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The Rooks' final show comes with no hard feelings: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010; Get ready to say a fond farewell to a local favorite.
Dusty Sunshine debuts: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010; Members of The Petals, Rubiks Hotel and A Crowd of Small Adventures have formed a local-supergroup-of-sorts.
Three questions with The Avett Brothers’ Scott Avett: Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010; The Avett Brothers perform at the Silverton on September 2.
Beer, sweat and good times at Las Vegas Shakedown music festival: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010; It’s not every day you get your eardrums blown out by psychedelic reverb, heckled by an over-the-top rock star and soaked in a sweat shower, all in just three hours time.
New all-ages concert series launches at Winchester Cultural Center: Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010; “We have great bands in this town, and [we want] to put them in a venue that really shows them off."
Punk, garage, rockabilly fest returns after a nine-year hiatus: Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010; The Las Vegas Shakedown, a three-day punk, garage and rockabilly festival, returns after a nine-year hiatus this weekend.
As Dusty Rhodes checks out, Coastwest Unrest steps in: Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010; One door closes, another one opens.
Three questions with Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright: Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010; In conjunction with the title of the band's new album Champ, fans are challenging them to various competitions.
Catching up with Kyle Divine, guitarist for Dusty Rhodes and the River Band: Wednesday, July 28, 2010; The band embarks on what's (probably) their last tour and makes a stop in Vegas with handmade merch.
Moksha stretches out along Binion’s rooftop: Wednesday, July 28, 2010; “This is like trying to follow the Goonies’ treasure map."
Grub infants! Purring cactus! Stinky popcorn! The eccentric art of Jesse Smigel: Thursday, July 22, 2010; The funny, thinky work of eccentric creator Jesse Smigel merges art and novelty... but is it art?
Four notes from Sunday’s Bunkhouse acoustic night: Wednesday, July 21, 2010; Who says an acoustic night needs to have only acoustic performances?
Heavy metal band Early Man sings for Meat(wad): Wednesday, July 21, 2010; Already earning respect from Metallica fans, Early Man's “More to Me than Meat and Eyes” was featured on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force film soundtrack. Rock on.
Mob scene?: Nah, after much teeth-gnashing over Matador’s local ticket allotment, Zia’s on-sale turns out to be a nonevent; Wednesday, July 14, 2010; “It’s a typical Las Vegas turnout.”
Four questions with Silversun Pickups bassist Nikki Monninger: Wednesday, July 14, 2010; The Grammy-nominated self-proclaimed non-planners hit the road for their headlining tour.
Five notable covers from Friday’s Gypsy Den Bob Dylan tribute show: Wednesday, July 7, 2010; The Weekly breaks it down.
Rook-ie outing: Wednesday, July 7, 2010; It’s been months in the making -well, three to be exact -and it’s officially upon us: the first studio recordings by bluesy rock ’n’ rollers The Rooks.
Mother McKenzie’s big tour: Wednesday, June 30, 2010; The Weekly breaks it down, by the numbers
End of an era: Tears flow at The Day After’s final show; Wednesday, June 30, 2010; “It’s our last show, so you might as well stand up!”
Five reasons not to miss Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Wednesday, June 30, 2010; If Devendra Banhart and Gogol Bordello had a love child, it’d be frontman Alex Ebert.
Banging Yanni's drum: A trip Downtown yields ... well, nothing in particular; Wednesday, June 23, 2010; Who’s Charlie Adams? Longtime drummer for new-age giant Yanni, of course.
Viva Rock Vegas: Local band showcase: Wednesday, June 23, 2010; Saturday’s local-band showcase goes down outdoors. Breathe some fresh air and listen to eight acts of varying genres.
My Pop Rocks: Thursday, June 17, 2010; In honor of Fathers’ Day, some local-music dads stopped by the Weekly offices with their biggest fans.
Whiskey Revival: a cover band with a kick: Wednesday, June 16, 2010; "It's way better than karaoke.”
Home is where the crowds are: The Skooners remind Las Vegas why they’re still local favorites; Wednesday, June 9, 2010; What qualifies a band as local?
Those girls sound a lot like The Skooners ...: Wednesday, June 9, 2010; The Chipmunks have The Chipettes, and apparently The Skooners have a female counterpart as well: The Ladyboys.
Bringing rock to the country: Wednesday, June 9, 2010; The Las Vegas Country Saloon is about to get a little less country.
The party's over: After four years, Say What?! says goodbye; Wednesday, June 2, 2010; The once-a-month underground electro-house party known as Say What?! is saying farewell.
First fest: Wednesday, June 2, 2010; For June’s First Friday, the arts district welcomes the inaugural 18b Music Festival.
Best Dive Joints: Thursday, May 27, 2010; It's a three-way tie! Double Down, Dispensary and Champagnes Cafe.
OK Go: Superstars of YouTube: OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind, on his band’s viral video successes; Wednesday, May 26, 2010; OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind, on his band’s viral video successes and injuries in the line of action.
Get Bamboozled: Wednesday, May 26, 2010; Five bands from Bamboozle Roadshow you could be hearing a lot more from soon.
Minus the Bear adds up to a good time: Thursday, May 20, 2010; Minus the Bear's set at the House of Blues was full of fan favorites, with a few new tracks thrown in.
Five questions with singer Tim Lambesis of metal band As I Lay Dying: Wednesday, May 19, 2010; Jesus meets metal with songs that offer a solution to the problems of the modern world.
Three rowdy nights of Punk Rock Bowling: Wednesday, May 12, 2010; Thoughts on the scene, the banter and the bands at Punk Rock Bowling.
Spindrift explains it all: Thursday, May 6, 2010; Who needs Indians when you can have cowboys and gypsies?
Five stars of Punk Rock Bowling: Wednesday, May 5, 2010; The Weekly breaks it down for you.
Academy fight songs: Old Irons Sights plays a schoolyard for cancer awareness; Wednesday, May 5, 2010; “Even though the sound wasn’t great, and it wasn’t the biggest crowd, it was nice to do our part by coming and playing a show."
Deer Tick bromance at Beauty Bar: Thursday, April 29, 2010; Deer Tick showed some love for more than just its fans Wednesday night.
Walk, rock and burn: Wednesday, April 28, 2010; When you’re playing for a good cause, relief from the heat comes before rules and regulations, right?
A blow for Mocha Joe: Wednesday, April 21, 2010; The tunes they are a-changin’ at Mocha Joe.
Miss The Smiths? Let Andy Rourke spin your sorrows away: Thursday, April 15, 2010; Andy Rourke of The Smiths spinning his way into Daddy Mac's on Saturday.
Musician High: Ever feel like the entire local scene came through Green Valley?; Thursday, April 15, 2010; Ever feel like the entire local scene came through Green Valley?
Japanese Scream + Pleasure Droid = Japandroids?: Seven fun facts with Vancouver's garage-rock duo; Wednesday, April 14, 2010; Vancouver's garage-rock duo come to town Thursday at Beauty Bar.
Frills, flowers and cold, empty eyes?: Olivia's Dollhouse Tea Room is like no other in town; Saturday, April 10, 2010; Discreetly tucked away at the corner Tropicana Ave. and Sandhill Rd. lurks a teahouse like no other in town.
Are you the face of Vegas pool season?: Friday, April 9, 2010; New web series 'Vegas Summer Crew' is looking for a few good pool-hoppers.
Evers McGee keeps his cool despite mechanical meltdown: Wednesday, April 7, 2010; Sometimes you have to put on a happy face.
Spotlight On: Devilcar: Wednesday, April 7, 2010; Who is Devilcar? And what's with their name?
Imagine Dragons: Hell and Silence EP; Wednesday, April 7, 2010; Avid Dragons fans will rejoice, but what about the casually interested?
Sexual Sasquatch takes over the Griffin: Friday, April 2, 2010; A Sasquatch may seem like a strange creature for a band to identify as, but The Mad Caps explain the comparison well.

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