Viva Ska Vegas returned for its third year this past weekend, moving from its previous location at the Henderson Events Center to the more intimate Fremont Country Club. ...
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Images: Jesse Pino and the Clever Clouds, Divided Heaven, Dead Frets, No Red Alice, Heartfelt Lies September 13, 2014 at The Artistic Armory
Sep 25, 2014
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I usually go to ska punk shows, so this primarily acoustic night at Artistic Armory was a little outside of my wheelhouse. But while the majority of the music, the people, and the atmosphere were unfamiliar, I found myself feeling right at home. ...
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Images: Surrounded by Thieves, The Quitters, Battle Born September 13, 2014 at the Double Down Saloon
Las Vegas punk rock band Surrounded by Thieves celebrated the release of their self-titled album this past week, playing a show at The Double Down with fellow locals The Quitters and Battle Born. ...
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Images: Code Orange, Keepsake, Tonight We Fight, Narrowed September 8, 2014 at the Eagle Aerie Hall
Pittsburgh hardcore band Code Orange returned to Vegas earlier this month, playing a show at the Eagle Aerie Hall with locals Keepsake, Tonight We Fight and Narrowed. ...
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Images: Direct Hit!, The Bombpops, Mercy Music, The Forget Me Nows September 10, 2014 at The Dive
Sep 17, 2014
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I normally have to travel out of state to get my Red Scare fix. ...
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Images: The Offspring, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Stiff Little Fingers August 27, 2014 at The Joint
Sep 3, 2014
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Dude, 90s nostalgia is hella in. The AV Club just wrapped up a week dedicated to 1994, there are currently two competing 90s some hit wonder tours (featuring Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth and other bands we don't like to talk about here), there’s a new Clarissa Explains It All book on the way, people are circle pitting again and kids are actually paying money for cassettes. We're just a Columbia House subscription and a Lori Beth Denberg appearance away from a full blown renaissance! ...
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Images: Against Me!, Creepoid, Venus De Mars and All the Pretty Horses August 22, 2014 at Brooklyn Bowl
To me, there is no question about Against Me! being completely, unabashedly and blissfully...punk rock. ...
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Images: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Interrupters August 17, 2014 at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones might be from a place not called Las Vegas (somewhere in Massachusetts, I’ve been told), but you wouldn’t know it from looking at them. The 8-piece skacore group looks right at home on the Vegas stage with their dapper suits and confident swagger. They're basically the ska/punk Rat Pack and in a perfect world, Caesar’s Colosseum would be headlined by a Bosstones residency in place of Celine but instead we were treated to just one perfect night with the band at Vegas’ newest venue, the Brooklyn Bowl. ...
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