Laura Davis
Story Archive
- Six thoughts each from Alkaline Trio and Cursive
- Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Alkaline Trio and Cursive are teaming up Saturday at the House of Blues.
- Yeah they can
- Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Local band America Yeah has developed a loyal following over three years
- America's oldest new rocker
- Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- 75-year-old Al Hendrix, nicknamed “America’s Lost Rocker,” has waited 53 years for his big break.
- Men in mustaches
- Meet NAWGAHYDE, also known as the “Kings of Mustache Rock”
- Friday, March 26, 2010
- Move over Steel Panther, there’s a new mustache in town; make that five.
- A girls night out can’t quite make sense of itself
- Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Whoever said we have trouble making up or minds was right this time.
- LimeWire brings Vegas music to the masses
- Friday, March 19, 2010
- LimeWire Store teams up with UNLV's MEISA program to produce a digital compilation of local bands.
- XYIENCE looking to put new face forward
- Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Think your face is extreme enough to stand-up alongside the full-force of high caffeine levels?
- More with Monroe: Hanoi Rocks frontman strikes again
- Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Michael Monroe of ’80s outfit Hanoi Rocks bring his long hair and tight pants to Wasted Space.
- One busy bee: Local musician to write a song a week
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Fear of writer's block isn't stopping folk singer/songwriter Zach Fountain.
- Shining a spotlight on some of Neon Reverb’s visiting acts
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Let the Weekly's Laura Davis schedule your weekend!
- Midnight blues: The Pines fight the law, and win (for a minute)
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Sometimes, 15 minutes isn't enough time.
- What's in your box? New eatery goes back to basics
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- A new eatery near UNLV is capitalizing on the nostalgic allure of the portable lunch.
- Genre jumble
- Farm show blends lots of diverse styles - and it works
- Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- Farm show blends lots of diverse styles - and it works
- Accidental phallus
- Original owner swears Pecos building's penile shape was unplanned
- Friday, Feb. 26, 2010
- Were a penis-shaped home's builders porn stars or locals with an eye for design?
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, now with less moping!
- Friday, Feb. 26, 2010
- Two years after their show at the Beauty Bar in 2008, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is riding back into town to rock Las Vegas once again.
- Folktrician night is all about the stories behind the song
- Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
- Turk's is hardly the "newest, hottest, rock club lounge" advertised, but it has its charm.
- Trainwrecks strives to succeed where others could not
- Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
- A train wreck is rarely a good thing.
- Two sets of twins + Dolly Parton = One important message
- Local country group MJ2 wrangles a celebrity lineup to benefit diabetes
- Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010
- Local country newcomers MJ2 enlisted the help of 20 celebrity friends to raise money for juvenile diabetes.
- Love is in the air: No fan is too young for this Ministry
- Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
- Everyone wants to marry Meg Vitale.
- The Rumble was a jungle
- Monday, Feb. 8, 2010
- With a lineup screaming dance party extravaganza, Sunday night was one of the most successful crowds the Rumble has pulled.
- Jaguars love to rumble
- Electro-indie duo Jaguar Love is headling this month's free touring concert series.
- Friday, Feb. 5, 2010
- February's installment of the touring concert embraces Portland-based electro-indie duo Jaguar Love, along with local acts Kids Meets Cougar and Pan De Sal.
- Meatheads goes 'Meatballs'
- Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
- Joke-slinging comedians vie for laughs at the neighborhood-bar-turned-comedy-club two nights a week.
- Shattered Canopy: Pacific pull rips promising trio from our midst
- Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
- Hey Portland, stop stealing our musicians!
- Drag queens, drugs and disease: Green Valley High welcomes 'Rent'
- Monday, Feb. 1, 2010
- The PG-13 version performed by the students was toned down from the award-winning Broadway production.
- Listening for Neon Reverb's lineup
- Friday, Jan. 29, 2010
- Festival-goers get a say in the fourth installment of the Downtown music festival in March.
- Orange you glad we didn't call it banana: Q&A with 100 Monkeys
- Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010
- Every good vampire needs a day job, even if it is playing in a rock band.
- New-look Mad Cap
- Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
- And then there was one … original member of The Mad Caps.
- Don't break the seal ... or else!
- Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
- While your bladder may not thank you for playing Daddy Mac's special Fright night drinking game, your wallet certainly will.
- Twin Brother unplugged
- Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
- Twin Brother's scaled down acoustic set at Mocha Joe Coffee proved a pleasant surprise.
- New song, new sound for the Lazystars
- New song to debut at Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip January 21
- Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
- Local indie-rockers The Lazystars are kicking off the New Year with their first show of 2010 at the Hard Rock Café on the Strip.
- Introducing Pet Tigers, your new favorite ’80s outfit
- Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
- If VH1 has taught us anything, it’s that everyone loves them some ’80s.
- Cops and controversy at first Third Friday
- Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010
- Small crowd but still enough to draw the attention of the authorities.
- Happy Campers still smiling after all these years
- Local punk band has watched its fans grow up
- Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
- Punk’s not dead, just old, according to “Master J,” Happy Campers’ drummer Jason Losey.
- Surprise! Killers playing at a club near you
- Monday, Jan. 11, 2010
- Vegas superstars The Killers gave a surprise performance Sunday at Bellagio’s The Bank nightclub.
- Double the pleasure, double the fun
- Downtown Arts District welcomes Third Friday
- Friday, Jan. 8, 2010
- Taking place on the same streets and benefiting the same cause, Third Friday may appear to be similar to First Friday, but it’s projected to vary slightly.
- My midnight: How the Weekly spent the last few moments of 2009
- Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010
- Is it midnight yet? Is the open bar over? And where the heck is our midnight kiss?
- Bands, beads and fried zucchini; New Year's Eve Bunkhouse style
- Friday, Jan. 1, 2010
- Uncharacteristically early crowd helps benefit local festival while ringing in the new year.
- Revelers ring in the new year at Fremont Street Experience
- Friday, Jan. 1, 2010
- Ringing in the New Year at the Fremont Street Experience may not have been free - $10 for locals and $20 for out-of-state visitors - but Downtown revelers were out in full force to enjoy the experience
- The latest Smigel spectacle
- Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009
- Hand puppets, found-sound enactments, coffee bongs and spam-poetry readings.
- Three strikes and ... you're not out: Local bands get another round at Neon Reverb
- Music festival directs its focus towards touring acts when it comes to keeping the lineup fresh.
- Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009
- With the local band pool being more kiddie than Olympic in size, mixing things up can get tricky.
- Weekly's holiday wine guide
- 8 wines to help make your holiday a little more jolly
- Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
- Even Santa needs a little kick to stay jolly during the holidays.
- Musical good will (and missing fruit snacks!) at 'Thor' DVD release
- Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
- Free shows are always good, but free snacks would have been even better!
- When tacky is tasteful, there's free booze
- Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
- Sometimes there are perks to having a poor fashion sense.
- Here, there and everywhere with The Study Band
- After a short but successful stint in Vegas, the indie band is moving on
- Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
- After its short but successful stint in Vegas, the indie band is moving on again.
- (Twin) Brother’s gonna work it out
- “Nerdish” new local outfit sounds very un-Vegas
- Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
- “Nerdish” new local outfit sounds very un-Vegas.
- A sneak peek at the next Neon Reverb
- Friday, Dec. 4, 2009
- All-ages shows and a New Year's bash are in the works for Neon Reverb.
- Armed with new songs and a new lineup, the (Action) Cat is back
- Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
- They say that cats have nine lives, and in action cat’s case, they at least have two.
- Gobble and grapes: Thanksgiving wine pairings
- Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
- Ever notice that tipsy and turkey start with the same letter?
- Back where it began
- Newish local band The Rooks lands Griffin residency
- Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
- Newish local band The Rooks lands Griffin residency.
- Bathroom Banter with Papa Roach opener After Midnight Project
- Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
- Why does Jared Leto + Perez Hilton = Jason Evigan of After Midnight Project?
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