Last Tuesday I hit up the Las Vegas stop of the Bands vs. Food tour featuring Memphis May Fire, We Came As Romans, Miss May I and For Today. ...
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Images: Hit the Lights, Seaway, Can’t Swim, Tonight We Fight May 2, 2016 at Eagle Hall
One of the upsides of a floor show is that frontman Nick Thompson could be as close to the crowd as he wanted to be, creating a closeness you just don't get from larger venues. Fans were eager to sing along to songs like "Breathe In," "Life on the Bottom" and "Bodybag." ...
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Images: The Last Gang, Oceanside Sound System, Rayner and more April 30, 2016 at The Bunkhouse Saloon (Punk Rock BBQ)
May 6, 2016
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The continual downpour that encapsulated Las Vegas during the same weekend as Viva Ska Radio’s Punk Rock BBQ put the BBQ aspect of this punk rock extravaganza on the backburner. ...
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Images: Jesse Pino, Jared Stinson, Matt Salkeld and more April 20, 2016 at 11th Street Records (Punk Rock BBQ)
May 6, 2016
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Brendan Scholz of Mercy Music opened the events for this afternoon, a companion piece to the Punk Rock BBQ, with a song called "Fine," complete with an impeccable solo that featured all the power of an electric guitar coming from an acoustic. ...
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Images: Tartar Control, Left Alone, The Henchmen and more April 29, 2016 at The Bunkhouse Saloon (Punk Rock BBQ)
May 5, 2016
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Tagged Guilty by Association, Guts (CO), jerk, Left Alone, sic waiting, Tartar Control, The Henchmen, Yosemite Slam
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The promise of good tunes and pulled pork was enough for me to relent on my cardinal rule, that any show with more than 6 bands, or less than 30, is doing it wrong. ...
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Images: The Front Bottoms, Brick + Mortar, Diet Cig April 23, 2016 at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
You know a show is going to be good when the pre-show playlist is made up of Matt Skiba, Mariah Carey, Brand New and The Replacements. And that's a fact. An actual, indisputable fact. Because only a band with complete confidence in their skills has the courage to come out after the greats. ...
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Images: CHVRCHES, Wolf Alice April 21, 2016 at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
As I walked into Brooklyn Bowl, I immediately thought to myself “I should’ve worn that fancy leotard,” self-consciously eyeballing many who took the opportunity to sport their best date night apparel, while many others looked like they’d followed CHVRCHES from Coachella and had the sunburn to show for it. ...
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Images: Sheer Mag, Same Sex Mary, The Acid Sisters April 20, 2016 at The Bunkhouse Saloon
It’s hard not to wonder how today’s musical landscape would be different if the Exploding Hearts hadn’t met such a tragic, early end. Sure, we’d probably still have Jason Derulo, and “All About That Bass” undoubtedly would still have taken the world by storm, but imagine that sweet vintage guitar rock being thrown in to break up the monotony of modern radio. ...
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