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PORTICO AT MAKERS & FINDERS Makers & Finders has a lot going for it already—wonderful coffee, an easygoing vibe, a menu of Latin-inspired comfort dishes and more. But until now, it hasn’t taken the fullest advantage of its Arts District location—so close to the First Friday art walk, yet with no gallery space of its own. That changes with the opening of Portico, a micro-gallery created by Makers co-proprietor Josh Molina and local photographer Daniel Britton. Makers’ back hallway has been repurposed as a gallery space, featuring a mural by Caitlyn Saville and a selection of Britton’s striking photographs. Britton, a maker at heart—he spent eight years working in the oil fields of North Dakota, and has built structures for the Further Future festival—applies a bit of home science to his longexposure nighttime shots: Many of them include a figure swinging a piece of flaming steel wool, producing terrific showers of sparks. The opening will also feature a live DJ, and a variety of “coffee and tea” cocktails, which we know will be worth the trip. Free. –Geoff Carter

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MSTRKRFT AT BUNKHOUSE SALOON Excerpts from our interview with Jesse Keeler and Al-P (for the full version, visit lasvegasweekly.com): The Bunkhouse is an unexpected venue for MSTRKRFT to play. (JK) It sort of makes more sense to play a venue like [the Bunkhouse] rather than cram all our drum machines and synthesizers and everything into a DJ booth that was never intended for that or big enough. I played the new LP, Operator, and had to make sure it was the correct album, because it’s got such a throwback analog sound. (Al-P) I take that as a compliment, because being away for so long, we needed to come back and do something not the same. I think definitely we achieved it with this new setup. Do you feel playing live is important now that many DJs are criticized for pushing buttons during their sets? (JK) What we’re doing is in no way to be construed as a commentary on what others are doing. … We needed to be more musical than the computer stuff was allowing us to be. With Woolymammoth, Midnight Affair, DJ Wizdumb, Personal Touch, Astrogold, $15-$20. –Deanna Rilling

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COLDPLAY AT T-MOBILE ARENA Before you ever hashtagged your feels, there was Coldplay, the British alt-rock quartet that bleeds its heart out while massaging yours in the process. Its melodic ardor will knead your emotional knots during its first public headlining show here in eight years. With Alessia Cara, Bishop Briggs. $30-$180. –Mike Prevatt

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For his third Labor Day Weekend Cosmo party, Kevin Hart offers up two comedy shows (Friday, Chelsea) and live performances by Travis Scott (Saturday, Marquee) and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Sunday, Boulevard Pool and Marquee). Hartbeatweekend.com, $23-$125. –Brock Radke

College football kicks off with a slew of juicy matchups, including the defending NCAA champs against the No. 20 Trojans. The local USC and ’bama alumni chapters are co-hosting, but anyone can eat, drink and cheer for—or against—either team. No cover, Town Square. –Spencer Patterson

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ALLAH-LAS AT BEAUTY BAR Excerpts from our interview with drummer Matthew Correia (for the full version, visit lasvegasweekly.com): The band experimented with a lot of different instrumentation on Calico Review. Are there any instruments that you got really excited over? I brought in some congas and some other percussion equipment. Some of it made it on there and some of it didn’t. We just blasted through these sessions and tried to figure out as much stuff as possible. We have a harpsichord and some strings … one of the strings is on the record and one is on a B-side. Vegas kicks off your massive fall tour. Is there anything you have to do before you leave LA? We try to go down to Mexico and Ensenada. I like to go kinda solo sometimes. A trip like that [is] something that I need before facing the road and being with six other guys crammed into a stinky van. With Tops, $10-$12. –Leslie Ventura

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the Huntridge Okay, maybe not, but it’s time we changed our thinking By Geoff Carter

he Huntridge Theatre will be around for a while yet. Last week, the covenants protecting the 72-year-old building as a place of historic significance were extended to December 31, 2028. A state judgment against the current owners of the property, Eli Mizrachi and King George LLC—the repayment of $765,849 in grant monies, which came due when King George ceased to operate the Huntridge as a venue in 2004— has been partially settled; King George must repay $389,925, and it can reduce that payment by $32,494 for every year the Huntridge functions as a “usable public building” between now and 2028. I live a couple of blocks away from the Huntridge—and have, on and off, since 1995—and while I’m pleased the theater will be with us for a while to come, I’m having a hard time mustering enthusiasm for these next 12 years. The Huntridge looks awful—the recent paint job has already faded, and the parking lot is occasionally strewn with the trash from homeless encampments. The homeless sleeping in the shade of the theater and in nearby Huntridge Circle Park is another heartbreaking issue entirely, one I won’t tackle here. Nor will I write about the last “Save the Huntridge” Indiegogo campaign, speculate about the motivations of the current owners or try to predict whom the next potential buyer might be. What I will write about is how I currently feel about the Huntridge Theatre, and it ain’t good. Honestly, I sometimes wish it would burn to the ground, so we wouldn’t be burdened with the idea of what to do with the place. There’s too much desperation and failure attached to the Huntridge, and those emotions have supplanted whatever warm, fuzzy feelings I might have had for the shows I attended

there in the early 1990s. I know that the road back to being a “usable public building” is paved with staggering expense, and there are no guarantees our dream uses for the Huntridge—concert venue, movie theater, community playhouse—are viable in the era of Brooklyn Bowl, Eclipse Cinemas and the Smith Center. So, instead of wishing for that freak lightning strike, I’m setting fire to my ideas about what the Huntridge should be, and trying to think about what the neighborhood needs it to be. It’s a piece in a puzzle that includes Circle Park, the adjacent Huntridge Plaza (currently undergoing renovations

by local developer J Dapper, who has also expressed interest in purchasing the theater) and Downtown Vegas at large. What could help the Huntridge neighborhood? What could make the theater a destination? What could get us excited for the Huntridge again? The answers aren’t forthcoming. Meanwhile, the Huntridge sits there, decaying, diminishing in our hearts. Perhaps I could take this opportunity to clear the slate and let the building tell me what it wants to become, without bearing the weight of what it has been and without all the bad feeling that has been engendered on its behalf. Perhaps we all could.

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PHONE IT IN Use these apps to make Vegas living easier BY GEOFF CARTER

Not sure what to think about the potential stadium project that could bring the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas? It’s complicated. The Incidental Tourist explores its possible impact on the Strip this week at lasvegasweekly.com. (Courtesy)

UNLV BRINGS IN MORE FRESHMEN THAN EVER BEFORE The UNLV school year has barely started, and it’s already one for the books. Though specific numbers, demographic analysis and matriculation figures won’t be available for another month given the natural early-semester student body fluctuation, enrollment has hit a record high: roughly 29,000 overall, or four to five percent higher than last year. Even better, UNLV rep Tony Allen says the freshmen count is “slightly ahead of last year’s pace” at around 4,000 (2015’s final count was 3,744); new student enrollment, including transfers, is currently surpassing 2015’s 6,339 tally by about four percent; and the showing of Clark County residents among the entering class rose to 78 percent. “We do have an increase of local students choosing to come to UNLV,” Allen says. Which suggests that the only decrease UNLV might experience is in ... available parking. –Mike Prevatt

Las Vegas is a big city that’s only pretending to be a small town. A metropolis this sprawling and complex requires instructions, urban hacks. These nine smartphone apps, available for both Android and iPhone, are those hacks. Get ’em. Breezometer measures air quality. On those days when we’re trapped between dust clouds and nearby wildfires—as we were for most of last month—it’s nice to get an official suggestion to go inside and crank the AC. Chefsfeed provides dining suggestions from chefs. Want to know where the chefs of the Strip’s five-star restaurants go for tacos, burgers and pork belly bao? It’s all here, and unlike most Yelp reviews, it’s trustworthy. Discotech is a skeleton key that opens clubs. Use it to find out who’s DJing on any given evening, buy tickets, reserve VIP tables and even get on the guest list, if there is one. ItsOnMe allows you to buy a drink for that friend at the end of the bar, even if they’re in a separate bar in another city entirely. You can also buy friends dinner and—why not—rounds of golf. Leafly tells you what your neighborhood dispensaries have behind the counter, and offers reviews of the effects and characteristics of those strains. Example: Acapulco Gold has “an aroma of burnt toffee” and will reduce stress, but you’ll get dry mouth. Seems fair. Neon to Nature lists the Valley’s outdoor trails— locations, lengths, suggested uses. Might not make sense now, but in a few weeks you may get the urge to go outside. Postmates enables you to order food from virtually any restaurant in town and get it delivered practically anywhere. It’s a godsend when you want to order burgers from a barstool, or when you’re home doing Netflix and Leafly. Untappd is a combination brewery hunter/social network/beer scrapbook. Not only can it tell you what Atomic Liquors and Tacos & Beer have on tap right now, but you can keep a record of all those stouts, lagers and IPAs as you sock them away. Waze is a necessary tool for navigating Vegas’ roads and freeways. It provides traffic updates from both official agencies and individual users. It’ll even tell you where police have been spotted … not to say that should matter.

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DRAMA The Birth of a Nation (October 7) Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King. Directed by Nate Parker. This Sundancewinning drama about the Nat Turner slave rebellion, from writer/director/star Parker, was the subject of an intense bidding war, and has been praised for its powerful depiction of historical events. The Girl on the Train (October 7) Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett. Directed by Tate Taylor. Based on the bestselling novel by Paula Hawkins, this thriller follows a recent divorcee (Blunt) who finds herself involved in the case of a missing woman.

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (November 11) Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker. Directed by Ang Lee. Lee used advanced high frame rate and 3D technology to film this Iraq War drama starring newcomer Alwyn, based on the award-winning novel by Ben Fountain. Loving (November 11) Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, whose Supreme Court case legalized interracial marriage in the U.S. in 1967, this drama premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to strong reviews back in May.

Sully (September 9); Snowden (September 16); Deepwater Horizon (September 30); The Accountant (October 14); Desierto (October 14); American Pastoral (October

28); Hacksaw Ridge (November 4); Bleed for This (November 23); Nocturnal Animals (November 18); Allied (November 23); Rules Don’t Apply (November 23).

COMEDY Bridget Jones’s Baby (September 16) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. Directed by Sharon Maguire. The flustered romcom heroine (Zellweger), created by novelist Helen Fielding, is back, this time torn between longtime beau Mark Darcy (Firth) and a handsome American (Dempsey), either of whom could be the father of her unborn child. Bad Santa 2 (November 23) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Kathy Bates. Directed by Mark Waters. It’s been 13 years, but Thornton’s foul-mouthed department store Santa Claus

is back to insult more children and commit more yuletide crimes, this time joined by Bates as his equally nasty and foul-mouthed mother.

Masterminds (September 30); Kevin Hart: What Now? (October 14); Boo! A Madea Halloween (October 21); Keeping Up With the Joneses (October 21); Almost Christmas (November 11); The Edge of Seventeen (November 18).

ACTION/SCI-FI Doctor Strange (November 4) Benedict Cumberbatch, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton. Directed by Scott Derrickson. The latest Marvel superhero movie features Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, a surgeon who trains in the mystical arts to become the Sorcerer Supreme and defend Earth from supernatural threats. Arrival (November 11) Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adams plays a linguist whose job is to make first contact with the mysterious aliens newly arrived on Earth in this heady sci-fi movie, based on a short story by acclaimed author Ted Chiang. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (November 18) Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler. Directed by David Yates. Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling and director Yates, who helmed the last four Potter movies, kick off a new trilogy set in the Potter universe, with Redmayne as a wizard tracking down escaped magical creatures in 1920s New York.

The Magnificent Seven (September 23); Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar

Children (September 30); Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (October 21); Inferno (October 28).

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FAMILY Trolls (November 4) Voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel. Directed by Mike Mitchell. The fad for collecting troll dolls might be long over, but the little creatures with the big fuzzy hair are now the stars of their own animated movie, in which a pair of trolls head off on an adventure to rescue their friends from evil monsters. Moana (November 23) Voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Jemaine Clement. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney’s latest animated fable draws from Polynesian folklore for the story of a teenage girl on a quest to find a lost island and save her home.

The Wild Life (September 9); Storks (September 23); Queen of Katwe (September 30); Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (October 7).

HORROR Blair Witch (September 16) James Allen McCune, Valorie Curry, Callie Hernandez. Directed by Adam Wingard. Filmed in secret under a different title, this sequel to The Blair Witch Project finds the brother of one of the original characters leading a group back to the mysterious woods where his sister disappeared.

The Disappointments Room (September 9); Ouija: Origin of Evil (October 21); Rings (October 28); Shut In (November 11).

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Atlanta (September 6, FX) Donald Glover created and stars in this warm, funny and off-kilter series about an aimless young man who decides to manage his cousin’s burgeoning rap career (whether his cousin likes it or not). Glover combines his talents for oddball comedy with his serious hip-hop credentials for a show that feels deeply personal but is also full of clever jokes. Set in Atlanta’s working-class black neighborhoods, it also explores a community that is underrepresented on TV right now, without coming off as pandering. It’s the latest and possibly strongest expression of Glover’s boundless creativity. One Mississippi (September 9, Amazon) Stand-up comedian Tig Notaro has called her semi-autobiographical series a “traumedy,” and it effectively mixes humor with some heavy situations, including the death of Notaro’s mother, her struggle with cancer and her breakup with her longtime girlfriend. With Louis C.K., Diablo Cody and Nicole Holofcener among the producers, Notaro has a capable team to deliver an affecting and funny story about her journey from LA back to her Mississippi hometown, where she deals with the aforementioned tragedies and reconnects with her friendly brother and distant stepfather. The Good Place (September 19, NBC) Creator Michael Schur of Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine brings the same goodnatured, goofy sensibility to this comedy set in a perky, candycolored version of heaven, where underachiever Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) has ended up by accident. Bell brings a great mix of sarcasm and optimism to her performance as Eleanor, who is torn between mocking the annoying do-gooders surrounding her and hoping to emulate them in order to become a better person. Densely packed with jokes, The Good Place is the kind of show that will inspire dedicated rewatchers, as long as it doesn’t get lost on NBC.

Pitch (September 22, Fox) The best new drama of the fall, Pitch takes a smart, detail-oriented approach to a topical premise, the debut of the first female player in Major League Baseball. Star Kylie Bunbury makes pitcher Ginny Baker into a fascinating mix of bravado and insecurity, and creators Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer never reduce her to a stereotype (even as other characters do). The strong supporting cast includes Ali Larter, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Bob Balaban, all of whom flesh out a believable world of athletes and corporate types. A twist at the end of the pilot could derail the ongoing story, but there are enough strengths to trust the creators going forward. Search Party (November 21, TBS) Indie filmmakers Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss re-create the hilariously deadpan tone of their cult 2015 comedy Fort Tilden in this surprisingly poignant send-up of Brooklyn hipsters starring Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development). Shawkat’s Dory is an overeducated and underemployed slacker who fixates on the disappearance of her former college friend, as much out of self-pity as out of genuine concern. Both darkly satirical and knowingly sympathetic, the show finds humor in deeply uncomfortable situations and has a striking sense of the absurd.

For the rest of Josh’s thoughts on the fall TV lineup—what to consider and what to avoid—head to lasvegasweekly.com. > The Birth of a Nation

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iHeartRadio Music Festival (September 23 & 24, T-Mobile Arena) The fest moves into shiny new digs for its sixth edition, armed with a roster of stars that includes U2, Drake, Ariana Grande, Zedd and Sting.

Chance the Rapper (September 18, Brooklyn Bowl) The gospel-friendly rapper, anti-gun violence activist and defiantly unsigned artist will perform his hopeful anthems at the Linq venue for the second time.

Sia (October 7, Mandalay Bay Events Center) The Minnie Mousebowed singer-songwriter continues to buck pop-concert conventions with a minimalist stage show and performance artists— and acclaimed R&B crooner Miguel in tow.

Tycho (October 4, Brooklyn Bowl) The local headlining debut of Scott Hansen’s electronic/post-rock act, which fuses otherworldly ambient synths and gorgeous guitar melodies, is simply not to be missed.

Kanye West (October 29, T-Mobile Arena) Kanye/Yeezy/Pablo is also challenging tradition—and gravity—during his just-launched tour, complete with revolutionary stage/lighting platforms that float above the GA floor.

The Killers (September 30 & October 1, Sam’s Town) The Vegas quartet celebrates the 10th anniversary of sophomore album Sam’s Town at the hotel that inspired it.

Phish (October 28-31, MGM Grand Garden Arena) The jam faves return to Vegas for their third Halloween run—and second in three years—to, according to tradition, reel off nine sets, including a “costume” version of some other artist’s classic album.

Drake (September 11, T-Mobile Arena); Black Sabbath (September 17, MGM Grand Garden Arena); Route 91 Harvest Festival (September 30-October 2, Las Vegas Village); Prophets of Rage (October 14, Mandalay Bay Events Center); The Rolling Stones (October 19, T-Mobile Arena).

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree September 9

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Protomartyr (November 8, Bunkhouse Saloon) The Detroit quartet, whose angular tunes sound indebted to late-’70s U.K. post-punk, makes its Vegas debut.

The Growlers (September 16, Hard Rock Hotel pool); Phantogram (September 29, Brooklyn Bowl); The Avett Brothers (September 20, Brooklyn Bowl); Soul Rebels Sound System ft. Talib Kweli (September 28, Brooklyn Bowl); Steve Gunn (October 2, Bunkhouse Saloon); Conor Oberst (October 3, Brooklyn Bowl); The Faint with Gang of Four (October 21, Brooklyn Bowl).

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Death From Above 1979 (October 27, House of Blues) In case the Canadian noise-rock duo—best known for 2004 album You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine—isn’t draw enough, the bill also includes Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Deap Vally.

The Zombies (September 9, Golden Nugget Showroom) Founding members Colin Blumstone and Rod Argent steer the English outfit behind seminal ’68 psych LP Odessey and Oracle Downtown.

Opeth (October 18, Brooklyn Bowl) These popular, proggy Swedish metal vets—who played the Huntridge here in ’03, and were around more than a decade before that—return to town with strong opening act The Sword.

Dolly Parton (September 30, Laughlin Event Center) She’s 70, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at her, or watching her indefatigable, highly entertaining live show. Totally worth the 90-minute drive.

Saves the Day (September 17, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Clutch (October 15, Brooklyn Bowl); Schoolboy Q (October 16, Brooklyn Bowl); Meshuggah (October 20, Brooklyn Bowl); Bad Religion & Against Me! (October 21, the Foundry); Ghost (October 22, Brooklyn Bowl); Brand New (November 1, the Chelsea).

Go to lasvegasweekly.com to check in on the booming concert scene with Live Nation Las Vegas prez Kurt Melien.

The Moody Blues (October 7-15, Venetian Theatre) Never caught the British band behind classic-rock radio staples “Nights in White Satin” and “Ride My See-Saw”? This mini-residency gives you five chances in a week. Cyndi Lauper (October 8, the Joint) Her last Vegas appearance saw her play the blues, and for her return, Lauper will twang it up in support of Detour, her album of classic country covers.

Big Blues Bender (September 8-11, Plaza); The Monkees (September 17, Star of the Desert Arena); Hall & Oates (September 23, MGM Grand Garden Arena); Bob Dylan (October 13, the Chelsea); ARW (November 19, the Pearl).

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Diane Bush brings her presidential plates to First Friday in October—and then back Downtown on election night. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

Las Vegas Philharmonic: Cabrera Conducts Mahler (September 10, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall) Donato Cabrera leads our hometown phil through an opening-night program of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate and a piece by modern composer Kevin Beavers. Town and Country: From Degas to Picasso (Opens September 23, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art) The BGFA presents an artistic record of urban and rural life through the centuries, as seen through the eyes of Picasso, Degas, Renoir, van Gogh and many more. Majestic Repertory Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors (October 6-31, Alios Gallery) A new Vegas theater company makes its debut with a staging of the offBroadway musical horror comedy that puts you in the middle of the story. Don’t get too close to the props; they may bite. Beetlejuice Group Art Show (Opens October 7, Bubblegum Gallery) Just in time for Winona

Ryder’s and Michael Keaton’s respective comebacks! Local artists present their interpretations of Tim Burton’s classic 1988 film inside the Downtown Spaces gallery. Diane Bush: Dishing it Out (October 7, First Friday street fair; November 8, UV Gallery) The Vegas artist comments on the presidential election by firing likenesses of the candidates to ceramic plates—then inviting the public to smash them (or not). Intact pieces will be auctioned off on election night. Vegas Valley Book Festival (October 15, Historic Fifth Street School) This year’s Lollapaloooza for bibliophiles features appearances by Pulitzer Prize-winners Katherine Boo and Stacy Schiff, Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis, Latin Grammy winner Mister G and more. Nevada Ballet Theatre: The Sleeping Beauty (October 22 & 23, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall) NBT’s 45th season awakens with a full-length production of

Tchaikovsky’s timeless ballet, choreographed after the style of Marius Petipa. Both performances feature an educational pre-show discussion. Absinthe (Opens November 1, the Cosmopolitan) The Gazillionaire, Joy Jenkins and the rest of the cast and crew of this wonderfully profane variety cabaret show have an all-new home to scandalize and defile. Let’s make them feel welcome. John Cleese & Eric Idle (November 18 & 19, Venetian Theatre) This is the very definition of “something completely different”: two veterans of the legendary Monty Python troupe taking to a Vegas stage for an evening of comedy, songs and stories.

Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling (September 14, Reynolds Hall); Janis L. McKay, The Rise and Fall of Las Vegas Casino Bands book signing (September 17, Mob Museum); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (September 20-October 2, Reynolds Hall); The American Society of Railway Artists Annual Juried Show (September 30-January 8, Springs Preserve); Art in the Park (October 1 & 2, Boulder City); Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (October 5, Reynolds Hall); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (October 6, Cockroach Theatre); Juan Muniz (October 7, Sin City Gallery); The Sweets Spot with Melody Sweets & Lon Bronson (October 11, Cabaret Jazz); Sarah Silverman (October 21, MGM Grand’s KÀ Theatre); Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (November 5, Clark County Library, Flamingo); Hiromi: The Trio Project (November 12, UNLV’s Artemus Ham Hall).

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WHAT ABOUT KABOB? INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO AFGHANI FOOD AT PRO KABOB PERSIAN RESTAURANT BY JIM BEGLEY as Vegas has a diverse ethnic restaurant scene, but unlike larger metropolitan areas we’re typically limited to one or two locations when it comes to more obscure cuisines. And yet, these rare finds are, almost without fail, worth tracking down. Take Pro Kabob Persian Restaurant, tucked away in a practically vacant complex near the corner of Sahara and Valley View. You have to be actively looking to feed your Afghani fix to find it. The name might say Persian, but this is an authentic, Afghani-run mom-and-pop. The rest of the name accurately reflects the menu, half of which is dedicated to kabobs. It’s a winning strategy—who doesn’t like skewered meat? None of the proteins (beef, ground beef, chicken and lamb) are radical, but they’re all radically good, especially the beef ($11) and chicken ($9). Well-seasoned with cumin, each is nicely seared, giving way PRO KABOB to juicy meat inside. The kabob PERSIAN RESTAURANT plates come with your choice 3854 W. of chalaow or qabeli palao (aka Sahara Ave., white or brown) rice. And while 702-586-9229. the chalaow, cooked in olive oil, MondaySaturday, 11:30 is perfectly solid, the qabeli palao a.m.-9 p.m. is a pilaf for the ages, rife with raisins and shredded carrots. Don’t overlook the mantu ($8) or steamed dumplings—tender, dough-swaddled pockets of seasoned beef swimming in a mild yogurt. Sweet tomato sauce strewn with green beans and peas adds contrast, and the results are savory, sweet and tart, so good the restaurant could be renamed Pro Mantu. Pro Kabob’s condiment game is also strong. You’ll be offered a duo of house-made sauces along with a shaker of sour grape powder; graciously accept them all. The former includes the traditional chatni gashneez—an acidic cilantro/vinegar chutney—and a spicy avocado sauce, while the latter is a tart surprise worth liberally sprinkling across everything. You didn’t even know sour grape powder was your favorite condiment, but after trying Pro Kabob, you’re unlikely to forget it.

Pro Kabob’s beef skewer and qabeli palao make quite the combo. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

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A few months ago, Flame Broiler opened its first location in Las Vegas, bringing what it touts as “a healthy choice” in fast food to Las Vegas. Like its rivals Teriyaki Madness and Samurai Sam’s, it specializes in rice bowls with various proteins, a few vegetables and some sauce, with the recent addition of organic char-broiled tofu bolstering its lineup. Those other chains have a relatively broad menu, but Flame Broiler’s is more succinct: chicken, Angus beef or tofu; carrot, cabbage, broccoli or green onion; white or brown rice; fruit; and three sauces. Flame Broiler is known for is its aptly named magic sauce, basically a sweet soy sauce with a little ginger. What can be a very plain bowl becomes quite delicious with that addition. The restaurant also offers hot sauce and hot, hot sauce, both of which live up to their billing—the hot sauce is made with aged red peppers while the hot, hot sauce combines green chilies and jalapeños. The Vegas franchise recently had a little surprise waiting for patrons to try—hot, hot, hot sauce. And it is. Since many people lunch at these types of restau-

rants post-workout, calories play a role. Flame Broiler stacks up well against competitors, according to the nutritional info available on each chain’s website. A regular size chicken and rice bowl has roughly the same calories as Samurai Sam’s while Teriyaki Madness’ bowl has nearly 100 calories more. The fat content is similar in each bowl, around 14 grams, but Flame Broiler’s protein content is significantly higher at 44 grams. (Teriyaki Madness has 31 grams and Sam’s has 37.) Veggie and rice bowls at Flame Broiler also undercut the others’ calorie content by more than 100. Adding tofu means only about 120 to 140 extra calories, plenty of protein but not much fat. The sauces can add 15 to 60 calories per ounce and quite a bit of sugar, but they really spice up the meal, and a little goes a long way. –Nina King

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Build the cocktail over ice in a rocks glass. Top off with Not Your Father’s Ginger Ale and garnish with candied ginger and mint leaves.

Crisp and refreshing while still indulgently rich, Light & Stormy is the perfect name for this cocktail. Jameson Caskmates is a modern variation on the classic Irish whiskey—it’s triple-distilled, then finished in stout-seasoned whiskey casks, giving it all the smoothness we’ve come to expect from Jameson, while introducing vibrant notes of cocoa and butterscotch. When combined with Not Your Father’s Ginger Ale—a bubbly, alcoholic ginger ale with notes of fresh citrus to compliment the ginger kick—it creates a cocktail that’s both familiar and unexpected, a true modern classic to enjoy again and again.

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“That was a great thing about the film [for me], because maybe people haven’t looked that far back in the past. That’s a point in time when social media didn’t exist like it does now and we didn’t all have a camera to document something,” Aoki says. “I was really happy I got to share that. Why I do what I do has a lot to do with where I came from.” PHOTOGRAPH BY AARON GARCIA

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ump on Netflix and check out the new documentary I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead and you’ll get an informative lesson about Steve Aoki’s musical roots. Today he’s known as one of the world’s biggest (and hardest-working) DJs, but he earned his stripes in the biz by launching his Dim Mak label in LA in 1996, which focused on punk, hardcore and indie rock bands.

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Republic on Sunday, when he brings the Vegas edition of the Dim Mak 20th Anniversary Party to the Strip. “Our goal was to do 20 parties around the world this year, and I’m excited to bring it home to Las Vegas, the city where I play the most shows and now call home,” Aoki says. The lineup includes Dim Mak artists RainMan, Garmiani and Max Styler spinning unique but undoubtedly high-energy sets, with Aoki headlining. Get ready for one of the biggest parties of the year. Dim Mak 20th Anniversary Party with Steve Aoki and more at Wet Republic at MGM Grand, September 4. –Brock Radke For our full interview with Steve Aoki, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Lots of us have been planning and waiting for LDW at EBC, and for those who like to observe every minute of the action, that means securing one of the eight bungalow-style cabanas that line Las Vegas Boulevard. Bouncing in the heart of the outdoor dancefloor here when the headliner takes the decks is without question an iconic daylife experience, but these sophisticated accommodations offer the highest level of luxury to be found at any pool party. Standard cabanas are outfitted with flatscreen TVs and refrigerators; the upgraded bungalows offer cooling systems and private bathrooms with shower, not to men-

tion the unrivaled views of the entire sprawling scene and Wynnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standard five-star service. Day or night, Encore Beach Club is the place to be this weekend. You know where to find us. Encore Beach Club at Encore, 702-770-7300.

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he old fashion rule says we’re not supposed to wear white after Labor Day. But what about the night before Labor Day? Hyde Bellagio is throwing its first all-white party on Sunday, Hyde in White, with DJ Shift controlling the sounds. The sexy, intimate lounge and nightclub is already known for some of the most captivating concepts in Strip nightlife, so expect something special. “The Hyde team really wanted to create something different to give people options outside of the standard nightclub event, to add some extra elements and finish summer 2016 on a high note,” says Angela Choras, Hyde’s new marketing supervisor. “We want to really provide an escape from everyday life, which is what you’re looking for when you’re visiting Las Vegas.” Hyde already does that, considering guests take in floor-to-ceiling windows leading to stunning

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nplugging is more difficult than ever. Whether it’s sending those last few emails for work or keeping up with your ever-growing social media network, having convenient technologies at your fingertips also means you’re never fully ready to let them go. That’s why Jennifer Lynn, senior spa director at Mandarin Oriental, dreamed up the Digital Detox retreat. “Our personal communication devices have certainly made our lives more convenient, [but] we’ve become inundated with communication,” Lynn says. From September 9-11, guests can

experience relaxing spa treatments and meditation and yoga sessions while cutting the cord to phones, Facebook and the rest. The retreat also focuses on learning about proper nutrition, eating the full color spectrum and how to take time to recalibrate after a long day. “The spa we designed is still that one place where it is popularly accepted for you to turn off your phone. You give yourself permission to be in that personal space,” Lynn says. Activities begin on Friday night with a welcome reception, followed by two days of inspirational, rejuvenating programming. Additional spa treat-

ments are also available, including an iridology reading and a special “journey into stillness” two-hour treatment that includes a foot ritual, face and scalp message, full body massage, sound therapy and more. You’ll never look at your phone the same way again. Digital Detox Weekend Retreat at Mandarin Oriental, September 9-11. –Leslie Ventura

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hearty satisfaction so well doesn’t mean it can’t get refined, and the brunching hours are Citizens’ real time to shine. Omelets, parfaits, skillets and griddled favorites utilize imaginative ingredient combinations. For a standout signature dish, start your day (or end your night) with the crab cake Benedict, crisp creations stuffed with sweet, fresh Maryland crab meat, topped simply with perfectly poached eggs and a memorable Creole Hollandaise sauce, a pile of classic breakfast potatoes saddled on the side to soak up excess sauce and yolk once the delectable seafood is gone. And it’ll go fast.

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the ceiling, the Barrymore transports visitors to the city’s golden era—with a little Hollywood glam—and the menu matches the funky-chic ambiance. Ease into the decadence of classic Vegas with the pan-seared foie gras, served with strawberry-rhubarb compote and a crispy, buttery square of pain perdu, or roasted bone marrow with pickled vegetables, shallot jam and grilled bread. Pair these starter dishes with specialty cocktails like the Final Act (gin, Luxardo maraschino, yellow chartreuse and lime juice) or something more traditional like a negroni or sazerac. When it comes to steak, the Barrymore

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Acclaimed novel The Light Between Oceans goes bigscreen, plus Ridley Scott gets scary with Morgan.

What happens when you pack the Hard Rock Hotel with metalheads? Psycho Las Vegas, that’s what.

Mac DeMarco tells you where to eat all over the world, and Britney’s new album signals a shift for the better.

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Where and when to catch Juliette Lewis, Megadeth, Howie Mandel and the Rebels’ footballseason kickoff.

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DREAM TEAM Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, better known as dream-pop duo Beach House, played the House of Blues on August 24. Find out where it landed on the ethereal spectrum at lasvegasweekly.com. (Spencer Burton/Special to Weekly)

ON THE WEB We were there! Catch up on the shows you might have missed—the Go-Go’s at Mandalay Bay Beach, Explosions in the Sky at Brooklyn Bowl and Deftones at the Joint. Plus, our report from Henderson’s High Rollers Cat Show (yes, that’s a real thing), all at lasvegasweekly.com.

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All washed up The Light Between Oceans gets swept away by melodrama By Mike D’Angelo icturesque gloom overwhelms illumination in The Light Between Oceans, a ferociously acted but increasingly overwrought period melodrama directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines). Adapted from M.L. Stedman’s 2012 novel, the film, set between 1918 and about 1927, stars Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander as Tom and Isabel, a somewhat tenuously married couple—he proposes to her mostly out of loneliness, it seems—who live on a tiny island off the coast of Australia, where Tom mans a lighthouse. Isabel desperately wants a child, but keeps suffering miscarriages, so when a rowboat containing a man’s corpse and a live infant washes ashore, she decides to keep the baby as her own, over Tom’s objections. When they inevitably visit the mainland, however, it takes them almost no time to identify the child’s actual mother, a woman named Hannah (Rachel Weisz). An exceedingly grim custody battle ensues, waged not in court but

Fassbender and Vikander experience intense longing. (DreamWorks/Courtesy)

within the quivering hearts of all concerned. Cianfrance tends to be drawn to emotional extremes, but Stedman’s book arguably provides him with too much raw material—or, rather, with material that’s just too raw. While all three of the lead actors commit wholeheartedly to the truth of each moment, they don’t have characters to play so much as they have states of mind to represent. Fassbender, in particular, struggles to find layers to Tom’s brooding, which stems from the carnage he experienced fighting in World War I. As the movie heads into its second half, it grows more and more soapy, which retroactively starts to make all the stark seaside imagery feel like an effort to turn Nicholas Sparks into Thomas Hardy. The Light Between Oceans is the sort of well-intentioned art film that makes you feel like you’re being punished. At least it’s quieter punishment than superhero movies offer.

aabcc THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.

Creating a superstrong, superintelligent genetically engineered person with accelerated growth rates never works out well for anyone, but apparently the characters in Morgan hadn’t seen enough movies, because they went ahead and did it anyway. Not surprisingly, then, Morgan (The Witch’s Anya Taylor-Joy), who has the physical appearance of a teenager, the intelligence of an advanced computer and the emotional development of a five-year-old, rebels against her creators and violently attacks one of them. That’s when the corporate overlords behind the project decide to bring in a “consultant” (Kate Mara) who’s clearly not just there to fill out forms. Produced by Ridley Scott and directed by his son Luke, Morgan has an overqualified cast for such a throwaway genre piece, with Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox, Michelle Yeoh and Jennifer Jason Leigh all showing up in small roles (Leigh is particularly wasted). Taylor-Joy goes two for two in her portrayals of creepy kids at the movies this year, and Mara is appropriately steely as the investigator with a really, really obvious secret (which frustratingly isn’t revealed until literally the last moment). Morgan is generic and forgettable, with minimal suspense and a plot that never deviates from the predictable, but it features enough craftsmanship to distract from the most glaring flaws. –Josh Bell

aabcc MORGAN Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie. Directed by Luke Scott. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.

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Rated R. Ramírez (Carlos) does decent work as legendary boxer Roberto Dúran, but it’s mostly De Niro—now playing the trainer, more than 35 years after embodying Jake LaMotta—who provides this generic boxing biopic with what meager energy it possesses. –MD Theaters citywide. Hell or High Water aaaac Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges. Directed by David Mackenzie. 102 minutes. Rated R. A craggy Texas Ranger (Bridges) tracks two small-time bank-robber brothers (Pine, Foster) across Texas in this consistently entertaining movie, which mines new humor, depth and eloquence from a very old genre. The script is full of flavorful dialogue, and the plotting is air-tight, methodically revealing more details about the brothers’ plan. –JB Theaters citywide. Kubo and the Two Strings aaaac Voices of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Travis Knight. 101 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Laika CEO Knight, the stop-motion animation studio’s latest wonder draws from Japanese folklore in its tale of the title character and his quest through a mystical realm. It’s a simple story, but the filmmakers give it nuance and resonance in the small character moments and the rich visual detail. –JB Theaters citywide. Sarah Gadon and Jamie Dornan explore The 9th Life of Louis Drax, opening Friday. (Summit Premiere/Courtesy)

Special screenings Dive-In Movies Mon, 7:30 p.m., $5, free for hotel guests. 9/5, Dirty Dancing. Boulevard Pool at the Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. The NeverEnding Story 9/4, 9/7, film plus bonus content, 2 & 7 p.m., $7.50$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. Rob Zombie’s 31 9/1, movie plus bonus features, 7 p.m., $13-$15. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 9/3, augmented by live cast and audience participation, 10 p.m., $9. Tropicana Cinemas. Info: rhpsvegas.com. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 p.m., free. 9/3, Things to Come, 3 p.m., $1; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936), 6 p.m., $1; The Driller Killer, 8 p.m., $1. 9/4, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916), 3 p.m., $1. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 p.m., free. 9/6, Citizen Kane. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week The 9th Life of Louis Drax (Not reviewed) Aiden Longworth, Sarah Gadon, Jamie Dornan. Directed by Alexandre Aja. 108 minutes. Rated R. A doctor investigates the mystery of a young boy who’s survived nine near-death experiences. Green Valley Ranch, Red Rock, Village Square. Janatha Garage (Not reviewed) N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Mohanlal, Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Directed by Koratala Siva. 150 minutes. Not rated. In Telugu and Malayalam with English

subtitles. A student and a mechanic unite to save their community. Sam’s Town. The Light Between Oceans aabcc Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 60. Theaters citywide. Morgan aabcc Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie. Directed by Luke Scott. 91 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 60. Theaters citywide. Naam Hai Akira (Not reviewed) Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap. Directed by A.R. Murugadoss. 139 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A college student finds herself caught up in a crime involving corrupt police officers. Village Square. No Manches Frida (Not reviewed) Omar Chaparro, Martha Higareda, Monica Dionne. Directed by Nacho G. Velilla. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. An ex-con poses as a substitute teacher in order to access his hidden loot. Boulder Station, Orleans, Palms, Suncoast, Texas Station, Town Square. The Sea of Trees aaccc Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, Naomi Watts. Directed by Gus Van Sant. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. McConaughey plays Arthur, a despondent college professor planning to kill himself in Japan’s notorious “suicide forest,” where he encounters a lost man (Watanabe) who reignites his will to live. Flashbacks manipulatively reveal the reasons behind Arthur’s despair, with several ridiculous twists and lots of philosophical platitudes delivered in a somber, self-serious tone. –JB Town Square.

Rated PG-13. This remake amps up the violence and focuses on the revenge story, as Roman centurion Messala (Kebbell) betrays his adopted Jewish brother Judah (Huston). Both the running time and the overt religious message have been cut way back, leaving a truncated, plodding drama with minimal excitement and nothing worthwhile to say. –JB Theaters citywide. Don’t Breathe aaccc Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang. Directed by Fede Alvarez. 88 minutes. Rated R. Teens break into an isolated house, only to be confronted by the owner, a blind veteran who’s more dangerous than he appears. At first, Don’t Breathe is admirably gritty and visceral, but it’s ruined by increasingly gross and unbelievable twists. What started as an intense, gripping thriller becomes a ridiculous cartoon. –JB Theaters citywide. Don’t Think Twice aaabc Mike Birbiglia, Gillian Jacobs, Keegan-Michael Key. Directed by Mike Birbiglia. 92 minutes. Rated R. Birbiglia’s dramedy about soul-searching and angst among the members of an NYC improv comedy troupe is more interested in complex emotions than in making jokes. The movie draws its audience in with the promise of laughs, and then reaches into deeper and more rewarding emotional territory from there. –JB Village Square.

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Equity aabcc Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas. Directed by Meera Menon. 100 minutes. Rated R. Putting women in the main roles of this financial thriller offers a slightly different perspective, but it doesn’t compensate for the stilted dialogue full of unconvincing financial jargon or the frustratingly low-stakes plot. The constant presence of suspenseful-sounding music is a poor substitute for actual suspense. –JB Green Valley Ranch, Suncoast.

Ben-Hur aaccc Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. 124 minutes.

Hands of Stone aabcc Edgar Ramirez, Robert De Niro, Ana de Armas. Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz. 105 minutes.

Mechanic: Resurrection abccc Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Sam Hazeldine. Directed by Dennis Gansel. 99 minutes. Rated R. No one asked for a sequel to 2011’s The Mechanic, and this generic action movie does nothing to justify its existence. Statham delivers his typical punching and kicking as an assassin lured back into the game, but the plot is moronic and convoluted, the effects are cheap-looking, and the characters are less than one-dimensional. –JB Theaters citywide. Southside With You aabcc Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter. Directed by Richard Tanne. 84 minutes. Rated PG-13. Writerdirector Tanne imagines the daylong first date between Barack Obama (Sawyers) and his future wife Michelle (Sumpter) in this awkward mix of low-key romantic drama and historical foreshadowing, with dialogue that sometimes sounds like the characters reciting their own Wikipedia entries. –JB Theaters citywide. Suicide Squad aabcc Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman. Directed by David Ayer. 130 minutes. Rated PG-13. This super-villain team-up features a slightly more streamlined narrative than previous DC movies. But it’s still overstuffed, an ensemble piece with nearly a dozen main characters, telling origin stories for half of them, bringing them together into a new team and facing them off against two different antagonists, both underwhelming. –JB Theaters citywide. War Dogs aaacc Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas. Directed by Todd Phillips. 114 minutes. Rated R. War Dogs tells the true story of unlikely arms dealers Efraim Diveroli (Hill) and David Packouz (Teller), who leveraged low-level military contracts into a massive deal that found them in over their heads. Director and co-writer Phillips deploys just enough comedy to entice the audience while treating the story with appropriate seriousness. –JB Theaters citywide. JB Josh Bell MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.

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drove past the billboard and saw ‘Sleep, Electric Wizard, Boris’ … all playing here? I thought it must be a joke.” That’s how one Las Vegan described his initial discovery of Psycho Las Vegas, and he had reason to feel skeptical. Many of the bands on the psychedelic-rock festival’s mammoth bill had never played here before, so the notion of all 100-plus plunking down for an extended weekend—inside a casino, no less—felt like a pipe dream. Surely, Psycho could continue finding far larger local crowds in Southern California, where it staged its first three editions (in Santa Ana), than in Las Vegas. Yet to Vegas it came, its organizers trusting in the appeal of Psycho’s sonic curation, which ranged from Black Sabbath’s end of the metal spectrum (Electric Wizard, Sleep) through classic rock’s heavier side

Electric Wizard and (right) Alice Cooper headlined the final two nights of Psycho Las Vegas. (Adam Shane/Special to Weekly)

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(Alice Cooper, Blue Öyster Cult) and fanned out with some hardcore (Converge), noise-rock (A Place to Bury Strangers) and electronic (Zombi) acts. Comic Brian Posehn even told a few jokes Friday night, roughly a third of them about Slipknot. And that faith paid off. Psycho succeeded not only as a destination—it nearly sold out at $250 a head—and as a worthwhile musical endeavor, but also as a sort of social experiment: What happens when you jam a multi-stage, multi-day musical festival inside a casino? Okay, so Matador Records did it in 2010, bringing a few dozen bands to the Palms for three nights, but that was a one-off anniversary celebration for a beloved indie label. The rest of Las Vegas’ many music festivals take place outdoors, in Downtown bars or in single arenas. Inviting music fans—many of them middle-aged metalheads—to

take over your resort for four nights takes some guts, so props to the Hard Rock Hotel for living up to its name by hosting. The bands played in three venues: 4,000-capacity main hall the Joint, 700-cap club Vinyl and the sprawling Paradise Pool, best known for its sunny Rehab parties. It all took place near the property’s south end, which made shifting from stage to stage quite painless. That went for most everything at Psycho, aside from the Joint’s $15 beers. For festival regulars used to frying in the sun while lining up for PortaPotties, this was not that. Air conditioning, casino bathrooms, free drinking water and free parking made Psycho amazingly comfortable, and those staying at the Hard Rock were never more than an elevator ride from bed. As for food, dinner options included a giant slice of Forte pizza, a club sandwich

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at Mr. Lucky’s or, hell, a quick sushi splurge at Nobu. The fest kept to its rigorous schedule—most bands played hour-long sets, separated by 20-minute changeovers—and, best of all, sound was routinely excellent everywhere (though more dynamic use of lighting and video screens could have enhanced the Joint experience). It went so well, Psycho founder and promoter Evan Hagen is already promising a return to the Hard Rock next year, vowing to the Weekly that 2017’s fest will be “bigger and better.” Sonically speaking, that’s tough to imagine. Hagen built this year’s version around two pillars of the stoner-metal scene: Electric Wizard and Sleep, whose most celebrated albums are titled Dopethrone and Dopesmoker, respectively. Both bands lived up to their reputation for extreme heaviness, with the British Wizard’s brain-cleansing Saturday-night set—something more like focused ambient noise than what most might think of as traditional “metal”—the high-water mark for the entire weekend,

and Sleep’s Sunday performance a reaffirmation of the Northern California trio’s hypnotic intensity. Those two bands mostly filled the Joint, and High on Fire (led by Sleep guitarist Matt Pike) played to what looked like the largest crowd of the fest Saturday night. But turnout fluctuated throughout the weekend, as Vegas visitors explored other options in the casino or beyond. Some of Psycho’s most veteran acts drew well, like longtime metallers Pentagram (Friday) and Candlemass (Sunday), but freak-rockers The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Friday) and even Alice Cooper (Sunday)—the latter the fest’s highestbilled (and surely priciest) booking—looked out over somewhat undersized audiences. Even fewer caught the righteously shredding guitars of Friday’s top-billed act, post-hardcore foursome Drive Like Jehu, with much of that night’s crowd instead lounging by—or in some cases, in—the pool for Detroit proto-punks Death. That pool, which opened with a Thursday-night pre-party capped by the fuzzed-out Mudhoney,

remained a popular stop on the Psycho tour all weekend, as did an elongated merch room loaded with black band shirts. Like every great festival, Psycho offered up plenty of new discoveries, from shoegazey LA outfit Highlands, which opened Vinyl around noon on Saturday, to Scottish space-rockers The Cosmic Dead, who closed out the pool late Sunday night. And the fest featured a stack of expectedly stellar performances, like those by Southern metal quartet Baroness, proggy Boston trio Elder and Japanese experimentalists Boris. After the final amp had been unplugged, Jeremy Brenton, drummer for Las Vegas doom band Demon Lung—which played for an appreciative and sizable throng Saturday at Vinyl—giddily dubbed the weekend “Heavy Metal Band Camp” on Facebook, and called it “the most professional thing we have ever been part of.” It felt pretty pro on this end, too, Psycho. Here’s hoping it’s the first of many Vegas versions.

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Mac and cheese Indie rocker Mac DeMarco talks food, pinball and more food By Leslie Ventura t looks like you’ve got a few weeks of downtime right now. What have you been up to? I just moved to Los Angeles, into a new house—been fixing it up, getting it renovated and uh, I don’t know. Eating burritos mostly. What are some of your favorite current restaurants? I like the trucks in LA. I live really close to this place called Taco Zone, so I go there a lot. I think my favorite burrito in LA right now is at this [truck] called La Estrella. It’s in Highland Park on York. There’s also a place called Via-Mar, on Figueroa, and that one is good for the fish tacos. If you’re in San Francisco, my soundman lives near Taqueria Cancun, and they’re open late. It’s a good way to feel like sh*t right after you eat. I read that you’re into pinball. Have you heard about the Pinball Hall of Fame here in Vegas? I’ve heard about it for years, actually. I think the first time we went [to Vegas] I was like, “Ooh! Yeah!

It’s the sandwiches he never forgets. (Kiera McNally/Courtesy)

Okay!” But we were on a bit of a schedule, so we didn’t have time. But perhaps this time. I think it might be a little more lax this time, so maybe we could check it out. I’m sure touring is a great way to explore a city. What kinds of places do you look forward to hitting up most? Around the world it’s the sandwiches that I never forget. I’m a bit of a sucker for the sandwiches. I don’t mean to talk about food all this much, but in São Paulo in Brazil there’s a pork sandwich, and you get cheese and a ring of pineapple, and there’s this really good hot sauce. I crave the döner kebab in Berlin. I try and get them in other parts of Europe; never quite turns out the way I want it. You gotta go to Berlin for them. Also the other sandwich that I pine for is the salt beef bagel at Brick Lane in London—it’s a bagel filled with this salty, kinda corned beef, real juicy meat. The bagel’s real salty, and they’re open late. I love it.

Britney Spears’ level of involvement is one of the least essential elements of a Britney Spears album, but the singer sounds a bit more present on Glory than she has on some of her later albums. She even infuses many of the songs with the goofy, playful personality that comes out when she’s allowed to be herself in interviews and onstage. Of course, the real heavy lifting comes from the various writers and producers enlisted by Spears and her team, and they create a solid range of 2016 pop styles for Spears to sing over, including sultry R&B (“Just Luv Me,” lead single “Make Me …”), big, clubready dance-pop (“Clumsy”) and ’90s nostalgia (the Spice Girls-esque “Hard to Forget Ya”). As a singer, Spears sounds a little less overly processed than she has in the past, and she puts in what sounds like real effort on lively, upbeat songs like “Private Show,” “Slumber Party,” “Clumsy” (with its very Britney exclamation of “oops!”) and the catchy, energetic “Do You Wanna Come Over?” Spears’ Vegas show has succeeded in large part because she seems like a fun person to hang out with, and as disposable as it might be, Glory manages to capture that same sense of silly fun. –Josh Bell

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Rock and romance Fuel Vegas’ Acid Sisters By Leslie Ventura

A red convertible cruises through the desert while a woman gazes out into the sprawling sea of dirt and Joshua trees, a long cigarette hanging from her lips. The sounds of The Acid Sisters start to kick in: fuzzed-out, swirling guitars, followed by the sharp jangle of a tambourine and the thick thud of a bass drum. Starring Acid Sisters singer Elayna Thompson, the minute-and-a-half short for Australian fashion line Black Milk Clothing also uses a psychedelic cut from the band as its soundtrack. As Elayna and her partner-in-crime stumble through the hazy halls of old casinos, the dark desert mischief at the heart of The Acid Sisters is revealed. The group—which also features Elayna’s husband, Nick Thompson (guitar), Elizabeth Scheib (keys), Jacob Savage (drums) and Dusty Fruend (bass)—is a pummeling force of psychedelic rock ’n’ roll, with a romantic story at its core. “It’s definitely a lot cooler being in a band with your wife,” Nick says, though they’re not the only couple in The Acid Sisters.

Savage and Scheib are engaged. “[Elayna] hadn’t been in a band before—she’d always been a part of it, but not [in] it. It’s been a pleasant surprise.” Nick Thompson and Savage began kicking around the idea of jamming nearly a year ago, and eventually laid down some ideas. “We just started messing around and realized we had some good stuff.” They added Elayna—the theatrical heart of the live show—plus Scheib and Fruend, and played their first gig, a tribute to David Bowie at the Bunkhouse, in February. On Saturday, The Acid Sisters open for all-female Black Sabbath cover band Black Sabbitch, alongside locals Candy Warpop and Joni’s Agenda. Nick says the band plans to record and release its first single, “Sci-Fi or Die,” soon. Listen for it at theacidsisters.com.

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Head to foot, hip to hop William Shakespeare comes to UNLV with antique pages and fresh beats By Geoff Carter he first compilation of William Shakespeare’s works came out seven years after his death. The 1623 First Folio, assembled by two of Shakespeare’s friends, includes 36 of the Bard’s plays, including such chart-topping hits as Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night and The Tempest. It was a small press run—researchers believe that only 750 copies of the First Folio were printed, of which fewer than 250 survive today. And thanks to the Folger Shakespeare Library and UNLV, one of those very rare compilations is coming to Las Vegas. First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, an exhibition featuring the book and a number of panels explaining it, is on display at UNLV’s Lied Library through September 29. It’s the only place you can see the Folio in Nevada, and UNLV is making the most of it with a month of related events that includes performances, lectures, workshops and a hip-hop adaptation of The Comedy of Errors, the appropriately named Bomb-itty of Errors, staged by Nevada Conservatory Theatre. As the Bard totally might have said, we’ll take a minute

to let that sink in. It might seem on its face like a Hamilton-ian stunt, but Bomb-itty of Errors, onstage at the Judy Bayley Theatre through September 11, has some genuine Shakespearean steez: Director Christopher Edwards served as associate artistic director of New York’s Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival for 14 years, so you can expect something more reverent than actors spitting Elizabethan rhymes over a live DJ (though Bomb-itty of Errors promises to have exactly that, too). Expect a production that respects the weight of theatrical tradition, while making light of it. In a way, that was how Shakespeare himself rolled. It’s kind of amazing Shakespeare’s friends didn’t name the First Folio Now That’s What I Call Macbeth!

FIRST FOLIO! THE BOOK THAT GAVE US SHAKESPEARE Through September 29, free. UNLV’s Lied Library, 702-895-2111.

BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS September 2-4 & 8-11, times vary, $28-$33. UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre, 702-895-2787.

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