Whenever there are music festivals in surrounding cities, we here at Punks in Vegas always hope we’ll end up with a one-off show from a great musician as they travel through to the big gig. That said, it never occurred to me that Vegas’ own Cannabis Cup would bring out one of my favorite punk rock frontmen, Red City Radio’s Garrett Dale. ...

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Red City Radio’s set was the stuff dreams are made of. Garrett Dale is one of my favorite frontmen, and his charismatic croon had the whole crowd locked in. There just might not be anything in the world more joy inducing that screaming “I am a fucking juggernaut” at the top of your lungs on “Show Me on the Doll Where the Music Touched You” or “I just want to get high and play my fucking guitar” on “In the Meantime.” ...

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If there’s one thing I learned watching Descendents close out Sunday’s PRB festival proper, it’s that exhaustion is nothing a cup of coffee can’t fix. So after downing enough caffeine to put Bill Stevenson to shame, I made my way from the blacktop to the Backstage Bar. ...

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Like a punk rock Sacagawea, we wanted to help you navigate through the, at last count, 7.4 million bands playing this weekend. So before we go dark for a bit, team PIV compiled this list of our favorites, displayed here in fabulous alphabetical order. ...

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