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Nochella: Coachella bands to play Las Vegas
Music Stories Comments Updated: Apr 17, 2013 4:40pmYou got bounced from the queue and shut out on tickets. You’re allergic to vampirish indie kids in jorts and day-glo tees. You hate the Chili Peppers.Whatever the reason, you’re not going to...
Hard to be ‘core: The all-ages scene still struggles against its city
Music Stories Comments Updated: Apr 10, 2013 5:53pmThe pavement looks straight out of Lord of the Rings. Two groups divided into monstrous, convulsing, 100-man organs of flat-ironed hair and lip rings, between them a bare, sun-beaten 30-yard canyon...
Def Leppard may have an 11-show ‘residency,’ but these glamsters and hair-metalists are residents
Music Stories Comments Updated: Apr 03, 2013 5:15pmResidency. It’s a word that has been bandied about rather freely on the local entertainment scene — maybe a bit too freely.If a band or performer signs on to play a few weeks’ worth of gigs at a...
A few highlights aside, Neon Reverb underwhelms
Music Stories Comments Updated: Apr 03, 2013 3:08pmThere was little shaking the feeling of disappointment during the 10th edition of Neon Reverb last week. Aside from a handful of caveats that rewarded one’s attendance, there was no escaping that...
Someone Sent Us This: Caravels’ ‘Lacuna’
Music Stories Comments Mar 27, 2013 4:14pmCaravelsLacuna (Topshelf Records)Going into Lacuna, Caravels’ first full-length album, the only thing we were concerned about was whether, in the studio, the local hardcore act would be able to match...
The beat goes on: Openings and closings in clubland
Music Stories Comments Mar 27, 2013 4:11pmNEW CLUBS OPENINGHakkasan (at MGM Grand): April 18Light (at Mandalay Bay): April 26Krave Massive (at Neonopolis): June 15POOL PARTY SEASON LAUNCHESWet Republic (at MGM Grand): March 30Rehab (at Hard...
Going guerilla at South By Southwest
Music Stories Comments Mar 20, 2013 6:04pmAUSTIN, TEXAS — While hundreds, if not thousands, of suckers wait in line to watch The Flaming Lips from a hilltop at what might as well be driving distance, I’m miles away, cooking hamburgers at a...
Caravels conquer SXSW
Music Stories Comments Mar 20, 2013 5:53pmWhile the SXSW presence of Las Vegas bands was slim, we’re glad it included Caravels.The hardcore-influenced band’s Top Shelf Records showcase on March 14, at a DIY co-op house courtyard, was thick...
Three visiting bands to catch at Neon Reverb
Music Stories Comments Mar 20, 2013 5:51pmLas ArdillasThursday, 11:20 p.m., The Bunkhouse, $10The Slovenly Records Showcase will be a garage punk fan’s wet dream: two stages featuring unadulterated dive-rawk bands from all over the world....
Someone Sent Us These: Coastwest Unrest and Mercy Music
Music Stories Comments Mar 20, 2013 5:48pmCoastwest UnrestHigh Times on Lowly Streets (Reclaim Records)Bands tend to evolve slowly. But the difference between Coastwest Unrest’s second album, Old Weird America, and this new longplayer is...
