When it comes to what we love most about The Blood Feud Family Singers, it’s a difficult toss up between the heartbreak in Daryl Scherrer’s voice or his songwriting. Either is libel to kill you with heavy sorrows and second-hand smoke…
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Best EP 2018: Bangers Ball by Weird Radicals
I have to admit. This one took me by surprise. Not the award; the EP itself. It totally came out of my left-field and smacked me in the face. And, I wasn’t the only one down here at YabYum that reported this strange phenomena…
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2018 Office Favorite: ‘Pleb’ by The Echo Bombs
What album got more airtime at YabYum HQ this year than any other? It was, without a doubt, The Echo Bombs’ April release, Pleb. These ten-tracks of turbo fueled disappointment provided us with some of our favorite singles of the entire year, but the best way to listen is from start to finish and then all over again…
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Best Show of 2018: CRISPYFEST at The Trunk Space
Okay, so there were a lot of really wonderful live events that happened in the Valley throughout last year, but the surprising standout was definitely CRISPYFEST at The Trunk Space. Sadly, the event was to celebrate the end of Exxxtra Crispy; a local favorite of party rockers everywhere…
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Best Indie Pop Album: ‘Super No. 1’ by Asian Fred
The exquisitely crafted indie pop of Asian Fred has taken our staff, if not yet the world, by storm. The Tucson band’s debut EP, Super No. 1, was released in September and quickly became a favorite of our editors before spreading like wildfire through our audio team and radio show hosts…
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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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