So I'm not going to The Fest this year. But – and this is a big but (seriously, like twice the size of one Sir Mix-A-Lot would deem worthy) – I do have this compilation of Punks in Vegas Stripped Down Sessions featuring Fest 2013 bands. ...
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Stripped Down Session: The Smith Street Band “Surrender”
Every once in a while a band comes along that you fall in love with on first listen, and that's The Smith Street Band for me. ...
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Video: Frank Turner and Matt Nasir “Wherefore art thou Gene Simmons?” (piano version)
A few stories above where a band of KISS buskers argued over the best corner for photo ops, British folk/punk singer Frank Turner and his Sleeping Souls pianist Matt Nasir churned out this stunning, sparse version of “Wherefore art thou Gene Simmons?” ...
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Stripped Down Session: Teenage Bottlerocket (two songs)
I've been a huge fan of Teenage Bottlerocket for so long that it almost seemed unreal when co-frontman Ray Carlisle agreed to meet up with us at the Beauty Bar before the band's October 1st show with The Queers and The Copyrights. Their music is so catchy and so much fun and I thought they'd be naturals to go unplugged for a few songs and Carlisle proved me right, with rad acoustic versions of "Todayo" from They Came From the Shadows and "Fall For Me," which originally appears on Total. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Calmosa (two songs)
Calmosa frontman Rob Kemerson is no stranger to the Stripped Down Sessions, having filmed with his previous band Wear Your Heart. But this is the first time we've gotten the chance to sit down with him since Calmosa started up and we were excited to meet up with him and bassist Louise Lincicome at Pharmacy Boardshop in Henderson to film two songs. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Tuesday After School (two songs)
I've wanted to film with Tuesday After School ever since I first started the Stripped Down Sessions, after seeing the energetic ska punks open for The Sheds at Hypnotic Lounge in 2011. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Candy Warpop (two songs)
Local psychedelic art-punk band Candy Warpop just released their debut LP Transdecadence and to celebrate, we met up with CW vocalist/guitarist Amy Pate to film two Stripped Down Sessions. ...
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Video: Masked Intruder “She” (Green Day cover)
Masked Intruder's style of pop punk has always felt heavily influenced by early Green Day, so it shouldn't be any surprise that the band has added a cover of the Bay Area punk band's "She" to their tour repertoire. ...
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