After Last Call’s sparsely attended December 3, 2013 gig with Living with Lions at The Knight Hall, it was unclear if they would ever play again. The ending of “Thank you, we’ve been Last Call” and the subsequent 10 months of silence left many to believe that they’d joined the long list of great Vegas bands eligible for our “Vegas Archive” series. ...

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I usually go to ska punk shows, so this primarily acoustic night at Artistic Armory was a little outside of my wheelhouse. But while the majority of the music, the people, and the atmosphere were unfamiliar, I found myself feeling right at home. ...

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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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