The Punk Rock Museum and Punks in Vegas are teaming up for free local’s day January 5, 2025 to pay tribute to our founder Emily Matview. You can expect to see many of Emily’s fun contributions to the Vegas scene including photos, flyers, shirts, and more. ...
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THE HATE Announce New Album “Wasted” out 10/31/2024
Vegas Local Hardcore Act THE HATE will be releasing their new album “Wasted” on 10/31/2024. This is their second release after debut “The Hate EP” in 2022. “Wasted” will be available on all the major platforms! Click Here to Pre-Save: Wasted by The Hate – DistroKid ...
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Life is Shit Returns to The Dive Bar
The annual celebration of everything shitty is returning for its 12th year to The Dive Bar September 27-28. Check it out! Las Vegas’s longest-runny music festival,” Life is Shit Festival, will return for its 12th year, Saturday, Sept. 28 at The Dive Bar, 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy. The festival is expanding this year to add the “Shitkicker Kickoff” pre-party, featuring country/blues artists (and country karaoke after the bands), Friday, Sept. 27, at The Dive. Life is Shit Festival was founded in 2013 by members of the Las Vegas music community, as a free, DIY, locals-centric, punk/rock alternative to the corporate, mainstream Life is Beautiful Festival. However, Life is Shit quickly became a cultural institution of its own, and has been featured by The Washington Post, Las Vegas Weekly, KNPR 88.9 FM’s “State of Nevada,” KUNV 91.5 FM’s “Our Kind of Music,” and other media outlets. Despite its cheeky name and ...
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Life Is Shit Festival Returns to The Dive Bar 9/23/2023
Celebrating it’s 10-year anniversary, the Life is Shit festival is returning to the Dive Bar this weekend. It is a free/donation event, starting at 4:20pm with our homies in Bell Toll, and ending with it’s last act Vicious Vampira going on at 2AM. Checkout the press release below, as well as the full schedule. From press release: Life Is Shit Festival Returns to The Dive Bar Saturday, Sept 23 Life is Shit Festival is a DIY music festival founded in 2013 by members of the Las Vegas music community. It was started as a free punk/rock alternative to the corporate, pop-oriented Life is Beautiful Festival, but quickly became a cultural institution of its own. Despite its name, Life is Shit makes life less shitty for some, serving as a fundraiser each year for local charity Girls Rock Vegas — a summer camp and after-school program which teaches underprivileged, adolescent girls ...
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Mercy Music new album What You Stand to Lose out now!
Our friends in Mercy Music’s new album What You Stand to Lose is out today. Order it on one of the very cool vinyl’s at Mercy Music | Official Merch Store | Hello Merch or check it out on your favorite streaming platform! ...
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Mercy Music announce new album “What You Stand To Lose” recorded with Bill Stevenson
Our buddies in Mercy Music have a new album coming out, they recorded at the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson of The Descendents. The new single and video are out now. Checkout the press release below, and the full album June 30th via Double Helix Records! Press Release: “The lyrics kind of sum up my life playing music in that you had better be in it because you love it, because nothing is guaranteed,” says vocalist and guitarist Brendan Scholz of Las Vegas-based pop-punk outfit MERCY MUSIC on the band’s hopeful and determined new single “Suddenly” taken from their upcoming fourth full-length album What You Stand To Lose out June 30th via Double Helix Records/SBÄM Records. With such deliberate lyrics like “You place your bet, put it all on black / The urge to win, better give back / Fight and die, to fight and die again,” even the listener ...
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GC Records announce cover song compilation benefiting Trevor Project coming 3/1/23
Local label GC Records have announced a new compilation of the many cover songs their artists have recorded over the years, to be release next week, March 1, 2023. For all of March, 100% of all proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project in memory of Punks in Vegas founder Emily Matview. The Trevor Project’s mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ young people, so it’s extremely close to the heart here at Punks in Vegas. The preorder can be found here: https://gcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/22-years-of-comp-cover-songs The Complete Tracklist is as follows: Jack Killed Jill – You Don’t Own Me (LESLIE GORE cover) Lipstick Pickups – Slug (THE RAMONES cover) Bogtrotter’s Union – Nomad’s Revolt (MISCHIEF BREW cover) Go Bold – Three Little Birds (BOB MARLEY cover) Jesse Pino – Messengers (LAGWAGON cover) 02:53 The Rifleman – Tommy Boy (HOLDING ONTO SOUND cover) ESL?! – So Lonely (THE POLICE cover) Enemy You – Wasted Years ...
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BLAIRFEST this weekend!
In Honor of Blair Dewane, fellow musicians and friends have organized a 3 day celebration of life dubbed Blairfest. The 3 day celebration will take place on December 16th to the 18th, with the first two nights at the Plaza’s Sand Dollar. The festival will feature performances from Blair’s wide community of musicians like: Indigo Kidd, Same Sex Mary, Mercy Music, Dark Black, Hassan Hamilton and many more. Also performing will be Ian Dewane and former members of Rusty Maples and The Skooners performing renditions of Blair’s catalog of songs. The weekend will close with Blairaoke on Sunday the 18th at Starboard Tack. All events will be donation based, with funds collected going to cover operating costs and all additional funds donated to a charity in Blair’s honor. If you have any questions please reach out to Bad Moon Booking. ...
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