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Hip-hop event Skratchpad coming to Vegas
Music Stories Comments Feb 06, 2013 3:24pmSan Francisco-founded Skratchpad will gain a Las Vegas chapter, lead by local DJ Hector “DJ DIELEKT” Delgado. Taking place the second Tuesday every other month, Skratchpad informs and educates about...
From beach to garage: Trevor and The Joneses will blow your brains out
Music Stories Comments Jan 30, 2013 4:51pmPraise Jesus 12-String Christ for the fury and temerity of nasty, grimy, paisley-printed rock ’n’ roll. The kind of garage rock that Trevor and The Joneses play unabashedly, unpoetically, almost...
Coachella: Our wish list
Music Stories Comments Updated: Jan 24, 2013 3:45pmAs of press time, SoCal promoter Goldenvoice hadn’t announced the lineup for the 14th Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio Calif., to be held April 12-14 and 19-21.But already, local venues...
The best of the worst in music, 2012
Music Stories Comments Dec 27, 2012 12:05pmKanye West performs in leather kilt, appeals to largely untapped Celtic leatherdaddy demographicEven though he wore a leather kilt over leather pants during last year’s Watch the Throne tour, this...
Best albums of 2012
Music Stories Comments Updated: Dec 31, 2012 9:57amMost of last year’s notable albums either employed distance and vagueness, or clung too much to stylistic precedence. Not so in 2012. So many artists elevated their craft this year that paring down a...
Primal ticket: The year’s best concerts were visceral and unpredictable
Music Stories Comments Dec 26, 2012 5:59pmGotta be honest: Sometimes I just want to stay in and watch a movie. And sometimes I hit a show and wonder why I do anything else. These 2012 performances reminded me that great concerts trump all...
The five spot: Where can I see real jazz played in town?
Music Stories Comments Updated: Dec 05, 2012 7:52pm“Where can I see real jazz played in town?”Whether called in during deadline or yelled in my ear during a gig, this remains, in my experience, one of the questions most frequently asked by Vegas...
Bring the Noise: Bob Dylan, Oct. 27, Mandalay Bay Events Center
Music Stories Comments Oct 31, 2012 4:57pmThe good: Solid setlist. He picks the best of his recent comeback along with refreshingly reworked chestnuts like “Blowing in the Wind” (the saloon remix), “Highway 61 Revisited” (the honky-tonk...
3D6: A nerdy question for a nerdy band
Music Stories Comments Oct 31, 2012 4:49pmIn anticipation of their upcoming performance at the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival, we asked local nerdcore band 3d6 (in reference to a die rolled in Dungeons & Dragons) one important question...
Three reasons to catch the Guns N’ Roses residency
Music Stories Comments Oct 24, 2012 5:59pm1. You still haven’t experienced the live treatment of Appetite For Destruction, sure to be (and rightly so) the album most represented on the set list.2. You’re a fan of Replacements bassist Tommy...
