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HOB gets Supernatural for Santana
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
It'll make you feel like a Black Magic Woman. Or man.

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Day 1 at Coachella 2012: Rain, people falling, other surprises
Saturday, April 14, 2012
After 12 years of sweltering heat and scantily clad attendees, it finally rained at Coachella in Indio, Calif. Kind of. Sporadic late-afternoon showers ...

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Neon Reverb Saturday: Spencer's journal
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The race Downtown: Was it worth it?

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Neon Reverb Friday: Spencer's journal
Saturday, March 12, 2011
The Fremonts return and a new stage is born

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Neon Reverb Thursday: Spencer’s journal
Friday, March 11, 2011
The Beat, the Bunkhouse and a childlike finale

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Neon Reverb Sunday: Spencer’s journal
Monday, Sept. 20, 2010
That’s a wrap: A surreal night at Beauty Bar

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Neon Reverb Friday: Spencer’s Journal
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010
An Aruba makeover, artful waves of sound … and a bicycle gang?!

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Neon Reverb Thursday: Spencer’s Journal
Friday, Sept. 17, 2010
Weekly Managing Editor Spencer Patterson checks out Caravels, The Mad Caps and an Aruba snafu.

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Early morning wisdom from Leopold
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Daniel James of Leopold and His Fiction drops in for some bonus Reverb.

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Night Beats usher in the morning
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Neon Reverb’s loudest band wakes up the neighbors.

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Afghan Raiders: New drummer, new songs
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Locals turned out in force to hear the Raiders' new sound.

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The Delta Mirror: Back at the Bunkhouse
Sunday, March 14, 2010
LA trio appears poised for a big 2010.

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National SouthWestern pride
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Continued development of NSW “community” on display at the Aruba

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Oh, Henry
Saturday, March 13, 2010
When a good band and a good crowd don’t add up to a good turnout.

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Neon Reverb: late addition
Saturday, March 13, 2010
San Francisco’s LoveLikeFire join tonight’s Bunkhouse lineup.

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Eye of the Tigers
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Georgia’s Twin Tigers blow eardrums—and minds.

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Rebellious youth
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Arizona’s Rebel Set fights for tender hearts and minds.

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Warming up with Twin Brother
Friday, March 12, 2010
In a matter of months, the six-piece indie outfit has stormed its way to the forefront of the Downtown scene.

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Irish eyes are... smiling?
Friday, March 12, 2010
Dublin doubles down in the Beauty Bar backyard.

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Finn Riggins channels Pan de Sal—in look only
Friday, March 12, 2010
If they’re not members of Pan de Sal, Las Vegas musicians know better than to wear black and white, horizontally striped shirts. Apparently, that memo hasn’t quite reached Idaho.

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Feeling at home, 6,000 miles away
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Ruby Suns' family ties were out in force at Neon Reverb.

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Unplugging The Clydesdale
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Vegas cowpunkers went acoustic for Neon Reverb's opening night.

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Immediate Family
Friday, March 12, 2010
Florida band goes all-out … for a select few.

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An Afghan surprise
Friday, March 12, 2010
Afghan Raiders let loose some big news at Neon Reverb.

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Hello Cleveland! er, Columbus!
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Vegas represents—times two—at Rock on the Range fest.

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We love Morrissey, but man that felt short
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009
If you paid $55 for a floor ticket to Friday night's show at the Joint, you spent

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Late-night thoughts on Leonard Cohen
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
Cohen’s famously dark voice sounded far more fit than frail, creeping through the filled room.

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Curtain call
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009
Afghan Raiders serve up wild ending to Neon Reverb, fall edition

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Not quite Themselves?
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009
Neon Reverb’s headlining hip-hop duo isn’t quite what it was six months ago

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Reeling ’em in
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Back from California, The Skooners flex their drawing muscle

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Mutual appreciation society
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Warlocks, Martinez reunite—if only for one night

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Busy feet
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Woven’s Abagon pedals his way to Neon Reverb immortality

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Adventures in spaz-dancing
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
“That was like being in a tornado,” Jackson Wilcox of ACoSA declares after descending into the crowd toward the end of Neon Reverb, Night 1 at the Bunkhouse.

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New Cloud rising
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
A glimpse into Mike Weller's rocking future...

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Unusual dreams
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Local folk act Dreaming of Lions "throws together" their opening Neon Reverb performance.

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Top Chef: A quickfire judgment
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
The contestants don’t appear to have been chosen for their ability to party and frolic in a hot tub; collectively they seem like the most talented collection in the show’s history. And the first two challenges had nothing to do with buffets or steak & eggs.

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Time to panic?
Monday, July 6, 2009
Panic at the Disco is no more. At least, not the version of the Las Vegas band heretofore known to the world.

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A foggy night in Vegas: Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction at the Pearl
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
In December, Nine Inch Nails hauled a mammoth, interactive LED array to Las Vegas. On Monday, the band brought … fog. Tons of it.

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Rum-pa-pum-pum … pum … pum … pum …
Monday, March 16, 2009
Carroll makes it four-for-four, and doesn't fall asleep talking about it

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Fact or fiction?
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Merle Jagger tells a jail tale

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Saying hi to the Beauty Bar’s backyard
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Elbogen warms up to the great outdoors

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Early benching
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Bleachers find themselves cut off—by Jimi Hendrix?!?

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What might have been
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Dreaming of a festival hub

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Small crowd, but hardly a calamity
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Quint & Co. make the best of tough time slot

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Adrift at 3:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Spindrift doesn't go down easily

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Akron/Family: So worth waiting for
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Band improvises its way through music, bass snafu

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Leopold: A (truthful) tall tale
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Fiction fires up Club Aruba

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LV Club*: Accordion madness
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Who could have predicted that?

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Neon Reverb update: Glass Heroes cancel, Neon Venus set time changed
Friday, March 13, 2009
Organizers sent scrambling to adjust schedule

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Sound decision: Afghan Raiders give Beauty Bar's new PA the ultimate test
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Beauty Bar recently unleashed its high-powered new backyard PA, in time for the Afghan Raiders Thursday night Neon Reverb set, thankfully.

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