On June 1st, I checked out the Vegas stop of the Summer Sickness tour with Authority Zero, Ballyhoo!, and Versus the World. I’d never been to Time Out Sports Bar before, and I was surprised to find a really cool space with a great sunken stage area. This evening was also being celebrated as a one year anniversary for the bar, and I’m hoping there will be a lot more shows there in the future. ...
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Author Archives : Aaron Mattern
I like tacos, pictures of cats, and sleeping.
Closing out the club shows of Punk Rock Bowling 2013 was the show I was most excited for, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. I was very lucky to get a ticket to this, as it sold out in about 5 minutes, leaving a lot of disappointed fans staring at their computers in disbelief. ...
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Jun 4, 2013
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Tagged First and the Gimme Gimmes, Pulley, The Bombpops
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Deciding which Punk Rock Bowling late night club shows to go to can be difficult with so many great bands playing at the same time. On the first night, while Steven was covering Lawrence Arms/Nothington/ ИO / / / sé, I opted to attend the Strung Out/Guttermouth/Left Alone show at the Fremont Country Club. ...
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Jun 3, 2013
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Tagged Guilty by Association, Guttermouth, Left Alone, strung out
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Given last week’s tragic events at the Boston Marathon, the April 19 Dropkick Murphys show at the House of Blues Las Vegas seemed especially cathartic. Just two hours prior to the show beginning, news broke that the second bombing suspect was captured. And after a great opening set from Seattle thrash metal punkers The Insurgence, Dropkick opened with "For Boston," uniting the packed crowd in celebration of the strength of one of America’s greatest cities. ...
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Veteran third-wave ska band Mustard Plug came through Vegas to play the Hard Rock Café on the Strip March 1. A quick Google search reminded me that it has been nearly 13 years since the last time I saw the band, which I remember as one of my favorite shows from my senior year of high school. ...
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Mar 18, 2013
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Tagged be like max, Bogtrotter's Union, Los Kung Fu Monkeys, mustard plug, Save the Swim Team
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The world was set to end Dec 21, so Holding Onto Sound brought their friends down to the Bunkhouse to celebrate our continued existence. ...
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Jan 14, 2013
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Tagged 1819, Brock Frabbiele, holding onto sound, rusty maples, The Peoples Whiskey, The Quitters
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Admittedly not having listened to Unwritten Law much over the course of their 20-year career, I was surprised to instantly recognize many of the songs played at their Nov. 21 show at the Lounge at the Palms. ...
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Oct. 6 was an unusually packed night at the Bunkhouse Saloon, as Guttermouth and The Queers were in town.Oct. 6 was an unusually packed night at the Bunkhouse Saloon, as Guttermouth and The Queers were in town. ...
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