It’s been almost a year since Sal and Brock of TheCore. agreed to be the first musicians to take part in our Stripped Down Sessions, and I recently came across a “lost episode” from that day that I wanted to share. Here is “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” by TheCore., shined-up and re-mastered. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Jason Cruz of Strung Out (two songs)
Jason Cruz is a poet, a tattoo artist, and is best known as the vocalist and lyricist for long-running Southern California punks Strung Out. But as he showed us last week before their January 29th show at the Hard Rock Café, Cruz is also a talented solo musician. He was gracious enough to share with us two solo songs, “Lubricating the Revolution” (originally from Strung Out's An American Paradox ) and “Leavin’ Kind” and you can see them here. ...
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Stripped Down Session: SHARKS (two songs)
Punks in Vegas goes international today as we bring you two brand new songs from Leamington Spa, England's SHARKS. We met up with the band's singer/guitarist James Mattock before the January 27th show at the Joint with Social Distortion and Frank Turner and he was gracious enough to play us two songs from SHARKS' upcoming release No Gods. The songs are "Arcane Effigies" and "What Entails?" and the album will be available March 20, 2012 via Rise Records. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Meaning In Masterpiece “Louder Than Words”
You know a song is good when you only have to hear it once to have it stuck in your head for days. That’s what happened to us after we filmed this Stripped Down Session with Devin Perkins, guitarist/vocalist for Huntington Beach, CA pop punk band Meaning in Masterpiece. The catchy song is “Louder Than Words” and it comes from their debut full-length record Sinking Cars. ...
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Stripped Down Session: The Braces (two songs)
The Braces just wrapped up tour with The Bogarts and we were lucky enough to meet up with the band on their way to Santee, California. The Thousand Oaks, CA punks played two songs from their upcoming fell length Two Years: "Vandal" and "Black Eye Makeup." The album is set to be released sometime in 2012. ...
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Stripped Down Session: The Bogarts (two songs)
Earlier this month we filmed back-to-back sessions with two really cool young bands from Thousand Oaks, California – The Braces and The Bogarts. You check back later this week for The Braces videos, but today we’re bringing you two songs from punk rockers The Bogarts. Playing in a style reminiscent of Dead to Me and Smoke or Fire, The Bogarts debut a new song “Half-Empty” and also play the title track from their Ideologies EP. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Stickup Kid (two songs)
The first new Stripped Down of 2012 comes from San Jose, California-based pop punkers Stickup Kid. We shot this on location at Eastside Joe’s after the band’s January 2nd show at the intimate music hall/residence, so a big thanks goes out to Joe for letting us stay after. Check out vocalist Tony Geravesh’s and guitarist Bo McDowell’s rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins’ classic “1979” as well as an acoustic version of The Sincerest Form of Flattery closer “Wyandotte County Lake.” ...
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Stripped Down Session: The Sheds (three songs)
While in town for a show at Hypnotic Lounge, Agoura Hills, CA ska punks The Sheds generously agreed to let us lead them all around Vegas’ Fremont Street for impromptu street-side Stripped Down Sessions. The band played “Counting Sheep,” “Heart” and “Self Doubt,” all of which can be found on their fantastic new EP Self/Doubt. ...
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