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For the Record: Purple Spectre

by Mark Anderson – What is jazz? And what makes it good? These are questions I feel the best jazz musicians in the business ask themselves...

An Insider’s Introduction: Adam Townsend

June 25, 2019 YabYum An Insider's Introduction Featured Articles Indie Interview Mark Anderson

by Mark Anderson

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Persistence is the key.

Just ask about that with Tucson singer-songwriter Adam Townsend whose new album, All My Fires, is essentially a decade in the making. Produced by Grammy-nominated Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Langhorne Slim, Benjamin Booker), with both indie-rock and soul overtones, All My Fires caught my ear immediately and is one my favorite Tuscon albums of 2019.

For the Record: ‘The End Is Dear’ by Assembly of Arsonists [interview + review]

June 4, 2019 YabYum Carly Schorman Featured Articles Interview Punk

by Carly Schorman

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If you haven’t spent much time contemplating your own mortality, I suggest you take a moment to look toward that looming abyss before entering the dark circus that is The End is Dear, the new album from Phoenix’s Assembly of Arsonists…

Music Video Premiere: “Burnin Grass” by decker. [premiere + interview]

May 9, 2019 YabYum Featured Articles Interview Premiere

Exclusive premiere of the music video, “Burnin Grass”, from decker + interview with songwriter, Brandon Decker…

A poster for the band bindii featuring an alien bindi eye

For the Record: Ultraviolet Idiot by Bindi-Eye

April 30, 2019 YabYum album review Album Reviews Albums Carly Schorman Featured Articles For The Record Interview

by Carly Schorman

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Zachary Wubbena is the prolific songwriter behind the stoner-rock sounds of Tempe’s Bindi-Eye. His new album, Ultraviolet Idiot, is the latest in a string of dreamy, lofi, prosaic releases to emerge from the artist and just might prove his best work to date…

For the Record: ‘Where You Are’ by R. Ariel

April 16, 2019 YabYum album review Album Reviews Albums Carly Schorman Featured Articles For The Record Interview

by Carly Schorman

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Phoenix songwriter/author and world traveler, r.ariel, is off on a whirlwind musical adventure that has taken her across continents and, as one of her avid social media followers, I love being taken around the globe as she brings her art and music to new listeners and new locales.

R.Ariel recently released her new album, Where You Are, earlier this year and her new book, No One Likes Us, on the SAME DAY. Either one of those artistic undertakings seems like it could be inordinately consuming, but R.Ariel seems to exist in a perpetual cycle of creation…

Good Question: Brother Teresa Wants to Make You Dance with ‘Jam Chill Slam’ [interview]

March 6, 2019 YabYum Featured Articles Good Question Interview Jacob Unterreiner

by Jacob Unterreiner

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Brother Teresa really wants you to dance, but they don’t want to make it easy for you. The band’s acrobatic, boogie-inducing riffs are infectious, but sometimes they come in irregular time signatures; forcing the audience to think before they groove.

The band is fronted by a pair of singer-guitarists in Joe Allie and Salah Moharram, and is rounded out by bassist Bailey Stewart and drummer Dom Crooks. I sat down with the whole confounding crew in order to discuss their evolution as a band and their debut record: Jam Chill Slam…

The Black Queen Brings Moody Synth Sounds to The Rebel Lounge [interview]

February 21, 2019 YabYum Featured Articles Interview Jacob Unterreiner

by Jacob Unterreiner

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If I told you there was a band called The Black Queen and it was fronted by former Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato, what genre of music do you think they would play? You maybe guessed it: moody, synth-based pop…

Danielle Durack: ‘Bashful’ [interview]

January 23, 2019 YabYum album review Album Reviews Arizona music Featured Articles Interview Jacob Unterreiner Pop

by Jacob Unterreiner

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No matter what type of music you play, standing out as a musician is a difficult task. However, for singer-songwriters, standing out is nearly impossible. The sound of soft, folky strums of acoustic singer-songwriters can be heard at every coffee shop, bookstore, and art gallery in the Valley…