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Opinion: Rihanna Needs to Respect Fans' Time
From Bieber to Snoop, top performers make fans wait for concerts
April 12th, 2013
It’s no shocker that as performers get wealthier, their ability to sympathize with the average person can wane. But when the gulf between artist and fan becomes so vast that fans feel they are being treated like dirt, the appeal of the experience fades. Fast. Read more »
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Method to Music Festival Madness
How music festivals are meeting our expectations, even when we think they aren’t
April 9th, 2013
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Don't Bunk It Up, Tony Hsieh
April 9th, 2013
Well, there’s always live music Downtown. At least I hope so. Given Yayo’s music kabosh, the news that Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project had bought the Bunkhouse Saloon rattled my nerves. Read more »
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Hot Chip Doesn’t Blow Circuits when Amping Up its Rock Attack
April 9th, 2013
The tag “electro” doesn’t really encompass or account for the very large rock ’n’ roll components and musical chops of Hot Chip. Once admired for its quirky, even kitschy, approach to indietronica, the British band has been steadily unleashing the guitars during its live show—three of them to be exact. Read more »
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Las Vegas Philharmonic: Masterworks IV, A Touch of Brass
The Smith Center, April 6
April 8th, 2013
In this fourth installment in their Masterworks series, the LV Phil lifted us to climes and places far from the brash streets flashing just across the tracks from the Smith Center. Read more »
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Concert Review: Heart
Grand Events Center at Green Valley Ranch, April 5
April 8th, 2013
With Heart being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this month, perhaps I expected too much from this show. Read more »
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Concert Review: Erykah Badu
Thomas & Mack Center, April 6
April 8th, 2013
Oh, on and on … and on and on, we kept waiting for Erykah Badu to sing a song. Energy was high at the Las Vegas Soul Fest thanks to sets by SWV (their harmonies were as sweet as when they first emerged on the scene), 68-year old legend Lenny Williams (he sexually charged the room) and Joe (the ladies nearly pulled him off stage). Read more »
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Hot Ticket: Badass Erykah Badu
April 2nd, 2013
Erykah Badu is an R&B/neo-soul artist of the highest order. The Grammy-winning singer has lots going on—from starring in black cowboy film They Die by Dawn (2013) to performing her 2008 album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at the Governor’s Ball in New York this summer, to recording her sixth studio album. Read more »
