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21. Letters

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, February 2, 2006

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Howard's End Bow to Stern: Thank you for such a well-written story. I have been a loyal Howard Stern listener since I was 16 years old; I am now 39 ("After Shock," Sarah...

22. Shrapnel

    Critical Fatwa

    Waiting to inhale

    By The Ayatollah of Rock

    Published: February 2, 2006

    All hail "Are You Gonna Go My Way." That slice of '70s-meets-'90s mass-market rock was a nice break from the sour-faced caterwauling of the "alternative" years. But Lenny...

23. Film

    Funky Fresh

    A white leading man in a black movie? That is something new

    By Luke Y. Thompson

    Published: February 2, 2006

    January has earned its reputation as the month in which studios unload all their cheapie horror flicks, but February is the month when we invariably get yet another...

24. Live Wire

    Winterfresh SnoCore Tour

    More interesting than its namesake gum

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Most of you know the South African brooders in Seether from "Broken," a song from their debut album that they rerecorded for The Punisher soundtrack as a duet between Shaun...

25. Live Wire

    Tristan Prettyman

    If Ani DiFranco surfed

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Tristan Prettyman is difficult to categorize, even though most everything written about her blames her sound on beach party superhero Jack Johnson. That might have something to...

26. Live Wire

    Matisyahu

    Chosen peeps

    By Chris Parker

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Looks are deceiving. Listen and you'll hear classic reggae bounce and the toasting rap style of Jamaican dancehall, but glance at the album cover and you'll note that Matisyahu...

27. Live Wire

    Jeff Hanson

    Strong but tender

    By Chris Parker

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Singing in a fragile, angelic falsetto, at first blush singer-songwriter Jeff Hanson sounds like folkie Suzanne Vega. But listen closely to the Milwaukee native's two albums...

28. Live Wire

    Of Montreal

    Psychedelicatessen

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: February 2, 2006

    As you've undoubtedly heard, now is a good time to be of Montreal -- just ask such critically slurped bands as the Arcade Fire, Stars, and Broken Social Scene. It's also a good...

29. Live Wire

    Mae

    It's an acronym, but emo is not

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: February 2, 2006

    A cancellation by headliner Yellowcard has booted this Virginia Beach quintet to the top of the bill and brought in local luminaries Lydia for added entertainment value. Mae is...

30. Live Wire

    Josh Gracin

    What it's come to

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Wasn't Josh Gracin that country-singing Marine from American Idol's second season? How did that jarhead land himself a recording contract? Well, actually, it's a lot easier to...

31. Listen Up

    Julia Sarr & Patrice Larose

    Set Luna
    (Sunnyside)

    By Derek Beres

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Of all recent cross-cultural collaborations, the pairing of Senegalese vocalist Julia Sarr and French flamenco guitarist Patrice Larose proves to be one of the most refreshing....

32. Listen Up

    Robinella

    Solace for the Lonely
    (Dualtone)

    By j. poet

    Published: February 2, 2006

    In a previous incarnation, Robinella and her husband, multi-instrumentalist and arranger Cruz Contreras, cut Robinella & the CC Band, an album that blended the swing of Bob...

33. Listen Up

    J Dilla (Jay Dee)

    Donuts
    (Stones Throw)

    By J. Edward Keyes

    Published: February 2, 2006

    What exactly it was that went wrong with J Dilla's body over the course of the last few years is between him and his doctors, but whatever it was kept him flat on his back for...

34. Listen Up

    Beth Orton

    Comfort of Strangers
    (Astralwerks)

    By J. Edward Keyes

    Published: February 2, 2006

    In the late '90s, the suffix "-tronica" could loosely be defined as "pop music to which drum loops have been glued." It was a goofy movement, one built on the questionable...

35. Listen Up

    Various Artists

    I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey
    (Vanguard)

    By j. poet

    Published: February 2, 2006

    John Fahey was an original, a guitarist with an instantly recognizable style, a conglomeration of ragtime, country, blues, Indian classical music, and electronica. With his...

36. What's Selling

    Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums Music, ASU Main Campus, Tempe

    Chart-busters for the week

    Published: February 2, 2006

    1. Yellowcard, Lights and Sounds (Capitol) 2. Cat Power, The Greatest (Matador Records) 3. The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth (RCA) 4. Panic! At the Disco, A Fever...

37. Needle Exchange

    Marky Ramone

    Anyone can DJ

    By Brendan Joel Kelley

    Published: February 2, 2006

    For the glam-trash rocker set that's infiltrated seemingly every club in town for at least one night a week, it really doesn't get much bigger than this: Marky Ramone throwing...

38. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: February 2, 2006

    Thursday 2Anderson's Fifth Estate: Area 51 with DJ Jeremy (goth, industrial) Axis/Radius: Ladies' Night with DJ Arrow (house, Top 40) AZ 88: DJ P-Body (jazz fusion, funk)...