Stories by Spencer Patterson

Our favorite Life Is Beautiful sets—ever!
September 21, 2023

Las Vegas’ 20 Greatest Music Rooms—Ever
June 8, 2023

15 Acts to Catch at Las Vegas heavy rock festival Sick New World
May 11, 2023

Resurgent New Zealand trio Bailterspace brings its noisy brand of shoegaze to Las Vegas (at last)
April 20, 2023

Diving into Vegas Golden Knights merchandise with retail director Maggie Sweeney
April 20, 2023

Eating up Vitos’ birria-centric menu
March 23, 2023

The Las Vegas scene pays tribute to Blair Dewane with a weekend of music and hugs
December 15, 2022

Dollar Loan Center’s Craggy Range Bar & Grill beckons, even during the daytime
November 17, 2022

Las Vegas bottle shop and bar Khoury’s expands to meet community demand
September 29, 2022

Lamaii’s expansion continues elevating the Henderson dining scene
September 8, 2022

Psycho Las Vegas and Resorts World: A strangely harmonic match made in heavy metal heaven
August 24, 2022

15 acts to catch at the 2022 Psycho Las Vegas music festival
August 18, 2022

The Shins’ James Mercer looks back on ‘Oh, Inverted World’ and ahead to Las Vegas
July 20, 2022

Changing course: Ryan Pardey, rocking the real estate market
March 24, 2022

Touring Las Vegas’ newest local concert spots with promoter Patrick “Pulsar” Trout
March 10, 2022

Day N Vegas: Acts to catch, a lineup quiz and more!
November 11, 2021

New Downtown Las Vegas music venue Swan Dive positioning for Main Street opening
October 6, 2021

Sights and sounds from Life Is Beautiful's 2021 Las Vegas return
September 21, 2021

Get to know young, new Las Vegas duo Maxwell Gang
September 2, 2021

Vegas music scene mainstay Ronald Corso in hospital after suffering stroke
August 12, 2021

How are fans supposed to feel about the Vegas Golden Knights parting ways with Marc-André Fleury?
August 5, 2021

Get to know Las Vegas ‘vacation metal’ quintet Lords of Death
June 24, 2021

Shuttered Bunkhouse Saloon impacted by Sunday fire
June 13, 2021

Live music returns to Fremont Street Experience with a blowout celebration
May 27, 2021

Las Vegas' concert calendar coming back into focus
May 11, 2021

Curious about fantasy baseball but afraid to try it?
March 18, 2021

Billie Eilish, Green Day, Tame Impala top Life Is Beautiful's 2021 Las Vegas festival lineup
March 10, 2021

Year in Review: Our favorite 2020 TV shows and films
December 24, 2020

Year in Review: Our favorite 2020 albums
December 24, 2020

Local spin: New releases from Mercy Music, Same Sex Mary and Jacob Smigel
November 12, 2020

COVID-19 survivor John Gist, concert promoter
July 16, 2020

Album review: Deerhoof’s ‘Future Teenage Cave Artists’
June 11, 2020

Could a live-show hybrid—exclusive audiences with worldwide streaming—help save Las Vegas’ concert industry?
May 14, 2020

Psycho Las Vegas pushes its next festival to 2021
May 4, 2020

Comfort spins: Revisiting some of our all-time favorite Vegas recordings
March 26, 2020

Album review: Guided By Voices’ ‘Surrender Your Poppy Field’
March 19, 2020

San Diego post-hardcore band Hot Snakes is back and better than ever
February 27, 2020

Dweezil Zappa brings his father’s classic ‘Hot Rats’ album to life onstage
February 20, 2020

A few favorite shows from shuttering rock club Vinyl’s eight-year run
January 30, 2020

Dynamic vocalist Jamila Woods brings her poetic music to town
January 23, 2020

Cursive brings Cloud Nothings and Criteria to the Bunkhouse
January 23, 2020

20 From 20: Our favorite albums of the past 20 years
January 8, 2020

Show stoppers: Our favorite concerts of 2019
December 26, 2019

Nineteen ways to close out 2019 on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas
December 26, 2019

Magical music: Our favorite albums of 2019
December 26, 2019

Modern folk hero Ryley Walker talks sobriety, Twitter persona and Genesis bootlegs
December 4, 2019

Priming you for Built to Spill’s ‘Secret’ celebration
November 14, 2019

Thom Yorke's Chelsea stopover dazzles the eyes as much as the ears
October 28, 2019

Kura Revolving Sushi puts a new spin on dining out
October 3, 2019

Priming you for Interpol’s Las Vegas return
October 3, 2019

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