Aaron Thompson
Recent Stories (view all stories)
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A&ELocal band Alaska prepares to release a new album and embark on a month-long tour
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 The fast-rising screamo group will wind from California to Chicago and back.
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A&EA walk down punk rock memory lane at Extreme Thing
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 What, did your teen years not include mosh pits and chipped teeth?
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NoiseDeep Fried Orphanz are a teenage riot
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 They're not old enough to drink yet, but Deep Fried Orphanz already has a pretty accomplished résumé
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A&EAs Wyatt McKenzie leaves Las Vegas, I'll miss the man as much as his music
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 The scene loses a hero. Aaron Thompson loses a "brother."
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Electric Daisy Carnival 2011A handful of thoughts from EDC Night 2
Sunday, June 26, 2011 Rave-o-holics, Bunny and Sean of the Deckz.
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Music30-second metalhead review
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 He’s known as Metal McLovin, and if you’ve ever been to a metal show in Las Vegas you’ve probably seen him.
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MusicMonster Zero
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 Why has Monster Zero waited almost a decade to release a second full-length album?
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Jay Reatard, R.I.P.
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 Sporting some of the finest curls, licks and, at least in Las Vegas, kicks, Jay Reatard will be sorely missed.
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First FridayOverheard at First Friday
Thursday, June 11, 2009 Random comments from the recently downsized cultural event.
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BusinessBooming business
Thursday, June 4, 2009 Boomers after hours isn’t a spectacular place. It's your typical dive-drinking establishment—everywhere, there are neon beer signs, televisions older than most teenagers and the acrid scent of ancient cigarette smoke, lingering.
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Noise
Deep Fried Orphanz
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Vincent Mazzoccoli, lead singer of Deep Fried Orphanz, thrashes during a recent performance.
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Music
Metal McLovin
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 Beware: Metal McLovin might want to touch your personhood
