Talk to any of the members of Special K and you'll get a clear picture of three guy whose lives are soundtracked by Guided by Voices and The Replacements. ...
Read More →Talk to any of the members of Special K and you'll get a clear picture of three guy whose lives are soundtracked by Guided by Voices and The Replacements. ...
Read More →This Saturday marks the fourth annual Viva Ska Vegas festival, which takes place at Vinyl inside the Hard Rock this year. ...
Read More →Over the phone, you wouldn't know that San Francisco native, Greg Behrendt, has had one of the most difficult years in both his personal life, and his career as a stand-up comic. ...
Read More →The third and final installment of our Life is Beautiful interviews with acts on the local showcase is with Eliza Battle frontman, Nick Shelton, a Chicago transplant who has found his ground as a musician here in Las Vegas. Alongside Tina Dawn on vocals, Chris Bitonti on lead guitar, Sal Giordano on bass, and Chris Berg on drums, Eliza Battle has effortlessly taken Vegas by storm. With that storm consisting of a desire to just have fun. It’s what makes them humble people, and that humbleness translates into their rootsy punk influenced alt-country sound. I managed to garnish some spare time at work to have a phone conversation with Nick. We talked about the band’s fast rise in just a year of being together, how they prepare for LiB, what they love about being part of the local scene, and some changes he’d like to see implemented. You guys were ...
Read More →In Pt. 2 of our LiB interviews, we talk to Illicitor as they also get ready to come out guns blazing for a slay fest at the LiB local showcase. ...
Read More →In just a few days, hipsters will fill the streets of Downtown Las Vegas for the third annual Life is Beautiful Festival, to see acts like Stevie Wonder, Run the Jewels, Chance the Rapper, Weezer and Death Cab for Cutie, among others. ...
Read More →Trying to soak up all the rest they could before driving off to their next gig in Salt Lake City, the morning after an exhilarating performance at the Beauty Bar, Pears' frontman, Zach Quinn, kindly sat down with me to chat. ...
Read More →I first met Ambush AmericanA's singer and guitarist, Bishop Mayes, as he worked behind the counter at Sam Ash - a heavily tattooed man with a very impressive beard and a vast knowledge of gear. ...
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