The Viva Ska Vegas festival kicked off with a fantastic pre-show on April 27 at The Aruba featuring ska-tinged punks The Flatliners. Before the show, the Fat Wreck Chords band from Ontario was gracious enough to film three songs for the Stripped Down Sessions. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Jeff Rowe “Irish Goodbye”
After playing a fantastic set at the Punks in Vegas 1 Year Anniversary Bash on April 18, Allston, MA folk punk Jeff Rowe was nice enough to stick around Alternate Reality Comics a little longer to treat us to a new song. It’s called “Irish Goodbye” and you can watch it after the jump. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Gunner’s Daughter (two songs)
Chris Behm, frontman for Chicago punk rockers Gunner’s Daughter just happened to be in town a few weeks ago so we did what any sensible person would do and snatched him up for a Stripped Down Session. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Tin Horn Prayer
We reaped the benefits from Way Out West Fest in Arizona and caught up with Denver, Colorado’s Tin Horn Prayer while they were passing through town on their way to the festival. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Chuck Ragan ft. Cory Branan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jon Gaunt & Joe Ginsberg “Nomad by Fate”
Apr 24, 2012
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The latest edition of the Stripped Down Sessions features an Avengers-like team up of Chuck Ragan, Cory Branan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jon Gaunt & Joe Ginsberg performing Ragan’s “Nomad by Fate.” The video was shot in one take just minutes before their April 20th show at the Aruba Hotel in Las Vegas. ...
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Stripped Down Session: The Sidekicks (two songs)
Living in the bachelor party capital of the U.S. probably makes my decision to celebrate in Pomona with an all-ages The Menzingers, Cheap Girls and The Sidekicks show strange to some. But I wouldn’t have had it any other way because it was definitely one of the best shows I’ve seen so far this year. After the show, The Sidekicks and I (with groomsmen in tow) filmed some outdoor Stripped Down Sessions while braving wind, erratic sprinklers and possibly the world’s slowest train. Their latest record Awkward Breeds came out earlier this year on Red Scare Industries and they played two songs from that release, “Looker” and “Grace," at a train station in Pomona. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Laura Stevenson and the Cans (two songs)
While in Anaheim last spring to see Laura Stevenson and the Cans open for Fake Problems, I begged Laura and crew to come through Vegas on their next tour. Almost a year to the day later, they made it happen, playing an intimate show at the Bunkhouse Saloon. ...
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Stripped Down Session: The Letter You (two songs)
If you haven’t had the chance to see local pop punk band The Letter You, you’re missing out. They impress me more and more every time I see them, and after wanting to film with them for a while, the opportunity came up to bring them to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, where they played two songs “Scissors” and “Halfway.” If you like what you hear you can head over to their Bandcamp page and download their On Our Own EP for free. ...
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