Powered by cheap brews and cheaper thrills, Aussie brother-sister duo BugGirl bash out primal, dirt-beneath-the-fingernails rock ‘n’ roll that leaves stains. The title of their latest EP, “Blood, Sweat and Beers,” pretty much says it all: This is the soundtrack to bar fights, liquor binges and all kinds of unmentionable activities that you may regret but will never forget.
Moving to Las Vegas to pursue a singing career wasn’t Nino Angelastro’s idea.
The folks who put the stars’ names on Las Vegas marquees might not be happy that they’ve had to spell out “Engelbert Humperdinck” for 40 years now, but he sure is.
The sound of New Orleans is impossible to pin down, as it’s fluid as the spirits that flow so freely on Bourbon Street. The same could be said of the shifting aesthetics of one of the Crescent City’s finest musical exports, free-range jazz/funk ensemble Galactic.
It’s a who’s who of some of the best guitarists of the present celebrating the works of one of the most fiery six-stringers of the past. The “Experience Hendrix Tour” is loaded with the likes of Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Living Color and more, all paying tribute to the Voodoo Chile himself.
He may late to the party by following Jay Leno into the late-night talk show waters, but George Lopez is no less a veteran of the Strip.
