About the author  ⁄ Emily Matview

comics, music, coffee. @emilymatview

Want to talk to other punk fans in the community? Do you have a show coming up you want to promote? Are you looking for local bands to fill opening slots? Are you from out of town and need help setting up a show in Las Vegas? Do you have tickets to sell or trade or are you looking for tickets to a sold out show? Do all this and more on the Punks in Vegas Forum, now open and ready for posts. ...

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Get ready to reinstall your car’s factory tape deck and take your Walkman out of storage, because local folk-apocabilly rockers Scrap Iron Saints' "Sand Shanties" cassette, released in November by Hexakosioihexekontahex Records, has been picked up by GeyKido Comet Distro. For those of you not ready to dust off your old tape deck, don't despair, it also comes with a download code. The tape, with the download code, can be purchased at GCRecords.com while supplies last, or pick it up straight from the band when they play live on May 20th at Yayo Taco as part of the All Gone Wrong art collective's art show. ...

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Welcome to the new Punks in Vegas. It's still a work-in-progress, so please bear with me while I get the new site up and running. The old site will still be active under PunksinVegas.tumblr.com, but if you want more up-to-the-minute news I recommend bookmarking the new site. While you're here, why not browse around, register at the new forum, check out the upcoming shows, watch a video, and use the contact form to let me know what you'd like to see on this page; what works for you, what doesn't work for you, etc. This page is for the community, so I want the community's input here to make it the best it can be. Thank you for being patient and staying supportive! I’ve been really overwhelmed by the positive response that this little site has received in only a few short weeks. I really appreciate it and ...

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