“Thank you, we’ve been Last Call!” While I want to stress that the guys in local pop punk band Last Call are not throwing in the towel just yet, these bittersweet final lines spoken by vocalist Austin Jeffers, and the fact that the band members have been throwing around the word “hiatus” for a while, does make it feel like this show marked the end of an era for Last Call – and the beginning of a new one for the bands that have formed in their wake. ...
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Christmas came early for punk rock fans, as the gift of a surprise announcement revealed the first 8 bands playing the 16th edition of the Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival. ...
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One of my favorite shows of the last few years was Street Dogs' 2011 headlining show at the Beauty Bar with Have Nots and Lenny Lashley opening. Fast-forward two years and Lashley and Have Nots' Matt Pruitt are in Street Dogs and I'm meeting up with them backstage before their Dec. 7 show at the Las Vegas Country Saloon to film two acoustic songs. ...
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Local ska punk act Be Like Max has released a new, Jim Stone directed video for their song “Bring On The Suits.” ...
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Since its beginning in the 90s, Fat Wreck Chords has established a rock solid rep as a home for fast and fun skate and pop punk. From their early days of Lagwagon and No Use For a Name through the early 2000s with Against Me!, Lawrence Arms and Rise Against, to today’s roster featuring Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls and Dead to Me, Fat has stayed true to that sound through every fad that’s come and gone, remaining independent when many labels were selling ownership to the majors. ...
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Polar Bear Club made Vegas a frequent stop in their early days, most notably playing the now-defunct Jillian’s on their first west coast tour for Sometimes Things Just Disappear in 2008 along with Broadway Calls, The Swellers and Crime in Stereo. Five years, two record labels and three more full lengths later, PBC finally headlined a show in our area again, this time atop a powerhouse bill featuring Citizen, Diamond Youth, Sainthood Reps and locals TheCore. and Amoride. ...
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I first discovered Avalon Landing when the Vegas-by-way-of-Buffalo pop rock band opened for Laura Stevenson and the Cans at the now out-of-commission Bunkhouse Saloon. ...
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The first batch of bands for the 2014 Extreme Thing Sports & Music Festival were announced today. The festival, taking place on Saturday, March 29 at Desert Breeze Park, is headlined by 2000’s-era emo superstars Taking Back Sunday and The Used, who previously shared the stage in Vegas at The Huntridge way back on January 11, 2003 (that show also featured Blood Brothers, who are sadly still broken up and therefore not playing Extreme Thing). ...
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