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29W the strip Clint Holmes
parks, Wynn is making a Paradise. Is a Downtown booze district soon to brew? Marvels from the people who bend like Gumby. Styles from the people who dig rockabilly.
and longtime backers Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns at the M.
12W Feature | night moves
intrigue by christopher devargas; lo-lo’s by mikayla whitmore
Megaclubs with big EDM DJs still dominate on the Strip, but venues are popping up dedicated to other sounds and more intimate spaces.
19W A&E Geeeeeet ready for Record Store Day on April 16!
20W pop culture The semihappy return of LCD Soundsystem.
30W food & drink Hot hot heat at Chengdu Taste and chicken and waffles at Lo-Lo’s. Where are you happy-houring Downtown? ONLY online “What Happens Here, Stays Here” becomes a beer (no, seriously); the new Park’s Bliss Dance installation creates waves in the local art scene; and concert on-sales from Coldplay, Culture Club and more—find it all at lasvegasweekly.com.
22 screen Dazed and Confused for the ’80s, a Jungle Book for today and a thriller involving the hopeful takeover of Kevin Costner’s brain.
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26W noise The new arena gives
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> THE NEW LAGOON Wynn has announced major expansion plans.
POTENT QUESTION Could a new distillery be the seed of a Downtown booze district? Customers at the Griffin might soon be able to order cocktails crafted with spirits made down the street. Nevada H&C Distilling Company, owned by Griffin cofounders Jonathan Hensleigh and Aaron Chepenik, has been quietly distilling over the past couple of months—and Chepenik says bottles of its Silver Dollar Vodka could be released as early as this month. Last week, H&C got City Council approval to purchase more than three acres adjacent to its current Mesquite Avenue operation. It adds 19,000 square feet to the footprint and is expected to create dozens of new jobs. Economic & Urban Development Director Bill Arent said in a news release that H&C’s expansion will contribute to the area’s synergy and revitalization. Chepenik agrees. “We already have a symbiotic relationship with Tenaya Creek,” he says of the nearby brewery. “They’re looking at buying some of our old barrels to do a barrel-aged beer.” That dynamic echoes Las Vegas Distillery partnering on barrel-aged beers with neighboring brewery CraftHaus in Henderson’s Artisan Booze District, a specialty corridor enabled by state legislation. We can only hope that the change to city code that allowed H&C’s operation will draw other players to give the urban core its own boozy ’hood. –Mark Adams
PARADISE FOUND
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Size matters here, because this is almost certainly only the beginning. Steve Wynn told the Weekly’s John Katsilometes in November 2014: “While I’m alive, I will never, ever develop the golf course. It is there to stay.” And now, it isn’t. If you think Wynn reversed his thinking about one of Wynn Las Vegas’ most acclaimed amenities simply to gain another thousand hotel rooms and a big lake, you’re not paying attention. There’s another hundred acres back there for Wynn to pull more value from, to exert more of his Vegas magic upon, to create a galaxy of new experiences and opportunities that will compete with both the boutique resort (Alon) and the mega-complex (Resorts World) coming soon across the street. Could something like that count as a reinvention? –Brock Radke
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Every time something big or different happens on the Strip, we’re told it’s going to reinvent Las Vegas. On April 6, as the city and the Strip and certainly MGM Resorts celebrated the opening of T-Mobile Arena, Steve Wynn did his best to steal the show. During a Wynn Resorts investment conference, he announced plans for a major expansion of the Wynn and Encore resort campus, something big and different: a 38-acre lagoon with an island in the middle where patrons will be able to water ski and parasail, shadowed by a new 1,000-room boutique hotel, a casino, restaurants and convention space. If Wynn Paradise Park is approved by the company’s board of directors, it could begin construction on a portion of the Wynn Golf Club as early as this fall, cost as much as $1.6 billion and open as soon as 2020. Be cynical if you like. We know better than to secondguess Wynn’s dreamy ideas. This is not a water park. Wynn refers to it as an entertainment attraction, describing nightly fireworks shows launched from that island and comparing it to a Disney theme-park experience. To provide some scope, Bellagio’s lake covers 8 acres. An official from Crystal Lagoons US Corp, which is working with Wynn on the plans, told the Review-Journal that Paradise Park would be the largest of its projects until a 90-acre real estate plan in Dubai becomes reality.
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> POLITICAL MOVES Ted Cruz and his fellow presidential candidates must bend and twist through the complex delegate process.
BENDING AND BREAKING
The contortions of trained artists and American democracy BY STACY J. WILLIS
There’s a woman on the floor in front of me doing the splits. We’re in a conference room at Sunset Station, and I’m on a stiff chair in the back. Other people are sprawled out on the carpeted floor, wearing leggings or sweats and listening to a super-fit strength instructor talk about learning to relax. “You just need to know how to release muscle spasms,” she says. The bendy woman in front of/below me swings her legs back together, lies on her back and pops up into a backbend. Her upside-down face gazes up at me. I try to smile, but my eye just twitches. “Listen to your body,” says the trainer, a 58-year-old who claims she can run a 5-minute mile and do a one-handed pull-up. “Your body really has most of the answers.” My body knows it has no business here, in a class at the International Contortion Convention. But it’s hard not to want to watch. I will soon see another upside-down woman support her entire body with her mouth, balancing on the top of a pole and using her toes to shoot an arrow at a target. (Bull’s-eye.) I’ll see another woman push a backbend so far that she slides her head and shoulders completely up under her ankles, so her feet are beside her face. It’ll make me flinch. These are phenomenal artists and athletes, performing for amazed audiences in Las Vegas and worldwide. As considerable as their talents are, some of their contortions still make me recoil; they’re shocking and illogical in a way that makes me shudder and wonder, what’s really happening here? ***** The Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank, says on its website, “The presidential nominat-
IN BRIEF
ing process in the United States is one of the most complex, lengthy and expensive in the world.” The CFR then describes the complicated yet disturbingly flexible delegate process, which I’ll attempt to summarize: At stake in each state’s contest— possibly a primary you stand in a long line for, like Arizona’s, or a caucus you stand in a long line for, like Nevada’s— is a certain number of delegates who represent their states at the national conventions. For Democrats, candidates are generally, but oddly not always, awarded delegates on a proportional basis—thus, a candidate who receives one-third of the support in a caucus gets roughly one-third of the delegates moving forward. The number of delegates states get is related to its Democratic vote in the previous three presidential elections, as well as its assigned number of Electoral College votes. I’m not making this up. But someone did. This year, the Democratic candidate must get at least 2,382 of 4,763 delegates to win, then do six backbends and shoot a bow and arrow with his or her toes. On the Republican side, some states award delegates proportionally, some are winner-take-all and others use a hybrid system. Some do cartwheels and most balance themselves using only their mouths. The GOP gives each state 10 delegates, plus three for each congressional district and bonus delegates for states that contributed electoral votes to the party in the previous presidential election, along with those that elected Republicans to high offices. The GOP candidate this year must secure at least 1,237 of 2,472 delegates to win. And do the splits. Furthermore, each party also reserves superdelegate slots at the national convention for its high-rank-
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***** At the contortionists’ rehearsal, a 2-foot square blue box sits onstage. When the music starts, the top opens, and someone’s bare foot emerges. Slowly, a whole, functioning human unfolds from within. It’s disturbing
MUSIC TO OUR EARS For the 17th year in a row, the Clark County School District was honored with a Best Communities for Music Education designation by the National Association of Music Merchants. The acknowledgment of outstanding music education and accessibility was bestowed on only 476 school districts in the U.S. In other music news, last Friday Las Vegas Academy of the Arts music teacher Bill Swick was given a $1,000 honorarium as one of 10 finalists for the 2016 Music Educator Award, a joint effort by the Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation. LVA received a $1,000 matching grant. –Mike Prevatt
yet fascinating: Elbows and knees and shoulders emerge in an unsettling, illogical sequence, until, somehow, a guileless teenage girl with two long braids stands onstage, intact. She smiles, then dives into her routine— walking on her hands, backflips, front flips, backbends. But the real show is getting in and out of that box. So while others take their turns onstage, she keeps practicing the box maneuver: twisting and folding herself inside, closing the lid and then opening the lid and praying-mantising out again. I watch intently from a distance. Each time, I’m disturbed. How can a healthy human being with so many complicated parts fit into that little space? I want to understand, but I’m also just enjoying the show. She watches me with a performer’s smile. She knows I’m befuddled, and we both know that’s the key to the act. But now that I’m here, at the convention, I have to decide whether I want to be entertained or informed. What a luxury.
HOT TOPIC Ever hike through Goldstrike Canyon or down the Arizona Hot Springs trail on a midsummer’s day? Then you probably remember how blistering hot it was. That’s one reason the National Park Service is considering the seasonal closure of the two Lake Mead National Recreation Area trails, where public-safety incidents have increased significantly since 2013. NPS is currently seeking public comment on the proposed closures, accepting feedback through May 1 either through the U.S. Mail or online at nps.gov. –MA
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PARTY HEART-Y Insomniac is bringing back its EDC Week Charity Auction, a 10-day online bid battle produced with eBay, in which kandi kids can try for exclusive EDC and EDC Week experiences. Last year’s lots included backstage passes, meet-andgreets with artists and even a helicopter ride to the Speedway with Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella and wife Holly Madison. Better yet? Insomniac will again donate proceeds to a local charity—we’re feeling the PLUR—and this year’s recipient is the Shade Tree, a nonprofit shelter for women, children and pets who’ve suffered from domestic violence and/or homelessness. –Mark Adams
ing officials, who can generally vote for whomever they want, rendering the backbends and movable ribs it took to get this far nearly moot. In the GOP, these include the three members of each state’s national committee. Among limber Democrats, superdelegates include members of the national committee, all members of Congress and governors, former presidents and VPs, former congressional leaders, and former chairs of the Democratic National Committee. Ta-da! When I consider this twisted routine, I wish I hadn’t. I recoil. I shudder and wonder, what’s really happening here? Is this the world’s best system, a feat of amazing political art, or a dangerous illusion?
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> SHINY AND NEW Hakkasan Group brings Jewel Nightclub to Aria in May.
By Brock Radke
ver the past decade, the nightclub business has become a truly ubiquitous part of Las Vegas entertainment. You come to Vegas, you go to a club. One cannot be untangled from the other. You used to cut up your casino time with dinner and a show; now you recover from the club by shopping, eating and maybe gambling a bit before you start partying again. If you doubt the draw of Vegas nightlife, check that line of cars flooding in on the 15 from California on Fridays, youthful drivers and passengers looking up at billboards advertising the weekend’s headlining superstar DJs.
And it was just 20 years ago that Vegas clubs began making the jump from more alternative experiences like Club Utopia and the Drink into the casinos they now rule. Club Rio opened in 1995, followed quickly by Studio 54, Ra, Baby’s, C2K, Drai’s Afterhours and more. Those were the predecessors to today’s landscape, in which Nightclub & Bar Media Group finds seven of the top 10 revenuegenerating clubs in the country: XS, Hakkasan, Marquee, Tao, Surrender, Hyde and Lavo. Electronic dance music is their dominant sound today, but trends are always shifting, and predictions of a crash have become louder than ever. Forbes published a story subtitled “The uncertain future of EDM” in October, focusing on the possibly precarious popularity of EDM festivals like the 400,000-strong, three-day Electric Daisy Carnival, which returns to Las Vegas in June. Last month, The New York Post’s Page Six opened a column about Vegas “turning up its nose” at the current trend with the line, “Call it the death of the DJ.” This month, Pitchfork put together a timeline explaining “How EDM’s bubble burst,” laying out this argument: “A former subculture was being inflated into a mass-market fad, and—as with ‘electronica’ and
disco before—a market correction was in store.” If that correction has begun, Vegas is staying a few steps ahead. Sensory-overloading megaclubs and high-dollar DJs remain the name of the game, but a closer look reveals a strategic shift. The architects of nightlife are diversifying, offering a wider range of specific experiences while maintaining those that are still bringing lines of revelers. Clubs are getting smaller but the scene is getting bigger. Live music is exploding while those upper-tier DJs are thriving. And this particular portion of Vegas is getting really good at what Vegas has always been about: providing everyone with anything they can imagine. People go to clubs for different reasons. Some might go for the dating aspect, some for the music, some for the environment, and some might go because they’re being lured to go. –Sujit Kundu
ecognizing how big a piece nightlife is in the Strip puzzle is easy if you look at the Wynn and Encore resorts. They remain the standard of luxury in Las Vegas, the domain of the highest high rollers,
setting the pace as Steve Wynn’s original Strip resorts Mirage and Bellagio did decades ago. When Wynn Las Vegas opened in 2005, no one would have predicted that nightclubs would become key components there. Not only are XS and Surrender nightclubs and Encore Beach Club essential to the resorts’ success, Wynn has promoted nightlife guru Sean Christie to chief operating officer. “With Sean as a leader across the property, we have a crusader and advocate for the millennial, who is maybe becoming the core customer,” says Pauly Freedman, a veteran of Vegas nightlife who’s been at Wynn for more than eight years and is co-executive director of the newest venue opening on April 28, Intrigue. Taking the place of Tryst—the origin of a partnership between Victor Drai and Steve Wynn that laid the foundation for Wynn’s big club moves—Intrigue is a mysterious symbol of what comes next in Vegas nightlife. It will be the opposite of the megaclub, where thousands of partiers wade through a festival-like experience. “It’s about attention to detail, about giving the experience and the service,” Freedman says. Rest assured, it will be gorgeous and intimate, and there will be a fire feature in the middle of a pond backdropped by
a 94-foot cascading waterfall, but you’ll be able to have a conversation there. That’s new. Wynn, generally the only property on the Strip that operates its own nightclubs, also recently appointed Alex Cordova as executive vice president and managing partner of nightlife (after his tenure as executive vice president of marketing for Hakkasan Group), and made more noise by hiring Mark Shunock as creative director for Intrigue. An actor and budding producer, Shunock is best known for starring in Rock of Ages and for starting the monthly show Mondays Dark, a fundraiser for local charities featuring Vegas entertainers of all stripes. “[Intrigue] is service-driven and luxury-driven. When you walk in, you’re gonna feel like you’ve never felt before,” Shunock says. He won’t go into detail about the programming—Wynn has famously kept quiet about the new club’s atmosphere—but “it’s about making you tilt your head and go, Did that just happen? Wow.” Though it’ll be done in a unique fashion, Intrigue is not the first nightclub to steer away from DJ-oriented programming. In fact, one prominent Vegas club guy found great success in Miami by pivoting from the format. Gino LoPinto spent 39 years
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in Las Vegas, 25 of them in the club game at significant venues like Club Utopia (where Freedman was general manager) and Spearmint Rhino. Two years ago, with partner Dennis DeGori, LoPinto opened E11even, which has quickly become one of Miami’s hottest nightclubs (it got an honorable mention on that Nightclub & Bar Top 100 list). “We needed to create something different, a unique concept that still warranted table sales and upscale clubbing without the DJ dictating our crowd,” he says. “We’ve had great success. Sometimes our sales mimic those of any big club in the country without Tiësto or Calvin Harris, and people are noticing and following suit.” E11EVEN is likely the only blockbuster club in the country that reserves booking big names for New Year’s Eve or special events such as Miami Music Week. And LoPinto thinks the saturation of top-tier DJs selling out huge Vegas venues isn’t going to stop anytime soon. “Vegas does everything huge. It took the biggest beating during the [economic] crash, but no one else got to the levels Vegas has with clubs and DJs.” Hakkasan Group, which routinely sells out massive venues Hakkasan at MGM Grand and Omnia at Caesars Palace when A-list DJs like
Calvin Harris, Tiësto, Hardwell and Afrojack are in town, is also diversifying—though that’s an odd thing to say about a global hospitality giant with thousands of employees and 50 nightclubs, dayclubs, restaurants and lounges scattered worldwide. With several major clubs already on the Strip, Hakkasan Group execs are very aware of the potential for self-cannibalization and are programming accordingly. Hakkasan at MGM Grand is going in a slightly more open-format direction, and executive vice president of operations Derek Silberstein says a variety of content is also in store at Jewel. Set to open May 19 in the 24,000-square-foot space formerly known as Haze at Aria, it was designed by the Rockwell Group with a capacity for 2,000 guests in a main room and a mezzanine level with five exclusive VIP skyboxes. “Our goal is to exceed our customer expectations and provide the premier nightlife experience in our megaclubs or more intimate venues similar to Jewel,” Silberstein says. “It is located at one of the premier resorts in Las Vegas and will appeal to a variety of audiences and demographics.” Everyone loves a spectacle. And just as the spaceship-like chandelier wows clubgoers at Omnia, expect Jewel’s 1,400 square feet of LED
ribbons draped throughout a domed ceiling to drop some jaws. Because we were the ones consistently doing what was then just called house music—in 1996 with Club Utopia—and because we were entrenched in it, we did foresee this music taking over. It was so big in Europe and Ibiza. What we didn’t foresee was the DJs becoming so big and so expensive. –Gino LoPinto
ee Vlastaris, aka DJ Hollywood, was born in Vegas but moved to Atlantic City at age 4. He came back during high school, accidentally started DJing dances when his student council group put him in charge, and began a career in entertainment that has spanned almost the entire existence of nightclubs in Las Vegas. “We were looked at as a joke in nightlife in the ’90s. LA was looking at Vegas, and nobody wanted to be here,” he says. “They said there was no real culture, no coolness. It was so weird.” Since he’s been doing it from the beginning—he broke through at the Beach on Paradise Road in 1995, held residencies at SRO, Ra, C2K and elsewhere, and hosted a top-
rated radio show on KLUC—and since he’s still in the game—performing at Foxtail and focusing on his Beatclan Artist Management group consulting for SLS, Hard Rock, Caesars and others— Hollywood takes a certain amount of pride in Vegas establishing the idea of the rock-star DJ. “What they do behind the turntables is no different than someone standing up there with a guitar, interpreting music for a crowd that paid to hear you perform,” he says. “It’s still a very strong draw. But I am excited about the trend moving toward smaller venues, where you can listen to music and not worry about lines or breaking the bank.” His colleagues at SLS are excited about that, too. Less than two years old, the resort on the north end of the Strip shuttered its larger nightclub, Life, to create the Foundry, an intimate live-music venue that has hosted shows by Kid Cudi, Santigold and Adam Lambert since it opened in early February. With indoor/outdoor club Foxtail and smaller music venue the Sayers Club, SLS offers a colorful spectrum of nightlife entertainment even though it’s much smaller than its megaresort neighbors. “With any trend, you start to see the little cracks, and we noticed people wanting a little more value
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for their entertainment dollar,” says Matt Minichino, vice president of nightlife and entertainment at SLS and another Vegas vet who’s worked for Hakkasan Group along with the Hard Rock Hotel and the game-changing megaclub Pure (now Omnia). “We’ve had great successes on property with nightlife and seen a demand from people wanting more performances and to be part of more traditional parties.” Drai’s Beachclub and Nightclub opened in 2014 with the Caesars Entertainment renovation of the former Barbary Coast into the Cromwell. Victor Drai’s latest Las Vegas club began as an opulent rooftop destination, all open-air luxury with stunning Strip views. But it really found its niche last year, morphing suddenly into one of the top hip-hop clubs in the country on the strength of live performances—full concerts, not three-song sets on top of the DJ booth—from the biggest names in R&B and hip-hop. Chris Brown, Future, Trey Songz, Big Sean, T.I., and many others perform regularly at Drai’s. “We are a hip-hop club and we love it, and it’s coming back so heavy right now,” says Drai’s creative director Tal Cooperman. “Three years from now when a few new hotels open, there will be a major change in terms of clubs, more lounges and mini-clubs than places like XS or Marquee or Omnia. Victor was ahead of the game, and we are going to be sitting pretty. I think everyone is looking at us right now as something different because of this concert series and figuring out that it’s time to do some new stuff.” Like most venues, Drai’s couldn’t compete in the expensive DJ booking wars, but not every club has found success moving in a different direction. Sujit Kundu—founder and owner of SKAM, a dominant DJ and artist management company—says club owners and talent buyers have been overpaying for big-name DJs because they had to overcome relationships. “If you and I have a 10-year relationship, there’s loyalty there, and in order to break that loyalty, only the casino clubs had the resources to overpay and overcome those relationships,” he says. “But that doesn’t mean the DJ is over by any means. It’s just evolving. I started in house and dance music and evolved to hip-hop. Music is cyclical.” Club culture has probably never been stronger in Las Vegas. Everybody is doing business. And it’s all about the guest experience. If that part is great, profitability will follow like a shadow. –Rich Wolf
ierce competition on the Strip has sharpened the nightlife industry into a powerful, ambitious force. Everyone is out to create memorable, Instagrammable experiences through clubs, bars, restaurants and pool parties, trying to anticipate the desires of a seemingly infinite army of party people. “Venues that provide a good product at a reasonable price will be fine, and if the cost is higher, if they have new, premier talent, they’ll be fine,” Kundu says. “Ten years ago when I made my first million-dollar DJ deal, I thought, This will never last. But the city keeps growing.” Nightclub-style entertainment has infiltrated every dimension of Vegas. Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull have residencies at Planet Hollywood’s Axis theater, and those concert productions are styled to make the room feel like a nightclub. You can buy a table and get bottle service, provided by Drai’s, while you watch Britney sing and dance. When Rich Wolf and his partners in Tao Group opened Tao nightclub, lounge and restaurant at Venetian almost 11 years ago, there wasn’t really anything in Las Vegas that combined those elements that way. “There were very few vibe restaurants, maybe just Nobu and N9NE,” Wolf says. “We kind of filled a niche no one had done before, and a lot of people have come along since then and emulated us.” Indeed, every Las Vegas casinoresort strives to provide the synergy and balance represented by Tao and Tao Beach, to create dynamic venues that offer nightlife, daylife and food and beverage, everything you could possibly need in one place so you don’t have to look anywhere else. Next door at Palazzo, Tao Group has Lavo, a restaurant and lounge and casino club. Over at the Cosmopolitan, it has Marquee Nightclub and Dayclub—the first Las Vegas club built specifically for the EDM boom—and coming soon, Beauty & Essex restaurant and lounge. “Competition is plentiful and fierce, and now there are a lot of guys competing who have been in Vegas as long as we have,” Wolf says. “But we have seen the town grow up, and knowing it as intimately as we do has enabled us to react to the market and think about the next big thing and what’s missing, like the casino-club, for example.” Incorporating gaming into a nightclub environment brings the idea of Las Vegas nightlife full circle. It’s not that the lines are blurred, it’s that there are no lines. Vegas means nightlife, even if it happens during the day, or at a blackjack table, or in a restaurant, or during a concert. Or inside of something we can’t even imagine yet.
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The frenzied frolic that is Sunday Nightswim at XS returns this week, at least in sneak-preview form. Progressive house and trance producer Audien sets up the preview party on April 17; trap-spert RL Grime keeps it going with the soft-opening slot on April 24; and EDM megastar Alesso headlines the grand opening of Nightswim on May 1. Future artists set to take their shots at
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The duo’s biggest track, “Memories,” featuring the swirling, smoky vocals of Sirah, showcases Bassjackers’ signature driving bass and ability to experiment with different genres. Throw in the duo’s latest single, a hardhitting collab with Joe Ghost and MOTi called “On the Floor Like” and you’ve got a perfect preview of what’s to come at headlining Light gig Friday—it’s all about the drop. Bassjackers at Light at Mandalay Bay, April 15; at Daylight, April 16. –Leslie Ventura
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ost DJs are collectors, known for sifting through digital piles of tracks if not actually digging through crates and shops for rare records to spin. But open-format heavy hitter DJ Ross One is a different kind of collector. In November, the resident DJ at clubs ranging from 1 OAK in New York City to Drai’s in Las Vegas released Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999, a lushly produced book (available on Amazon) showcasing more than 500 rare rap-group
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“I started when I was 15 or 16 because I was obsessed with hiphop, and I really just wanted to represent it by wearing a T-shirt to school,” says the DJ also known as Ross Schwartzman. “I’m a collector by nature, so as I got more into DJing and digging for records, looking for the T-shirts and other items just went hand-in-hand.” It’s impossible for a DJ to pick his all-time favorite records, and almost as tough for Ross One to choose his favorite rap tees. “My favorite shirts have always been for my favorite artists: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Nas, Biggie, Jay Z ... But if the house is burning down, I’m probably grabbing a Tribe shirt on the way out.” –Brock Radke For more with DJ Ross One, visit lasvegasweekly.com/industry.
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You can get a fresh taste of that sweet life at B&B Ristorante, where bartender Jason Sapone has been busy crafting a line of cellos. Each batch takes around two months to complete, using New Amsterdam vodka as the base spirit. “You have to find that perfect point of when to pull it,” Sapone says.
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Like spinning plates Our vinyl picks for this year’s Record Store Day Anti-Flag, Live Acoustic at 11th Street Records ($20) As 11th Street Records’ owner Ronald Corso tells it, it was as simple as the Pittsburgh punk band’s management coming to shop and inquiring about an in-store. That led to a live acoustic performance with 125 fans—including crowdsurfers—in the rear studio. The nine songs were recorded and later pressed as an official Record Store Day release. “It’s a major-label record with the name of the store namechecked in the title,” Corso says. “That’s pretty great— our first one out of the gate.”
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ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE Theater One of the most influential dance companies in the world will be on full pointe at Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, and fans should consider attending both nights—only one number (“Revelations”) will be repeated. April 19-20, 7:30 p.m., $26-$125. skin wars Where better to watch a body-painting competition show than Sapphire gentlemen’s club? Skin City artist (and Skin Wars judge) Robin Slonina turns nude models into works of art before the season premiere at 10 p.m. April 20, 8-11 p.m., free.
Hear boz boorer The longtime Morrissey music director and guitarist heads up a celebration of his boss with live and DJ performances. Joining him: ever-morphing cover act The 11th Street Band, locals Close to Modern and DJs Hektor Rawkerz and Allen. April 15, 10 p.m., $10, Bunkhouse Saloon.
ROCK ’N’ ROLL RODEO Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia (playing solo acoustic) and Ramones tribute band Rocket to Russia team for a pair of free, unofficial Viva Las Vegas weekend parties: Thursday at Diablo’s Cantina and Friday at the Double Down, the latter headlined by LA veterans The Hangmen. April 14, 6:30 p.m.; April 15, 8:30 p.m.
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drink unlvino This annual luxuriation would make Bacchus himself extra jolly, with sparkling wine (Bubble-Licious at Venetian), rice wine (Sake Fever at Red Rock Resort) and all things red and white and delicious (Grand Tasting at Paris) on deck. April 14-16, $100-$125, unlvino.com.
Various Artists, PunkSexy: A Las Vegas Punk Rock Tribute to Prince ($20) Local imprint SquidHat Records amassed 11 covers of Prince-penned songs by bands such as Franks & Deans (“Jungle Love”), Mercy Music (“Purple Rain”) and The Dirty Panties (“Raspberry Beret”) for its contribution to Record Store Day, available on—what else?—purple vinyl. (Also available on CD.) Patti Smith, Horses: Live at Electric Lady ($40) The punk poet and her band recently ran through their seminal debut at the same NYC studio where it was originally recorded, and its release will mark the launch of Electric Lady’s new imprint. The White Stripes, The Complete John Peel Sessions ($30) The former duo’s oftbootlegged sessions with the late British RECORD radio DJ, in requisite STORE DAY white and red vinyl. April 16, start times vary. Lush, Orgami ($100) The long-dormant British Participating stores: guitar band reemerges 11th Street with a boxed set that Records, includes all five of their Record City, albums, each pressed Zia Record with a different color. Exchange. Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball ($45) The Americana icon’s acclaimed 1995 album finally comes out on high-quality vinyl, with extras to boot. –Mike Prevatt
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LCD Soundsystem, I love you but you’re bringing me down
> someone great LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy.
Mixed emotions over the year’s big music reunion By Smith Galtney
This will sound like Internet hyperbole, but so far, LCD Soundsystem is my favorite band of the millennium. All the things I search for in music—good tunes, lyrics that strike a personal chord, the desire to trace influence and discover new sounds— LCD provides in abundance. Frontman/producer James Murphy is one of my heroes, on paper, at least. He’s a late bloomer who stumbled into greatness by writing disco songs about wanting to stay home. And any in 2010, Murphy announced his man who can work Warren Zevon’s COACHELLA PICKS! early retirement while assuring it “Nighttime in the Switching Yard” Ten reasons to make the wouldn’t turn into “some big, drainto a peak-hour DJ set deserves drive through the desert matic ending.” Which is exactly utmost thanks and praise. this weekend or next, only what it became. There was the last So yeah, I’m an LCD fan. at lasvegasweekly.com. tour, lots of farewell talk-show chatAbsolutely. And yet, I’m starting ter, all leading up to a “funeral” at to think they might also be the most Madison Square Garden in the spring annoying band in rock ’n’ roll history. of 2011. A year later came Shut Up and At the end of March, LCD reunited Play the Hits, a concert documentary dutiafter a five-year hiatus to play two shows fully overhyped as “The Last Waltz for the electroat Webster Hall in New York City. The band plays DJ-generation.” In 2014, a five-LP box set fittingly Coachella this weekend and next, and has a bunch titled The Long Goodbye commemorated the MSG of other festivals lined up after that. A proper gig once again. As (brief ) career exits go, even The tour and a new album will surely follow. That’s Who and Jay Z bowed out with less fanfare. all great, right? Why wouldn’t I be psyched to Murphy hoped to chase other dreams, maybe have one of my favorite bands back and ready for write a novel (he hasn’t) or create a coffee line (he action? Well, maybe it’s because that band spent has), and no one should be surprised that he reroughly four years (three of them during that formed his band so quickly. How do you transition so-called “hiatus”) telling me they were going to from making whole arenas dance to an isolated disappear, and now they’re suddenly reuniting, author’s life? Since the reunion got announced in and it’s all happened during the same White House January, responses have ranged from the acidic administration. (“If You Tolerate LCD Soundsystem’s Manipulative While hyping LCD’s This Is Happening album
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> frat boys The college dudes of Everybody Wants Some!!
Animal kingdom Disney cashes in again with a new Jungle Book
on Glee). It’s August, so the school year hasn’t started yet; there’s ample time for getting high, arguing about bands and (most crucially) cruising for chicks. At the same time, though, everyone here seems to be jockeying for position in a way that suggests deeply rooted Richard Linklater heads back to the past anxiety about their future—just one of the many ways with the delightful Everybody Wants in which Everybody Wants Some!! echoes Dazed and Some!! By Mike D’Angelo Confused without repeating any elements more specific than youth, freedom and nostalgia. Richard Linklater has described his latest film, For those who were around at the time—and perEverybody Wants Some!!, as a “spiritual sequel” to his haps even for those who weren’t—see1993 classic Dazed and Confused. That’s a ing how expertly Linklater re-creates the classy-sounding way of saying “I wanted to Reagan era’s first blush is an endless make another movie along the same lines, aaaac source of fascination and amusement. But but I’d rather not be accused of coasting EVERYBODY the period trappings never overwhelm on past success.” He needn’t have worried. WANTS SOME!! the film’s vivid characters, who somehow Set in 1980, four years after Dazed, the Blake Jenner, manage to be intensely lovable even as new movie features an entirely new cast of Zoey Deutch, they exemplify many of the male gencharacters—it had to, really, given that the Ryan Guzman. der’s most annoying traits. Just when original actors are two decades older (plus, Directed by Everybody Wants Some!! threatens to go three of them have since won Oscars, and Richard Linklater. into broverload, it deftly shifts focus to are much more expensive than they used to Rated R. Opens a female drama student (Zoey Deutch, be)—but it does capture the same raucousFriday at Regal daughter of Lea Thompson and director yet-affectionate spirit. Downtown Howard Deutch) with a decidedly differIt also has roughly the same amount of Summerlin. ent perspective on life. It’s as if Linklater’s plot: barely any. Mostly, the film observes the Boyhood had abruptly metamorphosed testosterone-fueled rivalries, competitions into Girlhood, and further evidence that few American and hazing among a college baseball team in Texas, as filmmakers are able to look back on their younger they welcome their new freshman pitcher, Jake (Blake selves with such warm-hearted insight. Jenner, previously seen in a radically different context film
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The latest in Disney’s highly lucrative series of live-action remakes of its animated classics, The Jungle Book is a fairly faithful retelling of its source material—more so the 1967 Disney animated movie than the 1894 Rudyard Kipling book of stories it’s based on. With nearly all of the characters and locations aabcc created via CGI, it’s a bit of THE JUNGLE a stretch to even call this a BOOK live-action movie. Neel Sethi, The lone human charvoices of Ben acter is 10-year-old Mowgli Kingsley, (Neel Sethi), a “man-cub” Bill Murray. raised in the jungle. Pursued Directed by by the vicious tiger Shere Jon Favreau. Khan (voiced by Idris Elba), Rated PG. Mowgli must escape with Opens Friday the help of various animal citywide. friends, including wise panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) and laid-back bear Baloo (Bill Murray). Sethi is stilted as Mowgli, and other than the laconic Murray, who’s quite entertaining as Baloo, the voice actors seem to be mostly going through the motions. The tone is an awkward mix of savage jungle naturalism and cuddly animal antics, and it only confuses things further when the filmmakers throw in a couple of songs from the original movie. There’s a sort of prefab blandness to it all that is partly a result of the amazing photo-realistic CGI. It’s a carefully rendered technical marvel with very little artistry or soul. –Josh Bell
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Last year, Ryan Reynolds starred in moronic sci-fi thriller Self/less, about a terminally ill businessman who has his mind transferred into the body of a healthy younger man (played by Reynolds). In the equally moronic Criminal, Reynolds himself plays the brain donor, a CIA agent killed in action before divulging crucial information. Thanks to an experimental (and nonsensical) procedure, his memories are implanted into the mind of murderous psychopath Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner), who of course is the only person with the proper brain chemistry for the process to work. After a fairly tense opening featuring Reynolds, the movie gets bogged down in an incoherent terrorism plot, along with absurdly sappy scenes of Jericho discovering human emotions (complete with gauzy family-album flashbacks). Costner has a few strong moments as a gleeful killer, but he can’t reconcile that side of the character with the burgeoning hero. Eventually, he stops trying, but the movie has given up long before him. –Josh Bell
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Three questions about Time Traveling Bong Wait, is this a real show? Yes, it’s a three-episode miniseries created by Broad City’s Ilana Glazer, Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello. Glazer and Downs star as stoner cousins Sharee and Jeff, who discover a futuristic bong that allows them to travel through time. When the bong gets damaged, they find themselves flung to various time periods in their attempt to return home. Along the way, they join an ancient Greek orgy, kidnap a young Michael Jackson and inadvertently inspire the Salem witch trials.
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How stoned do I have to be to enjoy it? The best stoner comedies are even funnier to sober viewers, and Bong features a surprising amount of social commentary amid its gross-out jokes. Both are sporadically successful, so smoking up probably couldn’t hurt. Is it better than Hot Tub Time Machine? No, but it’s much, much better than Hot Tub Time Machine 2. –Josh Bell
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New this week The Adderall Diaries (Not reviewed) James Franco, Amber Heard, Christian Slater. Directed by Pamela Romanowsky. 105 minutes. Rated R. A drug-addicted writer deals with a new romance and family turmoil while covering a high-profile murder trial. AMC Town Square. Barbershop: The Next Cut (Not reviewed) Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. The crew at Calvin’s Barbershop come together to help revitalize their neighborhood. Theaters citywide. City of Gold aaacc Directed by Laura Gabbert. 96 minutes. Rated R. Gabbert’s documentary about renowned food critic Jonathan Gold is so ridiculously complimentary that it gets a bit tiresome, but in between the slavering interviews about Gold’s genius, the movie paints a vivid and entertaining picture of LA’s cultural diversity as represented in the small ethnic restaurants that Gold discovers and publicizes. –JB Regal Village Square. Criminal aaccc Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot. Directed by Ariel Vromen. 113 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 22. Theaters citywide. Everybody Wants Some!! aaaac Blake Jenner, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman. Directed by Richard Linklater. 117 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 22. Regal Downtown Summerlin. Fan (Not reviewed) Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha de Sousa, Shriya Pilgaonkar. Directed by Maneesh Sharma. 142 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. An obsessive fan takes his love of his favorite movie star too far. Century Sam’s Town, Regal Village Square. The Jungle Book aabcc Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley. Directed by Jon Favreau. 105 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 22. Theaters citywide. Theri (Not reviewed) Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amy Jackson. Directed by Atlee Kumar. 157 minutes. Not rated. In Tamil with English subtitles. A cop goes undercover to protect his late wife’s daughter from criminals. Regal Village Square.
Now playing Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice aaccc Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg. Directed by Zack Snyder. 151 minutes. Rated PG-13. Starting with its ridiculous title, this superhero epic is bursting with overwrought self-importance, crammed with so many characters and incidents that it ends up horribly disjointed. All the empty bluster obscures how little actually happens in the power struggle among heroes Batman (Affleck) and Superman (Cavill) and villain Lex Luthor (Eisenberg). –JB Theaters citywide. The Boss aaccc Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage. Directed by Ben Falcone. 99 minutes. Rated R. A disgraced business mogul (McCarthy) has to team up with her former assistant (Bell). McCarthy nearly exhausts herself carrying the movie on her own. There are a handful of funny moments, but they’re few and far between in a movie that never quite figures out what kind of joke it’s trying to make. –JB Theaters citywide. Demolition aabcc Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. 100 minutes. Rated R. This drama about a wealthy widower (Gyllenhaal) connecting with a melancholy single mother (Watts) features solid performances but is far too contrived and self-important. The movie loses sight of its characters’ unique emotions in its strained efforts to turn one man’s grief into a grand statement about human existence. –JB Aliante, Colonnade, Red Rock, Village Square, Sam’s Town, Town Square. Hardcore Henry aabcc Sharlto Copley, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky. Directed by Ilya Naishuller. 96 minutes. Rated R. See what it’s like to execute dozens of faceless bad guys in this hyperactive action flick, which duplicates the restricted point of view (and the body count) of a first-person-shooter video game. Director Naishuller started out making music videos, and his style is exhilarating—for about five minutes. Then it gets exhausting. –MD Theaters citywide. I Saw the Light aaccc Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones. Directed by Marc Abraham. 123 minutes. Rated R. Hiddleston is in fine form as legendary country musician Hank Williams, but this rote, tiresome biopic places too much emphasis on its subject’s boozing and womanizing and shows virtually no interest in his singular talent. –MD Regal Village Square. Midnight Special aaabc Michael Shannon, Jaeden Lieberher, Joel Edgerton. Directed by Jeff Nichols. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. The first half of Special, starring Shannon as a man trying to protect his mysteriously powered son, is like a Hollywood sci-fi thriller with the exposition taken out. Eventually, writer-director Nichols fills in enough details to make for a satisfying climax, while leaving things vague enough not to undermine the earlier ambiguity. –JB Cannery, Colonnade, Red Rock, Suncoast, Town Square. Zootopia aaabc Voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba. Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore. 108 minutes. Rated PG. Disney’s latest animated feature is a winning, gorgeously animated story about anthropomorphic animals living in relative harmony in a bustling metropolis. The team-up between a police officer rabbit and a smalltime criminal fox provides a thoroughly engaging mystery with some satisfying twists and turns. –JB Theaters citywide. JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.
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> HOMETOWN BOYS The Killers and The Wayner opened T-Mobile right.
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Impressions from T-Mobile Arena’s opening night
The Killers will go down as the Strip arena’s inaugural headliner, but 21-year-old North Las Vegas product Shamir Bailey, aka rising electro/ pop star Shamir, will forever stand as the first-ever act to play for a ticketed crowd in the 20,000-capacity building (discounting an invite-only practice date featuring Miranda Lambert and Cam). T-Mobile was nearly empty on April 6—apart from a few hundred devoted Killers fans packed near the front of the GA floor—when Shamir hit the stage 15 minutes before the concert’s advertised 8 p.m. start time, and he held his own despite the heightened circumstances. The 30-minute set hit a higher gear with the pulsating “Hot Mess” off last year’s debut album Ratchet, and the singer stayed in strong voice on ballad “Demon” and Hot Chip-y closer “Head in the Clouds.” Here’s hoping it won’t take further arena openings or large-scale
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festivals to bring Shamir back to town for his next performance. “Wayne Newton’s next,” Shamir announced near the end of his time, surely the most surreal moment on a night full of them for the young performer. The 74-year-old Mr. Entertainment indeed arrived soon thereafter, and though his voice didn’t project particularly well in the large venue, the sentiment felt right—stacking three Vegas generations for a giant-sized Vegas occasion. The stillarriving crowd seemed content to cross him off its bucket lists initially, then reacted more warmly when The Killers brought him back out to guest on “Johnny B. Goode” and “Viva Las Vegas” later in the show. Before we turn to those Killers, a few words about the arena itself. The food rules. I ate a Shake Shack burger and fries, half a giant banh mi grinder, a slider … okay, you get it; I ate a lot, and it was a lot better than most arena food. Beer-wise, the taps I spotted were far from typical, too (if you’re gonna spend $13, might as well get some high-ABV into your life), so the pre-show concourse experi-
ence earned high marks. As for sound and sight lines, I’ll have to wait till next time to weigh in fully, as our media position in the towering Hyde Lounge—while plush and luxurious— didn’t afford me an accurate vantage point for advising folks considering ponying up for seats below. I can only say that, from where I sat, the sound seemed solid by arena standards. Back to those Killers. Early in the headliners’ hour-and-50-minute performance, frontman Brandon Flowers explained that the band specifically asked to open T-Mobile when it heard Floyd Mayweather and the Dixie Chicks were under consideration, and the Vegas-birthed quartet proved worthy of the big-night billing. Though a set-opening “Mr. Brightside”—delivered to a fully lit audience—got things off on an odd note, it was the only significant misstep in a greatest-hits parade packed with memorable moments: the laser light show of “Spaceman;” Flowers’ solo/piano “Human” intro, followed by a full-on version featuring the Blue Man Group drummers; a cover of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (further tracing Vegas’ musical
tree); and, perhaps most significantly, an encore rendition of “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” that brought Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds to the stage for the first live collaboration between Las Vegas’ two biggest bands. Lots of huge acts are sure to follow The Killers to the T-Mobile stage from here, and they’ve got a high bar to clear. –Spencer Patterson (Encore) For those lucky enough to witness both the T-Mobile Arena opening and The Killers’ “afterparty” show at the Bunkhouse, it’s hard to avoid hyperbole. Was this the greatest night in Las Vegas rock history?
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NO LONGER ESTRANGED
Classic members of Guns N’ Roses reunite in satisfying fashion BY JOSH BELL
HOME-CHELLA Our picks among acts spilling from the festival to Las Vegas Coachella’s two-weekend expansion has enabled many of its participants—including those unlikely to visit here—to play Las Vegas in mid-April. While that programming has decreased significantly this year, there’s no shortage of choice and stylistically varied picks for those not making the trip to Indio. CHRIS STAPLETON It’s rare one of the overlapping Coachella visitors boasts a twang, but the latest heralded throwbackcountry phenom (and recent Grammy winner) is a no-brainer booking. Expect this one to sell out. With Anderson East, April 15, 8 p.m., $50, the Joint. M83 Nostalgic electronic pop auteur Anthony Gonzales finally makes his live Las Vegas debut, touring behind his weirder, goofier new album Junk. With Yacht, April 16, 9 p.m., $35-$60, Brooklyn Bowl. MIIKE SNOW You know the Swedish trio from its currently climbing single “Genghis Khan,” or its 2009 breakthrough hit “Animal.” A cavalcade of Euro-pop melodies awaits you at the Boulevard Pool’s lone Coachella-related show. With Kaneholler, April 16, 8 p.m., $28. SHEER MAG Imagine if Thin Lizzy came from Philadelphia during the ’90s lo-fi indie scene, and you’d come close to the catchyas-sin rock purists, lead by the raspy, endearing Tina Halladay. With Same Sex Mary. Acid Sisters, April 20, 9 p.m., $10-$12, Bunkhouse. FOALS While the British quartet’s radio triumphs—see recent alt-rock No. 1 hit “Mountain at My Gates”—have helped win over U.S. audiences, being one of the most firecracking guitar bands has certainly helped, too. With Kiev, April 24, 8 p.m., $22-$25, Brooklyn Bowl. AND THE REST … Volbeat with Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck (April 14, the Joint); Protoje opening for The Green (April 17, Brooklyn Bowl); G-Eazy (April 17, Drai’s Nightclub); Chvrches with Wolf Alice (April 21, Brooklyn Bowl); The 1975 with The Japanese House (April 23, the Chelsea); The Front Bottoms with Brick + Mortar, Diet Cig (April 23, Brooklyn Bowl). –Mike Prevatt
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Sounds about right. The band took the stage Downtown well after midnight and plowed through their hits one more time (along with infrequently performed cuts like “Midnight Show” and “On Top”), easily summoning the energy vibrating off the bouncing, body-to-body crowd to play for about an hour and 15 minutes. Gold-jacketed Brandon Flowers seemed to particularly relish belting out Sam’s Town track “Bones,” while the audience freaked out best during “Runaways” and closers “When You Were Young” and “Mr. Brightside.” This band, this venue, this night … as close as it gets to unbelievable. –Brock Radke
Ferrer) played very well Just before midnight together, with both Rose on Friday night at the new and the returning members T-Mobile Arena, the lights making allowances for one went down, the sold-out another. crowd went wild and new That meant lots of songs Guns N’ Roses keyboardthat showcased Slash’s ist Melissa Reese startstill-virtuosic guitar skills, ing playing some ambient including the ’90s-era epics soundscapes. It took a few “Estranged” and more minutes for the “Coma” (the latter other band members aaaac played for the first to make an entrance, GUNS N’ time since ’93), plus and they didn’t burst ROSES extended instrumenonto the stage with April 8, tal breaks on songs rock ’n’ roll energy. T-Mobile like “Rocket Queen” Instead, singer Axl Arena. and “Double Talkin’ Rose was awkwardly Jive.” Slash even wheeled out by sevadded some extra flair to eral crew members as he a trio of songs from Rose’s sat atop a literal throne, 2008 GNR album Chinese borrowed from Dave Democracy, especially livGrohl of the Foo Fighters. ening up the mostly dreaRose broke his foot durry ballad “This I Love.” ing the GNR show at LA’s McKagan got to take his Troubadour last week, and turn at the mic for a cover of was thus stuck performing The Damned’s “New Rose,” the entire concert seated, while longtime Rose colhobbling on and off the laborator Fortus snuck in a stage for occasional breaks. handful of solos of his own. He kept a sense of Rose’s injury meant that humor about it, though, and he wasn’t able to take nearly after a bit of a shaky start as many backstage breaks (Rose missed several lines as he’s accustomed to, but in “Mr. Brownstone,” the sitting down seemed to suit second song of the night), him, as his voice sounded the second gig since 1993 excellent throughout the for reunited original GNR nearly two-and-a-half-hour members Rose, guitarshow. By the end, the band ist Slash and bassist Duff had run through nearly all McKagan went off spectacof its biggest hits, along with ularly. Although this isn’t enough album tracks and a full reunion of the origicovers to satisfy any longtime nal GNR lineup, the hybrid fan. The GNR reunion might band of classic membe imperfect, but the band’s bers and latecomers (also performance on this particuincluding guitarist Richard lar night was immensely satFortus, keyboardist Dizzy isfying. –Josh Bell Reed and drummer Frank
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Polly Jean Harvey’s career has been marked by insatiable musical restlessness and piercing explorations of emotional and physical disorientation. In recent years, she’s turned her attention to global issues: New album The Hope Six Demolition Project—which Harvey and collaborators pieced together in part during a public museum installation—is an extension of 2011’s political-minded Let England Shake. Inspired by trips to Washington, D.C., and Afghanistan, the album chronicles oppression and poverty via a soundtrack of burly saxophone, bluesy electric guitars and hollowed-out gang-vocal melodies. Unfortunately, Hope Six is curiously dispassionate: Its songs are so focused on observing surface injustices, they neglect to establish an emotional connection or analyze this inequality with any depth. More songs like the “The Wheel,” a Stooges-esque proto-punk twist with syncopated handclaps, would have improved things. When Harvey pleads, “Hey, little children, don’t disappear,” the urgency and anguish linger long after the song ends. –Annie Zaleski
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SASHA Late Night Tales: Scene Delete AAABC The latest in the revered Late Night Tales compilation series is, per concept, Sasha’s synthesized fantasia recontextualized into a comedown mix. But its headphones-only audiophilia also allows the listener to savor and dissect the work of the veteran Welsh producer/DJ and collaborators David Gardner and ThermalBear, who over two years crafted almost 50 comedown pieces that were eventually sent to Late Night Tales for an all-originals edition (with 21 of them making the final cut). A steady pacer like “View2” is as uptempo— and as close as to Sasha’s classic progressivism—as it gets, with its 75-BPM tempo and spacewalk ambience. The gentle breakbeat of “Time After Time” hearkens back to 2002’s Airdrawndagger, Sasha’s last artist album. And Scene Delete’s impetus track, “Bring on the Night-time,” features both keys by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and one of the album’s two vocal performances, by Godrich’s Ultraista bandmate Laura Bettinson, ultimately creating a lullaby. Nonetheless, though the rest of Scene Delete placates similarly, there’s enough stimulation to experience it beyond the small hours. –Mike Prevatt
A&E | the strip > HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP Holmes reunites with his former band at M Resort.
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since the Harrah’s run ended a decade ago, and it took several months to coordinate, as everyone involved in the production is busy in other shows. Santa Fe’s band is populated with band members from Jersey Boys, Donny & Marie, Rock of Ages and Celine Dion. For Holmes, the performance arrives at a particularly meaningful moment. He has finished his new album, With a new album in the offing, yet to be titled but due for release sometime in May. Clint Holmes reunites with Santa Fe & This recording process has covered two years; Holmes’ chief collaborator during that entire period has been The Fat City Horns By John Katsilometes Gregg Field, a masterful producer and musician who has won seven Grammy awards. Field performed with Ella Clint Holmes has often recalled his decision to hire Fitzgerald in the 1980s and with Frank Sinatra from 1991 Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns as his backing band durto ’95, a run that included Sinatra’s final world tour. ing his headlining run at Harrah’s. It was the fall of 1999, When Field, not so easily impressed, records Holmes and Holmes had just ended his residency at Golden in the studio, he’s apt to say, “He can sing anything.” Nugget to swing into a headlining run on the Strip, and Backed by musicians Holmes jokingly refers to as he hit a Santa Fe show at the lounge at Palace Station. “a good little band,” the Count Basie Orchestra, the Holmes watched for a time, and was blown away release is peppered with great guest artists: the terrific by Jerry Lopez and the powerhouse Santa Fe lineup. jazz singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Jane Monheit, Holmes’ manager, sitting at his side, leaned over to say, R&B vocalist and actress Ledisi, sax great Dave “That’s your band.” Koz, and Hammond B3 ace Joey DeFrancesco Holmes responded: “Are you kidding? There among them. All that creative energy was botare 12 guys up there. I can’t afford that band.” CLINT tled at Capitol Records’ Studio A, the famous He was then told, “You can’t afford not to have HOLMES with Santa spot where greats like Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat that band.” King Cole and The Beach Boys, among many Thus, Lopez and a Santa Fe band that swelled Fe & The others, have recorded. to 16 for Holmes’ residency became a fixture in Fat City Taken en masse, these events in Holmes’ life Holmes’ autobiographical production at Harrah’s. Horns. April are meant to satisfy his need to perform with Boosted further by Holmes’ longtime friend— 23, 7 p.m., the very best and, yes, achieve some measure of pianist, vocalist and music director Bill Fayne— $20-$30. M Holmes became a well-known and highly respect- Resort, 702- acclaim at this point in his life. He turns 70 in 797-1000. May, a demarcation that even his closest friends ed artist on the Strip over the next six years. find stunning. The process of recording such an That run ended in 2006, when Holmes embarked album is lengthy and expensive, and a Grammy nominaon the development of his musical Jam, and later a monthly tion would be a fitting outcome. residency at the Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz that continBut Holmes is just as dedicated to generating wonderues today. But through that path of career and life, Holmes ful music at M Pavilion with “the guys,” or at Cabaret has remained a serious supporter of “the guys,” as he calls Jazz with his three-piece backing band (led currently Lopez and Santa Fe. There have been a few occasions when by vibe genius Christian Tamburr). We often forget that Holmes has hit Santa Fe performances at such locales as Holmes hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts in 1973, with Tropicana, Palms and South Point. When he’s in the crowd, “Playground in My Mind,” a song that seems a quirky Lopez often finds him and says, “Clint? Come up?” and the afterthought today. Holmes didn’t even sing it during his result is a wild run through “Wishing Well.” stays at Harrah’s, but will occasionally sweep through Holmes will once more join “the guys,” this time for “Playground” now. “I do have one hit song,” he says, “and a formal performance, April 23 at M Resort. It will mark that’s one more than you have.” the first ticketed show featuring Holmes and Santa Fe
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Some like it hot At Chengdu Taste, spicy Sichuan fare is prepared to sizzle By Jim Begley where the heat gradually builds, thanks to the chili Full disclosure: I can’t stand the heat. Whether oil and black vinegar broth in which they’re swimit’s hot weather (although Vegas’ dry heat is ming. The soft noodles’ texture is offset by almost tolerable) or spicy food, I’m not crispy fried peanuts, fermented beans and particularly inclined to seek out the seareven more peppers. ing, and with food in particular, I shy CHENGDU Diced Rabbit with Younger Sister’s Secret away from dishes that seem spicy only for TASTE 3950 Recipe ($14)—the best dish name ever?—is the sake of being spicy. Schiff Drive, challenging, with the rabbit strewn with On Schiff Road, which is actually a 702-437-7888. small pieces of bone. Order it and you’ll parking lot behind a Chinatown strip mall, Daily, 11 a.m.-3 be rewarded with miniscule bites of meat we’re all discovering Chengdu Taste, the local p.m. & 5-10 p.m. doused in a complex, mouth-numblingly hot outpost of a Sichuan restaurant from the sauce that would make Older Sister proud, too. And West Coast Asian dining mecca of the San Gabriel because your life is not complete without experiencValley outside LA. Even to me, this restaurant is ing actual “numb taste,” try numb taste wontons ($8), an epiphany, doling out spicy food I actually crave, which will send your palate on a vicious trip. In fact, because at Chengdu, peppers are used to varying the Sichuan peppercorns used liberally throughout degrees to highlight flavors rather than create the menu will bring an unmistakable tingle to the Fear Factor challenges. The results are memorable. palate. Embrace it, it’s fun. From the moment you enter the utilitarian space, Tan tan noodles ($8) are probably the Valley’s you’re subject to an onslaught of pepper aroma best rendition of the dish more commonly known expected from traditionally spicy Sichuan cuisine. as dan dan, the peanut-buttery sauce melding with It’s no surprise that Chengdu’s menu is strewn with chili oil for more than a hint of heat. In what could pictures of peppers, ranging from zero to three to be the ultimate tailgate snack, toothpick lamb with indicate heat level. But buyer beware: Almost every cumin ($16) delivers hints of gaminess on mini dish brings the fire. Even most of the dishes sans skewers beneath layers of cumin intertwined with pepper notation are hot. And in almost every dish, peppers in a dish more flavorful than hot. This one’s the heat is delivered differently. Mung bean jelly seriously addictive. noodles with chili sauce ($7) is a cold appetizer
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Sliced fish with tofu pudding in hot sauce ($15) is as floral as it is spice-laden, weighing in with a well-deserved two-pepper warning bordering on scorched-earth spicy. Cut the heat with one of the few non-spiced dishes on the menu—Chengdu-style fried rice ($10) rife with egg and yacai (preserved mustard greens)—or wash down your meal with the mysteriously smoky plum juice ($5 a carafe). No matter where you wander on the voluminous menu, you’re guaranteed your share of peppers. But embrace your masochistic side, because the deeper you get, the sweeter the pain. It is so worth it.
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THE LOWDOWN ON LO-LO’S A soul-food institution arrives in the Vegas Valley
Late last month, LA’s iconic Roscoe’s House of Chicken N Waffles filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, making us fear for what is likely the most famous purveyor of this niche culinary offering. This should be of little concern to Las Vegans, though—not only is there no Roscoe’s here, we recently became the recipients of yet another C&W institution: Lo-Lo’s.
dish, available in seemingly limitThe original Lo-Lo’s is a true less versions. hole-in-the-wall in a yet to be Lo-Lo’s could stand to season its gentrified neighborhood south of chicken a tad more, but there’s no downtown Phoenix. Ours is a spaquestioning its mastery of cious standalone in the the deep fryer, resulting in northwest’s Best in the crispy skin and supple meat. West Shopping Center, LO-LO’S And the waffles, delivered formerly home to a Tony CHICKEN & with an ample dollop of Roma’s. While it serves WAFFLES butter—Lo-Lo’s isn’t exactly up a variety of Southern 2040 N. AHA-approved—are light, cuisine, it’s not called Rainbow Blvd., crisped right and rife with Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles 702-483-4311. cinnamon, completing the for nothing. So steer clear Mondayalways-dependable sweet of the adequate grits Thursday, and savory combo. Just and Hormel-esque chili 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; make sure to get both in each (although the eggs with Friday & onions and cheese—liter- Saturday, 8 a.m.- forkful—the fowl makes for a more than adequate ally just eggs covered with 11 p.m.; Sunday, foil to the sugary breakshredded cheese and diced 8 a.m.-10 p.m. fast staple. See, who needs onions—are interesting in Roscoe’s when you’ve got Lo-Lo’s? a “What the hell?” kind of way), and –Jim Begley save your calories for the namesake
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METHOD Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a Nick and Nora cocktail glass and garnish with a dried fig.
CRUISING DOWNTOWN’S SNACKABLE HAPPY HOURS We all drink Downtown on Friday and Saturday nights, but Fremont East and its surrounding blocks are packed with after-work happy hours worth a few sips and nibbles. Downtown Container Park’s only full-service restaurant, the Perch, serves $5 snacks like fried calamari and outstanding pan con tomate, $7 flatbreads or $9 tuna tartare and shrimp ceviche tacos, all nice complements to $2-off cocktails and $5 draft beers and house wines Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Therapy gets started early with happy hour at the bar from 2 to 6 p.m. daily, offering 25 percent off your food bill, $5 wells and shots of the day and $4 house wines and PBR and Bud Light. Itsy Bitsy Ramen and Whisky extends its specials from Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. to include Friday and Saturday from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. The happy-hour menu includes $2 PBRs, $4 wells, $3 takoyaki (fried octopus fritters) and karaage (fried chicken) and $5 miso ramen. And if you wanna stroll a little farther, Chart House at the Golden Nugget just won Best Happy Hour in Casino Player
INGREDIENTS
In just 3 ounces, this rich, nectar-like cocktail packs a flavorful punch. Smooth and warm from the brandy with notes of cinnamon and vanilla, it’s herbal, minty and distinctive from the Fernet, and sweetly aromatic with notes of honey from the Chartreuse. While it might fall under the digestif category, a drink like this can be enjoyed anytime.
Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine & Spirits.
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LIVE MUSIC THE STRIP & NEARBY Brooklyn Bowl Highly Suspect, Audiodamn 4/14, 9 pm, $15-$17. The John Kadlecik Band 4/15, 9 pm, $10. M83, Yacht 4/16, 8 pm, $35-$40. The Green, Protoje 4/17, 8:30 pm, $19-$30. Chvrches, Wolf Alice 4/21, 9 pm, $25$60. DJ Quik, The Fixxers ft. AMG, Suga Free, 2nd II None 4/22, 9:30 pm, $28-$45. The Front Bottoms, Brick + Mortar, Diet Cig 4/23, 8 pm, $17-$20. Foals, Kiev 4/24, 8 pm, $22-$25. Chris Robinson Brotherhood 4/25, 8 pm, $20-$40. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Elton John 4/16, 4/17, 4/19-4/20, 4/22-4/23, 7:30 pm, $55$500. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) The 1975, The Japanese House 4/23, 8 pm, $25-$50. The Band Perry 4/29, 8 pm, $35-$75. (Boulevard Pool) Miike Snow 4/16, 8 pm, $28. 702-698-7000. Double Barrel Roadhouse (DB Live) Nicole Kerns 4/15-4/16, 4/22-4/23, 11 pm, free. Monte Carlo, 702-222-7735. Double Down Rock N Roll Rodeo ft. The Hangmen, Rocket to Russia, Blag Dahlia, Bubba Zanetti, Jack Ass, The Returners, Pleasure Burn, Psycho Charger 4/15. Mugen Hoso, Not a Part of It, Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene, Jerk 4/16. Sissy Brown 4/21. The Psyatics, Leather Lungs, Thee Swank Bastards, Water Landing 4/22. The Uncivil, Dead Friends, Kapital Punishment, Carpit 4/23. Uberschall 4/24, midnight. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Cafe Bricks’ Benefit Concert for NSPCA 4/23, 8 pm, free. 4475 Paradise Road, 702-733-8400. House of Blues Nekromantix 4/14, 7:30 pm, $15-$20. The Darkness, RavenEye
4/15, 7 pm, $25. Tiger Army 4/16, 5 pm, $28. NOFX 4/18, 7 pm, $25. Badfish: Tribute to Sublime 4/23, 8:30 pm, $24. Andy Mineo 4/24, 6 pm, $20. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Volbeat, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck 4/14, 8 pm, $40-$125. Chris Stapleton, Anderson East 4/15, 8 pm, $50. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Pentatonix 4/23, 8 pm, $35-$85. Rihanna, Travis Scott 4/29-4/30, 7:30 pm, $36-$160. 702-632-7777. Mirage Boyz II Men 4/15-4/17, 7:30 pm, $44-$163. 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-791-7111. Orleans (Bourbon Street Cabaret Lounge) NiteKings 4/20, 4 pm. Jukebox Heroes 4/21-4/23, 9 pm. Bourbon Street shows free unless noted. (Brendan’s Irish Pub) Killian’s Angels 4/22-4/23. Brendan’s Pub shows at 9 pm, free unless noted. 702-284-7777. Palms (Lounge) Gypsy Road 4/14, 10 pm. Cameron Dettman 4/15, 7-10 pm. Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses 4/16, 10 pm, $28-$37. Sin City Sinners 4/21, 10 pm. The Hal Savar Band 4/22, 7-10 pm. David Perrico & Pop Strings Orchestra 4/23, 11 pm. 80s Hairball Benefit ft. Cyanide 4/24, 5-8 pm, $20. Shows free unless noted. 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood (The Axis) Britney Spears 4/15-4/16, 4/20, 4/22, 9 pm, $57-$259. Lionel Richie 4/27, 8 pm, $57-$190. (Showroom) Frankie Moreno Starts 4/20. Tue-Sun, 9 pm, $33-$88. 702-777-2782. Rí Rá The Wild Colonnial Bhoys 4/14, 4/17, 8:45 pm; 4/15-4/16, 9 pm. John Windsor 4/18, 4/25, 8:45 pm. Craic Haus 4/19-4/20, 4/21, 4/24, 8:45 pm; 4/22-4/23, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7771. Sand Dollar Lounge Ronnie Harmon
Jazz Trio 4/14. Jack Connor Soul Town 4/15. The Moaning Black Snakes 4/16, 4/23. Easy 8’s 4/19. Jamie Hosmer Band 4/20. Catfish John 4/22. The Delta Bombers 4/24. Shows at 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702485-5401. The Sayers Club Barry Black 4/16. IDK 4/22. The Lique 4/23. All shows 10 pm, free. SLS, 702-761-7618. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Cody Webb 4/15. Jeremy McComb 4/22. Shows 10 pm, $10. 6611 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena George Strait 4/224/23, 8 pm, $75-$200. Billy Joel 4/30, 8 pm, $100-$225. 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., t-mobilearena.com. Venetian (Venetian Theatre) ABC’s Nashville in Concert 4/15, 8 pm, $50$130. 702-414-9000. Vinyl Rowdy McCarran 4/15, 10 pm, free. Apocalypto, Jack Spaidz, Happi 4/16, 9 pm, $20. Enter Shikari, Hands Like Houses, The White Noise 4/20, 7:30 pm, $17-$35. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
DOWNTOWN Artifice Strange Amor, Salvador, Los Eones 4/22, 9:30 pm, $5. Blast Flashes, All-Night Visitors, The Musket Vine 4/23, 9:30 pm, free. Bent Self, Manik Visions, Ben Harris 4/25, 8 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., #100, 702489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Rock en Espanol: Tributo a Heroes del Silencio ft. Zinorbita, Vagabundos, Teotitlanti 4/16, 9 pm, $5-$10. Red Sun Rising, Mount Holly, Conflict of Interest, First Class Trash, Silversage 4/19, 8 pm, $12-$15. Pato Banton & The Now Generation, Lady Reiko, Ludlow 4/23, 8 pm, $15. 601 E.
Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Big Black Delta 4/25, 8 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Black Camaro, Mercy Music, The Astaires, We Are Pancakes 4/14, 8 pm, $5. Boz Boorer, Close to Modern, The 11th Street Band 4/15, 10 pm, $10. Sheer Mag, Same Sex Mary, Acid Sliders 4/20, 9 pm, $10-$12. Leather Lungs, Black Camaro, The Bitters, Strange Mistress 4/21, 8 pm, $5. Chelsea Wolfe, A Dead Forest Index 4/24, 9 pm, $12-$14. Bee Master, Black Camaro, Blair Dewayne, The Unwieldies 4/28, 8 pm, $5. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Clark County Government Center Amphitheater City of Lights Jazz and R&B Festival 4/16-4/17, 1 pm, $25$160. 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-8200. Downtown Container Park B.U.B.B.’s Downtown Dance Party 4/20, 5-9 pm, free. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Fremont Street Experience Live music nightly. Shows free unless noted. Fremont St., vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Richard Marx 4/15, $21$108. Taylor Dane 4/22, $21-$141. All shows 8 pm. 866-946-5336. Hard Hat Lounge The Vegas Rumble ft. Melanie and the Midnite Marauders, Gentlemen of Four Outs, The Unwieldies, Thee Swank Bastards, Cosmic Beasts, Sin City Ditch Diggers 4/15, 7 pm, $10. The Freakout, Dr. Phobic & The Phobic Tones, Dead at Midnight, Stagecoach, The Triggers, The Tramplers, Rotten Maniacs 4/17, 8 pm, $10. Tiny Toy Cars 4/22, 10 pm, $5. Russell Christian 4/24, 8 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Three Bad Jacks, The Scoundrels, Rock Cats Rock 4/15, 8 pm, $12-$15. Prong, Nebula X, My Own Nation 4/23, 8 pm, $12-$15. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. The Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Julie Budd: Remembering Mr. Sinatra 4/154/16, 7 pm, $39-$55. Vince Mastro: Stage Biography of Tony Bennett 4/17, 2 pm, $25. Arturo Sandoval 4/22, 7 pm; 4/23, 6 pm & 9 pm, $42-$65. Pasquale Esposito: Celebrating Enrico Caruso 4/24, 7:30 pm, $65-$85. (Reynolds Hall) Las Vegas Youth Orchestra: The Music Lives On 4/22, 6:30 pm, $10-$40. Chick Corea & Bela Fleck 4/23, 7:30 pm, $29$59. (Troesh Studio Theater) Las Vegas Philharmonic Spotlight Series 4/26, 7:30 pm, $168. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.
EVERYWHERE ELSE Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill Sin City Sinners, Word in Edgewise 4/23, 9 pm, free. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Boomers Receiver 4/14, 9 pm, free. Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. Caribbean Saturday Night with ABM 2nd Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Bootlegger Bistro Las Vegas Jazz Society Fundraiser Gala ft. Becky Livas, The Tom Hall Quartet 4/16, 7-10 pm, $20-$25. 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-736-4939. Boulder Dam Brewing The Receiver 4/15. Sissy Brown 4/22. The Saturday Giant 4/23. All shows 8 pm, free unless noted. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (The Railhead) Rod
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Piazza and The Mighty Flyers 4/14, 7 pm, $5. 702-432-7777. Cannery Skid Row 4/23, 8 pm, $23-$35. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Count’s Vamp’d Last in Line 4/14, 9:30 pm, $15-$18. Bang Tango, Tuff, Strange Mistress 4/15, 9:30 pm, $5. Tracii Guns, Dellacoma 4/16, 9 pm, $5. Burn Unit 4/20, 8 pm, free. Sin City Sinners All-Stars w/Mark Kendall of Great White 4/20, 10 pm, free. Tailgun, Smashing Alice, Lady Chameleon 4/22, 9 pm, free. Newskin, John Zito Band 4/23, 10 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849. Dispensary Lounge Gary Fowler 4/15. Lisa Gaye 4/16. Jake Langley 4/20. JoBelle Yonely 4/22. Karen Jones 4/23. Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri & Sat. Jazz Jam Sessions Wed, 9 pm-midnight. Shows at 10 pm, free unless noted. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702458-6343. Dive Bar The Rocketz, Dead at Midnite, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, Inazuma, Dirtbomb Devils 4/15, 9 pm, $10. 420 Thrash Show ft. Hatchet, Black Fast, Greendeath 4/20, 8 pm, $10. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Eagle Aerie Hall Almost Awake, The Trips, Champ the Truth, Coastal Skyway, I Am Vertical, Ichigo Crush, The Avenue 4/23, 5:20-10 pm, $10-$12. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927. Elixir Stefnrock 4/15. Mike Austin 4/16. Shaun South 4/23. Music from 8-11 pm, free unless noted. 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, elixirlounge.net. The Golden Tiki DJ Set by Slim Jim Phantom of Stray Cats 4/15, 9 pm, $10. Jimmy Psycho Experiment 4/16, 9:30 pm. Jason Lee & The R.I.P. Tides 4/17, 9:30 pm. Thee Swank Bastards 4/18, 8 pm. Shows free unles noted. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702222-3196. Henderson Pavilion Scotty McCreery 4/22, 7 pm, $25-$55. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. M Resort (M Pavillion) Clint Holmes 4/23, 7 pm, $20-$30. 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 800-745-3000. Moapa River Indian Reservation Further Future ft. Caribou, Leftfield, Four Tet & more 4/29-5/1, $250-$400. furtherfuture.com. OMD Theater Saul, MAL, EMI 4/16, 8 pm, $10. Myconith 4/23, 8 pm, $10. Condition Critical, Game Over, Madrost, EMI 4/24, 7 pm, $12. 953 E. Sahara Ave., #B-30, 702-742-4171. Pioneer Saloon Rick Bell 4/16, 11 am. Ernie 4/16, 5 pm. Mischa Ripps 4/17, noon. Chuck Foster 4/17, 5 pm. Big Willies 4/20, 6 pm. Shows free unless noted. 310 W. Spring St., Goodsprings, 702-874-9362. Primm Valley Resort & Casino The Four Tops 4/16, 8 pm, $7-$30. 31900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Primm, 702-386-7867. Red Rock Resort (Rocks Lounge) U2’s Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby 4/15, 7:30 pm, $15. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) An Afternoon Affair 4/19, 1:30 pm, $12. 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 702-263-7777. South Point Winter Dance Party 4/224/24, 7:30 pm, $18-$28. 702-796-7111. Starbright Theatre Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel 4/16, 7 pm, $22. 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd., 702-240-1301. Suncoast (Showroom) Diamondfest 4/22-4/23, 7 pm, $15-$49. 9090 Alta Drive, 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Otherwise: Back to the Roots Acoustic Duo 4/16, 8 pm, $5-$10. 1301
Calendar W. Sunset Road, 702-547-7777. Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 4/14, 4/16-4/17, 10 am; 4/15, 9 am, $30-$150. Orleans Arena, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., orleansarena.com.
Comedy Double Barrel Roadhouse (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Carla Rae 4/14. Warren Durso 4/21. Shows at 7 pm, free unless noted. Monte Carlo, 702-222-7735. Mirage Sebastian Maniscalco 4/22-4/23, 10 pm, $44-$65. 702-792-7777. Orleans (Arena) 24/7 ComedyFest 4/23, 7:30 pm, $40-$65. 702-284-7777. Rampart Casino (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Laura Hayden 4/21, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-507-5900. Red Rock Resort (Rocks Lounge) Rita Rudner 4/22-4/23, 8 pm, $34-$44. 702-797-7777. South Point (Showroom) Henry Cho 4/154/16, 7:30 pm, $14-$23. 702-796-7111. Tropicana (The Laugh Factory) Richie Minervini, Sue Costello, Jimmie JJ Walker 4/14-4/17. Eric Schwartz, Allan Stephan, Paul Scally 4/18-4/24. All shows at 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm unless listed, $35-$55. 702-739-2222. Treasure Island Wanda Sykes 4/15, 9 pm, $60-$80. 702-894-7111.
Performing Arts Charleston Heights Arts Center Bridge to Terabithia 4/22-4/23, 7 pm; 4/24, 2 pm, $5. 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383. CSN Performing Arts Center (Backstage Theatre) The Joe Lano Jazz Guitar Ensemble 4/17, 2 pm, $5-$8. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Fern Adair Conservatory Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio 4/22-4/23, 8 pm; 4/24, 2 pm, $20. 3265 E. Patrick Lane, poorrichardsplayers.com. Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse Celtic Harp & Story with Patrick Ball 4/15, noon, free. 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-388-6355. Henderson Pavilion Koba’s Great Big Show Live! 4/16, 5:30 pm; 4/17, 2 pm, $15-$25. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. Italian American Club Songs of the ’60s and ’70s 4/20, 8 pm, $25-$35. 2333 E. Sahara Ave., 702-457-3866. Las Vegas Little Theatre History 101 4/224/23, 8 pm; 4/24, 2 pm, $15. 3920 Schiff Drive. Onyx Theatre Heathers the Musical 4/14-4/16, 4/21-4/23, 8 pm; 4/17, 5 pm, $25. An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein 4/15-4/16, 10:30 pm, $15. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 4/14-4/15, 7:30 pm; 4/16-4/17, 2 pm, $24-$135. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 4/19-4/20, 7:30 pm, $26-$79. (Troesh Studio Theater) Steve Solomon’s My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m Still in Therapy 4/21-4/24, $35-$40. 702-749-2000. Suncoast (Showroom) Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show 4/16-4/17, 7:30 pm, $22-$49. 9090 Alta Drive, 702-636-7075. Summerlin Library & Performing Arts Center My Fair Lady 4/14-4/16, 4/19-4/23, 7:30 pm; 4/16, 4/23, 2 pm, $20-$30. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. Theatre in the Valley 2 Across 4/15-4/16, 4/22-4/23, 8 pm; 4/17, 4/24, 2 pm, $10-$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., theatreinthevalley.org. UNLV (Black Box Theatre) Crown of Thorns 4/22-4/23, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. (Rando-Grillot Recital Hall) Home Concert 4/15, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. Crossing Over 4/22, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Symphonic Winds 4/19, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Romeo and Juliet 4/14-4/15, 7 pm; 4/16, 5 pm; 4/17, 2 pm, $7. The Music of Alan Lawson 4/23, 2 pm, $10-$12. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
Special Events 18b Arts District Day 4/14, 4-8 pm, free. Boulder Plaza, 1047 S. Main St., 18b.org. AIDS Walk 4/17, 8 am, free. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., afanlv.org. Boca Park Fashion Village ArtWalk 4/234/24, 10 am-5 pm, free. 710-750 S. Rampart Blvd., vegasartwalk.com. Clark County Children’s Festival 4/16, 10 am-3 pm, free. Winchester Cultural Center,
3130 McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. Food Truck Fridays 4/15, 11 am-2 pm, free. Huntridge Shopping Center, 1120 E. Charleston Blvd. Freakshow Wrestling 4/14, 9 pm, $20. Fremont Country Club, 702-382-6601. Free to Breathe 5K/Walk 4/23, 7:30 am, $30$35. Sunset Park, Area F, freetobreathe.org. Girls on the Run 5K Run/Walk 4/17, 9 am, $15$35. Kellogg Zaher Sports Complex, 7901 W. Washington Ave., girlsontherunlv.org. GreenFest 4/23, 10 am-5 pm, free. Downtown Summerlin, 702-832-1000. Green Stitch Fabrics Pop-Up Shop 4/23, 5-9 pm; 4/24, 5-8 pm, free. Velveteen Rabbit, 1218 S. Main St., 702-848-8560. Holi Festival of Colors 4/23, 11 am-4 pm, $5. Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, festivalofcolorsusa.com. Klip it for Kidz 4/16, 11 am-2 pm, free. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., nvccf.org. Miss Nevada United States 4/17, 6 pm, $37$46. South Point Showroom, 702-796-7111. Pahrump Valley Cruisers Show and Shine 4/16, 8 am-4 pm, free. Petrack Park, 150 NV-160, Pahrump, 775-513-1466. Pure Aloha Festival 4/14-4/15, 5 pm-midnight; 4/16, noon-midnight; 4/17, noon-10 pm, $6-$8. Silverton Casino, 702-664-6468. RT Booklovers Convention 4/14-4/15, 7 am; 4/16, 10:30 am; 4/17, 10 am, $20-$489. Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, rtconvention.com. “Skin Wars” Premiere Party w/Robin Slonina 4/20, 8-11 pm, free. Sapphire, 3025 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, 702-869-0003. A Taste of Shakespeare 4/23, noon-6 pm, $5. Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St., shakespeare.vegas. UNLVino Bubble-Licious 4/14, 7-10 pm, $100$125. Venetian. Sake Fever 4/15, 7-10 pm, $75$100. Red Rock Resort Pool. UNLVino’s Grand Tasting 4/16, 7-10 pm, $100-$125. Paris Las Vegas, unlvtickets.com. The Writer’s Block Writer’s Block Book Club: Discussion of Toni Morrison’s “Sula” 4/21, 6-7:30 pm. Events free unless noted. 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org.
Sports Aliante Spring Golf Classic 4/16, noon, $125. Aliante Golf Club, 3100 W. Elkhorn Road, 702-692-7777. Arabian Breeders World Cup 4/14-4/17, 9 am, free. South Point, 702-796-7111. Future Stars of Wrestling 4/15, 6:30 pm, $15-$25. Silverton, Veil Pavilion, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 702-263-7777. Harlem Globetrotters 4/19, 7 pm, $17-$125. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., t-mobilearena.com. Henderson Games Thru 4/30, times and locations vary, $15. cityofhenderson.com. Knockout Night at the D 4/16, 6-11 pm, $30$150. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Las Vegas 51s Sacramento 4/14, 7 pm. Albuquerque 4/23, 4/25, 7 pm; 4/24, noon. Tacoma 4/28-4/30, 7 pm. $11-$16. Cashman Field, 702-943-7200.. National LGBT Basketball Championships 4/23-4/24, 9 am-5 pm, $5. Tarkanian Basketball Academy, 2730 S. Rancho Drive, ngba.org. Tour de Summerlin Cycling Event 4/16, 7 am, $75-$95. Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, tourdesummerlin.com. UFC 197: Daniel Cormier vs Jon Jones 4/23, 4 pm, $104-$804. MGM Grand, 702-891-1111.
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Galleries Wonderland Gallery Mannie Rubio Thru 4/29. Tue-Sun, noon-4 pm. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #110, 702-686-4010. Big Springs Gallery Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 4/14-5/23. Daily, 10 am-6 pm, free w/museum admission ($5-$19). Springs Preserve, springspreserve.org. Charleston Heights Arts Center Elizabeth Blau, Rossitza Todorova, Orlando Montenegro Cruz:“Force of Nature” Thru 4/20. Wed-Fri, 12:30-9 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383. Erotic Heritage Museum Samantha Fortenberry: “Suds and Smiles Collection” Thru 4/30. Daily, 11 am-10 pm, $10-$18. 3275 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, 702-794-4000.
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