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2006 Stories by Jason Heller

• Jolie Holland

  published May 4, 2006

  Witches have their familiars. Jolie Holland has whole hosts of critters dwelling within the dipping fleurs-de-lis and Rococo ruffles of her music.... More >>

• Vitamins

  published May 4, 2006

  There used to be a shed in Greeley where indie bands would play. Yes, a fucking shed. I'm not sure how much the town has changed lately -- when's... More >>

• Joseph Childress

  published May 4, 2006

  Thumps, creaks, giggles, clicks -- these are the first sounds you hear when listening to a recording by Joseph Childress. The California-born,... More >>

• The Slackers

  published May 4, 2006

  Ska! Say it. Sounds funny, huh? And not just because the genre has become one of the most beloved-turned-maligned styles in history since disco.... More >>

• Pee Pee

  published May 4, 2006

  When one of Denver's underground mainstays, the Dinnermints, dissolved a couple years back, bassist Doo Crowder fell in with a ramshackle band of... More >>

• The Coup

  published April 27, 2006

  When George W. Bush's domestic-wiretapping program went into effect, you can bet that Boots Riley of the Coup was at the top of the surveillance... More >>

• Murder in Memphis

  published April 27, 2006

  At one point in hardcore's past, Detroit's legendarily nihilistic Negative Approach was one of the scene's big influences. Today it's been... More >>

• Psychic Ills

  published April 27, 2006

  Considering indie rock's post-ironic weltanschauung, it's about fucking time a new band came up with a name that actually sounds like its music.... More >>

• Guns N' Rosa Parks

  published April 27, 2006

  Rocking a laundromat with shitty jam bands? Playing a benefit show for Rwandan refugees while dressed as Chippendales dancers? It's all par for... More >>

• Erasure

  published April 20, 2006

  The two men of Erasure trading in their patented synthesizers for twangy, cowboy-country guitars? We'll pass on the obligatory Brokeback... More >>

• The Joshua Trinidad Trio

  published April 20, 2006

  Jazz is something most artists get better at as they grow older, accumulate experiences and learn to translate their souls into sound. At the... More >>

• Minmae

  published April 20, 2006

  Amid the tugging drones and ragged feedback of the new Minmae album, Le Grand Essor de la Maison du Monstre, singer/guitarist Sean Brooks... More >>

• West Indian Girl

  published April 20, 2006

  West Indian Girl is so fresh out of the package, it still smells like Styrofoam and bubble wrap. But what the Los Angeles group lacks in... More >>

• Ethyl and the Regulars

  published April 20, 2006

  Featuring current and recent members of the Dalhart Imperials, the Honky Tonk Hangovers, Eddie Clendening & the Blue Ribbon Boys and Local 33,... More >>

• Rye Coalition

  published April 13, 2006

  The guys in Rye Coalition are some dumb motherfuckers. Veterans of the early-'90s post-hardcore scene, they've witnessed tons of their... More >>

• Superstring Theory

  published April 13, 2006

  Superstring Theory's debut EP, Same Damn Story, was a promising if disjointed disc of small-budget electro-pop. The duo's sophomore effort,... More >>

• David Allen Coe

  published April 13, 2006

  He's lived in caves, worn Lone Ranger masks on stage and made records that have sent legions of the politically correct running for the stop... More >>

• The Boss Martians

  published April 13, 2006

  Being pimped by Little Steven and talked up by Bruce Springsteen is no easy feat. But both happened to Seattle's Boss Martians last summer at... More >>

• Benefit for Kirk Rundstrom

  published April 13, 2006

  Kansas's Split Lip Rayfield plays in Denver so much, it almost feels like it's a local band. It's no wonder, then, that when Kirk Rundstrom, the... More >>

• Eagles of Death Metal

  published April 6, 2006

  Everything's bad for you nowadays, and everything's good: fat, meat, wine, carbs, caffeine. But while the medical community debates the... More >>

• Hunter Dragon

  published April 6, 2006

  "Most songs I write get stuck in my head/It's 'cause I listen to them too much, I guess." With lyrics like these, it sounds as though Hunter... More >>

• At All Costs

  published April 6, 2006

  At All Costs has a news flash for you: The American dream isn't as rosy as it seems, and a bunch of big, bad men are making bank off the war... More >>

• Headlights

  published April 6, 2006

  It's been two and a half decades since Cocteau Twins concocted the formula, but there's still something thrilling about a moody chanteuse backed... More >>

• Astrophagus

  published April 6, 2006

  The last time Astrophagus unleashed a CD, the outfit was known as the Moths, and its former bassist, Quentin Chirdon, was awaiting trial in... More >>

• Bey-ing at the Moon

  published April 6, 2006

  The jazz vocalist was about as cool as the jazz accordion in the post-bop heyday of the '50s and '60s, but singers such as Abbie Lincoln, Nina... More >>