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The Gris Gris — named following a particularly powerful voodoo spell you can use for great good or great harm, a Dr. John record, and New Orleans slang for medications — may be the brainchild of Greg Ashley, a Texas-born vocalist/multi-instrumentalist motivated by his house state’s renowned garage-psych. While still …

Inspired from the proto-punk Stooges as well as the post-garage Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and educated by the past due ’60s and ’70s rock and roll so prevalent within their middle-American hometowns, Modey Lemon was probably the most successful of the brand new wave of Pittsburgh rings born within the …

Chicago post-punk revivalists the Ponys formed in early 2001, inaugurated by singer/guitarist Jered Gummere within the months ahead of dissolution of his previous project, regional punk device the Guilty Pleasures. He started writing and performing with partner and bassist Melissa Elias, and after adding previous Mushuganas drummer Nathan Jerde, the …