Living just a few miles outside the Coachella non-compete zone definitely has its advantages. Bands ranging from The Cure to Japandroids to the Postal Service have had gigs in our city during the festival's two weekend gap in April. This year, the Coachella offshoot I was most looking forward to was the intimate headlining gig from Waxahachee - the indie rock outlet founded by former P.S. Eliot frontwoman Katie Crutchfield - at the Eagle Hall. ...
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Images: Title Fight, Joyce Manor, Waxahatchee, Hop Along April 17, 2014 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center (Los Angeles)
Apr 24, 2014
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Going to a new venue is always exciting, but also a little nerve racking for me. Questions race through my mind like "Where should I stand to get the best shots?" and "since I don't see security I wonder how many insane stage dives/kicks to the back of the head I will receive by the end of the night.” But as I entered the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles all of my previous questions diminished by the scent of $4 chicken fingers, creating an even bigger question: "why the heck don't we have venues like this is Las Vegas?!?" ...
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Images: Extreme Thing 2014 feat. Taking Back Sunday, The Used and more March 29, 2014 at Desert Breeze Park
Prompting many Myspace users’ first post since last year’s event, Extreme Thing garnered internet hype within its unique subculture of 14-17 year old Las Vegans. ...
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Images: Success, Mercy Music, Western Settings, Brock Frabbiele, No Red Alice April 3, 2014 at The Dive
Apr 9, 2014
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Spring means it’s time for Success. For the third consecutive April, the Seattle-based pop punk band (think Iron Chic, not All Time Low) made a Vegas stop on their tour, and the night was another one in a growing tradition of Success shows with good friends and fun jams that doubled as a birthday party for TheCore. co-frontman Sal Giordano and Mercy Music leader Brendan Scholz. ...
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Images: Deafheaven, Destruction Unit, Demon Lung March 29, 2014 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon
Deafheaven rolled through the Las Vegas Country Saloon on March 29, and though attendance was sparse for the post-metal band (I counted about 50 people total), it was an amazing night. And loud. Very loud. ...
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Images: ††† (Crosses), JMSN March 28, 2014 at Hard Rock Live
Chino Moreno (Deftones/Palms/Team Sleep) is out on tour with his side project ††† (Crosses), and being a new fan of their electronic rock sound, I couldn’t miss their March 28 show at Hard Rock Live. ...
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Images: Bayside, Four Year Strong, Daylight, Mixtapes March 19, 2014 at Hard Rock Live
Mar 24, 2014
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Bayside has played here about once a year since forming in the early 2000s. From their early shows at Family Music and Jillian’s to headlining the Warped Tour and most recently in opening slots for Alkaline Trio and Taking Back Sunday, the New York-based punk band is one of the few who never gave up playing in Vegas. And it’s paid off, with the latest show, March 19th’s date of “The Great American Cult Tour” at Hard Rock Live selling out by the time the foursome took the stage. This tour also boasted one of the best lineups of the year so far, with Four Year Strong, Daylight and Mixtapes. ...
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Images: DC Fallout, Lambs to Lions, Happy Campers, New Cold War, The CG’s March 14, 2014 at Artistic Armory
Mar 21, 2014
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Los Angeles’ DC Fallout recently came through Vegas for two nights to finish up their west coast tour, and I managed to catch their first night at The Artistic Armory, which doubled as the debut show for Vegas punk rock supergroup New Cold War. The Armory popped up fairly recently as a consistent all-ages venue, and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite spots to see bands. The intimate setting reminds me a lot of VLHS in Pomona, where I really enjoyed catching a show a few years ago. ...
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