There’s been a lot of talk, almost to infinitum, about “Pay to play”. Every artist knows what this is: the artist pays the promoter or venue...
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DrewIsDead/TheDevilisReal: Demos
From the moment the digital needle hit the digital record, I was completely hooked with DrewIsDead/TheDevilisReal. With it’s church a’hollerin’ and hand a’clappin, “Intro” sets the...
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Throwback Thursday: Sara Robinson and the Midnight Special
I’ve written it once and I’ll write again right now, (see what I did there?), I love love love love listening to bands that I know...
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Tempe Art A Gogh-Gogh is Ga-Ga
We all have heard of First Fridays have we not? But over the years the monthly event has, in my opinion, lost its allure and sense...
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Throwback Thursday with Mill’s End: Monkey
Mill’s End Monkey So when I found out Jeff Bump, guitarist/lead singer of Mill’s End, had sent their debut album to the Yab Yum editors, I...
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Murrieta: A Head & Hand
Murrieta A Head & Hand The folk train has run off the tracks in the past few years, and I been quite outspoken about the bands...
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Most Popular Articles of 2013
So we collected a list of the most popular articles we featured in 2013. Usually, we just do this for bragging rights among the staff, but...
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Bands, Be Brave.
Yesterday, well not really yesterday but it sounds way more dramatic, the editors of Yab Yum (two of the most integrified people I have met in...
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How the Sugar Thieves Stole Christmas
I took advantage of the recent cold spell, lit a fire, made some hot chocolate, curled up under a blanket, and popped in The Sugar Thieves,...
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Ollie Vaughn’s: A New Eatery Opens in the Coronado District
Fresh salads? Fresh sandwiches? Fresh pastries? Fresh pie? Uh, count me in. Lindsey Magee (some of you may remember her as the fabulous baker at Lux...
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Sundressed Exclusive
One of the many awesome-est things about writing for Yab Yum is firing up my computer and finding new music in my email. New music that...
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Captain Squeegee: To The Bardos
I can state, without a shadow of a doubt, To The Bardos, the new album from Captain Squeegee, is one of the finest albums I have...
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