After doing what they’ve been doing for over a decade, I have to imagine A Wilhelm Scream is only getting by through living off of crowd energy, like some sort of melodic hardcore vampires. And they’ve got no shortage of life force, because how can you not be hyped when seeing this band live? ...

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December 13th was the night ska punks all over Vegas had been anticipating: Be Like Max’s tour comeback show. A grand total of 227 people RSVP’d on the event’s Facebook page. Being a DIY art studio by day/venue by night, the Artistic Armory would never have been able to accommodate all of those people. So at 6 p.m. sharp, people began lining up for their wristbands. ...

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Today we’re bringing you a full stream of Revenge, Rebellion, and What Have You, the new LP from Las Vegas punk rock band Hard Pipe Hitters. The 15-song album was recorded by Hard Pipe Hitters drummer TJ Hoopes (also of Metasopheli, Bitch'n'Dudes and Not Much Cooler) in his own DIY garage studio Vandur Supreme. ...

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Being that this was my first time at The Artistic Armory, and knowing only that it was an art gallery, I was curious as to how the venue could possibly hold the 150+ people who RSVP’d on Facebook. As it turns out, the art-adorned warehouse is a very nice size for shows, cozy enough to provide an intimate setting, but large enough to alleviate my fears that the place would be too tiny to hold the skanking that was about to ensue. ...

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