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Singer Benwood of Slow to Surface (FILE PHOTO: BILL HUGHES)

Veteran local band Slow to Surface calls it a day

We had Slow to Surface pegged to survive the apocalypse. Sadly, the local rock warhorse ended its 13-year run today. 
The quintet, which last released music in 2012, transitioned from its...
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Holding Onto Sound (FILE PHOTO: JEFERSON APPLEGATE)

Wyatt McKenzie and Holding Onto Sound bid farewell

What a bummer of a week in local music. Both punk rock quartet Holding Onto Sound and singer-songwriter Wyatt McKenzie announced the end of their acts.

The first,...

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Ekoh (center), on the set for his new video at Green Valley High School (PHOTO: BILL HUGHES)

Local rapper Ekoh releases anti-bullying video

It's become increasingly harder to say Las Vegans don't look out for one another.

Two weeks ago, we reported that a local rapper named Ekoh had filmed a music video at Green Valley High...

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Scream the Lie (COURTESY: FRED MORLEDGE)

Vegas hardcore band Scream the Lie gets signed

Vegas hardcore quintet Scream the Lie just announced signing with small shop, New York-based Negative Progression Records, the same label as local act Ministry of Love.

“We’re insanely...

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Same Sex Mary (photo from band's Facebook page)

Fear and Lounging News and Notes: Life is Beautiful local showcase, Caravels' new album, more

Some music notes for the week:

Organizers for the fall-slated Life is Beautiful music/arts festival promised the inclusion of local talent upon announcing the two-day downtown event last...

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Black Boots (COURTESY: SEQUOIA EMMANUELLE)

Local music: Who to look for in 2013

If 2012 left consumers of local music a little hungry, these upstart acts suggest a more fulfilling 2013. From electronic to hardcore, punk-pop to prog instrumental, hip-hop to jazz, the following...

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Local theaters to broadcast 12-12-12 benefit concert live

We're over the 12-12-12 posts already. But there's one aspect of it we're morbidly curious about, and that involves the heavily rumored, not-denied teaming of Paul McCartney and at least one...

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Ryan Pardey plays Santa (again) for The Killers

It may be The Killers' song, but Ryan Pardey is the star of the video.

Today, the multiplatinum Vegas band releases "I Feel It In My Bones," its seventh holiday single and the sequel to 2007...

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Nick Littlemore at Zarkana Theater (COURTESY PHOTO: TOM DONOGHUE)

Nick Littlemore: Empire of the Sun member reinvents both Cirque and Elton John

Just hours after this post went up, Elton John finished a concert in Sydney that included a mini-set with Australian pop duo Pnau. Those two musical forces joined on an album this summer, Good...

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Columbyne

Columbyne strikes deal with SONY's RED Distribution

Another Las Vegas outfit snags national distribution. In light of their new single and music video for "Slow Your Roll," rap metal quintet and local Warped Tour multi-player Columbyne scores a...

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