Vegas definitely has no shortage of fantastic folk punk musicians. Just a hair over a month ago I covered the great Drunk Goes Acoustic 3 show at Hammer and Ales, and now this month DGA alumni Mercy Music and Brock Frabbiele joined a bill at The Dive that included fellow Las Vegan No Red Alice (Sal Giordano) and his tourmates Divided Heaven, Bradley Riot and Brian McPherson. ...
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Calmosa frontman Rob Kemerson is no stranger to the Stripped Down Sessions, having filmed with his previous band Wear Your Heart. But this is the first time we've gotten the chance to sit down with him since Calmosa started up and we were excited to meet up with him and bassist Louise Lincicome at Pharmacy Boardshop in Henderson to film two songs. ...
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It’s been over 11 years since the first time I saw Jimmy Eat World. That show was the massive Green Day/Blink co-headliner that found them playing to sold out stadiums just as their breakthrough single, “The Middle,” was starting to receive a lot of attention. ...
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I've wanted to film with Tuesday After School ever since I first started the Stripped Down Sessions, after seeing the energetic ska punks open for The Sheds at Hypnotic Lounge in 2011. ...
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Punks in Vegas has teamed up with Hard Rock Live (formerly the Hard Rock Café on the Strip) and The Pietasters to give away one pair of tickets to see the ska band’s October 10th show with Be Like Max, The Remedies and Bogtrotter's Union. ...
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People who say Vegas has no musical history will be proven wrong thanks to a special gig on October 25 at Backstage Bar and Billiards. ...
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Relentless touring has garnered The Sheds a pretty sizable following in Vegas, so much so that even with another Vegas date already scheduled, (October 21st at the Eagle Aerie Hall with A Loss for Words, Handguns, Major League and Stickup Kid), their September 21st gig at the Beach Hut Deli still drew passionate fans ready to sing along to every word. ...
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Local psychedelic art-punk band Candy Warpop just released their debut LP Transdecadence and to celebrate, we met up with CW vocalist/guitarist Amy Pate to film two Stripped Down Sessions. ...
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