Right now Mayhem Festival, one of the biggest touring metal festivals of the summer, is making its way around the western United States. While we didn’t get a full Vegas stop of the tour, we did get three of its bands, Asking Alexandria, Miss May I and Upon a Burning Body, on a one-off show at the Hard Rock Live. ...
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Images: DC Fallout, New Cold War, War Called Home July 9, 2014 at The Artistic Armory
California skatepunk band DC Fallout returned to Vegas this past week, playing a show at The Artistic Armory with locals New Cold War and War Called Home. ...
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Images: Touché Amoré, Tigers Jaw, Dads July 3, 2014 at Hard Rock Live
Being an oldhead with too many responsibilities often causes me to miss shows I’d love to see, particularly late night ones - so I was pretty pumped that the July 3rd show headlined by California-based post-hardcore band Touché Amoré was scheduled to END just minutes after 8 p.m. ...
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Las Vegas street punks The Civilians sign with Crowd Control Media
Local punks The Civilians have signed with Crowd Control Media, a label that seems to specialize in street punk and oi. The band will be releasing a full length through the label in September. ...
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Stripped Down Session: New Cold War (three songs)
New Cold War is a Las Vegas punk rock supergroup, featuring current members of The People’s Whiskey, Battle Born, The Quitters and Illicitor. The band was founded by ex-Surrounded by Thieves guitarist Andy Harrison (who is also a pretty great graphic designer.) We got to talking about filming a session after he designed the Punks in Vegas 3 Year Bash flyer and I’m glad we did, because I really like how these turned out. ...
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