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Trust Us everything you absolutely, positively must get out and do this week
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rick astley at the pearl The blue-eyed British singer has taken his sweet time in capitalizing on his unintended resurgence, as it was nearly 10 years ago that any of us clicked on a link and were rickrolled, the meme that returned “Never Gonna Give You Up” to cultural ubiquity. After only a smattering of touring and recordings since retiring early from the music business in 1993, he began building up to a more earnest comeback after his 2008 rickrolling of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade with an impromptu performance of “Never” atop a float. Nearly seven years later, homeboy is touring the world again in support of last year’s U.K. No. 1 album, 50, and performing at the Palms. $31-$77. –Mike Prevatt
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ANTON CHEKHOV’S CHERRY ORCHARD OF THE LIVING DEAD AT MAJESTIC REPERTORY THEATRE Only cultural mashup king Troy Heard could give Night of the Living Dead the Chekhov treatment— or is it the other way around? The 19th-century playwright meets George Romero in this spoof, where the serfs attempt to give the aristocracy its comeuppance. 1217 Main St., $23. –Mike Prevatt
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Women’s March IN Downtown Las Vegas On his huuuge first day, our new president gets his first huuuge protest: the Women’s March on Washington, a declaration for the rights of women, immigrants, LGBTQIA folks and others who took fire during the campaign. Vegas’ “sister march” proceeds from 9th and Fremont to the federal courthouse on Las Vegas Boulevard. 10 a.m. meetup, free. –Geoff Carter
TUESDAY, 8 P.M.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at UNLV Artemus Ham Hall Since 1974, this internationally touring, all-male company has combined expertise with a unique charisma, mixing ballet and comedy while dancing en pointe as swans, romantic princesses and angst-ridden Victorian women in more than 500 cities. Parodies for the Las Vegas production include Swan Lake, Esmeralda and Don Quixote. $25-$75. –Rosalie Spear
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Three unimaginary shows If that headline rings a bell, you’re probably headed to the Bunkhouse for Friday’s Vegas-scene Tribute to The Cure, with covers scheduled from Jesse Pino, We Are Pancakes, Rusty Maples’ Blair Dewane and many more (8 p.m., free). If you like your weekend soundtrack more punk than goth, hit the Double Down, where local pillar SquidHat Records will stage its fifth-anniversary bash over two nights, with sets by Franks & Deans, Wolfhounds, The Quitters and Attack Ships on Fire on Friday and Surrounded by Thieves, The Damnit Jims, The Venomous Pink, The People’s Whiskey and Hit Me Baby on Saturday (both shows 10 p.m., free). And for those with a bit of cash handy, influential proto punks The Sonics—yep, the LCD Soundsystemtagged band behind 1965 cult favorite Here Are The Sonics!!!—play Backstage Bar & Billiards on Friday with support from The Van der Rohe, Self Abuse and The Swamp Gospel (8 p.m., $15-$20). Choices, choices… –Spencer Patterson
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“Poetry is the heart of being,” says Jack Hirschman, a San Francisco-based poet, translator and political activist set to host three free events here in conjunction with the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival. And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead tells the story of your close friend, Beat poet Bob Kaufman. How did you meet? I came [to San Francisco] in 1972 from Los Angeles, and I met Bob Kaufman on the street …We thought the same things politically and poetically. We read together at venues here in North Beach, and we had a mutual respect for one another. Bobby would enter a place and you could hear a pin drop, and then [everyone would] burst into applause. What do you plan to read here? I just published my master works in two big volumes that my wife calls “a doorstop.” I’ll also read a poem that I know by heart. Tell me about your letter from Ernest Hemingway. In college, I wrote stories and imitated Hemingway. I sent them to him, being precocious and pretentious, and he responded. The letter [“Letter to a Young Writer”] was beautiful, warm and loving. After his death, it was published all over the United States. –Rosalie Spear Poetry reading: January 20, 7 p.m., Winchester Cultural Center. Film screening/discussion: January 20, 1 p.m., Nevada State College Building 200; January 21, 7 p.m., Adelson Educational Campus.
Which Vegas musician will have the thickest eyeliner Saturday at the Bunkhouse? (Erik Kabik/MediaPunch/Courtesy)
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HUMANITY CHECK
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The Compassion Experience brings the less-developed world to the suburbs BY MIKE PREVATT
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ne moment, you’re in a Southwest Las Vegas parking lot surrounded by expensive SUVs with cheery bumper stickers. The next, you’re in a stenchy Nairobi mud hut, listening to a boy describe how his mother makes moonshine with toxic chemicals and dirty water—gallons of the latter at your feet— so her starving children don’t have to beg for or steal food, all actions that could put them in jail. And that’s exactly what happens to 9-year-old Jey when he’s eventually caught taking food, which you discover once you enter his fetid cell. His story, miraculously, gets better, as Jey—now a DJ in Atlanta—is saved by Compassion International, a vetted and financially transparent Christian organization that assists impoverished children in poorer parts of the world. Its touring, 2,000-square-foot Compassion Experience trailer exhibit—which also shares the narrative and environs of Filipina girl Kiwi, for whom apples are extravagances—stopped for four days last weekend on the Crossing Church campus, drawing families even while Sunday services were happening next door. The primary goal is to sign donors up for $38 monthly sponsorships that will grant a child food, medical care and mentoring; more than 300 children were sponsored last weekend alone, according to Lee Coate, the Crossing’s executive pastor. However, the remarkably detailed exhibit—accompanied by audio and video via iPods—is also a visceral, impactive way to show middle-class Las Vegas families the shanties of the underdeveloped world, where food, basic health and safety are fleeting. Those locals might have never seen the local homeless corridor, let alone third-world slums. The Experience makes abject poverty—which affects nearly half of the world’s population—much less abstract and distant. Compassion makes clear its aim to also teach Christian values to both the children it supports and those walking through the Experience. But even for those outside of the faith, it nonetheless offered local visitors a much-needed perspective on poverty, humanity and gratitude in a way that classroom lectures, sermons and the Internet cannot.
CHECK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU ARREST YOURSELF The Clark County District Attorney’s Office recently introduced a new program called “Warrant Wednesdays.” Every week, the DA will spotlight a different outstanding warrant on social media (#LVWarrant Wednesday), in hopes that we’ll help track down defendants who have gone to ground. Warrant Wednesdays is a great idea (albeit less savory than Taco Tuesdays, but whatcha
gonna do), but only if you don’t have an outstanding warrant yourself—and you might, due to identity theft or unpaid traffic fees. According to local attorney Dayvid Figler, it’s not a bad idea to conduct a quick search of the online court records of Clark County (bit.ly/2hTEZqR), the City of Las Vegas (bit. ly/2iELfkY), Henderson (bit.ly/2iJekhR) and North Las Vegas (bit.ly/2jarrt9). It could save you the unexpected embarrassment of being arrested—or worse still, put on Facebook/Twitter blast. –Geoff Carter
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ART OF THE STATE Five things you need to know about Tilting the Basin BY GEOFF CARTER
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Tilting the Basin ran at Reno’s Nevada Museum of Art from August through October. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
JOHNNY CAB MEETS FREMONT STREET You’re already used to a world with touchscreen soda fountains and voice-activated lights—what about a driverless shuttle? The City of Las Vegas has teamed with French companies NAVYA and Keolis to test an electric-powered autonomous transport shuttle, dubbed the ARMA, with free rides on Fremont Street through January 20. I took the pint-sized bus for a jaunt, and it felt surprisingly reliable, thanks to ARMA’s state-of-the-art, multi-sensor technology. It detected a pigeon, a cyclist, pedestrians in a crosswalk and Keolis’ Londell Triché, who trusts the bus enough to step in front of it. “I do this all day,” Triché says. “Public education is key. We’ve had people afraid to walk out into the street, because they’re afraid it’s going to go.” Triché says more than 100,000 people have been transported safely since Keolis’ 2015 launch. Make that 100,001. –Leslie Ventura
1. Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada is coming. This group art show, featuring the works of more than 30 artists from across Northern and Southern Nevada, lands in Las Vegas on March 17, following a wildly successful summer 2016 run at Reno’s Nevada Museum of Art. It will show here through May 14, in a refurbished Arts District warehouse space at 920 S. Commerce Street. 2. It’s kind of a big deal. As a museum-quality showcase of Nevada contemporary art, Tilting is largely unprecedented. Something on this scale was first attempted in 2007, when prominent art critic and former local Dave Hickey curated Las Vegas Diaspora at the now-closed Las Vegas Art Museum—but that show featured mostly Vegas-based artists who had studied with Hickey at UNLV. “This is the first time there has been a concentrated effort to really be inclusive of the Northern and Southern communities,” says Amanda Horn, Nevada Museum of Art’s director of communications. “[It’s] a true survey of work, across a vast divide.” 3. You know the players. Tilting’s roster of artists is packed with recognizable names. Six of those artists—locals Justin Favela, David Ryan, Brent Sommerhauser and Rachel Stiff, and Northern Nevada’s Galen Brown and Katie Lewis—are prominently featured, while others are represented with a few works apiece. Other Vegas-area artists in the show include JW Caldwell, Sush Machida Gaikotsu and Wendy Kveck. Rebekah Bogard, Joseph DeLappe, Jen Graham and many more represent Reno/Carson. 4. The North/South thing happens behind the scenes, too. Nevada Museum of Art’s curatorial director, JoAnne Northrup, created the show in partnership with Michele C. Quinn, owner of MCQ Fine Art Advisory and an executive committee member of the future Art Museum at Symphony Park. Together, the two visited more than 50 studios statewide, looking for Tilting’s chosen. 5. The show is a test balloon. Tilting’s temporary space, provided by developer Steven Molasky, isn’t far from where we’ll soon see an art museum spring up in Symphony Park. Horn says organizers are hopeful that the stand-alone space “will provoke dialogue in the community about what it could mean to have an art museum” in the heart of the city, while “paying homage to the movement that’s been happening in the arts scene in the Downtown corridor.”
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“There’s a certain amount of people [in Las Vegas] interested in this music,” says Lockout Station guitarist and composer Dirk K. “Many of them are looking for something else and not just Sinatra’s ‘Fly Me to the Moon.’” That’s not a dig at the Chairman of the Board. Dirk is speaking to the passion of the non-mainstream jazz scene, which has birthed his genre-less trio. The barely-year-old group’s sound is explorative and structured and overlaps with ECM-style fusion jazz, informed in part by its members’ international makeup and pedigree. Spanish (particularly flamenco), Middle Eastern and
Brazilian music are inspirations for Dirk, an accomplished musician originally from Germany with extensive recording experience. The rhythm section—bassist Dave Ostrem (from New York City) and drummer Andrea D’Angelo (who moved here from Italy by way of LA)—has experience playing everything from jazz and fusion to rock and musical theater. Their adaption to Dirk’s flourishes and accents has resulted in an original sound that’s progressive yet clear and melodic—a sound Dirk heard in his head and began writing for five or six ago while living in LA, but has only now been able to bring to life, thanks to the
bandmates he has found in the small but talented Vegas jazz community. “Just the fact we met here and we are all working here, having come from Italy and Germany and New York ... somehow, there must be something underneath [this] show city,” Dirk says. “You have a lot of those people in Vegas, they are stuck in their [Strip] shows; it’s a job, always the same for them. But they also want to be creative or have an original project. That helps make a scene in Vegas.” –Mike Prevatt lockoutstation.net
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STOCKSMILE Meet Bobby Meader, one of the most tenacious musicians in Las Vegas. The frontman for indiepunk band Stocksmile started as a solo artist in 2012, with an acoustic guitar and a stripped-down LP, We Are the Blues We Write. From there, he morphed into Bobby Meader Music, got signed to a small indie label in 2014, amassed a crew of bandmates and, in 2015, embarked on a 15-month tour that included Boise’s Treefort festival and an unofficial SXSW gig. Now armed with a new name and a stable lineup, his quartet is gearing up for a two-month tour, which begins February 15 at the Griffin. There’s a new record in the works, too—I Think I Learned the Most From You, slated for a mid-2017 release. The band—Steven Sabo (guitar), Jordan Jaeger (bass), Sean Snow (drums) and Meader (vocals/guitar)—
recorded its 10 songs in Fort Wayne, Indiana with Robert Lugo of DBB Records—another connection made through touring. “It’s definitely a genre shift,” Meader says. “It got a lot louder and a lot heavier.” Longtime Meader listeners might be surprised to hear such a dark, progressive sound, layered with thick, rolling guitars, deeper vocals and experimental textures—but the essence of his old sound is still there. Some songs are about “trying to make myself the best person that I can be,” and others are just about life on the road, says Meader, for whom touring has always been lifeblood. “Your perspective on things really changes. You can see how much you’ve grown as a person.” –Leslie Ventura facebook.com/stocksmileband
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RAYNER
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Punk prides itself on the sentiment “no bullshi*t,” and Rayner’s no-frills approach has helped the Vegas quintet land slots supporting New Orleans hardcore faves Pears and on Punk Rock Bowling’s main stage. “Playing on a stage that large, at a festival we’d attended for years, was really monumental,” says guitarist Rory Child of the latter gig, which also taught Rayner a lesson about how to make a lasting impression: “[Frontman] Dany [Henrriquez] got a little too rambunctious and basically fell offstage. That stays with you.” Rayner comprises members of Las Vegas’ punk elite: Childs previously played bass for ska/punk stalwarts Hard Pipe Hitters; guitarist Christopher Piro played in Burning Agrestic; drummer Dave Bartlett played with War Called Home; and Henrriquez and bassist Manny Hollers played in The Runaway
Pandas. On the surface, Rayner’s gritty tunes hearken back to the snobbiness of the Sex Pistols and the melodic undertones of the Bouncing Souls, but lyrically, the band revels in its earnestness. Songs like “Dreameater” and “Reflections” from the band’s 2016 debut LP, In Circles, paint a surprising picture of self-awareness. It’s a stark contrast to the brash instrumentation, but it places Rayner in the same playing fields as The Menzingers and Against Me! If all goes according to Child’s plan, we’ll hear more soon. “This year, we’re putting out a new five-song EP, and writing our next full-length,” he says. It’s not all business, though: “We also will continue to spread the good word about Bud Light Lime and the benefits of living that beach life.” –Ian Caramanzana rayner.bandcamp.com
GLASS POOLS This quirky dance-rock quartet—known for its reverb-soaked melodies, unwavering grooves and rough edge—began with voids both personal and in personnel. Frontman Bryan Todd formed Glass Pools from the ashes of Red Eye Radio—the local college-rock cover band that took Downtown venues (and their dancefloors) by storm with takes on Radiohead and Modest Mouse. But for a musician, covers have their creative limitations, which steered Todd and two other Red Eye holdovers to launch a new band focused on all-original material. “Each of us has played in bands around town for years,” says Todd, who previously fronted The Novelty Act and Pilot to Orion. “Ro [Romero, guitar], Mike [McDonald, bass] and I had been writing songs together for a little over a year—trying to find a drummer that fit, to no avail.” That changed when the trio met up with Emily Sully, and everything clicked. The foursome played its first show as Glass Pools in February, released a six-song self-titled EP in August and has regularly rocked rooms from Bunkhouse to Brooklyn Bowl since. Glass Pools’ style recalls dance-rock greats from the past and present—New
Order, LCD Soundsystem, Bloc Party— with weaving guitars, a driving rhythm section and huge hooks. The band plans to keep the ball rolling this year, with a new album set to drop in the first quarter. Todd also wants to take the songs on the road with regional gigs. “2016 was a big year for us; 2017 will be even bigger.” –Ian Caramanzana glasspools.bandcamp.com
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KAYLIE FOSTER Kaylie Foster has already accomplished half the work of becoming a great singer-songwriter: The 24-yearold has one of the loveliest, most individual singing voices our local music scene has ever produced. Clear and soulful, Foster’s voice is impeccably suited to the heartfelt storytelling of her latest single, the folk ballad “Red String.” “They say the gods tie a string/Joining two lovers’ destiny,” Foster sings, and in the space of a moment, she makes you believe. As for the other half of the work— amassing a songbook—Foster is taking two steps at a time. She wrote and recorded outstanding 2014 debut EP Rebel in just two days, while she was stuck in her college dorm during spring break. “I was bored,” she says, chuckling. Rebel’s songs speak to Foster’s range of influences, which include Stevie Wonder, Bon Iver and her father, celebrated jazz organist Ronnie Foster. But there’s a confidence and verve present in her songwriting that’s her own. You can hear it clearly at the end of “Machine,” as the instrumentation fades away and her multitracked vocals intone, “We stand/ We speak/We won’t/Hold back.” Foster plans to record more music soon—possibly an album, or “at least a few EPs” with a full band. And she’ll keep performing live, even though— amazingly—it’s the only part of the singer/songwriter equation Foster hasn’t quite solved. “I’m one of the most awkward people you’ll ever meet,” she says. “I channel my innerawkwardness onstage, and some people roll with it and some people don’t. At the end of the day, I don’t really care. I’m just glad to play.” –Geoff Carter soundcloud.com/kayliefostermusic
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EL NINE A simple post on El Nine’s Facebook page reads like the words by which he lives. “Creation is everything. How are you spending your time on earth?” Art is his sustenance, and he churns out singles the way the rest of us eat and drink. The 27-year-old Las Vegas, also known as Malik El, has produced and rapped on at least four tracks in the past month and a half, and he’s got more waiting in the wings. His most recent, “Vegan Food,” channels a laid-back vibe, but there’s a dark edge beneath his hazy, casual flow. (And yes, he’s vegan.) “I got into music really early, probably when I was 3 years old,” El says. First, it was playing on a kids’ Casio keyboard, then it was Jimi Hendrix. “I found this purple electric guitar and begged my mom for it. I got it that year.” In-
spired by his older sister, El began writing poetry when he was just 6. His MC skills developed later. “Everything that she did, I did, and I always tried to be better than her.” These days, he collaborates with anyone he can vibe with, from locals Phil A. and Trade Voorhees to rappers from Brooklyn and Houston. “I make a lot of music, so there will be a lot more singles dropping.” Humble in person, El is all swagger on tape. From songs about the prison industrial complex (hear: “Menudo”) to bars about women and metaphysics, he tackles his art with a calm, cavalier attitude. “It’s all emotion-based. If I’m not feeling creative, I’m not going to create. When I do create, it’s exactly what I’m feeling at that moment in time.” –Leslie Ventura twitter.com/elninemusica
Play Dungeons & Dragons with the members of Indigo Kidd, and you could see your name on a record spine. After titling two EPs after friends, the indie rock band has done so again with its upcoming LP—and this time, he’s a pal with special power. “He’s our dungeon master,” guitarist/vocalist Eli Curtsinger says. When they’re not playing D&D, Eli, his cousin Garrett Curtsinger (drums) and bassist Dalton Willett are typically out watching a local show, or playing one themselves. Formerly of Yakima, Washington, the lo-fi slacker-punks moved to Vegas in hopes of breaking into a more supportive music scene, and so far, so good. They brought their rousing brand of pop-tinged garage-rock to the stage more than 40 times
in 2016, and recently embarked on their first tour. Full-length album No. 1, which is almost finished, will feature re-recorded tracks from both EPs, plus a handful of new tunes, including the rockabilly-influenced “Nicotine Queen.” As for broader plans, “Our goal is to build a bridge from the Northwest to here, and to get more Northwest bands playing down here,” Willett says. “We think that’ll benefit the Vegas scene, too. It’s Vegas’ turn to have a bunch of bands do something.” Washington transplants who already get what it means to be local—just another reason to dig Indigo Kidd. –Leslie Ventura indigokiddwa.bandcamp.com
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TONEY ROCKS Since dance music became mainstream, many musicians have given up their guitars and drum kits for synthesizers and mixers. Singer-songwriter Toney Rocks actually did the reverse. “I used to produce dance music, and I loved that,” he says. “What got me out of that was when I tried to be a DJ. I was getting paid a lot of money to just twist knobs and thought, this is bullsh*t. I want to play instruments.” One might scratch their head at his transition from dance to Americana and folk (by way of the blues). But becoming a singer-songwriter is the logical conclusion for the musician whose longtime favorite musicians care as much about the lyrics and narrative as they do the authenticity and craft of the music—James Taylor, Vince Gill, Keb’ Mo’ and especially Jackson Browne. Rocks follows in that same tradition of storytelling on last year’s
No Road Too Long and recent single “Run to the Night.” Since he moved here from Delaware last March, he’s been sharing those stories on the local open-mic circuit, along with playing on his own at venues like Boulder Dam Brewing Company and Artifice, assisted only by his acoustic guitar. Rocks refuses to believe Las Vegas isn’t a town for singer-songwriters. “There’s a pocket for the genre anywhere,” he says. “It’s not an issue of getting gigs. It’s an issue of rooms paying you. It’s a matter of finding the people.” Which he’s positioning himself to do with his active YouTube channel and goal to play 200 shows—here and on tour— this year alone. “I’m about quantity. I want to work as much as possible and reach as many people as possible.” –Mike Prevatt toneyrocks.com
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A lot can happen when you put six musicians in a room. Creative differences collide, egos clash and sometimes, with the right people, something truly rewarding blooms. Enter Dogyear, a six-piece that has the chemistry down, palpable from the first guitar growl and tambourine rattle. Chock it up to the members’ easygoing Midwestern mentality (they hail from Michigan, Ohio and Illinois), or maybe that they’re in Vegas at the right place, at the right time. Whatever the reason, Dogyear sounds like a band ready to turn pro, and it’s not even a year old. “We’re trying to be more in the moment and live in these songs,” says vocalist and guitarist Justin Terio. It’s easy to get caught up in them, in their vast, driving melodies and sweeping harmonies. The guys—Josh Masters (bass), Nick Waeghe (vocals/guitar), Daniel Kloza (drums), Bobby Lowry (guitar) and Robert Stokes (guitar)—are like Vegas’ male version of Lucius, a warm and pillowy blend of pop, folk and rootsy Americana. Listen for yourself February 18 at the Bunkhouse, when Dogyear celebrates the release of debut EP, Extended Play, on which the group has worked for months at Naked City Audio and National Southwestern Recording. Ultimately, Dogyear hopes the EP reflects the group’s new sense of community. “The amount of hours we put in, the amount of work we put in, I just want to feel like we’re doing something special,” Waeghe says. –Leslie Ventura facebook.com/dogyear
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Make music, and make the entire process of creating it as fun as possible. That’s the ethos of Miguel Flores, guitarist/singer of Kurumpaw. In this case, fun translates to danceable, driving surf-rock that leans to the psychedelic side, yet remains accessible enough to keep listeners grooving in the Griffin’s back room late on a Tuesday. Kurumpaw got its name from Lobo the King of Currumpaw—an Old West fable about a cattle-killing wolf with the supernatural ability to cheat death. The story touches on themes of mysticism and spontaneity, which reflects the band’s sound. Just listen to “My Worst Nightmare,” the second track off the band’s 2016 demo. With her airy, unpolished vocals (think Belinda Butcher meets Courtney Love), Cindy Espinosa captains a whimsical journey that ebbs and flows between a mystical bounce
and a melodic shuffle. It’s a potent recipe that has helped Kurumpaw—which also features lead guitarist Eridany Cerros, bassist Kelli Edington and drummer Ricardo Hernandez—become a champion of both Downtown bar crowds and the house-show scene. “I think our best shows have taken place at the Bunkhouse and the Griffin, but house shows are always fun—especially on the east side,” Flores says.” At those gigs, upbeat tunes like “Hyena” provide the soundtrack for spilled beers in living rooms, backyards and garages. “You just never know what’s gonna happen.” Kurumpaw’s plans for the year are loose. “We want to record an album, put it out there and start playing outside of Vegas,” Flores says. Expect to hear new material in a bar or backyard near you soon. –Ian Caramanzana soundcloud.com/kurumpaw
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un through three recent songs assembled by superproducer Diplo, and it’s hard to tell if they all came from the same artist. There’s “Waist Time,” a throbbing bass-house collaboration with Toronto’s AutoErotique, a fuzzed-over, robo-dancehall track. There’s a chilled-out remix of MØ’s “Final Song,” with Jauz; and there’s the futuristic, icy R&B ballad “Nothing Without You,” produced for The Weeknd’s Starboy. Diplo’s dramatic range helps explain why he’s the most sought-after musical mind in the game today, no
matter the genre. It’s also the reason Wynn Nightlife brought Diplo and his hitmaking “side project” Major Lazer back as 2017 residents. In February, Diplo’s up for two Album of the Year Grammys for his production on Beyoncé’s widely acclaimed Lemonade and Justin Bieber’s comeback effort, Purpose. Major Lazer’s next album, Music Is the Weapon, doesn’t have a release date yet (it’s expected in the first quarter), but it has already scored with the Bieber/MØ feature “Cold Water.” One thing is certain: It will have all types of sounds and songs.
“A great artist is someone who can change the direction of music, not someone who stays the same all the time,” Diplo told NME last year. “Otherwise music would be so f*cking boring.” Diplo at XS at Encore, January 21.
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Originally from Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, Chapin attended West Point, worked in engineering and real estate and has lived in Korea, Missouri and Arizona. “I grew up in a musical family. We all sang and played instruments, and we were athletic and took our studies seriously,” he says. “I have a lot of different interests.” His musicality might have planted the original seed for his current calling. In high school, he teamed with some friends and “approached a restaurant and convinced them to hire us as singing waiters,” he says. “We would serve food and just break out in song now and again. Something clicked then, though I might not have known it, that we were entertaining but kind of freestyling what we wanted to do. There was a kind of rush to it, seeing the looks on people’s faces.” You can witness those same expressions of enjoyment on the faces of the thousands who attend Motley Brews events. Chapin founded the company in 2010 after landing in Las Vegas a few years earlier while working for a home builder. He had developed
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a passion exploring the craft-beer scene in Phoenix and saw some space to help build something special in Vegas, the results of which will be on display at the Downtown festival— which expands to two days for the first time this year, April 7 and 8. “I realized beer can be a portal into local culture,” Chapin says. “Back in 2010, it was like nobody even knew about craft beer. There weren’t many events like this.” In recent years, Motley has expanded its footprint to Southern California, and Chapin is thinking even bigger. Production Theory, sort of the parent company of Motley Brews, is set to expand its reach, too, with some larger-scale events. Next up: the Mint 400, the classic desert off-road race, which will receive a premium F&B event upgrade March 1-5. “We’re seeing the need for brands outside our own that want someone to help provide extraordinary experiences for their consumers,” Chapin says. “We’re looking to be that experiential arm for brands in the region while also looking to create our own events.” –Brock Radke
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he San Diego nightlife scene has been ramping up in recent years, and it’s about to get another big boost when the highly anticipated Pendry boutique hotel debuts in the Gaslamp Quarter. Leading its offerings is Oxford Social Club, another collaboration between Las Vegas-based Clique Hospitality and the 81/82 Group, powerful forces that united to open Clique Lounge at the Cosmopolitan a little more than a year ago. But where Cosmo’s Clique is something of a reinvented ultralounge, Oxford is a full-on nightclub, says 81/82 partner Jason “JRoc” Craig.
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a high hospitality standard. “Oxford Social Club is about the experience, head to toe,” Labbe says. “The [musical] talent will be one layer of the experience—it could range from a notable local or regional DJ to a Vice or a Politik to some cool, unannounced pop-up acts. It’s all going to hinge on the venue, though, the ambience and level of hospitality provided for each guest. Every person who walks in needs to feel like this is their venue.” –Brock Radke
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t isn’t every day a 22-yearold gets a private tour of restaurant Joël Robuchon, then gets offered a job two weeks later—but that’s exactly what happened when chef Wilfried Bergerhausen came to Las Vegas on vacation in 2008. Less than a month later, Bergerhausen had moved here from France to work at MGM Grand’s most prestigious dining destination. In 2014, Bergerhausen became executive chef of Bellagio’s quintessential French restaurant Le Cirque. “We always get excited, not for an item but an idea,” he says of the renowned New York City offshoot. “We try to not only focus on the flavor, but also the season. What is the meaning of the season? It’s not only one ingredient, but the whole idea and the whole concept.”
To understand his perspective, Bergerhausen recommends the dégustation menu—five courses featuring options like sautéed foie gras with poached rhubarb and white chocolate gastrique; carnarolli risotto with Alba white truffles; and braised veal cheeks with black trumpet mushrooms. “I get bored very fast, so I’m always trying to work on something different,” he says. Even on the rare occasion when he isn’t at Le Cirque, Bergerhausen stays focused on what’s next. “Every week I try to go somewhere else. I travel to see the different restaurants and see what’s going on. It’s always in the back of the head, even if you want to relax.” It’s the life of a chef, he says. “That’s what we do.” –Leslie Ventura
R R C E For Le Cirque, presentation is key— something Bergerhausen brings from his origins in pastry. “There is a lot of technique in pastry,” he says. “They are much more delicate with the presentation, so that’s the route that I take. You eat with your eyes before you try the food. If it doesn’t look good, I’m not going to get excited.”
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tional icon Ricky Martin joins the bill. For Vegas, it’s another megashow that might not have found a home without the addition of the arena. (The Calibash Vegas bill also includes Wisin, CNCO, Zion Y Lenox, Osmani Garcia, Divan, Chacal, Nicky Jam, Arcangel, Farruko and many more.) For Martin, who just wrapped up his year-and-ahalf One World Tour in December, it will be a warm-up for what’s to come. In April, the celebrated Puerto Rican entertainer will begin his resident show just a few steps away at the Park Theater at Monte Carlo.
“Every song is going to be a completely different experience, but they’ll all be interconnected,” Martin said, describing plans for the show during November’s announcement press conference. “We’re going to flirt a little with the history of Vegas, mixing it with what I am and what I represent and what brought me here. It will be a hell of a spectacle.” Calibash Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena, January 26.
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here’s a place for the avant garde in every city. From New York to LA, Chicago to Detroit, there’s an underground current that winds through venues and parties, warehouses and dancehalls, tied together by its disregard for the mainstream and admiration for sounds left of the dial. In Las Vegas, the underground dance scene exists out of sheer necessity, a response to the tourist-populated Strip. But its momentum continuously ebbs and flows. Soft Leather founder Johnny Love—the Chicago-based DJ, king of the “health goth” movement and ringleader of the electro-hardcore
group Deathface—saw Downtown Las Vegas as the next frontier for his provocative monthly LGBT-inclusive dance party. Word of the party, held at video dance bar Oddfellows, spread quickly. “It keeps getting more popular each time,” says Vegas DJ Brock Goldstein, who began organizing Soft Leather Vegas after Love reached out to him four months ago. “Dance party-wise, I [didn’t] really see a place for the hip, counterculture kids to go out and dance all night,” says Goldstein, who also DJs the event. “It seemed like that was really missing.”
“The inspiration, image-wise, [comes from] the New York club kids of the ’90s,” Goldstein adds. “A lot of people hear Soft Leather and think fetish, BDSM. That’s not really what it’s about.” The music, however—disco, acid house, juke and more—is sexual, energetic and always changing. From full body paint and fishnets to leather harnesses and chokers, anything goes. Soft Leather returns to Oddfellows on January 26. –Leslie Ventura
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through simple, clean designs. “We always did things at our own pace,” Westbrook says. Known as the “Worth the Wait Guy,” Westbrook isn’t just co-owner of a clothing store. He’s a motivational speaker and a life coach. The pair’s driven demeanor has been woven into the brand’s very fabric. “It’s really about the message,” Thomas says. “Pace is a movement. When you find your pace, you’ll know you found it, because you’ll love it. That’s what moves you.” With a minimalist aesthetic similar to American Apparel’s, LAYOP stocks ba-
sics like crew necks, raglans, graphic tees and hoodies in an assortment of colors. Best-sellers include screenprinted tees featuring Eazy-E, Richard Pryor and Jackie Robinson, three icons who definitely lived at their own speed. “We’re not telling people to go fast, we’re not telling people to go slow,” Thomas says. “But find your pace and embrace it unapologetically. As long as you’re moving forward, that’s the inspiration.” LAYOP at Downtown Container Park, layop.com. –Leslie Ventura
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Las Vegas’ best chef last year by the Southern Nevada Hotel Concierge Association. Each dish in the precise sequence seemed to up the ante of bold creativity, from tender cuttlefish over squid ink-splashed polenta to grilled octopus with a bright red pepper sauce. The menu takes a tour of Italy’s coastline, forcing Sardinia’s red mullet, bottarga and mussel-topped risotto to compete with Tuscany’s pappardelle with Chianti-braised shortrib ragu to become your favorite. I couldn’t choose. After 10 years of eating everything
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kyfall, the lounge and cocktail bar atop the gleaming gold Delano Las Vegas tower, certainly has a hard time transcending its reputation of the place with the best views. That’s not to take away from the grandness of that 180-degree perspective on the Strip and the Vegas Valley below. But Skyfall has a lot more to offer; its uniqueness as a nightlife venue isn’t limited to the gorgeous scenery. Skyfall essentially evolves its experience throughout the course of each night. The period from 5 to 7 p.m.—happy hour at your neighborhood pub—is known as Sunset Hour here,
for obvious reasons, but select specialty cocktails (like the Side Step, made with tequila, yellow chartreuse, honey and lemon) along with beer, wine and bar bites, are heavily discounted. On Friday nights beginning at 8, Absolute Elyxx cocktails and rosé wine and bubbly are highlighted. And every night at 9, a DJ takes over, and vibrant house music brings sizzle to the scene. Skyfall’s cocktails are among the most refined on the Strip, engineered by the same team that launched hot spots Death & Company in New York City and Honeycut in LA. Classic martinis are crafted with precision, groups can share effervescent
punch bowls and those looking for creative flavors can experiment with concoctions like the Spiced Eclipse— jalapeño-infused Espolon Blanco, aloe liqueur, cucumber, lime juice and salt. Looking for something more traditional? The Compass Course refreshes with Absolut, watermelon, Lillet Blanc, lemon, mint and seltzer. There’s as much beauty in your glass as out those windows. Skyfall Lounge at Delano Las Vegas, 877-632-5400; Sunday-Thursday 5 p.m.-midnight, Friday & Saturday 5 p.m.-1 a.m.
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1/19 Lil Jon. 1/20 Steve Aoki. 1/21 Kaskade. 1/22 Fergie DJ. 1/26 GTA. 1/27 Steve Aoki. 1/28 Tiësto. 1/29 Party Favor. 2/2 Jauz. 2/3 Party Favor. 2/4 Tiësto. 2/5 Borgeous. MGM Grand, Wed-Sun, 702-891-3838.
CH ATEAU 1/20 DJ Nyse. 1/21 DJ P-Jay. 1/25 DJ ShadowRed. 1/27 DJ Koko. 1/28 DJ Bayati. Paris, Wed, Fri-Sat, 702-776-7770.
HYDE 1/20 Konflikt. 1/21 DJ Karma. 1/24 DJ Five. 1/25 DJ D-Miles. 1/27 DJ Direct. 1/28 DJ Crooked. 1/31 Konflikt. Bellagio, nightly, 702-693-8700.
DRAI’ S 1/19 Steel Panther. 1/20 DJ Esco. 1/21 Fabolous. 1/22 Machine Gun Kelly. 1/26 DJ Shift. 1/27 DJ Esco. 1/28 D.R.A.M. 1/29 Eric DLux. 2/2 DJ Sourmilk. 2/4 Big Sean. 2/5 Future. Cromwell, Tue, Thu-Sun, 702-777-3800.
IN T RIGUE 1/19 Marshmello. 1/20 Brillz. 1/21 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. 1/26 Cedric Gervais. 1/27 RL Grime. 1/28 Dillon Francis. 2/2 Chuckie. 2/3 Marshmello. 2/4 Laidback Luke. Wynn, Thu-Sat, 702-770-7300.
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1/20 Cedric Gervais. 1/21 Dayclub Dome with TJR. 1/21 Ruckus. 1/22 Dayclub Dome with M!KEATTACK. 1/23 DJ Mustard. 1/27 Carnage. 1/28 Dayclub Dome with Shaun Frank. 1/28 Vice. 1/29 Dayclub Dome with Lema. 1/30 Ruckus. 2/3 DJ Mustard. Cosmopolitan, Mon, Fri-Sat, 702-333-9000.
OM N I A 1/20 Afrojack. 1/21 Zedd. 1/24 Fergie DJ. 1/27 Kaskade. 1/28 Fergie DJ. 1/31 Borgeous. 2/3 Calvin Harris. 2/4 Afrojack. Caesars Palace, Tue, Thu-Sun, 702-785-6200.
S U R R E N D ER 1/20 Ookay. 1/21 Flosstradamus. 1/25 Getter. 1/27 Slushii. 1/28 Chuckie. 2/1 Brillz. 2/3 Alison Wonderland. 2/4 RL Grime. Encore, Wed, Fri-Sat, 702-770-7300.
TAO 1/19 DJ Five. 1/20 DJ Scene. 1/21 Eric DLux. 1/26 DJ Five. 1/27 M!KEATTACK. 1/28 Justin Credible. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-388-8588.
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XS 1/20 Marshmello. 1/21 Diplo. 1/23 RL Grime. 1/27 Marshmello. 1/28 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. 1/30 Ookay. 2/3 The Chainsmokers. 2/4 Alesso. Encore, Fri-Mon, 702-770-0097.
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COLD FRONT If your response to that Facebook survey about key teenage albums included the likes of New Order, Depeche Mode and The Cure, here’s hoping you didn’t miss Wesley Eisold (left) lead Cold Cave through an icy but heart-warming reinterpretation of ’80s synth-rock— with support from opener Drab Majesty— Thursday at the Bunkhouse Saloon. A photo gallery from the show awaits at lasvegasweekly.com. (Photograph by Spencer Burton)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT GREAT SONGS ABOUT LAS VEGAS 1. GRAM PARSONS, “OOH LAS VEGAS” (1973)
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2. COCTEAU TWINS, “HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS” (1990)
3. DRIVE LIKE JEHU, “BULLET TRAIN TO VEGAS” (1992)
Elizabeth Fraser seems to be comparing Vegas to heaven, hell or something else in a rhapsody that glows like that “famous street” in the chorus.
This stampeding, screeching escapee can’t wait to get to town … and then get the hell out, after shenanigans of a quasilegal nature transpire.
4. SHAMIR, “VEGAS” (2015)
5. BIG THIEF, “VEGAS” (2016)
This one has something others don’t—local perspective. “The city’s alright/at least at night,” Shamir murmurs, looking askance at diversions not meant for him.
“Holed up in Vegas for only one week,” two lost souls connect—and uncover key truths about each other—in this wistful tale by singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker.
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CRACKING UP M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S SPLIT FEATURES MANY VILLAINS IN ONE BY JOSH BELL
fter a string of truly terrible movies, once-acclaimed writer-director M. Night Shyamalan put himself on the comeback trail with 2015’s The Visit, a scrappy, lowbudget found-footage horror-comedy that showcased his strengths at building suspense and populating horror stories with thoughtful, wellrounded characters. Split is more ambitious than The Visit, with a visual style more in line with Shyamalan’s carefully composed early features, but it retains the same scrappy B-movie charm, telling a sometimes familiar horror story with confidence and a surprising amount of depth. That story begins with teenage outcast Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her popular-girl frenemies Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) getting kidnapped by a mysterious man (James McAvoy) who holds them prisoner in a dingy underground bunker. The three girls soon discover that their captor is actually several different people in one, as he suffers from dissociative identity disorder, and his 23 personalities are immersed in severe conflict. Even as he prepares his captives for the arrival of “the beast,” he’s still attending sessions with his motherly therapist (Betty Buckley), who eventually starts to realize something isn’t right. Shyamalan takes a pulpy, semi-supernatural approach to depicting DID, a real (if controversial) condition, but he also creates an unexpectedly moving and sympathetic portrayal of surviving abuse, both in the villain’s extreme behavior and in Casey’s slowly unfolding backstory, which shows up in periodic flashbacks. Shyamalan allows those emotions to sneak up on the audience after holding them in suspense for nearly the entire preceding two hours, steadily ratcheting up the tension in anticipation of “the beast.” McAvoy expertly inhabits numerous distinct personalities, and Taylor-Joy (The Witch, Morgan) is expressive and vulnerable, continuing her ascent as the new queen of horror. The only real sour note is a final stinger that serves as a cheap, opportunistic promotional tool, nearly undermining the grace of the main story’s ending. Shyamalan is headed in the right direction, but he hasn’t quite lost his instinct for the shameless.
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Its title aside, Mike Mills’ 20th Century late 1970s, is central to the film, but Jamie himself Women is about masculinity nearly as much isn’t really the main character. Mills (Thumbsucker, as femininity—in particular, how the latter Beginners) has crafted a loving tribute to the women can shape and influence the former. Inspired by the in his life, and all three of Jamie’s would-be maternal writer-director’s own upbringing, the movie stars Lucas figures are fascinating, fully realized characters. Mills Jade Zumann as Mills stand-in Jamie, uses voiceovers and flash-forwards to provide AAAAC a teenager raised by his single mother a full sense of the lives of various characters, Dorothea (Annette Bening) in 1979 Santa not only showing the difficult but fulfilling 20TH CENTURY Barbara, California. Dorothea isn’t content futures they have ahead of them, but also WOMEN Annette Bening, to raise her son on her own, though, and giving the movie an elegiac tone, illustrating Greta Gerwig, in the absence of any paternal figures how even the closest bonds can dissipate Elle Fanning, (Jamie’s long-absent father is mentioned Lucas Jade Zumann. given just a bit of time and distance. Directed by only briefly in a flashback, and never seen), Mills’ storytelling acumen is matched Mike Mills. she recruits two other women to help by his three lead actresses, who Rated R. Opens ensure that her boy grows into a good man: deliver complex and emotionally rich Friday in select theaters. Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a 20-something performances. Jamie’s life is better and photographer renting a room from more complicated for the women around Dorothea; and Julie (Elle Fanning), a him, all of whom do their best and none neighbor and Jamie’s best friend from school. of whom have easy answers. The movie doesn’t, The question of what, exactly, makes for a good man, either, but it makes the journey toward seeking them from the perspective of the enlightened women of the poignant and rewarding.
The story of how businessman Ray Kroc essentially stole the McDonald’s empire from brothers Dick and Mac McDonald has the makings of a fascinatingly dark drama about greed and betrayal, along the lines of David Fincher’s The Social Network. The filmmakers behind The Founder only get about halfway there, though, seemingly not quite sure whether they want to make a tribute to one of America’s most beloved brands or expose the dark underbelly of its origins. Even so, The Founder is quite entertaining, just in the way it lays out the unlikely rise of a corporate behemoth. Michael Keaton is endearingly slimy as Ray, an itinerant salesman still hustling to make a living into his 50s, who comes across a roadside burger stand run by Dick (Nick Offerman) and Mac (John Carroll Lynch). He sees the potential in their radically efficient kitchen setup, and signs them to a franchise agreement that essentially creates the concept of fast food. As Ray grows more power-hungry in contrast to the humble McDonald brothers (and to the frustration of his longsuffering wife, played by a wasted Laura Dern), the movie gets darker, and that’s where it succeeds most, in exploring how business ambitions can ruin craft and ingenuity. Overall, though, The Founder lacks real bite, delivering a fast-food version of more substantial true-life narratives. –Josh Bell
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THE PHIL ZONE LOOKING BACK AT PHIL LESH’S GRATEFUL DEAD DAYS, AHEAD OF HIS LATEST VEGAS RUN BY SPENCER PATTERSON f Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir were the primary voices and faces of the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh was its heartbeat. The band’s sole bassist from its 1965 formation through its 1995 dissolution, Lesh both anchored its large live repertoire and helped drive its famous improvisational jamming. Here are five of his memorable Grateful Dead contributions, some of which you might hear this weekend, when Lesh plays three shows at Brooklyn Bowl. 1. “New Potato Caboose” (Two From the Vault) Recorded in August 1968 at LA’s Shrine Auditorium, this 14-minute version of a Lesh co-penned track from that year’s Anthem of the Sun shows off his compositional chops—nodding to his interest in jazz, classical and experimental music—and his melodic approach to the bass guitar, quite non-traditional in rock at the time, or since.
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4. “Unbroken Chain” (Philadelphia, March 19, 1995) Lesh left this beloved 1974 From the Mars Hotel number unplayed for more than 20 years … before digging it out one night at the Spectrum. Witness the spine-tingling reaction as the crowd—members of which had lugged around literal “unbroken chains” for years in hopes of hearing this—recognizes what’s happening, at youtube.com/watch?v=zYC8C_9v7zM. 5. Fallout From the Phil Zone This Leshcurated 1997 compilation brings together a slew of scorching concert gems, several highlighting early-era bluesman Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (“Hard to Handle,” “Easy Wind”) and some jammed epically (a 20-minute “Viola Lee Blues,” a 32-minute “In the Midnight Hour”). It’s also home to one of Garcia’s very last showstoppers (a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Vision of Johanna,” delivered five months before Garcia’s 1995 death). The uninitiated could do a lot worse for a primer.
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members in the band might see it for different reasons, you know?” Working within a competitive scene, Basiga says he also found himself being challenged and engaged to improve his songwriting—and potentially find new collaborators. “I’ve recently found other musicians that I adore, that I feel like a could mesh well with.” In the short term, Basiga plans to continue writing— and start recording—on his own. “I’ve always loved lo-fi rock music. I plan to pick up a four-track recorder and record at home, just make albums,” he says. Special-K fans have one more chance to catch the band before it’s gone: January 21 with Dear Nora and Indigo Kidd at 11th Street Records. –Alan Madrigal
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THE FINAL FOUR What matters most for bettors as the NFL playoffs wind down? By Case Keefer
very year, debate rages about whether it’s shrewder to bet on NFL playoff teams that have performed well over the course of the entire season or those that have gotten hottest closest to the finish line. It will never be settled, because there’s ample evidence on both sides. The right choice depends on the year. Last season’s Denver Broncos, for instance, stumbled into the playoffs but demonstrated that sample size from the whole season was more important as they surged to a Super Bowl 50 victory. But we’re also only a few years removed from runs by the 2012 Baltimore Ravens, 2011 New York Giants and 2010 Green Bay Packers—all of whom emerged as surprise champions by saving their best for the postseason. And then there are teams like the New England Patriots from two years ago, who fall somewhere in the middle. This year won’t end with inconclusiveness. There will be a definitive
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through slumps. Pittsburgh struggled to stay healthy and sat at 4-5 straight up and against the spread following a four-game losing streak. Green Bay was mired in its own four-game skid at around the same time, leaving it a game worse at 4-6 straight-up and against the spread. But neither the Packers nor the Steelers have lost since those midseason swoons, and they’ve combined to cover in all but three games. Atlanta is the team both oddsmakers and bettors misjudged. The Falcons were 80-to-1 win the Super Bowl in the preseason, but have scorched the league with their offense. Their 12-5 straight-up record could be even better if they didn’t go an unlucky 1-3 in games decided by less than a touchdown.
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ONE OF A KIND YUZU KAISEKI CONTINUES THE EVOLUTION OF LOCAL JAPANESE CUISINE BY JIM BEGLEY as Vegas continues to develop into a melting pot of outstanding ethnic cuisines, and one of the most prevalent is Japanese. Buoyed by the renowned Raku, most of this growth has taken place over the past decade, with restaurants springing up across the Valley offering much more than the ubiquitous sushi. We have Japanese curry, izakayas and wafuu pasta, and in Yuzu, we have our first kaiseki-oriented venue. And that’s good. What exactly is kaiseki? If you’re a Hannibal fan, you’ll recognize it from Season 2 episode titles. Kaiseki is an ornate, seasonally driven and theatrical meal with progressive courses; it’s art of the edible kind with presentations too pretty to eat but too delicious not to. It’s more than a meal; it’s an experience. And for 16 years, it was the focus of Yuzu chef and owner Kaoru Azeuchi’s career. When Azeuchi came to Vegas from Tokushima, Japan, in 2014, he hoped to open a kaiseki restaurant. But the chef was unsure how the local market would accept this unique and laborious method. Instead, he opened a more mainstream Japanese restaurant with an a la carte menu including staples like sushi, hot pots, tempura and noodles. After building a stable clientele, he began to focus on his kaiseki offerings in
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mid-2016, transforming Yuzu Japanese Kitchen into Yuzu Kaiseki with a complete rebranding. Each kaiseki experience follows a progression that varies depending upon Azeuchi’s mood but typically includes 8-10 dishes for around $50. My visits each began with an appetizer course containing bites both approachable (poached egg with caviar) and challenging, like cod milt (go ahead and Google that one) and sweet shrimp with crab innards. A precursor of things to come, the appetizers showcase Azeuchi’s versatility and the breadth of ingredients at his disposal. You’re likely to get mukozuke (sashimi) and/or sushi courses, and the shiizakana (hot pot) prepared on your table is a treat, only increasing anticipation as the dish cooks in front of you. Yakimono (grilled) courses have been particularly memorable; recently, smoky saikyo miso-marinated miyazaki Wagyu beef was an unctuous epiphany, while seafood served swimming in yuzu miso inside the hollowed-out citrus fruit delivered an acidic complement to the meat. A seafood-centric su-zakana (vinegar dish) is typically included, like a radish-wrapped yellowtail, while the traditional tome-wan (miso and rice soup) toward the conclusion of the meal is intended to aid digestion of this multicourse extravaganza. Plan on calling Yuzu at least three days prior to your visit to reserve the kaiseki, as Azeuchi requires special sourcing and significant preparation time. It’s well worth the effort. Simply put, Yuzu is one of the most unique meals available in Las Vegas.
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INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Aperol 3 oz. Cupcake Prosecco 1 oz. club soda Orange slice for garnish
METHOD Build over ice, stir and serve into a white wine glass. Garnish with an orange slice.
If you haven’t yet become acquainted with the aperitif—an alcoholic drink meant to be sipped before a meal to stimulate the appetite—the Aperol Spritz is a great place to start. One of the most popular and beloved aperitif cocktails out there, especially in Aperol’s home country of Italy, the Aperol Spritz is light, herbal and slightly bitter. The Cupcake Prosecco used in this recipe is not too dry, nor too sweet, making it the ideal foundation for the bitter orange flavors of Aperol. Crisp and refreshing, this prosecco also carries aromas of white peach, grapefruit and honeydew melon. It’s the perfect complement to what many consider to be the perfect aperitif.
Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits.
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Nextet 1/25, 7:30 pm, free. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Arab Music Ensemble 1/21, 7 pm, $10-$12. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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Brooklyn Bowl Phil Lesh and Friends ft. Chris Robinson, Neal Casal, Tony Leone & more 1/20-1/21, 6:30 pm, $70-$200. Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band 1/22, noon, $35. August Burns Red, Protest the Hero, In Hearts Wake, ’68 1/26, 6 pm, $23-$459. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Celine Dion 1/201/21, 1/24-1/25, 1/27-1/28, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. 702-731-7333. Double Down Stagnetti’s C*ck, Swamp Pussy, C*ntagious 1/19. Attack Ships on Fire, The Quitters, Wolfhounds, Franks & Deans 1/20. The People’s Whiskey, Hit Me Baby, The Damnit Jims, Surrounded by Thieves, The Venomous 1/21. Johnny Zig & The Highlighters 1/25. Thee Swank Bastards 1/26. Shows 10 pm, free. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Flamingo (Showroom) Keith Sweat, Aries Spears 1/19-1/21, 1/24-1/28, 7:30 pm, $59-$225. 702-733-3333. Hard Rock Hotel (Vinyl) Thomas Nicholas Band 1/27, 8 pm, $40. Sage the Gemini, SOB X RBE, Derek Pope 1/28, 9 pm, $22-$45. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Joe Walsh 1/20-1/21, 7 pm, $100$436. Chevelle, Black Map, Dinosaur Pile-Up 1/22, 7 pm, $30. Carlos Santana 1/25, 1/27-1/29, 7 pm, $90-$350. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Lucky Dragon (Dragon’s Alley) Rita Lim 1/21, 8-11 pm, free. 300 W. Sahara Ave., 702-889-8018. Palms (The Pearl) Rick Astley 1/21, 8 pm, $31-$77. 702-944-3200. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Britney Spears 1/20-1/21, 1/25, 1/27-1/28, 9 pm, $69-$500. 702-777-2782. T-Mobile Arena Ricky Martin, Don Omar, Wisin, CNCO, Zion y Lenox, Osmani Garcia & more 1/26, 8 pm, $69-$305. 702-692-1600.
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Downtown 11th Street Records Dear Nora, Stephen Steinbrink, Indigo Kidd, Special-K January 21, 8 pm, $5, all-ages. 1023 Fremont St., 702-527-7990. Backstage Bar & Billiards The Sonics, The Van Der Rohe, Self Abuse, Swamp Gospel 1/20, 8 pm, $15-$20. Johnny Two Bags, No Red Alice, Josh the Jerk 1/22, 8 pm, $10-$12. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Zom Sawyer, Sheiks of Neptune, DJ Adam Bomb 1/21, 8 pm, free. The Beatnuts, Big Pooh, Termanology, Mr. Ebranes, Anglo Saxx 1/22, 8 pm, $15-$18. Yookie, Misfit, Papa Groove, $Excells, Deadset 1/24, 9 pm, $10-$12. The Album Leaf 1/25, 8 pm, $15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Rooney, Rabid Young, The Solarists 1/19, 8:30 pm, $12-$15. Tribute to The Cure 1/20, 8 pm, free. Retox, Headwinds, Illicitor 1/21, 9 pm, $10-$12. Hammersmith Bass Gear Roadshow ft. Remco Hendriks, Andy Irvine 1/24, 5 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Shiba San, Will Clarke, Spacebyrdz, 530 1/20, 8 pm, $18-$321. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Micky Dolenz 1/20, 8 pm, $21-$108. 866-946-5336. Griffin We Are Pancakes, Hollow Sidewalks, Kurumpaw 1/25, 9 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) George Winston 1/20-1/21, 7 pm, $35-$59. 702-749-2000.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill Uprise, Nite School 1/20, 8 pm, free. Mr. Mystery, Demi Vie,
Fear of Static, Silent Movie Cinema 1/21, 8 pm, $5. Dirkschneider, Driven 1/24, 7 pm, $25-$30. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Boulder Station (Railhead) Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers 1/19, 6 pm, $5. 702-432-7777. Cannery The 5th Dimension 1/21, 8 pm, $28-$33. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. CasaBlanca Resort & Casino Tribute to Rod Stewart ft. John Anthony 1/20, 8:30 pm, $15$35. American Trilogy 1/21, 8:30 pm; 1/22, 2 pm, $18-$38. 897 W. Mesquite Blvd., 877-438-2929. Dive Bar Mindwars, Mynas, Vile Child, Mandatory Abortions 1/21, 9 pm, $5. Mobile Deathcamp, Willie Psycho, Final Drive 1/22, 8 pm, $10. Malice, Cage, Honor Amongst Thieves 1/25, 8 pm, $5. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. The Golden Tiki Punk Rock Karaoke ft. Greg Hetson, Steve Soto, Stan Lee, Darrin Pfeiffer, Selecta Scream 1/23, 10 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Primm Valley Resort The Isley Brothers 1/21, 8 pm, $30-$60. 702-386-7867. Red Rock Resort (Rocks Lounge) Lights: A Tribute to Journey 1/21, 4 & 6 pm, $19. 702-797-7777. Suncoast (Showroom) Sheena Easton 1/21-1/22, 8:30 pm, $25-$45. 702-636-7075.
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Harrah’s (Main Showroom) Ralphie May 1/261/28, 10 pm, $35-$99. 702-369-5000. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Jay Leno 1/27, 10 pm, $65-$87. 702-792-7777. Ron Decar’s Event Center Jeannine Mason’s
Open Mic Variety & Comedy Night 1/26, 7-9 pm, $5. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. South Point (Showroom) Jay Mohr 1/20-1/21, 7:30 pm, $30-$40. 702-796-7111. Venetian (Theatre) Ma Kashur Trio (Performance in Hebrew) 1/24, 8:30 pm, $55. 702-414-9000.
Performing Arts
Art Square Theatre Cockroach Theatre’s HIR 1/19-1/21, 1/26-1/28, 8 pm; 1/22, 1/29, 2 pm, $16$20. 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Faith Conservatory of the Fine Arts Peter and the Star Catcher 1/20-1/21, 1/27-1/28, 7 pm; 1/22, 1/29 4 pm, $6-$20. Faith Lutheran, 2015 S. Hualapai Way, 702-804-4400. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) A Little Night Music 1/19-1/21, 1/26-1/28, 8 pm; 1/21-1/22, 1/29, 2 pm, $21-$24. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Majestic Repertory Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard of the Living Dead 1/19-1/21, 1/26-1/28, 8 pm; 1/22, 1/29, 5 pm, $25. 1217 S. Main St., 702478-9636. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Motown the Musical 1/19-1/22, 7:30 pm; 1/21-1/22, 2 pm, $29$127. Drumline Live 1/26-1/27, 7:30 pm, $24-$69. 702-749-2000. T-Mobile Arena Cirque du Soleil’s TORUK: The First Flight 1/19-1/20, 7:30 pm; 1/21, 4 & 7:30 pm; 1/22, 1 & 5 pm, $39-$155. 702-692-1600. UNLV (Dance Studio One) UNLV Dance: Coalesce 1/20, 2:30 & 7:30 pm, $10-$18. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo 1/24, 8 pm, $25-$75. (Rando-Grillot Recital Hall)
Atul Gawande, MD: “The Future of Medicine” 1/25, 7:30 pm, free; tickets required. UNLV Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 702-895-2787. AVN Awards Show 1/21, 9 pm, $175-$2,500. The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Beat Poetry Workshop Series w/Clark County Poet Laureate Bruce Isaacson 1/23, 1/30, 6 pm, free. Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-492-7252. Dinner with the Dead w/Celebrity Medium Thomas John 1/20-1/21, 8 & 10:30 p.m., $300-$325. Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay, 917-453-3924. Hot Air Balloon Festival 1/20-1/22, 7:30 am, free$15. CasaBlanca Resort, 888-711-4653. Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival Thru 1/29, times vary, $10-$50. Locations vary, lvjff.org. Mecum Motorcycle Auction 1/25-1/28, 8 am, $20-$60. South Point Arena, mecum.com. Nicky Watts Website Launch Party 1/19, 7 pm, free. Skin City Body Painting at Downtown Spaces, 1800 Industrial Road #130, 702-431-7546. Poet Jack Hirschman Film Screening & Discussion Events 1/20, 1-3:30 pm, free. Nevada State College, 1300 Nevada State Drive, Bldg. 200. 1/21, 7-9:30 pm, free. Adelson Educational Campus, 9700 Hillpointe Road. Poetry Reading by Jack Hirschman 1/20, 7-8:30 pm, free. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. Sperdvac Old-Time Radio Convention 1/20-1/21, times vary, $70-$140. Orleans, 877-251-5771. The+Source Patient Orientation 1/21, 11 am, free. The+Source, 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., 702708-2000. Vyce Art, music & fashion 1/20, 9 pm, free. Artifice, 1025 S. First St. #A, 702-489-6339.
Sports
JAMZ Youth National Championship 1/20-1/22, noon, $25. Orleans Arena, 800-745-3000. UNLV Men’s Basketball Air Force 1/21, 3 pm, $15$130. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267. UNLV Women’s Basketball Wyoming 1/25, 6 pm. San Jose State 1/28, 4 pm. Games $5. Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267. UNLV Hockey BYU 1/19, 6 pm, $5-$10. SoBe Ice Arena at Fiesta Rancho, 2400 N. Rancho Drive, 702-631-7000.
Galleries
Bubblegum Gallery Princess Leia Paint Class 1/20, 6 pm, $25. Downtown Spaces, 1800 S. Industrial Road #207D, 702-806-0930. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Krystal Ramirez: I Want to See Thru 3/3. MonFri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. Historic Fifth Street School (Mayor’s Gallery) Chinese New Year: Year of the Rooster Thru 3/4. Artist Reception 1/26, 5:30-7:30 pm, free. Apt. only. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-1012. Skye Art Gallery (Live painting events) Ara Dona 1/21, 3-7 pm, free. Caesars Palace, 702-836-3538. UNLV Barrick Museum “One Night. Three Exhibitions. Fifty Years.” 1/27, 5-8 pm, free. (Lobby) Fifty Years 1/27. (Main Gallery) Process 1/27-5/13. (Teaching Gallery) Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here 1/27-5/13. (Braunstein Gallery) Masking 1/27. Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.
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