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Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society takes a victory lap
Music Stories Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:34pmTo hear Smith Center emissaries tell it, culture in Las Vegas was all but nonexistent prior to a year ago, when a massive concert-hall complex was bestowed upon our fair city. What, then, are we to...
His Royal Purpleness returns to Las Vegas
Music Stories Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:31pmIn St. Paul, Minn., inside the Minnesota Historical Society, in the collections department on Level B, in a vertical glass case, is a purple suit smaller than what would be worn by most men who wear...
Why I didn’t buy anything on Record Store Day
Music Stories Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:27pmZERO: the number of items this music obsessive bought on Record Store Day. Don’t get me wrong — I made sure to cruise the makeshift aisles of Zia Record Exchange while at Coachella on retail music’s...
What you missed at Coachella weekend two
Music Stories Comments Updated: May 01, 2013 6:56pmLas Vegas enjoyed two weeks of indie/alt-rock concert spoils, thanks to the bounty that is Coachella. But there were plenty of must-see acts on the Southern California festival’s roster that didn’t...
Cerebral dance/rock act Lucky Cuss doesn’t do anything the easy way — just the way they like it
Music Stories Comments Apr 17, 2013 6:49pmLucky Cuss makes music the way Henry Ford made Model Ts: sending an idea down a creativity conveyor belt, letting each member add as it goes along. Producer Trav E B Washere creates the groove on...
The highs and lows of last week’s Coachella-spillover show marathon
Music Stories Comments Apr 17, 2013 6:39pmNew Order, Johnny Marr: April 11, Boulevard Pool at The CosmopolitanHigh point: Tie. Was it the three-song encore exclusively dedicated to the songs of the Manchester’s predecessor, Joy Division? Or...
Tribute planned for Tommy Marth
Music Stories Comments Apr 17, 2013 5:24pmIt’s been a staggering 12 months since local musician Tommy Marth passed away, which still stings those of us who knew the talented, whip-smart rascal. To ease some of that lingering pain on the...
The XX explains what happened at their rainy Vegas show
Music Stories Comments Apr 10, 2013 8:34pmWE ASKED SINGER/GUITARIST Romy Madley-Croft about the rainout at her band’s big Las Vegas debut last fall at The Cosmopolitan’s Boulevard Pool.Did you expect to see 2,800 people at a show in a city...
The takeaway from our chat with Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce
Music Stories Comments Apr 10, 2013 8:21pmIt’s his first Vegas gig, but apparently not his first visit here: “In one of my lyrics in [1997’s] ‘I Think I’m In Love,’ I mention Las Vegas. I’ve been a number of times, mostly detours through...
Orchestral maneuvers in the dark at LV Phil
Music Stories Comments Updated: Apr 12, 2013 3:42pmLas Vegas Philharmonic players will have to wait another year for a new music director. The parade of job applications will be extended through mid-2014. Buying out former maestro David Itkin's...
