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2006 Stories by Casey Lynch

• Hardcore Eulogy

  published April 20, 2006

  The Phoenix hardcore scene just can't seem to get a break. Between bad press about feisty hardcore gangs and more venues refusing to book bands... More >>

• Tub Ring

  published April 20, 2006

  So, Tub Ring is playing the PHiX. "Who the hell is Tub Ring," you ask? Only Chicago's premier experimental rawk practitioners, a band that... More >>

• Sweat Equity

  published March 9, 2006

  Hundreds of miles from home, Lance Linderman's having his hair straightened while a buxom makeup girl dusts his nose with powder. Linderman, the... More >>

• Mega Makeover

  published February 23, 2006

  When Kurt Cobain growled "Here we are now" in the early '90s, he unwittingly sounded the death knell for the classic speed-metal thrash scene.... More >>

• xrayok

  published February 16, 2006

  Be careful where you listen to the new self-released xrayok EP Like Life -- you're likely to find your pulse quicken and your body move... More >>

• Gong Bangers

  published February 16, 2006

  Famous Sam’s new Sumo Wrestling and Gong Karaoke affair makes Saturday nights all right for fighting again. After all, what better way... More >>

• Fivespeed

  published February 9, 2006

  Can you say "mainstream"? Seasoned Phoenix-based rock outfit Fivespeed has officially grown up with Morning Over Midnight, an album packed... More >>

• New Blood

  published February 2, 2006

  Oh, the bittersweet memories -- hooking up with that nose-ring girl at the Bash on Ash, getting your teeth kicked in at the Nile, seeing some of... More >>

• Zero Tolerance

  published January 26, 2006

  Ch-ch-ch-changes! Always in favor of mixing things up, the local punk/dub genre-blenders of Authority Zero are all about switching gears... More >>

• Skybox

  published January 26, 2006

  Music cognoscenti everywhere will probably agree that 2005 was the year of "New American Weird." From Sufjan Stevens to Iron & Wine, nu-Americana,... More >>

• Hero Worship

  published January 19, 2006

  Try to explain the depraved ethos behind films like Eli Roth's new grindhouse pic Hostel to anyone other than a fan of the horror genre,... More >>

• Fayuca

  published January 12, 2006

  In a scene awash with hardcore kiddies and cooler-than-you indie acts, the local reggae-punk hybrid renegades in Fayuca stand out like potheads at... More >>

• Batter the Drag

  published January 12, 2006

  Most bands falsely advertise -- they describe their sound ad nauseam as different and unclassifiable, but a good listen usually outs them as... More >>

• Asleep in the Sea

  published January 12, 2006

  Local indie-artsters Asleep in the Sea's new untitled six-song EP would make a succulent cake -- mouth-wateringly catchy choruses ("Butterflies"),... More >>

• The Blasters

  published January 12, 2006

  Rocking for 25 years and still going strong, The Blasters began trailblazing in the surf-inspired, rootsy rockabilly genre long before the... More >>