Spencer Patterson
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- Loving Leonard: The Cohen songs we’ll never get enough of
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
- Weekly editors weigh in on the Leonard Cohen selections we'd gladly keep on repeat.
- Death don’t have no mercy for musicians
- Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
- Consider taking out life insurance before listening to these songs recorded just before their creators’ deaths.
- Count on Dusty to reel ’em in
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
- Less than a week after the first Las Vegas Rumble barely drew 30 bodies to the Aruba Showroom, a crowd of some 120 has flocked to the same room.
- Built to Spill
- There Is No Enemy
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
- Doug Martsch sounds tired.
- Mission of Burma
- The Sound the Speed the Light
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- It’s time someone said it: Mission of Burma’s reunion phase has eclipsed the band’s original era.
- Vegas' own Willy Wonka
- Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
- Growing up in France, Lionel Clement created elaborate desserts with his mother, and dreamt of doing so on a larger stage. This weekend, the Wynn Hotel’s chief chocolatier will do just that at the prestigious World Chocolate Masters competition.
- Rumble, young bands, rumble!
- A "mobile monthly party" is rolling on Vegas, and it's free
- Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
- A self-described “mobile, monthly party” traveling from Seattle and Portland down through San Francisco to Los Angeles and San Diego, the Rumble makes its first Vegas visit on October 11. And here's the best part, it's free!
- The Lazystars
- Light of Day EP
- Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
- The Lazystars must get laid a lot. Now, they have new bait that will likely net them female and male fans.
- Van Morrison at the Joint: A few dry observations
- Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
- Alcohol was not served during Van Morrison's concert. Really.
- The Twilight Sad
- Forget the Night Ahead
- Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
- Not all U.K. bands suck.
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