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Punks in Vegas goes international today as we bring you two brand new songs from Leamington Spa, England's SHARKS. We met up with the band's singer/guitarist James Mattock before the January 27th show at the Joint with Social Distortion and Frank Turner and he was gracious enough to play us two songs from SHARKS' upcoming release No Gods. The songs are "Arcane Effigies" and "What Entails?" and the album will be available March 20, 2012 via Rise Records. ...

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You know a song is good when you only have to hear it once to have it stuck in your head for days. That’s what happened to us after we filmed this Stripped Down Session with Devin Perkins, guitarist/vocalist for Huntington Beach, CA pop punk band Meaning in Masterpiece. The catchy song is “Louder Than Words” and it comes from their debut full-length record Sinking Cars. ...

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On January 14th, I celebrated my birthday at The Aruba Hotel for the Vegas stop of The DisasTOUR, featuring touring bands The Sheds, Heart to Heart, Currents and spoken word artist Trey the Ruler. Supported by young local bands Tuesday After School, Wear Your Heart, Air Drifter and Identity of the Unknown, there was a great turnout. ...

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In my opinion, Yayo Taco deserves a lot more appreciation for all they do for the scene here in Las Vegas, opening up their doors for free to a wide array of bands from various genres who need a place to play for the night. ...

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Earlier this month we filmed back-to-back sessions with two really cool young bands from Thousand Oaks, California – The Braces and The Bogarts. You check back later this week for The Braces videos, but today we’re bringing you two songs from punk rockers The Bogarts. Playing in a style reminiscent of Dead to Me and Smoke or Fire, The Bogarts debut a new song “Half-Empty” and also play the title track from their Ideologies EP. ...

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