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The Quarantine Questionnaire: Sedan Sedan

April 10, 2020 YabYum Featured Articles

Who are you and are you in a band or do you perform solo? If in a band(s), what is the name of that band? What...

YabYum Seven: Paul Balazs

Who are you and what do you do?

I am a 34-year-old Phoenician from Ohio with a passion for music and art. I sing, play the guitar, bass, piano, drums and more, but I am mostly seen playing guitar and singing with The Psychedelephants. I have been getting back into visual and graphic art again since it has always been something I enjoy and love doing. I am writing a film noir graphic novel, and a soundtrack by The Psychedelephants to go with it, called Hazel…

The Quarantine Questionnaire: The Doyénne

April 3, 2020 YabYum Featured Articles Interview The Quarantine Questionnaire

Who are you and are you in a band or do you perform solo? If in a band(s), what is the name of that band?

Hi! I perform solo (with occasional stage support) as The Doyénne…

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Jim Bachmann

March 20, 2020 YabYum Featured Articles Interview

With live music events in the Phoenix area being largely on hold for the moment, we wanted a fun way to highlight local artists that could...

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…

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…