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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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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Our pal, and local musician Dain Griffin has released his debut solo album Dead Flowers. You can check it out digitally here: Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp And if you’re interested in physical copies: https://www.hiddenhomerecords.com/products/736050-dain-griffin-dead-flowers Checkout the full press release: Once upon a time, Dain Griffin played in bands. He also went on tour with these bands. Sometimes, these bands played for ten people in a basement. Other times they played for 200+ people in a venue. After years of this, Dain quit playing in bands to focus on himself and his family. But at the end of the day, Dain Griffin is a songwriter. And when life happens, a songwriter has to write songs. So after years off the road and away from the stage, Dain Griffin – formerly of the Phoenix-based emo bands Merit and Out of Reverie – is back with Dead Flowers, his first full-length as a solo ...
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