House of Blues
Concerts
Metric
House Of Blues, Oct. 7
October 11th, 2012
For the sake of this review, we’re going to pretend that Metric has no antecedents. Blondie, Missing Persons, Kim Wilde, Romeo Void and Altered Images never existed. Read more »
Music
Tour Buzz
October 4th, 2012
We continue this special New Wave Revival edition of Tour Buzz with The xx. To my thinking, New Wave was born when the first-wave punks finally copped to their previously secret love of ABBA … and The xx, scheduled to perform poolside at the Cosmopolitan on Oct. 10 ($37), seems so thoroughly enamored of that cultural moment that it’s tempting to connect them directly to New Order, Gang of Four and the like—but as contemporaries, not as copyists. Read more »
Concerts
Animal Collective
House of Blues, Sept. 25
October 4th, 2012
This wasn’t a show. It was a UFO sighting. Read more »
Music
Collective Appeal
Animal Collective divides to conquer
September 20th, 2012
Good news for completists: When Animal Collective plays the House of Blues on Sept. 25, the experimental rockers will be at their full compliment of four members. “I think the last time we played there, it was just three of us,” says Geologist (born Brian Weitz), remembering the band’s first Las Vegas appearance in 2009. “But you’re getting all four of us this time.” Read more »
Music
Tour Buzz
September 6th, 2012
THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS: I’m coming at Gotye with reservations. Firstly, I can’t look at his name without seeing “Goatse.” (If you don’t know what that is, do yourself a favor and never, ever Google it.) Read more »
Soundscraper
Fabled storyteller, fictional beast, punk princess
August 30th, 2012
Feeling bad that I neglected to mention that Ministry of Love released a video weeks ago for the title track of their recent EP, A Promise for Forever, out on Negative Progression. (My favorite moment is when bassist Patrick Trout, late for band rehearsal, misses the city bus and falls to his knees.) Read more »
Music
Tour Buzz
August 16th, 2012
It’s always fun to see a band poolside at the Cosmopolitan—but when that band is actually called Fun., the mind boggles. Read more »
Concerts
Meek Mill
House of Blues, Aug. 3
August 9th, 2012
Meek Mill is the hottest rapper in the game right now. And if the 2.5 million people who downloaded his Dreamchasers 2 mixtape in the first 24 hours didn’t substantiate those claims, a pack of 17-year-olds waiting outside the doors for hours just to be front row for the opening night of his Dreamchasers tour confirmed it. Read more »
Concert Review
Cannibal Corpse on the Summer Slaughter Tour
House of Blues, July 22
July 26th, 2012
The sixth annual Summer Slaughter tour is self-described as “the most extreme tour of the year.” So did it live up to that claim? Yes and yes. Read more »
BEAT BOX
Rhyme N Rhythm Gets Elemental
July 12th, 2012
Local band Rhyme N Rhythm has stayed true to the essence of hip-hop since forming in 2006. Their latest music and philanthropic effort spotlights the key elements of hip-hop culture: MCs, b-boys, beatboxing, DJs, spoken word and graffiti. Read more »
