Spencer Patterson
Story Archive
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NoiseBreaking down the bill: psych-rockers Earthless, Kikagaku Moyo and JJUUJJUU at Beauty Bar
Thursday, March 1, 2018 Three good reasons to head Downtown on a Wednesday night.
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NoiseZia Record Exchange prepares to move its west-side Vegas location
Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 The Sahara store will soon relocate to Rainbow Boulevard, just south of Charleston.
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NoiseDimmu Borgir, The Hellacopters, Sunn O))), Godflesh set for Psycho Las Vegas 2018
Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 Among others confirmed: Enslaved, American Nightmare, Boris, CKY and Rocket From the Crypt.
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NoiseWavves, No Age headline Neon Reverb’s 2018 festival lineup
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 The Downtown music fest takes places March 8-11 at the Bunkhouse Saloon, Beauty Bar, Backstage Bar & Billiards, Artifice and Cornish Pasty.
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NoiseTy Segall veers all over the musical map on 'Freedom's Goblin'
Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 He channels Radiohead, Faces-era Rod Stewart, Of Montreal and Townes Van Zandt on his latest album—and that’s just on the first of its four sides.
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NoiseThree shows to consider this week: The Octopus Project, Cheap Tissue and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 For nearly 20 years, The Octopus Project has been crafting an electronic-washed strain of indie music that might best be categorized as experimental-pop.
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NoiseSurvive, High on Fire, Goblin among Psycho Las Vegas' first 2018 acts
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 Passes to the heavy-rock gathering's third edition go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
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FeaturesJerry Velarde, President, Evergreen Organix
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 These are some of the men and women responsible for cannabis' overwhelmingly successful start in Southern Nevada.
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FeaturesScott Sibley, Partner, MMJ America
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 These are some of the men and women responsible for cannabis' overwhelmingly successful start in Southern Nevada.
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NoiseThree reasons to catch Boris at the Bunkhouse
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 If recent setlists hold up, the Japanese trio will play droney new album Dear straight-through.
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NoiseFever Ray’s ‘Plunge’ condemns sexual politics—and affirms personal power
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 Of course, such sentiments hit hardest when accompanied by magical melodies, and the LP largely succeeds.
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IntersectionHeads up: Clark County’s ‘Centered’ public-art program is complete
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 If you’ve exited the eastbound 215 at Eastern Avenue recently, you’ve surely noticed two massive, black-metallic heads rising from the median.
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A&EAt last, Guided By Voices headlines a show of its own in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 “I think live, Bob is singing better than ever,” guitarist Doug Gillard says. “He wants the emphasis to be on the music, instead of the spectacle.”
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NoiseArcade Fire was the right band at the right time in the right room in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 By the end of the night, the crowd had danced, cheered and, in some cases, cried itself to the point of exhaustion.
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NoiseFive thoughts: Tegan and Sara at the Pearl (October 21)
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 Tegan and Sara treated Saturday’s show as a sort of storytelling session, addressing 2007 album "The Con"—and anything tangential to it.
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A&EEmerge pushes back its conference launch to spring 2018
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 During its original November weekend, Emerge will host a concert at Brooklyn Bowl benefitting victims.
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IntersectionUnbeatable: The Vegas Golden Knights instantly connect with their new hometown
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 Our team. That sounds good. Especially right now.
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NoiseWolf Parade’s soars back into space on ‘Cry Cry Cry’
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 Meet the new Wolf Parade … even better than the old Wolf Parade?
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Noise‘Luciferian Towers’ falls short of a Godspeed You! Black Emperor classic
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 There’s a running Morricone Western thread that culminates in closer “Anthem for No State,” but overall the record sounds relatively unsurprising.
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A&EPrized Thai restaurant Lotus of Siam vows to reopen in its longtime location
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 “It’s sad to see everyone leaving because this plaza is getting old. You don’t leave your grandparents because they’re getting old.”
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A&EGet to know the psych warriors of Wand before they invade the Bunkhouse
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 Frontman Cory Hanson and drummer Evan Burrows served in Ty Segall’s backing band for last year’s Neon Reverb-capping performance.
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A&EHenry Rollins, Spoon’s Britt Daniel bolster Emerge’s inaugural lineup
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 Also announced: a huge wave of new bands, including Lower Dens, White Reaper and The Regrettes.
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NoiseAngus Andrew keeps Liars weird on ‘TFCF’
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 He brewed up this music in a remote part of Australia, while living in a house approachable only by rowboat.
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A&ELooking back on the seventh season of ‘Game of Thrones’—and ahead to the eighth
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 A lot has been made of the show’s tempo shift, from meandering crawl to sudden charge.
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A&EPath to totality: The heavy Psycho Las Vegas festival makes year two just as memorable
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 The moon blacked out the sun on Monday, but a deeper form of darkness descended upon Las Vegas some 48 hours earlier.
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A&EYes vs. Yes: Which version of the prog-rock band should you choose?
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 The two groups hits the Hard Rock Hotel and the Smith Center within a six-day span.
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Noise10 acts to catch at Psycho Las Vegas fest
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 Psycho Las Vegas | August 18-20, $99/day, $249/fest. | Hard Rock Hotel | vivapsycho.com.
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A&EA chat with MTV legend—and Emerge curator—Matt Pinfield
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 “At a lot of other festivals put so much focus on headliners that people don’t find new talent. A lot of these artists have a chance to blow up.”
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NoiseFleet Foxes bring the thunder to their Las Vegas debut
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 The sextet established its muscle immediately, opening with roaring versions of the three leadoff tracks from June’s Crack-Up, the group’s first LP in six years.
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NoiseAlbums we’ve liked in 2017: Richard Dawson’s ‘Peasant’
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 The Englishman paints vivid pictures—of Medieval commoners scared to die in battle, struggling to stay fed, warding off dark characters—with a compositional style reminiscent of Roy Harper and Joanna Newsom.
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IntersectionThe week in weed: the country’s largest dispensary and more
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 Henderson will have to wait at least another month before its five dispensaries can sell recreational marijuana.
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IntersectionWait, school starts again on Monday?!
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 Remember when summer break meant summer break?
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NoiseFive thoughts: The Who at the Colosseum (August 4)
Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 The duo and its six-piece backing group sprinkled in a cluster of relative rarities, while rearranging other parts of the two-hour, 23-song concert.
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NoiseIndie rockers Guided By Voices to play the Bunkhouse October 27
Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 During its 24-year touring history, GBV has played Las Vegas just once, at a one-off festival seven years ago.
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IntersectionSquaring off over UNLV’s controversial new logo
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Is the new version really all that terrible? It depends who you ask.
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IntersectionMayweather vs. McGregor and other oddball matchups
Thursday, June 22, 2017 Remember when a Kodiak bear out-hot dogged competitive-eating hero Tokeru Kobayashi?
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A&EEmerge Music Conference aims to unite bands, fans and key industry players in Las Vegas
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 “These are the 100 emerging artists you should be paying attention to, because they’re going to really matter in the next 18 to 24 months."
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IntersectionLeave your car behind and ride to EDC—for free
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Traffic has been EDC’s one unrelenting headache since the festival moved to Vegas.
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NoiseAlbum review: Fleet Foxes' 'Crack-Up' provides respite from the real world
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Like much of folk music, it conjures a less complicated time and place, but more than most, it feels like it was specifically crafted to provide escape from the exasperating world around us.
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NoiseModest Mouse’s Brooklyn Bowl return by the numbers
Monday, June 5, 2017 The band did an excellent job rewarding repeat customers, who heard 35 unique tunes between two recent visits to the venue.
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NoiseStanding close to Television is good for your ears
Monday, May 29, 2017 Far from noodling, leader Tom Verlaine picked each note and made every sound with very specific purpose.
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A&EThe Weekly interview: Vegas native Mark Slaughter talks new album and Nashville ‘ha-a-air’
Thursday, May 18, 2017 “Someday I’d like to have something living in Vegas. Some sort of residency would be optimal.”
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A&EFive high-caliber off-Strip sushi spots
Thursday, May 11, 2017 Kabuto, Soho and, yes, an all-you-can-eat feast.
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NoiseAlbum review: Slowdive’s wondrous new LP lives up to the shoegazers’ legacy
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Principal songwriter Neil Halstead’s wondrous palate still tickles the senses the way it did circa Souvlaki.
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NoiseCoachella Day 1: Radiohead’s sound snafu, The xx and more
Sunday, April 16, 2017 The fest's normally uber-reliable sound system failed three separate times, leaving the band playing without amplification, as fans winced their disappointment.
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NoiseAlbum Review: Guided by Voices’ ‘August By Cake’
Thursday, April 13, 2017 After Robert Pollard went it alone on last year’s Please Be Honest, he takes the opposite approach.
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NoisePearl jams: Reflecting on a decade at the Palms’ beloved Las Vegas venue
Thursday, April 6, 2017 The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas has persevered because its creators prioritized the two most important aspects of concertgoing: sight and sound.
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FeaturesWhat to do if you encounter a coyote near your home
Thursday, April 6, 2017 Like any wild animals, they migrate toward areas with more plentiful food supplies, aka rabbits, squirrels and other small-prey species.
