About the author  ⁄ Aaron Mattern

I like tacos, pictures of cats, and sleeping.

Boston's Dropkick Murphys returned to a packed Las Vegas crowd at the Brooklyn Bowl on Nov. 8. Honestly, I wasn’t sure I wanted to see them again, after being disappointed with their song selection at the last show I attended, but as if by magic, or as if they read my last review, this show couldn't have pleased me more. ...

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Though Mike Ness' Les Paul goldtop guitar might read "Orange County," Las Vegas might as well be their second home. For as long as I have lived here, Social Distortion has played at least once a year, usually to multiple sold-out nights at the House of Blues (only being beaten out by Reel Big Fish as the So-Cal band playing more often). But the last time I saw Social D was a few years ago after Hard Time and Nursery Rhymes was released, so I decided it was time for a refresher. ...

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