As I stepped out of the elevator, and into the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, I found myself lost in a turmoil of slot machines and cigarette smoke. I hadn’t been in a casino in almost five years, let alone Vinyl. ...
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Despite the fact that playing music in the rain can make even the dweebiest of rock stars look cool (I’m looking at you, Bush and your 1996 MTV Spring Break performance of “Glycerine”) it’s actually not that fun to have your gear shorted out. ...
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After doing what they’ve been doing for over a decade, I have to imagine A Wilhelm Scream is only getting by through living off of crowd energy, like some sort of melodic hardcore vampires. And they’ve got no shortage of life force, because how can you not be hyped when seeing this band live? ...
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May 17, 2016
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December 13th was the night ska punks all over Vegas had been anticipating: Be Like Max’s tour comeback show. A grand total of 227 people RSVP’d on the event’s Facebook page. Being a DIY art studio by day/venue by night, the Artistic Armory would never have been able to accommodate all of those people. So at 6 p.m. sharp, people began lining up for their wristbands. ...
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Dec 31, 2014
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Local punk rock act Hard Pipe Hitters have announced a brief tour during the month of September. ...
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Today we’re bringing you a full stream of Revenge, Rebellion, and What Have You, the new LP from Las Vegas punk rock band Hard Pipe Hitters. The 15-song album was recorded by Hard Pipe Hitters drummer TJ Hoopes (also of Metasopheli, Bitch'n'Dudes and Not Much Cooler) in his own DIY garage studio Vandur Supreme. ...
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Being that this was my first time at The Artistic Armory, and knowing only that it was an art gallery, I was curious as to how the venue could possibly hold the 150+ people who RSVP’d on Facebook. As it turns out, the art-adorned warehouse is a very nice size for shows, cozy enough to provide an intimate setting, but large enough to alleviate my fears that the place would be too tiny to hold the skanking that was about to ensue. ...
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Jan 14, 2014
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Bomb the Music Industry! started their set with “The First Time I Met Sanawon” from their Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!! mini-album and the crowd immediately squeezed as close as possible to sing along with BTMI mastermind Jeff Rosenstock. ...
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