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Time for a game of ‘Name that Genre’

Even someone as brilliant as yourself can get even more brilliant-er. With this in mind, I thought I’d provide a handy glossary of terms often used in these parts to further sharpen your musical vocabulary.

Blow out birthday candles with Mickey Hart

Sept. 11 isn’t a date with good connotations for most people. But it’s Mickey Hart’s birthday, and he’s been living with that for 70 years.

Slayer set to thrash The Joint

Thrash metal icons Slayer savage The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 25, with Gojira and 4arm. Tickets start at $39.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.

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Black Sabbath at heart of heavy metal

It was a packed concert hall and a teenager’s bedroom rendered as one, if only for an evening.

Comparing musical kings in honor of Lil Wayne’s stop at MGM Grand

Oh Wikipedia, thanks for conjuring up a dozen random and ridiculous Elvis Presley/Lil Wayne comparisons. Why? Wayne just passed Elvis as the male with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Black Sabbath exploring roots at MGM Grand Garden

It all began with that bell, tolling in a thunderstorm somewhere, definitely at night, its ominous, foreboding clang suggestive of rain-slicked tombstones, black masses beneath moonless skies and a bunch of gargoyles doing gargoyle stuff.

Geek out with Coheed and Cambria

If there was an NCAA men’s basketball-style tournament to crown the nerdiest band of all time, Coheed and Cambria would be a lock for the final four.

Clap your hands with Fitz and the Tantrums

Earlier in the month, L.A.’s Fitz and the Tantrums opened for Bruno Mars at the MGM Grand, a fitting pairing: Both look to the past in an attempt to dominate pop music’s present.

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