Review Category : Features

The Fault in Our Scene: Brain Stew

Recently, I saw a Facebook friend post that they were disheartened by millennials’ lack of appreciation for or interest in looking back on bands that influenced what they love now – such as possessing an undying love for Fireworks and The Wonder Years while completely discounting classic hallmarks of the pop punk genre like Descendents and Buzzcocks. ...

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The Ten “Can’t Miss Bands” at the Warped Tour June 19, 2014 at the UNLV Intramural Fields

The Vans Warped Tour returns to Las Vegas tomorrow, June 19, at the UNLV Intramural FIelds. That’s right, exactly ten years after the Warped Tour was held at the Desert Breeze Park, the traveling music festival is finally taking place on grass again in our city (though I still long for a return to the air-conditioned Thomas and Mack). ...

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Images: Title Fight, Joyce Manor, Waxahatchee, Hop Along April 17, 2014 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center (Los Angeles)

Going to a new venue is always exciting, but also a little nerve racking for me. Questions race through my mind like "Where should I stand to get the best shots?" and "since I don't see security I wonder how many insane stage dives/kicks to the back of the head I will receive by the end of the night.” But as I entered the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles all of my previous questions diminished by the scent of $4 chicken fingers, creating an even bigger question: "why the heck don't we have venues like this is Las Vegas?!?" ...

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