03.10.11 · 4:59 PM

Josh’s Journal: Neon Reverb’s chaotic foray into film

The film festival component of Neon Reverb has been a mostly haphazard endeavor, but if the organizers are just going to cobble together some pieces from local filmmakers, then at least they are doing so with enthusiasm. The two-night event at the Sci Fi Center got off to a slow start, with only about five people (including filmmakers and members of the media) around for the beginning of the 7 p.m. Tuesday show. But the crowd grew steadily, with a ... Read more...

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01.10.11 · 2:53 PM

Imagine Dragons uses low-key show for public band practice

I heard it through the grapevine that local band Imagine Dragons would be performing a couple of “secret shows” at Hennessey’s this past weekend. With friends and family in town for the Consumer Electronics Show, I had already planned to show them Downtown, so an impromptu concert fit nicely in our plans. We arrived just in time for set break and decided to go on our sightseeing expedition first. Armed with drinks in brown bags, we explored the Fremont Street ... Read more...

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11.16.10 · 5:40 PM

Escape the Fate cancels shows as bassist Max Green enters rehab

Uh oh. Troubling news about Escape the Fate. The Las Vegas-based rock band has pulled out of its European tour with Bullet For My Valentine and postponed two headlining shows in London because bassist Max Green has entered an undisclosed rehab center for drug and alcohol addiction. According to his Twitter account, Green entered rehab earlier this week and is finding strength in Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s autobiography, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered ... Read more...

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10.29.10 · 12:19 PM

Rock the Block concert canceled

Turns out the block will not rock this weekend. Rock the Block, scheduled for tonight at Fremont East, has been canceled due to a band emergency. The outdoor concert was scheduled to feature Sevendust with supporting acts 10 Years, Since October, Anew Revolution and locals Otherwise. Refunds will be given at point of purchase. Read more...

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10.18.10 · 4:58 PM

Fans want more Frightened Rabbit, but all they get is a tweet

“What the fuuuuuuck?!” Without explanation, Frightened Rabbit has just abruptly left Beauty Bar’s stage, and the dangerously inebriated woman standing next to me is pissed—or at least she’s pretending to be. In 15 minutes she’ll admit to me she doesn’t even know the name of this indie band from Scotland (Someone told her it was The Cold?), but for now she’s screaming in the direction of the band’s exit. “What is this—halftime!? The first band played longer!” Meanwhile the real ... Read more...

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10.18.10 · 4:01 PM

Dew It: N*E*R*D performs at Joint

It wasn’t a lack of swagger that failed to draw a sizable crowd for N*E*R*D at the Joint on Saturday night—frontman Pharrell Williams and crew had plenty of that. Likely it was the vert ramps and the fact the concert was a part of the Dew Tour Championship Weekend rather than a typical concert that scared general audiences away—and that’s a damn shame, because from punny, crowd-pleasing opener “Everybody Nose” to the mini-riot-inducing pair “Rock Star” and “Lapdance,” N*E*R*D fully ... Read more...

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10.13.10 · 1:33 PM

Vampire Weekend to play free show at Rain

It makes perfect sense for a video game set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas to celebrate its release with the help of indie darlings Vampire Weekend. Actually, it doesn’t make much sense—if the band were named Zombie Month or Mutated Human Survivor Weeknight, it might—but you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Fallout: New Vegas, the latest installment of the popular Fallout series, is hosting a launch party at Rain inside the Palms this Saturday, October 16, and the ... Read more...

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10.2.10 · 1:15 PM

An overachieving plastic cup, a trainwreck MC and a non-stop talker: Notes from Matador at 21

My ears are still ringing from the first night of Matador at 21, but I can’t wait to get back for more sonic assault. I mean, when’s the next time I’ll be able to say I just saw Sonic Youth and Pavement, and my weekend’s just getting started? The Palms is the epicenter of the music universe this weekend. Plain and simple. If the mere mention of Yo La Tengo, Guided by Voices, Cat Power, Belle and Sebastian, and The ... Read more...

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09.20.10 · 1:10 PM

Neon Reverb Sunday: Spencer’s journal

I first met Jackson Wilcox in September 2007, and we’ve rarely had a conversation in the three years since in which the subject of THE ALBUM didn’t come up. Actually, at first it was just the album. Then it evolved into the album. And then, for the past year or so, it’s become THE ALBUM, a seemingly mythical object with a wrap date seesawing between any day now and possibly never. It feels more than a little surreal, then, to ... Read more...

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09.20.10 · 12:15 AM

Neon Reverb Saturday: Julie’s journal

At this point I’ve seen Crowd of Small Adventures drummer/Hungry Cloud frontman Mike Weller live far too many times to remain objective, so let’s just say his packed solo performance at the Beat coffeehouse was as excellent as always. Various bandmates and friends in attendance chuckled when barista Heather seized momentary downtime between acoustic cuts from last year’s full-length to raise a latte-based ruckus in the kitchen, apologizing, “You’ll have to give me a minute for frothing!” “That’s okay,” Weller ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week Jun 12, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Lion’s Tail cocktail at Embers is a spicy classic reimagined for summer

Refreshing, peppery and adventurous; those are the words that instantly come to mind upon first sip of the Lion’s Tail ($9) at Embers Grille & Spirits. This vintage cocktail, which ...
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