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Reverb’s return

Downtown festival gearing up for second go-round

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

Sagging economy be damned! So say the men behind budding Downtown music festival Neon Reverb.

Three questions with Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk)

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) gets nostalgic for a rough Vegas show and explains just what he's doing up there on stage.

The Weekly playlist: Class of ’08

We celebrate a stellar year in local music by listening to 10 of our favorite tracks (presented in recommend playing order).

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

We say goodbye to '08 with a playlist featuring 10 of our favorite tracks by local artists.

2008 in music: A critical dialogue between Spencer Patterson and Annie Zaleski

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Two Weekly critics talk music and musicians in 2008.

Desertscraped: New Noise From the Neon Wilderness

Various Artists

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

A noble attempt to document Las Vegas’ generally ignored experimental scene, this 13-track compilation succumbs more to logistics than to its oddball sound array. Curated by local writer Jarret Keene, Desertscraped does a solid job unearthing avant-leaning talent, but yields zero info about its chosen acts (apart from musical appellations and web addresses, the latter of which often provide no further illumination).

Oasis

December 6, The Pearl

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

Fifteen years of braggadocio, buffoonery and brotherly brawling—not to mention a long string of undistinguished albums—have soured Noel and Liam Gallagher for all but their most loyal minions.And yet, Saturday night at the Pearl, it was hard not to like them.

Searchlight gets a spotlight

Quartet to appear on Travel Channel’s Revolution

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

We’re not sure if Searchlight, Nevada, has ever been featured on the Travel Channel (odds on not), but we do know Searchlight the band will have that honor this week.

Too young to rock ’n’ roll? Nah

The Weekly rounds up a few new all-ages venues

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

Make no mistake, Jillian’s recent closing has left an all-ages void in the Las Vegas scene. But the musical landscape already appears to be regenerating, in the form of several recently opened, newly reopened or soon-to-be-opened venues friendly to the under-21—and yes, under-18—crowds.

Emerging from darkness

Magna-Fi resurfaces after leader comes to terms with rejection

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008

What musician hasn’t daydreamed about receiving a phone call from Clive Davis? Mike Szuter certainly did, and his conversation with the industry mogul changed his life.

To a T

As we finally pack away our T-shirts for a couple of months (see you in late February, shirt-sleeve weather!), a few reflections on our favorite piece of clothing

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008

The key has something to do with obscurity—flaunting your command of segments of popular culture that only the hyper-clued-in know about or remember. But it’s not as simple as, say, showing off your rare 1970s-era repress of a Dirty Harry shirt.