Review Category : Local News

Life Is Shit Festival Returns to The Dive Bar 9/23/2023

Celebrating it’s 10-year anniversary, the Life is Shit festival is returning to the Dive Bar this weekend.  It is a free/donation event, starting at 4:20pm with our homies in Bell Toll, and ending with it’s last act Vicious Vampira going on at 2AM.  Checkout the press release below, as well as the full schedule. From press release: Life Is Shit Festival Returns to The Dive Bar Saturday, Sept 23 Life is Shit Festival is a DIY music festival founded in 2013 by members of the Las Vegas music community. It was started as a free punk/rock alternative to the corporate, pop-oriented Life is Beautiful Festival, but quickly became a cultural institution of its own. Despite its name, Life is Shit makes life less shitty for some, serving as a fundraiser each year for local charity Girls Rock Vegas — a summer camp and after-school program which teaches underprivileged, adolescent girls ...

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Mercy Music announce new album “What You Stand To Lose” recorded with Bill Stevenson

Our buddies in Mercy Music have a new album coming out, they recorded at the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson of The Descendents.  The new single and video are out now.  Checkout the press release below, and the full album June 30th via Double Helix Records! Press Release: “The lyrics kind of sum up my life playing music in that you had better be in it because you love it, because nothing is guaranteed,” says vocalist and guitarist Brendan Scholz of Las Vegas-based pop-punk outfit MERCY MUSIC on the band’s hopeful and determined new single “Suddenly” taken from their upcoming fourth full-length album What You Stand To Lose out June 30th via Double Helix Records/SBÄM Records. With such deliberate lyrics like “You place your bet, put it all on black / The urge to win, better give back / Fight and die, to fight and die again,” even the listener ...

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GC Records announce cover song compilation benefiting Trevor Project coming 3/1/23

Local label GC Records have announced a new compilation of the many cover songs their artists have recorded over the years, to be release next week, March 1, 2023. For all of March, 100% of all proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project in memory of Punks in Vegas founder Emily Matview.  The Trevor Project’s mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ young people, so it’s extremely close to the heart here at Punks in Vegas. The preorder can be found here: https://gcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/22-years-of-comp-cover-songs The Complete Tracklist is as follows: Jack Killed Jill – You Don’t Own Me (LESLIE GORE cover) Lipstick Pickups – Slug (THE RAMONES cover) Bogtrotter’s Union – Nomad’s Revolt (MISCHIEF BREW cover) Go Bold – Three Little Birds (BOB MARLEY cover) Jesse Pino – Messengers (LAGWAGON cover) 02:53 The Rifleman – Tommy Boy (HOLDING ONTO SOUND cover) ESL?! – So Lonely (THE POLICE cover) Enemy You – Wasted Years ...

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BLAIRFEST this weekend!

In Honor of Blair Dewane, fellow musicians and friends have organized a 3 day celebration of life dubbed Blairfest. The 3 day celebration will take place on December 16th to the 18th, with the first two nights at the Plaza’s Sand Dollar. The festival will feature performances from Blair’s wide community of musicians like: Indigo Kidd, Same Sex Mary, Mercy Music, Dark Black, Hassan Hamilton and many more. Also performing will be Ian Dewane and former members of Rusty Maples and The Skooners performing renditions of Blair’s catalog of songs. The weekend will close with Blairaoke on Sunday the 18th at Starboard Tack. All events will be donation based, with funds collected going to cover operating costs and all additional funds donated to a charity in Blair’s honor. If you have any questions please reach out to Bad Moon Booking. ...

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Hard Pipe Hitters return with new single “Third World America”

Vegas locals Hard Pipe Hitters are back with a new Single “Third World America” and album coming later this year.  Checkout the new jam on your favorite streaming service at https://www.hardpipehitters.com/ Via Press Release: HARD PIPE HITTERS AWAKEN WITH FIRST NEW SINGLE IN FIVE YEARS Hard Pipe Hitters embodies what it means to be true D.I.Y. punk collective. Leaving their presence on the Vegas music scene with a history of political activism, local charity work, and over a decade’s experience touring the West Coast. Sharing the stage with legends like Dead Kennedys, GBH, Subhumans, The Flatliners, and countless others. Never discriminating between a proper venue and an all-ages D.I.Y. space. Upon the release of 2017’s well received album “This Is Rock Bottom” HPH went through personal growth, sparking a brief hiatus. After five years of radio silence, “Third World America” is the band’s first new single gracing the world, partnering with ...

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Mercy Music celebrates 1-Year Anniversary of “Nothing in the Dark” with Live Stream 9/18/21

Mercy Music are are celebrating the 1-Year Anniversary of their album “Nothing In The Dark” by treating us to a special Live Stream on Saturday Sept 18th.. from Takeover Live. Watch it Live on YouTube and Facebook Live starting at 8pm PST. All the info at http://wiretaprecords.limitedrun.com/ Click the link below to watch on your desired platform: Facebook Live – https://fb.me/e/45W9Y2VVb Youtube – https://youtu.be/i2s-hZQYyi4 Stream “Nothing In the Dark” out now on Wiretap Records / SBAM Records. https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mercymusic/nothing-in-the-dark ...

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