NYC Brings ‘Shame’ To Irving Plaza, And Not The Bad Kind

Shame is one of those bands that you have to see live to further intensify your love for them. I recently was lucky enough to photograph and review their sold out show in New York City at Irving Plaza. If they’re coming into town—cancel your plans, buy tickets, and get ready for a crazy night. […]

Meshing Music & Fashion Seamlessly: Twin Tribes at Fremont Country Club

Emerging from 1970s new wave and post-punk, genres such as darkwave or dark synth, are not only recognized for their bright, haunting, synth sounds, but listeners heavily associate the music with a particular style. With Twin Tribes making a stop in Vegas at Fremont Country Club on May 19th, we were very interested in not […]

Transcending Earthly Planes: Dama Vicke’s Latest Single

Released in early February, Dama Vicke collaborated for the first time in her career with local band, Post NC, to deliver a captivating and dreamy single titled “Space Lovers.” Tomorrow night, “under dreamy moonlight,” you can find Vicke performing this tune among other works in her flourishing discography at The Beverly Theatre. “Space Lovers” takes […]

Dear Las Vegas Weekly:

Dear Las Vegas Weekly: The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention an incident of plagiarism that did not go unnoticed by the Astr0mag team. While the incident is relatively minor, it’s no less urgent to us. We write in the hopes of avoiding situations like this one in the future. On […]

SunCan Music Festival: Where Local Arts Give Back to Local Causes

This previous winter felt extra cruel for Las Vegas. The harsh winds and relentless gloom kept local residents indoors. That is, of course, for those who have doors. We are overdue for some warmth, especially anyone who unfortunately had to brave this cold with no home. This year, Nevada’s heat should be met with festivity, […]

A Head Full of Stars: Rhaina Yasmin Releases New Single

Las Vegas-based indie artist, Rhaina Yasmin, released her latest single “Stars” in late February. The heavily nostalgic and dreamy tune is straight out of an early 2000s rom-com. You know, the part where the main character is in their cute New York City apartment reflecting on their questionable life decisions thus far? It’s raining outside […]

A Gauzey Night at Eagle Aerie Hall

On President’s Day night, Slow Crush made their stop in Vegas while on tour with Trauma Ray and Death Bells with a special opening by Las Vegas skramz band, Roman Candle. Eagle Aerie Hall was filled with shoegazers who had made the drive down to locally named “Hendertucky” for a gauzy reverbed dreamscape show. Roman […]

Billy Tibbals and Mac Saturn in NYC

February 4th, 2023: Billy Tibbals and Mac Saturn came to Racket in New York City and reminded me of why I love going to concerts. These are the bands that are reviving live music. Every moment from that night had life. Each band had their unique style, and you could tell the whole show that […]

CANDY: Back at Post 8 with BIB

Earlier this week on Sunday night, CANDY was back at Legion Post 8 touring with raw, noisy, Omaha band BIB. CANDY is finishing up a third tour for their latest album release Heaven Is Here, Las Vegas being their eighth stop on the West Coast Tour. This January tour also included gigs in California, Washington, […]

Inside The Mind Of A Whiskey Girl | An Interview With Marni

In late September of 2022, my friend Eunice and I sat down in her living room with our friend Nic Lara AKA Marni to discuss the release of his latest EP, Whiskey Girl. Whiskey Girl was released less than a month before, and we were eager to know all about it. The plan was to […]