Review Category : Videos

Stripped Down Session: Holding Onto Sound (two songs)

It’s only fitting that after the 2011 release of both The Sea LP and The Tempest 7" that we would film Las Vegas’ own Holding Onto Sound in the aquatic room at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. HOTS’ frontman/guitarist Bennett Mains and bassist Zabi Naqshband braved the shark's ferocious bite to perform two songs for the Stripped Down Sessions – live favorite “Tommy Boy” from The Sea and the previously unreleased “Searching.” Learn the words and be prepared to sing along as they ring in the New Year at the House of Blues' New Year's Heave show with NOFX, Lagwagon and Old Man Markley! ...

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Music Video: New Found Glory “Anthem for the Unwanted”

New Found Glory's sold out gig at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip last month wasn't just one of the most fun shows of the year, but it was also the backdrop for the long-running pop punk band's latest video. The song is "Anthem for the Unwanted," from their LP Radiosurgey, which is out now on Epitaph Records. For those that know us and enjoy “Where's Waldo”-esq puzzles, see if you can spot the entire Punks in Vegas team, all of which were in attendance. ...

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Stripped Down Session: Man Overboard “Dead End Dreams”

Man Overboard is one of the best young bands in pop punk, so it’s fitting that they spent the last few months on New Found Glory’s Pop Punk’s Not Dead tour. Before their show at the Hard Rock Café on the Strip, Man Overboard met up with the Punks in Vegas team in the loveliest of alleys to film a Stripped Down Session. The song is “Dead End Dreams,” and it comes from their recently released self-titled album on Rise Records. ...

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