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2006 Stories by Darryl Smyers

• Liz Durrett

  published February 2, 2006

  Niece of acclaimed songwriter Vic Chestnutt, Liz Durrett is a 20-something Southern gothic wunderkind, a Georgia native who understands the... More >>

• Taylor Hollingsworth

  published February 2, 2006

  Out of Birmingham, Alabama, comes this Southern-fried greasy punk, all snarling lips and attitude, equal parts Axl Rose and Keith Richards with a... More >>

• The Willis

  published January 26, 2006

  Geek rock, whether by über-nerds like Weezer or more abstract purveyors of insignificant detail like Pavement, has rarely transcended the jab... More >>

• Peace in Rest?

  published January 19, 2006

  Lyle Steadham needed a break. He was managing a Web site consulting business, a record label and a band at the same time, so he took time off from... More >>

• Mute Math

  published January 19, 2006

  If it were 1978, Mute Math would definitely be called a "skinny tie band." With obvious influences in the Police and, um, the Fixx, this New... More >>

• Two Tons of Steel

  published January 12, 2006

  Uncle Tupelo made explicit how the roots of punk and hard-core honky-tonk intermingled: the rejection (often drunken) of instrumental competence,... More >>

• Malford Milligan

  published January 12, 2006

  Decades ago, I was dragged to a concert in Austin for a funky roots outfit called Stick People. For the most part, it was a mess, but despite a... More >>

• Stillhouse

  published January 5, 2006

  Buried halfway through this North Carolina band's fine debut is "To Be Denied," a mid-tempo ballad, a figuratively dead man's bitter summary of a... More >>