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2006 Stories by Andrew Marcus

• Steve Forbert

  published August 24, 2006

  Like Popeye and Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert is what he is. In 28 years of playing sun-dappled heartland rock with the occasional sidelong... More >>

• New York Dolls

  published August 17, 2006

  Inventing punk was a dirty job. You had to make up new rules for the guitar, cram your hairy appendages into ladies' pumps and lingerie, get... More >>

• Stephin Merritt

  published April 6, 2006

  Stephin Merritt has come out of the closet: Of course! You're a theatrical composer! It must have been so hard passing as a pop singer all... More >>

• Belle & Sebastian

  published February 23, 2006

  With delicate tunes and referential album titles like The Boy with the Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian main man Stuart Murdoch is a cult... More >>

• Year of the Concept

  published January 12, 2006

  Not since the escapist early '70s has the thematic "concept album" been so hip. In American Idiot's vaguely political wake, Ryan Adams has... More >>