If you are a frequent visitor to this site then you know we, like most reasonable humans, are huge fans of The Bouncing Souls. In fact, I named the site after one of their songs. So it was dream come true to get to film with The Bouncing Souls’ Greg Attonito and Pete "The Pete" Steinkopf before their July 13 show at the House of Blues. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Random Orbits (three songs)
Seattle’s Random Orbits was actually the first band I ever asked to do a Stripped Down Session. Scheduling didn't pan out the first time around, so I was thrilled when they finally returned to Vegas and we were able to set up a shoot with them. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Lucero (two songs)
I've been a fan of Lucero for many years now so I was more than a little thrilled when frontman Ben Nichols and accordion player Rick Steff agreed to film a Stripped Down Session with us. We met up in the alley behind the Beauty Bar and braved the smell of hot garbage for wonderful renditions of "When You Decided To Leave" from their 2003 LP That Much Further West and "Who You Waiting On?" from the band's recently release Women and Work LP and I have to say, I love how they sound in the stripped down format. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Caleb Lionheart (three songs)
While in town for a friend's bachelor party, Tony Bucci (frontman for Albany, NY's Caleb Lionheart) was nice enough to step away from the shenanigans for a bit to film a Stripped Down Session with us. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Into it. Over it. (two songs)
Into It. Over It, aka Evan Thomas Weiss, has been making huge waves since the release of his first full length Proper late last year on No Sleep Records. This summer he is bringing his music to the masses on the Van's Warped Tour, taking part in their inaugural Acoustic Basement tent. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Koji (two songs)
Andrew Koji Shiraki, better known simply as Koji, is a singer, activist and all-around good guy. He is currently on the Van's Warped Tour as part of their new Acoustic Basement tent, bringing his music to a whole new group of music fans eager to escape the summer heat for some shade and good tunes. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Swingin’ Utters (three songs)
I've been a fan of Santa Cruz, CA punk rockers Swingin' Utters since picking up the Fat Wreck Chords’ Physical Fatness comp during my Freshman year of high school. A little over ten years later, I'm proud to have worked with them on these Stripped Down Sessions, filmed behind the Bunkhouse Saloon before their June 15th show. The songs are "Bent Collector Of 1000 Limbs," "Scary Brittle Frame" and "The Librarians are Hiding Something" and you can see them after the jump. ...
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Stripped Down Sessions: Dan Potthast (three songs)
I’ve been following vocalist/guitarist Dan Potthast’s career for years, discovering him as frontman for ska punks MU330 and later falling in love with his solo work (not to mention the excellent Dan P and the Bricks). So when MU330 were announced as part of the Viva Ska Vegas lineup I knew I had to take this chance to get him in for a couple of songs. ...
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