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Concert Review: Clutch
Hard Rock Café on the Strip, March 23
March 25th, 2013
There’s absolutely nothing extravagant or pretentious about Clutch. For more than 20 years, the Germantown, Maryland-based band has grown a cult following by playing no-frills, blues-based hard rock. And while that meat-and-potatoes style has been largely ignored by the mainstream, it has earned them a loyal fan base. Read more »
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Tour Buzz
January 17th, 2013
I’m sorry. This is a time of year when concert bookings are so disastrously sparse that I’m forced to write about artists whose careers I’ve taken pains to avoid. Case in point is Aaron Lewis, the lead singer of post-grunge outfit Staind, who’s playing two nights of solo shows at the Santa Fe’s Chrome Showroom on January 18 and Red Rock on January 19 ($53-$75.50). Read more »
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Tour Buzz
December 20th, 2012
How many times have I said that Social Distortion needs to get a Vegas residency? Not “should get,” not “would be nice if it got”—the venerable SoCal punk band needs one, because they embody what a Strip show should be. Read more »
Concerts
Kendrick Lamar
Hard Rock Café, Oct. 19
October 25th, 2012
West Coast hip-hop sensation Kendrick Lamar came into town on BET’s Music Matters Tour headlining a bill that featured Stalley, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock. Read more »
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Tour Buzz
June 28th, 2012
The 2003 Jack Black film School of Rock was based on a school operated by Paul Green. The story goes that VH1 crews visited Green’s School of Rock Music in Philadelphia and filmed there; three years later, VH1’s parent company Viacom made an intermittently funny movie about a guy who teaches Led Zeppelin songs to kids. Read more »
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(Martian) Flight of Fancy
With Pearl Jam on hiatus, guitarist Mike McCready turns to space: a UFO tribute band that’s soon to land in Las Vegas
May 10th, 2012
As one of the founding members of Pearl Jam, Mike McCready can pursue almost any endeavor he chooses during the band’s down time. So it might seem odd that the lead guitarist would elect to form a tribute band dedicated to ’70s rockers UFO as a recurring side project over the last 10 years. That is, until learning of the spirit behind it.v Read more »
Concerts
Slaughterhouse
The Hard Rock Café on the Strip, April 12
April 19th, 2012
There probably isn’t a hip-hop group with more male groupies than Slaughterhouse. The manner in which fans screamed at the top of their lungs when Royce Da 5’9,” Joe Budden, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz emerged performing “Sound Off” was reminiscent of Justin Bieber popping up at a high school showcase. Read more »
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Tour Buzz
January 19th, 2012
The mighty Wu-Tang Clan is coming to the House of Blues on Jan. 19 ($45-$50). According to reviews of Wu-Tang's latest tour, they're coming at Vegas hard. "The legendary collective possessed more energy than artists half its age. Read more »
Nightlife
The Funk(tion) Phenomenon
December 8th, 2011
Ruled by the 21-and-over venues on the Strip and downtown, this city isn’t the kindest to its 18-and-up crowd. Under-agers are left with little to do, even when it comes to live music. But kids, raise your (nonalcoholic) spirits and Sprites, because Funktion is coming to Las Vegas. Read more »
