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Music institutions survival update
Music Stories Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmSLOW TO SURFACE: We had it pegged to survive the apocalypse. Sadly, the local rock warhorse called it a day on May 14.The quintet, which last released music in 2012, transitioned from its Product...
Our FYF Fest spillover wishlist
Music Stories Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmVenue bookers and promoters: Take note of these acts playing FYF in late August, most of which have never played Vegas:My Bloody ValentineMGMTDeerhunterSolangeDeath GripsPionalWashed OutHoly Ghost!
Cosmopolitan tops gay party spot expansion
Music Stories Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmNightlife promoter Eduardo Cordova has been quiet the past year, waiting for the termination of his noncompete agreement with former partner Light Group, and working on ventures outside of the gay...
Reviews: Daft Punk serves up real robot rock; Vampire Weekend matures and diversifies
Music Stories Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 2:19pmDaft PunkRandom Access Memories (Columbia)Oh, to have been a fly on the wall of any given college dormitory on May 13, when Daft Punk’s obscenely anticipated fourth studio album was leaked online (...
Gay utopia: The Affair is one of several new LGBT party spots coming this summer
Music Stories Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 3:21pmIt’s hard to walk through the doors at 3765 Las Vegas Blvd. South and not feel blasts of nostalgia. This, after all, is the building that served as the home for Club Utopia, the vanguard nightspot...
A chat with Sérgio Dias, Las Vegan and frontman of Brazilian rock act Os Mutantes
Music Stories Comments May 08, 2013 7:04pmYou have said that the hard part of music is figuring out what the hell you did on record and re-creating that in concert. With your tour just starting, have you sussed all that out yet, or are you...
Doom Metal 101 with Demon Lung
Music Stories Comments May 08, 2013 6:58pmSince metal rivals electronic music for subgenre count, we decided it was time to get schooled. So with Demon Lung’s first full-length album, The Hundredth Name, coming out next month on Candlelight...
Three local music shows you shouldn’t miss
Music Stories Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 10:48amDee Dee Bridgewater with the Las Vegas Academy Jazz Combo You could crowd seven mantelpieces with all the awards garnered by these two local jazz titans. LVA kick-starts its May residency at Jazz in...
Review: Guest conductor fails to ignite Philharmonic liftoff
Music Stories Comments May 08, 2013 5:39pmKeep looking. That’s my firm advice to the Las Vegas Philharmonic after guest conductor (and music director candidate) David Lockington gave thoroughly dispiriting accounts of music from three...
Northtown duo Anorexia adds lyrical sass to its deceptively sweet pop personality
Music Stories Comments May 01, 2013 8:17pmSomewhere beneath the thundercloud of hardcore and the hiss of overdriven punk rock hides Anorexia, a North Las Vegas indie duo out of place in the area’s mix of heavy, diaphragm-tearing rock ’n’...
