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Ministry of Love focuses on getting its singer healthy
August 22, 2012 Las Vegas Weekly, Noise: Friday night was bittersweet for fans and members of local band Ministry of Love. On one hand, the coed five-piece rock group took the stage at the House of...
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Five things I wrote in my notebook at Aesop Rock
September 5, 2012 Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment 1. The fans packed inside Las Vegas Country Saloon (now sans mechanical bull) reflect the cross-section of genres Aesop spans: nerd rap, stoner rap...
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Imagine Dragons’ rapid ascent continues at last night’s Hard Rock Cafe show
Thu, Sep 6, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment It’s been a big week for the Las Vegas-bred pop-rock group Imagine Dragons. The band not only released its first full-length album, Night Visions on...
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Neon Reverb report: Hip Hop Roots Showcase at LVCS
Wed, Sep 12, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment The Neon Reverb Festival is back in full swing, with my first night of festivities commencing with Tuesday night’s free Hip Hop Roots showcase at...
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Moksha and Greyboy Allstars bring the festival to the Strip
Mon, Oct 1, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment I arrived at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip on Friday night for Moksha and the Greyboy Allstars directly from another, more formal event wearing a...
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Chantal Claret adapts to her role as Vinyl resident
Fri, Oct 12, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment The Morningwood singer has borrowed a few James Brown moves for her Vegas show. Things are heating up inside Vinyl, and some of the credit has to go...
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Melvins at LVCS: 5 thoughts
Fri, Oct 26, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment 1. It’s midnight before the Melvins go on Tuesday night. Are they going out of their way to make me feel old? Despite the late start, LVCS is packed...
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Kendrick Lamar at Hard Rock Cafe: 5 thoughts
Mon, Oct 22, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly, Entertainment 1. The Hard Rock Cafe on the Srip was buzzing Friday night in anticipation of the sold-out BET Music Matters tour of emerging artists, including...
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Melvins at LVCS: 5 thoughts
Fri, Oct 26, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly 1. It’s midnight before the Melvins go on Tuesday night. Are they going out of their way to make me feel old? Despite the late start, LVCS is packed with die-hards...
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The Hard Rock Cafe’s musical staff gets onstage for hurricane relief
Wed, Nov 21, 2012, Las Vegas Weekly Friday night’s Imagine Benefit concert was a passion project for the staff of the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip. Not only did the team organize the event to raise...
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MOGWAI TAKES SOME OF THE STING OUT OF MISSING COACHELLA
APRIL 11, AT HARD ROCK LIVE In what has become an annual tradition, those of us unable to make it to Coachella eagerly await announcements from Vegas venues as to which of the giant music festival’s...
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FIVE THOUGHTS: THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (APRIL 12, BEAUTY BAR)
April 12, Beauty Bar 1. Recorded music has never been able to do The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion justice in capturing the raw power and pure rock ’n’ roll they exude on stage. They’re still best...
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FIVE THOUGHTS: CHANCE THE RAPPER
April 17, Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas Weekly Magazine 1. The stage is a fluid concept to opener Waka Flocka Flame, who spent the majority of his performance moving throughout the crowd and inviting fans...
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CONCERT REPORT: PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (MAY 8, BEAUTY BAR)
Fri, May 9, 2014, Las Vegas Weekly Magazine Hip-hop turnouts in Vegas are about as predictable as a spin of the roulette wheel. I’ve seen great artists like Blackalicious perform to 30 die-hards and...
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PUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: FRIDAY NIGHT’S CLUB KICKOFF
Sat, May 24, 2014 Fremont East’s gutters were once again overflowing with punks last night in anticipation of the 16th annual Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. This year’s fest is completely sold...
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PUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: COCK SPARRER, ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE AND JUDGE ON...
Sun, May 25, 2014 Doors for Punk Rock Bowling’s first full day of activities opened at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and while the festival is in roughly the same space as in 2012 and ’13 (Seventh and Stewart)...
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PUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: THE ADICTS, DESCENDENTS AND A SURPRISE CLUB CAPPER
Mon, May 26, 2014 I arrived at Punk Rock Bowling’s festival grounds Sunday just in time for the first drums of Masked Intruders to slam. The emerging Madison, Wisconsin-based band is a ton of fun, with...
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PUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: OFF!, AGAINST ME! AND NOFX CLOSE IT OUT
Tue, May 27, 2014 I arrived at the closing day of the 16th annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival with Good Riddance’s scream-heavy hardcore filling the stage and an intense heat oppressing the...
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THE BEST OF PUNK ROCK BOWLING 2014
Wed, May 28, 2014 Best Performance: Against Me! Taking the stage with an arsenal that included a reshuffled lineup and new album Transgender Dysphoria Blues—maybe the band’s best record to-date—Laura...
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FIVE THOUGHTS: TOUCHÉ AMORÉ (JULY 3, HARD ROCK LIVE)
Mon, Jul 7, 2014 1. The summer sun still brightly burned Thursday evening when Touché Amoré took the stage at 7:30 p.m. for its all-ages performance. The Hard Rock Live’s fully-windowed, western-facing...
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