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Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now.

Today would have been Andrew Duncan Brown’s 30th birthday. Just over three years ago, the well-respected local singer/songwriter lost his life under mysterious circumstances while vacationing and performing in France. At the time he was experiencing something of a musical renaissance of his own, having released his self-titled album on…

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Harper and the Moths have released a special Halloween treat for their fans this year with Mixtape, where the band dresses up, musically speaking, as a synth-laden, drum machine-driven pop band from the 1980s. It’s something the band members have been working on in their off time when they aren’t…

Injury Reserve – “All This Money” Injury Reserve is at it again with their second single from their forthcoming album Floss. Quick on the heels of “Oh Shit!!!” comes “All This Money,” and one thing is for sure, Floss cannot get here soon enough based entirely on these first two…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Holy Fawn – “Reykur (Live)” To be clear, I’m not one to usually share or review a live video for…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. No Volcano – “Blackout” No Volcano’s Who Saved The Party was in my top five of The 25 Best Albums…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Fairy Bones – “Pink Plastic Cups” Before Fairy Bones went on hiatus for the summer, long before they were asked to…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Sydney Sprague – “Uncomfortable” Sydney Sprague has been making magic with her music for nearly a decade in the Valley…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. The Gentle Hits – “Walk Out” To tell you the truth, I was beginning to think that the one-off Gentle…

When it comes to local music videos the kings of over-the-top, all-out productions has to be Captain Squeegee. Every video release is another celebration of music and visual artistic collaboration, each so different they are no better or worse than one another, only brilliantly different. So too is the case…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Fairy Bones – “8 Ball” Apparently when Fairy Bones goes on hiatus they not only end up making hilarious short…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Harper and The Moths – “Lose My Touch” Harper and The Moths have promised a lot of surprises for their…

Jimmy Eat World- “Sure And Certain” In all honesty I was going to write about Jimmy Eat World’s new single “Get Right,” but then they released an even newer song on Tuesday and I liked that even more. One thing is for sure, whether it’s “Get Right” or “Sure And…

During the past seven years, decker. has been recording music quite clearly drawn from the very land of the Southwest itself, from all that is comforting, eerie, haunting, healing, harsh, and beautiful about it, as though he and his partners are able to somehow evoke the very taste of Arizona…

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. AJJ – “Junkie Church” There was a rash of concern when AJJ released the video for “Goodbye, Oh Goodbye” that…