11.12.08
Hey! We went to high school with that chick! (Via Lordi.fi)
If you didn’t get your fill of ridiculous metal yesterday with Dragonforce, House of Blues is doubling down with Lordi tonight at 5:30. If you don’t know Lordi, think of them as KISS by way of Fangoria magazine, or zombies by way of zombies with guitars. You know what? You should probably just watch the video. They’re all pretty much like this. Click for more words and pictures »
11.11.08
Metal the way it was meant to be: Insanely fast, and about wizards. (Via Dragonforce.com)
If you don’t recognize the complete awesome majesty of Dragonforce, there’s a very good chance you have no soul. Led by the twin towers of shred, Herman Li and Sam Totman, the power metal sextet will melt your face. Clean off. They’ll be doing it tonight at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay at 5:30 p.m.
They took everything that was ever great about Ronnie James Dio (namely, songs about elves) and everything that was great about guys like Yngwie Malmsteen (namely, 8,000,000 notes crammed into three minutes of music) and put them together to rock out with the long, flowing hair of a Victoria’s Secret underwear model. This is as close as you can get to the Platonic ideal of metal without being Dethklok.
If you’re not familiar with the most exhausting five minutes in music, hit the video for your listening pleasure.
11.10.08
If you are a 13-year-old dude who plays guitar, there is a 100 percent chance you own this album.
It’s time to get your classic rock on. Joe Satriani heads up the House of Blues tonight at 7:30 p.m. along with Mountain, which originally did “Mississippi Queen” long before the admittedly unfortunate cover Ozzy turned in. Look, you spend 40 years making with the rock, eventually you’re going to do a bad cover or a duet with Lita Ford or the entirety of Bark at the Moon or get married to Sharon Osbourne. These things happen. Cut him some slack. Click for more words and pictures »
11.5.08
If they ever run into the Lords of Acid, they’ll be a pH-neutral nine-piece. (Via myspace.com/alkalinetrio)
Alkaline Trio hits up the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay tonight with Rise Against, The Gaslight Anthem and Thrice for all sorts of poppy, punky pop-punk. This assumes you can pry yourself off the couch after having spent the last 24 hours watching CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and CNBC to the point where you see election return maps every time you close your eyes. It’s time to change, America — change out of those sweatpants and go back to normal life. Click for more words and pictures »
10.19.08
?uestlove’s afro pick budget must be through the roof.
The Roots, authors of one of the most infectious guitar hooks that will burrow deep into your brain like Kahn with a Stratocaster, hit the stage at House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay tonight along with Gym Class Heroes and Estelle. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. Click for more words and pictures »
10.16.08
“Awww, Tom let the van run out of gas again.” (Via myspace.com/angelsandairwaves)
Former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge’s latest project, Angels & Airwaves, headlines tonight at House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay with Runner Runner. The group features former members of The Offspring, Rocket From the Crypt and 30 Seconds to Mars, making it a just-in-time-for-Halloween Frankenstein’s monster of middling pop-punk and alt-rock bands. Click for more words and pictures »
10.12.08
New Found Glory re-enacts the creepiest scene in Labyrinth. (Via myspace.com/newfoundglory)
Pop-punk outfit New Found Glory leads the way at House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay along with their alter-egos, International Superheroes of Hardcore — which is just a reshuffling of the NFG lineup. Plus Heroes singer Chad Gilbert can shoot lasers out of his eyes. Also on the bill are A Day to Remember, Crime in Stereo and Four Year Strong. Doors are at 5 p.m. Click for more words and pictures »
10.9.08
Henry Rollins is angry at you for not buying enough Black Flag records. (Via myspace.com/henryrollins)
Henry Rollins is at House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay tonight to do his spoken word at 6 p.m. We just hope his on-the-record stance on Carrot Top doesn’t lead to a brawl on the Strip between two of the country’s most workout-crazed performers. And by “doesn’t lead to a brawl” we mean “completely freaking hope for a massive rumble.” You hear that Carrot Top? It’s a short walk from the Luxor to Mandalay. We’re just sayin’. Click for more words and pictures »
10.8.08
In the finest tradition of Dethklok, get ready to enjoy Cookie Monster vocals. (Via Opeth.com)
Swedish prog/death metal outfit Opeth headlines at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay tonight with guests High on Fire and Baroness. We were hoping Baroness would be an all-G.I. Joe tribute band, but as usual with such matters, we’re sadly mistaken. This is just like that time we went to see White Lion thinking it would have something to do with the Thundercats. Click for more words and pictures »
10.4.08
Turd Ferguson himself.
Norm MacDonald is one of four comedy shows you could go see tonight, but why bother with the others when you could go to the one who can out-Reynolds Reynolds? Fellow SNL alum Dana Carvey is at The Orleans Showroom at 8 p.m., Chelsea Handler plays The Pearl at the Palms at 8 p.m. and Kevin James and Ray Romano are at the Danny Gans Theater in The Mirage at 10 p.m. Click for more words and pictures »
