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2006 Stories by Jason Heller

• Breakout Artists

  published February 9, 2006

  The first thing Out on Bail wants to talk about isn't the songwriting process or artistic integrity or any other of rock's bullshit shibboleths.... More >>

• The Hot House

  published February 9, 2006

  Some local bands are like runaway trains, picking up steam as they rocket toward inevitable whatever. Most, though, stumble along in fits and... More >>

• Sybil Vane, Prima Donna

  published February 9, 2006

  Opera and punk rock — two great tastes that taste great together. In doubt? Then you haven't experienced Sybil Vane's Weird Opera.... More >>

• Wild Ones

  published February 2, 2006

  Beware! Here there be Horndribbles. They slink with squishy tentacles and fuzzy antennae, a menagerie so grotesque it makes the denizens of... More >>

• Elefant

  published February 2, 2006

  Unless you're a barfly or an Enzyte stockholder, "stiff" isn't a very fetching adjective. At best, it connotes cold reserve and efficiency; at... More >>

• Milkshakes

  published February 2, 2006

  Adolescence is a scam, a pigeonhole chiseled out by sneaky shrinks and marketing strategists. Any sane human knows firsthand that sexuality starts... More >>

• New World Order

  published January 19, 2006

  "I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs," says Peter Hook. "It's such a different art form. Then all... More >>

• French Connection

  published January 19, 2006

  "You know the rose girl that goes around selling roses in bars and restaurants?" asks French-born, Arizona-based songwriter Marianne Dissard.... More >>

• Big Timber

  published January 19, 2006

  Some of the best music ever made came from hardcore kids who woke up one day with an itch to twist punk rock into something weird. Granted, the... More >>

• Robert Earl Keen

  published January 19, 2006

  It's not a stretch to imagine Robert Earl Keen as a wannabe journalist. With an eye for detail and an ear for a great story, he writes songs that... More >>

• Scars of Tomorrow

  published January 19, 2006

  Metal-core must be a harsh mistress; otherwise, you'd think that more bands in the genre would at least try to inject a shred of originality or... More >>

• The Actual

  published January 12, 2006

  Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein and famed author Nora Ephron probably had big literary aspirations for their son, Max. But he went and started... More >>

• Anthrax

  published January 12, 2006

  During the frantic post-9/11 anthrax scare, Anthrax the band issued a statement saying that it was considering changing its name…to Basket Full o... More >>

• Weird Al-right

  published January 5, 2006

  At first glance, Little Fyodor is a total fucking wack job. On second glance, he's still pretty much a wack job. On third glance, however, you... More >>

• O'Brien Family Band

  published January 5, 2006

  Music hasn't always been a commodity. Long ago, it was a more collective and intimate art form played with friends, neighbors and relatives -- a... More >>