AltWeeklies Wire
The Farm is No Place for Coversnew
When a last-minute cancellation opened up a time slot at The Farm on Nov. 24, local band Where the Hell is Stacie Jones jumped at the opportunity — not knowing that the management would stop the fledgling group before they ever got the chance to play.
Las Vegas Weekly |
April Corbin |
12-10-2009 |
Music
The Genre Identifier of Indie Supergroup Monsters of Folk Isn't Exactly Accuratenew
There are windswept harmonies and hushed confessions aplenty, but there's also a palpable sense of trying really, really hard to achieve something that's more than just the sum of its parts.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Julie Seabaugh |
09-24-2009 |
Reviews
Polvo Returns With All the Answers on 'In Prism'new
If you only ever hear one Polvo song, make it eight-minute In Prism centerpiece "Lucia." Haunting and elegant at the start, it takes a hair-pin tempo turn around the 2:20 mark and -- voilà -- it's damn near the best foot-to-the-pedal drive song ever.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
09-10-2009 |
Reviews
Vanila Ice: Keepin' It Surrealnew
Vanilla Ice talks about reality TV, his new record and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Las Vegas Weekly |
April Corbin |
09-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Someone in Vegas Needs to Sign Adam Lambertnew
American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, known for his penchant for outlandish clothes and his proven vocal prowess, could be a revelation to Vegas Strip visitors.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Steve Friess |
05-28-2009 |
Music
BMX Champion TJ Lavin Hopes His Latest Crazy Stunt -- Music -- Pays Offnew
At 32, TJ Lavin has managed to avoid the time clock for nearly 16 years, not only as a biker, but also as a musician. He's now releasing The First Set, an album that he produced and rapped on under the name "Lavs."
Las Vegas Weekly |
Sarah Feldberg |
05-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Evaluating Leonard Cohen's 16-Year-Old Predictionnew
Cohen's "The Future" celebrated its 16th birthday on November 24. And though it's not entirely fair to judge how accurately Cohen predicted the spirit of our age -- for all its prognostications, the song is really about the Cohen's fear of present-day America -- it's almost eerie how much of it he got right.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Geoff Carter |
01-08-2009 |
Music
Expressing Oneself Through Music Torture Programmingnew
Music as torture makes intuitive sense to us. In milder incarnations, we've been subjected to it, and practicing it, for years. In the context of genuine warfare, however, what role should music and other forms of pop culture play?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
12-19-2008 |
Music
AC/DC Churns Out Another 'Back in Black' Retreadnew
It’s a little absurd to think that it took eight years for AC/DC to crank out Black Ice, since it sounds like it was created by a particularly adept AC/DC-simulating computer.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
10-24-2008 |
Reviews
Of Montreal's Latest Continues to Blur Reality and Fictionnew
On Skeletal Lamping, it sounds as if Kevin Barnes' reality/fiction line has blurred so much, he actually believes he has become the character he created.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
10-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
'Death Magnetic' is a Calculated Maneuver to Recapture the Sound of Metallica Pastnew
The bits of punk and goth and country and blues and pop that crept their way into the sound of albums like 1996's sorely underrated Load have been summarily stripped away, but the result is not that Metallica sound like old Metallica; it's that they sound like some band trying to sound like old Metallica.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
09-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Metallica, Death Magnetic
Motley Crue's Latest is a Conscious Effort to Return to '80s Glory Daysnew
Saints tries hard to sound tough and succeeds about half the time, but the Crue used to be much better when they didn't have to constantly remind people how dangerous they were.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-27-2008 |
Reviews
'Lie Down in the Light' is Will Oldham's Most Countrified Disc Yetnew
There's a subtle, laid-back twang throughout, arriving via fiddle, banjo, pedal-steel guitar, organ, clarinet (?!) and, above all, the old-world voice of Ashley Webber, who proves a better singing partner for Oldham than the more heralded Dawn McCarthy did on 2006's The Letting Go.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
06-27-2008 |
Reviews
Why Are the Sex Pistols Only Playing Las Vegas?new
Before beginning a 25-date European and Japanese summer tour, the reunited U.K. punk godfathers—original lineup: Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook—will perform once in the U.S. Not in New York City. Or Los Angeles. But in Las Vegas, at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel. Considering the band’s 2003 gig at the same venue didn’t even sell out, we’re wondering why.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maloof Music Releases First Albumnew
For the past four years, the Maloof brothers have listened to demos from enough bands to fill every room in their Palms hotel. None impressed enough to earn a spot on their Maloof Music label. Until now.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Light It Up, Rev Theory
