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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Weeknight shows don’t always draw big crowds, particularly 21+ plus shows aimed at an audience of people who need to be up early for work. So I was happy to see the respectable turnout at The Dive’s October 23rd show with Joey Briggs, Divided Heaven, Brock Frabbiele and Bobby Meader. ...

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Feb. 23 was a night for Stripped Down Session alums as Jesse Pino, Mercy Music (Brendan Scholz from Deadhand), No Red Alice (Sal Giordano from TheCore.), Brock Frabbiele (also of TheCore.) and Bobby Meader Music packed Backstage Bar and Billiards with friends and family, celebrating the releases of Pino’s The Burn EP and Giordano’s .well-thy. demo. ...

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Paradise Poker Club was the place to be for acoustic punk lovers on March 10. That night, we celebrated a local stop of the Drunks Go Acoustic Tour, featuring hometown friend Brock Frabbiele (of TheCore.) Jared Stinson (of Sic Waiting) and Matt Salkeld (formerly of Black Sails, Western Shores). ...

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