal Sunday marketplace featuring locally produced, handmade goods, takes place every Sunday through April 22,...

Sidepony 6 2017: A Pictorial

November 16, 2017 YabYum Arizona music Festivals Mark Anderson

by the YabYum Editors photos by Devin Morris and our portable photobooth Well, it was that time of year again. For 6 years now in Bissbee,...

An Insider’s Introduction: Austin Rickert

November 1, 2017 YabYum Arizona music Interview Mark Anderson

by Mark Anderson – Austin Rickert is a man of many talents. Known affectionately around town as Ricky Smash, aka Ricky Heylee aka Dirty Dallas, et...

The Tastemaker’s Ten: Marc Oxborrow

October 26, 2017 YabYum Arizona music Punk Tastemakers Ten The Tastemaker's Ten

Marc Oxborrow is a dapper gentleman with a penchant for punkgrass. In addition to his musical mainstay, The Haymarket Squares, you might have caught him performing...

For the Record: Give In by Dirty Sunset

October 19, 2017 YabYum Arizona music Interview Mark Anderson

by Mark Anderson – Last month, Dirty Sunset released their debut album, Give In, to enthusiastic fans at Last Exit Live. A mixture of indie and alternative...