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Trust Us Everything you absolutely, positively must get out and do this week
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WARREN G AT FOUNDATION ROOM The West Coast rap icon and “Regulate” MC is reportedly worth a cool $10 million, so why shouldn’t he offer free admission for his Foundation Room show? Caveat: You must RSVP to reservations@ foundation roomlv.com by Thursday; otherwise it costs $30. –Mike Prevatt
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Astronomy in the Park at MOUNT Charleston On this moonless Saturday, the Las Vegas Astronomical Society invites you to Mount Charleston’s Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway center to peep at the neighbors: Jupiter, Saturn, a few clusters and nebulae, and even the Milky Way, if conditions are favorable. Onsite parking is limited. Free, 2525 Kyle Canyon Road, gomtcharleston. com. –Geoff Carter
ALOHAMORA! 25 THRU JULY 2
PotterParty at House of Blues & The Potter plays at Majestic Repertory Theatre Author J.K. Rowling’s debut novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was first published in June 1997. The rest is history—seven more books in the Potter series, a continuing film franchise, theme park attractions and so on. More significantly, Rowling created a mythology that won’t be constrained by its medium. This week, Vegas gets spellbound by Pottermania, with two big events celebrating the Boy Who Lived. First up: Majestic Repertory Theatre’s The Potter Plays, eight unauthorized short works based in Potter fandom. (Parents be aware: Some have adult themes.) The show, which features all eight works, runs through July 2 at Majestic’s Alios space (1217 S. Main St.) and tickets cost $15-$20; visit majesticrepertory.com to get them. And on June 25, from 2-8 p.m., fan organization PotterCon brings its PotterParty to House of Blues—a 21-and-over cosplay event with trivia and costume contests, a live “sorting ceremony” and, presumably, lots of drunken wand-waving. (Don’t accio me, bro.) Tickets cost $15 and can be conjured up at pottercon usa.com/events. –Geoff Carter
Dumbledore’s Army is here to stay. (Photo illustration/AP)
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KATHLEEN MADIGAN AT MIRAGE
Meet brewery owners Jesse and Agi Pine, the adventurous duo behind experimental San Diego brewery Pure Project, at the brewery’s first-ever Nevada tapping. Taste six Pure staples, including the Sensei (a kölsch style beer with rice), La Vie En Rosé (saison with hibiscus and orange blossom honey) and the Milagro (a dry nitro stout). Come early: The first 24 people through the doors get a limited collaboration glass from Pure Project and brew bloggers Beer Zombies. Free entry. –Leslie Ventura
On Vegas: “For my 21st birthday, my grandpa took me and my cousin Mike, who has the same birthday, to Las Vegas as a birthday present, which was weird, because he has so many grandkids, but he never took any of the others, so we were clearly the favorites. Even before that, I remember they used to let you get a picture with the real MGM lion, because I used to look at that photo on top of my parents’ television and think, ‘Holy sh*t, I gotta go there.’ They didn’t have Photoshop back then.” On Netflix: “It’s available 24 hours a day, seven days a week; old people understand it, and young people still like it. It’s the perfect comedy library. I’ve had specials on Showtime, HBO, Comedy Central, all of ’em, and when they tell me when it will air, it’s the premiere, and after that they don’t know. My parents would say their friends want to watch, but all I can tell them is, I guess you have to just sit in front of the TV and wait for it.” $29-$55, 702-792-7777. –Brock Radke
Watch the stars this weekend. (Photo illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
IN HIS OWN WORDS ”I GOT THE SOUND FO’ YO’ ASS, AND IT’S EASY TO SEE/THAT THIS DJ BE WARREN G.”
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AMAZING LAS VEGAS COMIC-CON AT LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER
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The local comic-book community has enthusiastically embraced this event, which has outlasted its competition and grown every year since its inception in 2013. Special guests at this year’s edition include Marvel Comics godfather Stan Lee, Image Comics founders Rob Liefeld (co-creator of Deadpool) and Todd McFarlane (creator of Spawn) and many more, plus local artists and vendors. Programming includes costume contests, workshops and panels, with a tribute to the late Adam West (an originally scheduled guest) from his Batman costars Burt Ward and Lee Meriwether. Friday, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; $25-$60. –Josh Bell
Celebrated author Claire Vaye Watkins grew up in the Mojave Desert. Her books, Gold Fame Citrus and Battleborn, spotlight dusty locales around Nevada and California. Now she lives in Michigan with her husband Derek Palacio (author of 2016’s The Mortifications). But the literary couple hasn’t forgotten the desert. Every other summer the duo returns to teach a creative writing workshop to teenage rural Nevadans. It’s a unique creative opportunity for underserved students as well as for fiction fans. Listen to students and teachers read from their work. With Rebecca Fortes, free, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. –C. Moon Reed
New EP Disasters plays like a perfect sampler of the Vegas quintet’s vibe: fun songs about sad sh*t. Drop by Evel Pie to celebrate six years of website Punksinvegas.com, with Rayner joined on the bill by No Red Alice, Maura Weaver and Mike Park (of Asian Man Records). Then head to Beauty Bar for the launch party for Disasters, which was tracked at Las Vegas’ Camel Hump Studios and released on Denver’s FtLP Records. Every cut is a full-on pop-punk anthem. With Spanish Love Songs, Squarecrow, Leather Bound Crooks, $10. –Leslie Ventura
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Nevada’s new DUI law aims to save lives in more ways than one BY C. MOON REED
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ou good to drive?” It’s a de-facto farewell in Las Vegas. There’s less gray area with other crimes. It’s pretty easy to not shoplift, for example. But after a quick drink, calculating your blood alcohol content involves guesswork. (It’s gotta be under 0.08 percent in Nevada.) According to Metro’s Chuck Callaway, DUIs typically fall into two categories. The first is the “hardcore alcoholics, who will get behind a wheel and drive until they kill someone, go to prison or get help.” Passing additional restrictions will have less impact with this group, because it’s most likely to ignore them. “On other hand, you have folks who make mistakes and drink too much, because they think they can get home,” says Callaway, who has worked in the field for most of his 28 years with Metro. Governor Brian Sandoval recently signed a new law (SB 259) that could help the second group while also making roads safer. Beginning January 1, Nevada DUI offenders will be required to use a breathalyzer-like admission interlock in their car for the first 90 days after arrest and at least six months post-conviction, in order to continue driving. How, exactly, does that help the guilty? Currently, first-time DUI offenders lose their licenses for that first 90 days, and in this sprawling town, people who can’t drive often lose their jobs. According to Callaway, this can set off a downward spiral that might lead to more crime. This law allows people to “still travel to work and provide for their families,” Callaway says. “It gives them an opportunity to turn their lives around, while providing a level of public safety.” Of course, it’s still cheaper—and safer—to get a ride home after that second cocktail. Callaway advises following a simple rule for determining your ability to drive: If you have to ask, you’ve already crossed the line.
MAYWEATHER VS. MCGREGOR AND OTHER ODDBALL MATCHUPS Did you know that Jesse Owens once outran a racehorse in a 100-yard dash? In 1936 in Havana, Cuba, the four-time Olympic gold medalist easily bested gelding Julio McCaw by some 20 yards. What about the time a Kodiak bear topped competitive-eating hero Tokeru Kobayashi by a whopping 19 hot dogs, 50-31, in under three minutes in 2003?
And once, in 1976, boxing great Muhammad Ali and Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki fought to a draw in what some now tout as the birth of competitive mixed martial arts. Which brings us here, to boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus MMA favorite Conor McGregor, set for August 26 at T-Mobile Arena. Winner gets the bear. –Spencer Patterson
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A shortage of funds means downsizing at Southern Nevada’s LGBT HQ BY LESLIE VENTURA
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KEY CLUB: IT’S CITY VS. COUNTY FOR CELEB ADORATION There was Electric Daisy Carnival promoter Pasquale Rotella, hoisting a commemorative key high above Las Vegas Boulevard last Tuesday—but which key? We have two, thanks to our Valley’s unique government system in which the City of Las Vegas and larger unincorporated Clark County are two separate jurisdictions, with two separate ways of feting public figures. Rotella nabbed the Key to the Las Vegas Strip, an honor begun in 2013 by the Clark County Commission and given to the likes of The Killers, Britney Spears, Oscar de la Hoya and Giada De Laurentiis, among others. The mayor’s office, however, has been handing out the Key to the City for decades, to heavy hitters such as Elvis, Michael Jackson, Bryce Harper and numerous Strip performers. Chalk the circumstance up to city/county oneupmanship—and Las Vegas’ love for a photo op. –Mike Prevatt
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada needs help. The nonprofit, which provides such crucial services as STD tests, immunizations and youth and gender non-conforming programs, recently cut its operating hours and staff salaries to offset funding issues, executive director André Wade confirms. The Center is now shuttered on weekends and closes weekdays at 8 p.m. The facility received more than $350,000 in grants for 2017, including $184,976 from the Southern Nevada Health District and $182,721 from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public and Behavioral Health, according to a release. Despite these grants, Wade says, the Center has continued to struggle. “Essentially, we didn’t receive a grant at the end of last year, so we started out this year in a deficit,” he says, referencing a specific foundation grant. “There are a couple of fundraising events that didn’t happen or didn’t give us the results that were needed, and that further compounded [things], so we’ve had to make some cuts to operations. That includes the hours and some staffing cuts, unfortunately.” Throughout June (nationally celebrated as LGBT Pride Month) the Center is turning to the community to offset—via the nonprofit’s Proud2B campaign— what Wade calls a “sizable” loss. At press time, the organization had raised just $7,596 of its $50,000 goal. Given the recent changes, Wade acknowledges that the Center needs “to do a better job of getting out and fundraising to get our message out. There are a lot of rumors and stuff going on. We haven’t had a marketing person for a while, so it’s been a little difficult.” In its 2016 Impact Report, the Center provided 391,825 HIV prevention materials, condoms and safer sex kits to Southern Nevadans; 4,402 STD tests were administered there, and 1,133 people received immunizations on-site. The organization continues to host programs like the Youth Prom, Genderfest and Aging Communities Together. And if the Center doesn’t make its Proud2Be campaign goal? “We’ll have to sit down collectively as a board and as staff to make decisions as to what programs and services would be affected,” Wade says. “We offer a lot of programs that are free, so we’re just looking for support from the community so we can continue to provide these services.”
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P A C T Emerge Music Conference looks to unite bands, fans and key industry players BY SPENCER PATTERSON November’s first-year Emerge Music + Impact Conference will showcase 100 music acts and cap attendance at 10,000. And though founder Rehan Choudhry hopes to grow the crowd as large as 100,000 for future editions, he vows the musical lineup will never cross the century mark. “South by Southwest, CMJ [Music Marathon] and other similar conferences have lineups of 2,000 or 3,000 artists, but if you said you were showcasing the top pizzas in the world and you had 3,000 different types of pizza, you’re not just showcasing the best,” says Choudhry, former entertainment director at the Cosmopolitan and founder of the Life Is Beautiful festival. “We believe that by booking 100 artists, we can say: These are the very best emerging artists you should be paying attention to, because they’re going to really THE 2017 matter in the next 18 to 24 MUSIC I S S U E months.” From November 16-18, Emerge will place those 100 acts, along with 30 speakers, across 10 stages on and near the Las Vegas Strip—spots like Brooklyn Bowl, the Joint and Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel and Caesars Palace’s Absinthe Tent and Cleopatra’s Barge—for what Choudhry calls a “well-rounded experience” for musicians and attendees within and outside the music industry. “My frustration with existing conferences is that you have to choose,” he says. “Do I listen to a speech today or a bunch of bands? All of our showcases will include live music and learning. You get everything you need in one place.” Tickets for Emerge go on sale Thursday, June 22 at 10 a.m. through emergelv.com. Three-day general admission passes will cost $195 for 60 days before increasing to $225 and eventually $250; VIP passes, which provide the same access as GA but also come with unlimited beverages, will sell for $425; and Industry VIP passes, which grant holders use of working lounges on site, will be priced
at $485. There’s an added incentive to buy early: For the first 48 hours, GA passes will be two-for-one, dropping the price per ticket under $100 before fees. On Tuesday, Emerge revealed the first of three batches of participating acts, including Bay Area vocalist K.Flay, Philly punks Beach Slang, LA garage outfit L.A. Witch, North Carolina electronic musician Machinedrum, Pennsylvania folk-rocker Mondo Cozmo (Josh Ostrander), Chicago rapper Sir the Baptist and two Las Vegas bands: punk trio Mercy Music and hip-hop/jazz combo The Lique. They were chosen by a curation panel that includes well-known artists Imagine Dragons, Kaskade and ex-My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way; Matt Pinfield, longtime host of MTV’s 120 Minutes; industry heavyweights like Tom Windish of Paradigm Talent Agency and former Warner Bros. Records CEO Rob Cavallo; and such Vegas kingpins as Brooklyn Bowl owner Peter Shapiro and Live Nation Las Vegas President Kurt Melien. With assistance from partnering Spotify—which is providing data about bands’ real-time popularity—that group has been busy selecting acts poised to reach the next level, Emerge talent buyer Mike Henry says. “From grimy little punk bands to hip-hop MCs, they all want the same thing: access. They want access to industry, access to a show that matters, access to an audience that matters,” Henry says. “They play because this is what they feel they were put on this planet to do, and they want to be able to do it without having two other jobs.” Confirmed speakers include musician women’s rights activist Madame Ghandi; Nusrat Durrani, founder of MTV World; visual artist Miru Kim; and interface designer Aza Raskin. “We want Emerge to be anchored in socially relevant themes,” Choudhry says. “All the programming we’re presenting is very anchored in the world of today and the world we are trying to shape for tomorrow.” Greenspun Media Group, the Weekly’s parent company, is an Emerge sponsor.
THE FIRST FACES OF EMERGE The conference’s initial wave of music acts, left to right by row First: Billie Eilish, Luna Aura, Rainsford, Madame Ghandi, Gold Star, L.A. Witch Second: Sego, The Federal Empire Third: Harts, Mercy Music, The Lique, Mondo Cozmo, Yoke Lore, Ofelia K Fourth: Beach Slang, Jorgen Odegard, Machinedrum, Um.., The Palms Fifth: Starcrawler, Opia, Residual Kid, Sir the Baptist, K.Flay
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Whited’s show badges speak of a career spent circling the globe. (Jon Estrada/Special to Weekly; grooming by Bean Bates-Whited)
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Professional rock ’n’ roller
Rob Whited has lived a musical life others only dream about By Mike Prevatt
as a tech or in the studio recording with an artist or something—I get bored quickly, and feel like I’m losing momentum.” To be sure, his life’s musical story is all gas and no brakes. It began at age 14 in San Diego, when Whited copied a best friend’s ambition to play drums and fell in love with rock ’n’ roll. That led to playing covers in a high school band, and the notion that music could be a passion and a profession. “We’d play a couple of times a week in my garage or my buddy’s garage, and I remember just feeling so empowered by it,” Whited says. “It just felt so good. And I thought, people make money doing this, too!” That would come to fruition a decade later, after Whited moved to Las Vegas and—mostly through his job at the former Mahoney’s Pro Music and Drum Shop—met a slew of local musicians, including Vannucci and Whited’s future bandmates in Big Bad Zero. Thanks to producer Mike Sak, BBZ signed to major subsidiary Eureka Records and released its self-titled debut, which featured two top-50 songs. Eureka eventually collapsed, BBZ’s touring diminished considerably and a few years later, the act went into hibernation. Whited subsequently focused on his professional prospects, working at various music shops until the Blue Man Group gig and Vannucci’s fateful call. Since then, Whited has played a careful game of Tetris with his itinerary, whether touring with Most Thieves on top of The Killers’ Battle Born trek or trying to record with Aubergine Electric between gigs this summer with Death Cab and The Killers. Which makes leisure activities, creature comforts and family time that isn’t through FaceTime hard to schedule. “That band you’re touring with is your life,” Whited says. “All of those things you love are sacrificed because you’re all-in. You can’t really have Taco Tuesday in Serbia—which is where we’ll be in two weeks.” But he quickly qualifies his sarcasm. This is, after all, the 14-year-old drummer from San Diego whose dream of making a living through his life’s passion came true. “I work very, very hard, but I enjoy it. The music business is my home. I’m happy to be here.”
Fertile ground
Promoter Michael Nobu Shinohara plants island-reggae roots in Vegas By Ian Caramanzana If you miss home, bring pieces of it with you. That’s the ethos for Michael Nobu Shinohara. He’s the brains behind Aina Roots, a local promotional company bringing Hawaiian reggae to the Vegas Valley. Since moving here some 20 years ago, Shinohara has booked an impressive roster of bands, including the chart-topping Fortunate Youth and soul/reggae heavyweights Common Kings. Judging from Aina Roots’ crowded Facebook calendar, Shinohara isn’t slowing down. “When I moved from Hawaii, I missed the style of music I’d hear every day—on the streets, in the clubs, in venues … everywhere,” he says. The sound is specific: an amalgam of genres including soul, funk and traditional (Jamaican) reggae, with lyrical themes often revolving around the social and cultural issues of the Hawaiian islands. “Even though there were a lot of islanders here, I found it odd there were very few [island music] shows happening here.” That fueled his decision to begin booking Islandstyle acts in his new hometown. Over time, local interest grew, and the audiences at Shinohara’s shows began reflecting that. This year, Aina Roots formed a close relationship with Brooklyn Bowl, which has led to no fewer than 25 bookings thus far in 2017. “They call this city the ninth island,” he says. “We have a network of trans-planet pacific islanders here looking for a home.” Island reggae’s growth this decade has been a national phenomenon, too, but Shinohara hopes he contributed to the boom. “That kind of music is poppin’, and I’d like to think that I’ve been a part of that success.” He hasn’t done it alone. Aina Roots has five principal members who promote shows through means new and old. The goal is to spread the word about their events, and raise awareness of island music in general. “It’s gone from a small group to a fullblown army … and we’re still recruiting,” Shinohara laughs. “Anyone who wants to get involved can.”
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t wasn’t during his band Big Bad Zero’s 150,000-mile, two-year tour of the U.S. that Rob Whited felt he was truly living the dream. And he still wasn’t feeling full-on pro when he graduated from working at Guitar Center to serving as the drum technician for the Blue Man Group. No, it was after he finally accepted a long-standing offer by fellow drummer and friend Ronnie Vannucci to join him on The Killers’ Sam’s Town tour that his day job officially wasn’t like anyone else’s day job—that he had finally become a full-time rock ’n’ roller. “Once I stepped into The Killers’ world, [visiting] 45 to 50 countries and seeing that whole thing unfold on that level, I think, this is great, I’m gonna meet a ton of people and learn a ton about the business, and I’m gonna coattail-ride, if you will, one of the most biggest and most critically acclaimed bands “You can’t in the world,” Whited says, nursing a Dos really have Equis inside Money Taco Tuesday Plays. “And that is in Serbia— what happened.” For the past 11 years, which is where Whited has circled the we’ll be in two world umpteen times over, parlaying his role weeks.” as drum tech for the biggest band ever to emerge from Las Vegas into similar gigs with touring heavyweights Death Cab for Cutie, The Fray and Bruce Springsteen. And despite the frenetic schedule his impressive industry CV suggests, Whited still manages to nourish his creative hunger, playing drums for now-dormant acts Solarcade and Most Thieves (both of which opened for The Killers), active projects Aubergine Electric and Bombay Heavy (both helmed by singer/guitarist Dave Hopkins) and the revived Big Bad Zero, which celebrated its 20th birthday last December. It’s a wonder the 44-year-old hasn’t burned out on music yet. “I don’t know how to take a break,” he says. “If I’m not doing something musical—if I’m not on the road
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HEALTHY EVOLUTION BY ANNIE ZALESKI On a certain level, Imagine Dragons’ new album, Evolve, came together much like the band’s previous records. As he’s done since he was a middle schoolhating teenager, frontman Dan Reynolds assiduously recorded a musical idea or soundscape every day—“It’s kind of a journal entry for me,” he explains—and then he and the rest of the group sifted through those ideas and sculpted songs from them. Reynolds’ most recent daily recording sessions came during a period of great personal transition, however. Imagine Dragons had made a concerted effort to stay off the road and take a breather—the band’s first extended break in years—and Reynolds was focused on making big changes to his life, a process he calls “self-work” and “soul-searching.” “I needed to go home and reconnect with the Earth, the universe, my family and friends,” the Las Vegan says by phone a few days before leaving for a European festival tour. “Just find a sense of self within the madness of what was
Imagine Dragons’ third album finds the Vegas band in a new headspace
Imagine Dragons.” That soul-searching had a physical component: Reynolds was diagnosed with two “pretty serious autoimmune diseases”—ankylosing spondylitis and ulcerative colitis—and had been working with doctors to get his health in order. From a mental-health standpoint, he was also getting himself back on track. “Smoke + Mirrors was one of the most dark periods of my life,” he says, referring to 2015’s gold-certified sophomore Imagine Dragons LP. “I was really dealing with a lot depression. I had dealt with it when I was younger, but never to the extreme that I did during Smoke + Mirrors. Looking back, I’m grateful for it, because it really inspired a lot of art and a lot of angst inside of me.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, Evolve—out June 23 on Interscope Records—marks a sonic progression for Imagine Dragons. Although the band’s trademark epic choruses are still evident (dig the soaring “Whatever It Takes”), the record is a distillation of the group’s musical strengths: taut synth-pop grooves, hip-hop-influenced vocals
and bustling percussion. Highlights include “Thunder,” a hip-hop/electro hybrid with playful production and vibrant rhythms—snapping fingers and foot stomps—and “Yesterday,” which boasts flamboyant glam-rock flourishes. Evolve’s minimalist approach can also be credited to producers Joel Little, known for his work with Lorde, and pop-leaning duo Mattman & Robin. “We were able to have someone come in and say, ‘No, you don’t need 30 more tracks of symphonic strings,’” Reynolds says of the band’s first experience with outside producers. “It helped us to be honest about what Imagine Dragons was—what the good parts of it are and what the bad parts were—and to peel back the layers and refine our sound.” Reynolds says taking time off to recharge and gain perspective also had a profound effect on Evolve. “I got to a really healthy headspace, both physically and mentally, and it ended up creating a really colorful album that I’m really proud of. It shows a journey of going from a place of soul-searching in darkness to a place of arrival and happiness.”
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“I’m the Man” “The Killers are usually at their best when they sound like they’re both having fun and trying to be subversive—and that seems to be happening here. It’s reminiscent of the spirit of Hot Fuss and a refreshing change from their more recent and earnest material.” –Mike Prevatt “The chorus seems to echo Mac DeMarco’s song ‘I’m a Man,’ if it were processed through a Scissor Sisters filter.” –C. Moon Reed
“Sounds like a blatant rip of Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor.’” –Leslie Ventura
Reynolds, second from right, and the Dragons release new LP Evolve on June 23. (Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy)
“It’s fun. Hearing a tiny bit of Giorgio Moroder in there. This sounds like the ‘montage’ song from any number of ’80s movies, The Karate Kid, especially. Maybe it’s not Moroder’s influence. Maybe it’s Frank Stallone.” –Geoff Carter
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“I’m pretty sure this will be my new ‘Joy Ride’—the album’s anachronistic outlier I play so often to be silly, it grows into my favorite cut.” –Spencer Patterson
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AUTOMATIC TAXI STAR “She’s a Bit” (2000) Running a little over two minutes, this peppy pop-punk song carries a bittersweet message in the sugary vocals by singer Tiffany Fredianelli, but it’ll still put a smile on your face. bit.ly/2sPFrg6 –Josh Bell JACOB SMIGEL “Mandarin Oranges” (2007) How many folk ditties about syrupy fruit can bring a tear to your eye? Just one that I know of. jacobsmigel.band camp.com/track/mandarin-oranges –Spencer Patterson LOVE PENTAGON “People Who Expect Nothing Will Never Be Disappointed” (2007) The dance-punk quintet’s members now reside all over the country, but we’ll always have the music, like this brazen cut that powered so many fun-filled nights Downtown. bit.ly/2sPwaVu –Leslie Ventura
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THE MAD CAPS “Rosie and the Wolfman” (2011) A pulsating drum beat, howling vocals and a dirty, gasoline-soaked guitar riff—this track sums up the Bunkhouse vibe of the era, before the garage-y duo headed off to Seattle. wearethe madcaps.com/track/rosie-and-thewolfman –LV THE CHAPTER “Screwface” (2007) Flash back to the days when Verbal E. and 3Sixty ruled the scene with smooth, socially conscious, Roots-endorsed hip-hop. open.spotify.com/ track/5rq8i6dogzhiCjbFxjB0lx –SP A CROWD OF SMALL ADVENTURES “Bang Bang” (2007) From the first few plucks of the guitar strings to the song’s lofty chorus, “Bang Bang” still captures the indie heartbeat of Las Vegas after all these years. acrowdofsmall adventures.bandcamp.com/track/ bang-bang –LV
12 VOLT SEX “Over Divine” (2000) In an alternate universe where this was the first alt-rock band to break out of Vegas, this could’ve been 12 Volt’s “Mr. Brightside”: a catchy, energetic pop-rock song that’s in eternal radio rotation and gets people singing along every time it comes on. soundcloud. com/12voltsex/over-divine –JB THE BLEACHERS, “Build an Army” (2008) This trio operated away from the spotlight (and the stage, mostly) in its day, but all three Bleachers discs hold up as well as the best national indie from the era. open.spotify.com/ track/2HWZvm2Cd4599tCH3zuUZs –SP AFGHAN RAIDERS, “Future Thinkers” (2008) For a moment, it seemed the whole world would get turned on to the Raiders’ ecstatic electronic-rock sound. youtube.com/ watch?v=3Q_A1sjooV8 –SP
Comic Mitch Hedberg once famously dissed show fliers by joking, “When somebody tries to hand me out a flier, it’s like they’re saying ‘Here, you throw this away.’” Hedberg died in 2005, one year before Facebook went public and many years before the social media network became your de-facto events calendar. Without Facebook to ease his burden, Hedberg probably had to throw away hundreds of fliers in the course of a month. By comparison, I’ve acquired perhaps two dozen fliers over the past year, and I’ve been too astonished by their mere existence to throw them away. In an age when promoting a show online is so cheap and easy, why bother with fliers? Nicole Sligar and Patrick “Pulsar” Trout know why. If you’ve been to a Downtown show or a record store recently and come away with concert fliers in hand, there’s a good chance Sligar, a longtime street-level marketer, or Pulsar, head of booking at Beauty Bar, helped put them there. Sligar makes and distributes show fliers for out-of-state clients; Pulsar makes fliers for Beauty Bar shows. And they both make a solid case for not going Hedberg on ’em. “Too many venues fall into the trap of thinking, ‘Everyone just looks stuff up on social media, so I’m just going to advertise there,’” Pulsar says. “It’s not
HOLDING ONTO SOUND “A Girl Called Lightning” (2007) HOTS would go on to craft better albums, but this single track will always encapsulate the punks’ anthemic power. holdingontosound.bandcamp.com/ track/a-girl-called-lightning –SP CARAVELS, “Snake Plissken” (2011) Everything great about the hardcore quintet happens here—shifting dynamics, cryptic lyrics and, at 2:40, a moment of such intensity, you’ll consider rushing the stage, even if you’re twice as old as everyone else in the room. caravels.bandcamp.com/track/ snake-plissken-2 –SP THE CLYDESDALE, “Dale Torro” (2007) What’s better for summer than a good old-fashioned country murder ballad, radiating desert heat and dust, from a beloved, on-hiatus quartet? clydesdale.band camp.com/track/dale-torro –JB
enough for people to just get handed a flier, to just see an ad on Facebook or just see a poster up at a record store. They have to see stuff about a particular show multiple times and in multiple ways for it to really sink in.” Sligar agrees. “There are people who can’t be bothered. They’ll come out, grab them off their car and throw them on the ground. But there are other people who take every single piece. They put the venue calendars on their refrigerator, or they collect fliers like I do.” Pulsar concedes that straight online advertising works for some genres, like indie and EDM. (Metal, hip-hop and punk, less so.) But he’s got legitimate concerns that even those messages might not get through without fliers to back them up. “You have an entire generation now that grew up with the Internet, and they associate anything online that they didn’t specifically ask for with spam,” he says. “They just kind of tune it out.” Meaning, those fliers are in no danger of disappearing from your car anytime soon. And looking at them from time to time might actually do you a favor. “It’s so frustrating, as a fan, when I find out about a show the day of, or a week after it happened, because nobody had a physical flier out,” Pulsar says. Laughs Sligar, “Fliers will always be here. As long as there are trees available, I think we’re good.”
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Drai’s After Hours will celebrate 20 years of memorable revelry in Las Vegas this weekend, a number nothing less than astonishing considering the city’s ever-changing nightlife landscape. “The clubs that were around when I opened are all gone,” Drai says. “Vegas really changed in the first few years after I opened, with Bellagio and Venetian and Mandalay Bay [arriving]. I’ve made lots of changes but they are changes people don’t see. Drai’s has its own niche, and you don’t f*ck around with things when it works.” Drai’s After Hours feels designed for the locals, the industry set, people who work to make sure Vegas visitors have the time of their lives and want a party of their own. That’s where the legendary basement club at the Cromwell comes in, just as it did when it opened—originally as a restaurant—inside Barbary Coast in 1997. In this sexy venue, Drai has helped keep house music and hip-hop on the Strip, pioneered bottle service and developed countless hospitality careers. “I think almost 90 percent of the kids working at any club in Vegas today, at one point or another, they’ve worked for me, so Drai’s is like family to them,” he says. Through his own game-changing Vegas career—opening Tryst and XS at Wynn and Encore, then developing Drai’s Beachclub and Nightclub on the Cromwell’s rooftop—there has always been After Hours.
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No doubt, ear-to-ear grins were a common accessory at this year’s EDC, which marked the seventh installment of Insomniac’s giant electronic dance music festival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Neon daisies and sparkling trees, bursting fireworks displays, a cast of scantily clad bees and steampunk mimes, roaming art cars and more— every inch of the festival grounds stimulated the senses until sunrise. On Friday, Diplo-led dancehall group Major Lazer brought the trap and house realness to the Cosmic Meadows stage, dropping hits like the Lazer’s own “Cold Water,” and Fat Joe’s “All the Way Up.” Giant flags and totems swayed in the air and fists pumped. Hips shook, and heads bounced. “If you’re a real Major Lazer fan, put your arms on the person next to you and get low,” the act instructed as hundreds of bodies crouched to the grassy floor before propelling to the sky in unison.
On Saturday, 19-year-old Norwegian breakout Alan Walker kicked things off early at Circuit Grounds, while fellow Scandinavian Kygo (the guy behind the latest Selena Gomez collab “It Ain’t Me”) brought his eclectic and downtempo tunes to the beautiful Kinetic Field. And on Sunday night, none other than hip-hop titan Drake made a special drop-in performance during Metro Boomin’s set at the BassPod. And beckoning dancers to the stage, the giant ethereal goddess at Kinetic seemed to drive home this year’s motto: “All are welcome here.” Combine that powerful message with a stacked lineup, and it’s no wonder why EDC remains one of the most successful festivals, year after year. –Leslie Ventura
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Beyond casual, the innovative take on the classic beer hall offers friendly touches like bar games, patio seating and a drool-inducing menu of sausages and sandwiches stuffed with rotisserie meats, all in a refined environment. Beer is the star, and the long list of drafts, bottles and cans is big on locally brewed creations and hard-to-find favorites. Beerhaus has even augmented its offerings with the Geeks Who Drink trivia night and live music Thursdays through Sundays. But it’s all about location. It’s simply the ideal concept for the Park, right in the middle of all the action no matter
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While teppan table options such as Kobe beef, lobster and halibut tend to grab the spotlight, a full sushi menu and other signature specialties like oyster shooters are well-balanced options. Hirame usuzukuri, thinly sliced halibut with scallions, cayenne pepper, daikon and yuzu soy, finds Ohjah’s talented team serving up stimulating flavors and textures in a single dish. Noodles, rice, tempura, katsu, yakitori, even a few Thai dishes— they can do everything at Ohjah, all in the name of great hospitality. Ohjah Steakhouse, multiple locations, ohjahsteakhouse.com.
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Navy rum, créme de banana, coconut créme orange, pineapple and nutmeg) and Puck’s Punch (Atlantico Platino and Myer’s Dark rums, spiced grapefruit, guava, pimento dram and lemon) to get you in an island mood before taking your pick from several refreshing dishes. Start with shrimp and scallop ceviche with aji amarillo and coconut “tiger’s milk,” and share a plate of the grilled Kurobuta pork skewers with rum-glazed pineapple and Maui onion. Entrées are aromatic steamed, market-fresh fish of the day, in a lobster curry broth with lemongrass and basil, or a Korean kalbistyle skirt steak with kimchi fried rice and pickled daikon.
Be sure to save room for the piña colada tres leches, a dessert laced with toasted coconut, brown sugar and pineapple that will transport you away with every bite. Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at MGM Grand, 702-891-3000; Monday & Wednesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-6 a.m., Tuesday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m., Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m.-6 a.m. –Brock Radke
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EDC YOU NEXT YEAR Electric Daisy Carnival means a lot of things to a lot of people, but surely we can all agree it’s one of the year’s best annual photo-taking opps. Scope out three night’s worth of bright lights and big names—and read reports from the weekend that was—at lasvegasweekly.com. (L.E. Baskow/Staff)
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A rooftop pool in Vegas that doesn’t break the bank. The vintage, Palm Springs-inspired oasis is free for locals and has 12 pickleball courts and a live DJ on Saturday nights. 702-386-2110.
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5. SILVERTON CASINO Better known for Bass Pro Shops and its mermaid aquarium, this South Valley spot also houses a relaxing watering hole—always free with a Nevada ID. 702-263-7777.
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GET IN THE RING GLOW captures the heartfelt cheese of ’80s pro wrestling BY JOSH BELL rofessional wrestling is not the most obvious setting for a story of female empowerment, but the ensemble dramedy GLOW finds plenty of material in its fictionalized version of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. The real-life wrestling promotion aimed to capitalize on the success of the World Wrestling Federation, adding the titillation of scantily clad women to the over-the-top style of pro wrestling, and it aired in syndication from 1986-1990 (broadcast from Las Vegas, although the fictional show takes place in LA). Creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch combine the cheesy, low-budget charm of ’80s-era professional wrestling with strong character development and a talented cast, who play women hired to join a sport most of them know nothing about. Alison Brie leads the cast as frustrated actress Ruth Wilder, who sees GLOW as an opportunity to play the kind of prominent female part that doesn’t exist in mainstream movies and TV. Her fellow wrestlers are a mix of aspiring performers and other misfits, who seize the opportunity to create powerful female characters, even if they have to embody the crude stereotypes that dominated pro wrestling for decades. Crotchety B-movie director Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron) attempts to bring artistic vision to the sleazy production, financed by a coked-up trust-funder (Chris Lowell, providing much of the comedy) who mainly wants to see sexy catfights.
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aabcc OKJA An Seo Hyun, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal. Directed by Bong Joon Ho. Not rated. Available June 28 on Netflix.
An Seo Hyun with her pal Okja. (Netflix/Courtesy)
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In the current highly divisive political climate, a movie about a tense dinner featuring a confrontation between the embodiments of right-wing and left-wing perspectives might sound like an unpleasant prospect, but director Miguel Arteta and screenwriter Mike White (in their third feature together) give Beatriz at Dinner more depth than a simple political shouting match. It helps that the lead actors add personality and feeling to their characters, so that when they do espouse political perspectives, those points of view seem like they come from genuine human beings. Salma Hayek gets her best role in years as the title character, a massage therapist and all-purpose new-age healer who ends up stranded at the home of one of her wealthy clients (Connie Britton) after her car breaks down. Invited to stay for dinner, Mexican immigrant Beatriz finds herself face to face with billionaire real estate developer Doug Strutt (John Lithgow), who’s made a living out of exploiting workers and immigrants. Beatriz and Doug argue in a way that’s sometimes repetitive and awkward, but they also reveal details about their backgrounds that inform their worldviews. White and Arteta have trouble wrapping up the thin story, but for decent stretches of time, they approach something like enlightened political discourse. –Josh Bell
aaacc BEATRIZ AT DINNER Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton. Directed by Miguel Arteta. Rated R. Opens Friday in select theaters.
The trouble with Transformers Optimus Prime and Bumblebee do battle. (Paramount/Courtesy)
The Last Knight can’t shape-shift into a good movie By Josh Bell iven the amount of wholesale returns as nominal hero Cade Yeager, although destruction the cybernetic aliens the real attraction is the Transformers, a known as Transformers have inflicted bunch of chaotic CGI monstrosities who on Earth, it’s a wonder any humans remain mostly indistinguishable. Good-guy could view Optimus Prime and his friends leader Optimus Prime (voiced as always by as anything other than a grave threat to the Peter Cullen, in hokey Saturday-morningplanet’s continued existence. cartoon tones) is offscreen for the But if director Michael Bay majority of the movie, and when he abccc weren’t able to stage increasingly returns he’s been brainwashed by the TRANSFORMERS: elaborate world-destroying villainous Quintessa, who created the THE LAST KNIGHT Transformers and now wants to merge action sequences, there would be Mark Wahlberg, no redeeming qualities to these their dying planet with Earth (or Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock. movies at all. As it is, even Bay’s something like that), killing millions Directed by huge, effects-heavy set pieces in the process. Michael Bay. have become rote as they attempt This plan takes two and a half hours Rated PG-13. Now playing citywide. more feebly than ever to pummel to culminate in an interminable, the audience into submission. incoherent finale full of bombastic, Just getting through Bay’s disjointed action. Along the way, the fifth (and, for the third time, reportedly final) movie flashes back to King Arthur’s knights Transformers movie, The Last Knight, makes and to World War II, with Anthony Hopkins for an exhausting endeavor. Once again, the delivering some of the most ridiculous lines plot is byzantine and inane, the characters of his career as he explains the secret history are superfluous and barely one-dimensional, of the Transformers. Apparently they’ve been the comic relief is painful and the acting is with humanity since the dawn of time. At this almost entirely perfunctory. Mark Wahlberg rate, we’ll never be able to get rid of them.
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Cinemark Classic Series 6/25, 6/28, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 2 & 7 p.m., $7.50-10.75. Select Cinemark theaters.
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer aabcc Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen. Directed by Joseph Cedar. 118 minutes. Rated R. Gere plays the title character, a sort of political and corporate gadfly whose actual profession and skills are never quite clear. A lot about Israeli writerdirector Cedar’s movie is never quite clear, and the filmmaker’s oddball style only adds to the disjointed feel of the story. –JB Suncoast.
Drum Corps at the Cinema 6/22, broadcast of Drum Corps International tour opener, 5:30 p.m., $13-$15. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. Family Movie Night Thu, sundown, free. 6/22, The Secret Life of Pets. Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St., downtowncontainerpark.com. Inside the Director’s Cut 6/26, short film Murder 4 Dummies plus Q&A with filmmakers, 8 p.m., free. Millennium Fandom Bar, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-405-0816. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 6/28, Verdi’s Macbeth encore, 7 p.m., $12.50. Village Square. Info: fathomevents.com. Outdoor Picture Show Sat, 7:30 p.m., free. 6/24, Pete’s Dragon (2016). The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702-564-8595. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 p.m., free. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Studio Ghibli Fest 6/25, 6/26, My Neighbor Totoro plus animated short films, Sun 12:55 p.m. dubbed, Mon 7 p.m. subtitled, $10-$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 p.m., free. 6/27, Rear Window. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
New this week Beatriz at Dinner aaacc Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton. Directed by Miguel Arteta. 83 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 58. Boulder Station, Downtown Summerlin, Green Valley Ranch, Suncoast, Town Square. Can We Still Be Friends? (Not reviewed) Gerald Anderson, Arci Muñoz, Bryan Santos. Directed by Prime Cruz. 113 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A pair of friendsturned-lovers try to navigate their relationship after breaking up. Village Square. Duvvada Jagannadham (Not reviewed) Allu Arjun, Pooja Hegde, Rao Ramesh. Directed by Harish Shankar. 160 minutes. Not rated. In Telugu with English subtitles. An unassuming cook leads an exciting secret life. South Point. Transformers: The Last Knight abccc Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock. Directed by Michael Bay. 148 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 58. Theaters citywide. Tubelight (Not reviewed) Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Zhu Zhu. Directed by Kabir Khan. 136 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. Family drama set in a small town in India during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Sam’s Town, Village Square.
Daphne du Maurier, this thriller set on a 19thcentury English country estate has all the ingredients for a Gothic potboiler. But Claflin is bland as a young man obsessed with his late cousin’s widow, and the story is more sedate than haunting. –JB Colonnade, Suncoast.
Now playing 47 Meters Down aaabc Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine. Directed by Johannes Roberts. 89 minutes. Rated PG-13. A pair of sisters end up trapped in a rickety cage at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by deadly sharks, in this lean, suspenseful survival thriller. Occasional plot contrivances aside, most of the movie is tense and well-crafted, making great use of the murky depths surrounding the characters. –JB Theaters citywide. All Eyez on Me aaccc Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham. Directed by Benny Boom. 140 minutes. Rated R. Star Shipp’s resemblance to late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur is not enough to build a biopic around, and director Boom doesn’t have much else to offer, throwing together a Behind the Music-style series of events from Shakur’s life that provides little insight into him as a person or narrative shape to his career. –JB Theaters citywide. The Book of Henry aaccc Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. Watts plays the single mother of two boys, one of whom (Liebeher) is an 11-year-old prodigy who writes a singular “book” that’s really a set of instructions. Revealing much more than that would ruin this ludicrous movie’s sole pleasure, which is the sheer brazen nuttiness of its screenplay. –MD Downtown Summerlin, Green Valley Ranch, South Point, Town Square, Village Square. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie aaabc Voices of Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms. Directed by David Soren. 84 minutes. Rated PG. This computer-animated movie, about two best friends (voiced by Hart and Middleditch) whose superhero creation comes to life, contains hand-drawn sequences and even a sock-puppet sequence. Rambunctious, but cheerfully clever—or at least cheerful—it contains fart jokes, but also a built-in critique and aesthetic appreciation of fart jokes. –JMA Theaters citywide. Cars 3 aabcc Voices of Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer. Directed by Brian Fee. 109 minutes. Rated G. The third movie in Pixar’s most blatantly commercial animated franchise finds race car
Lightning McQueen (Wilson) losing ground to younger models. The world of anthropomorphic vehicles is still colorful and lovingly detailed, but the plot is slow-moving and dull, rehashing elements of the first movie. –JB Theaters citywide.
Paris Can Wait aaccc Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin. Directed by Eleanor Coppola. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Lane plays a movie producer’s wife who gets her groove back on a road trip through France with her husband’s business partner in this tepid, tedious romantic comedy. Coppola’s debut narrative feature (at age 80!) has all the dramatic tension of a catalog spread, with stilted dialogue and a nonexistent plot. –JB Green Valley Ranch, Town Square, Village Square.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 aaacc Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista. Directed by James Gunn. 136 minutes. Rated PG-13. After teaming up to save the galaxy in the surprise-hit previous movie, Marvel’s intergalactic superheroes are split up and set on various courses until they come together for the action-packed finale. If you liked the first movie, well, here’s more of it, only not as refreshing or original. –JB Theaters citywide.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales aaccc Johnny Depp, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. 129 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fifth movie in the series initially based on a Disney theme-park ride features legendary pirate Jack Sparrow (Depp) on a quest for Poseidon’s trident. The plot is convoluted and interminable, and Depp stumbles and mumbles his way through another performance as Jack, who’s lost all of his irreverent charm. –JB Theaters citywide.
It Comes at Night aaabc Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. 97 minutes. Rated R. This post-apocalyptic horror movie, about an uneasy alliance between two families hiding out in an isolated house, is long on creepy atmosphere and short on plot details. That lack of clarity can be frustrating, but it’s frustrating—and terrifying—for the characters as well, and Shults puts the audience right alongside them. –JB Theaters citywide.
A Quiet Passion aaacc Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff. Directed by Terence Davies. 125 minutes. Rated PG-13. This biopic of iconic poet Emily Dickinson features a strong performance from Nixon and some lovely visuals, but mostly follows familiar genre beats. The first half is surprisingly funny, with witty, literary dialogue, before Dickinson’s life of solitude and ill health takes the narrative in a more conventionally dramatic direction. –JB Village Square.
Megan Leavey aabcc Kate Mara, Ramón Rodríguez, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. The true story of a Marine dog handler who gained national attention for her efforts to adopt her bomb-sniffing dog after its retirement is inspirational enough on its own. But the movie’s more grounded, somber elements are much more effective than its emotional arcs, which eventually take over the story. –JB Theaters citywide.
Rough Night aaccc Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Kate McKinnon. Directed by Lucia Aniello. 101 minutes. Rated R. A group of college friends reunite for a bachelorette party, where things go increasingly wrong, starting with the accidental death of a stripper. The comic material is subpar, with a plot that goes in circles and runs out of momentum halfway through, only to turn into a half-hearted thriller in its final act. –JB Theaters citywide.
The Mummy aaccc Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella. Directed by Alex Kurtzman. 107 minutes. Rated PG-13. The attempted launchpad for a cinematic universe based on Universal’s classic monster characters gets things off to a poor start, ineptly mixing action, horror, humor and world-building. Cruise is out of place as a roguish American soldier cursed by an evil ancient Egyptian princess, and the title character isn’t much of a threat. –JB Theaters citywide.
Wonder Woman aaabc Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston. Directed by Patty Jenkins. 133 minutes. Rated PG-13. Set during WWI, this solo adventure for the iconic DC superhero is a step forward for DC’s movie universe. Gadot plays Wonder Woman with an appealing sense of integrity and compassion. The movie never reinvents the superhero origin story, but it hits all the familiar beats with enthusiasm and style. –JB Theaters citywide.
My Cousin Rachel aabcc Sam Claflin, Rachel Weisz, Holliday Grainger. Directed by Roger Michell. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on a novel by suspense maven
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SHINS LEADER JAMES MERCER TALKS VIOLINS, ‘STRANGER THINGS’ AND HIS PARENTS’ VEGAS WEDDING BY ANNIE ZALESKI he Shins’ James Mercer is a busy man these days. Not only did he self-produce the band’s latest record, March’s Heartworms—a kaleidoscopic, summery indie-pop throwback to early albums like Chutes Too Narrow—he and friend Zeke Howard have partnered on a creativity-encouraging collage app, Pasted. Mercer has already used the app for various art projects—including a lastminute Shins T-shirt design the band sold on its U.K. tour. Mercer checked in from his hometown of Portland, Oregon, before heading out on the road.
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What is the current Shins touring configuration? I see you’ve had a string section for recent dates. The funny thing is, those are just our band members. Patti King, our keyboardist, also plays violin wonderfully, as well as being a great singer.
Mark Watrous, our guitarist, also plays violin really beautifully. And Casey Foubert, our new guitarist, is a violinist. We did not intend this; it just happened. We’ve got these three really strong violin players, and we’re trying to exploit that as much as we can (laughs). Heartworms feels so bright, and there’s so much going on. Were there any artists or other inspirations that were hovering over you as you wrote for it? I really got inspired by Ariel Pink. I felt emboldened to be more experimental and, at the same time, more pop in a classic sense, because he writes some really great and blatant pop songs. I also felt really inspired about the idea of engineering a lot myself, getting back into that hands-on mode of recording. You’ve said you also found inspiration by looking
back at your childhood. Was there any particular impetus for going in that direction? It’s just getting older. It’s that space and perspective that I have looking back on it. And I also think my childhood in the ’70s and ’80s is long enough ago that the audience is ready to hear [about it]. There’s something exotic about the ’80s, I think, even to my mind. I remember watching Stranger Things and really being stoked about that intro—the sound and the look of it—and feeling that sort of nostalgia sentiment about the ’80s. There’s also a really terrific episode of Black Mirror that takes place in the ’80s that I really loved. Something about the zeitgeist right now is working for me (laughs). Finally! Wincing the Night Away came out 10 years ago. Looking back, what stands out for you about that period? I remember being in England when
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WARP SPEED AHEAD CIRCLE THESE 10 ACTS ON YOUR WARPED TOUR SCHEDULE BY ANNIE ZALESKI this year’s Warped Tour lineup takes a more holistic—and diverse— approach to the modern punk landscape. We suggest starting here …
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BOSTON MANOR On last year’s Be Nothing., the Blackpool, U.K., quintet takes musical cues from American bands—especially Taking Back Sunday’s melodic posthardcore and New Found Glory’s roiling punk-pop. CREEPER Goth-punk never goes out of style. The latest practitioners of this dark magic: U.K. act Creeper, whose furious hardcore recalls Misfits and My Chemical Romance. COURAGE MY LOVE Fronted by twin sisters Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn, this Canadian rock band boasts a sophisticated, electro-pop sheen and irresistible, radio-ready hooks. Mercer leads The Shins into the Cosmo on June 23. (Marisa Kula/Courtesy)
it ended up on the pop charts—it was No. 2 on the regular pop charts. I think a lot of people were suddenly like, “Who in the hell is this band?” That was kind of a crazy moment for us, and really fun. Record labels treat you very differently when you actually sell records (laughs). When your band charted like that, it felt like the underdogs were taking over. I remember thinking that it may just have been a perfect-storm moment. And I think it was; the movie Garden State was still out there in people’s minds—kids were still watching it on cable—and then we came out with a strong record.
The video for one of your new songs (“Name for You”) involves Las Vegas. Do you have any other interesting Vegas tales or memories? I remember opening up for a band at a record store in Vegas [Balcony Lights]. My parents—who were married in Las Vegas, at the Chapel of the Flowers over by the Stratosphere, in 1969—came [back] out and saw the show, and took us out to eat at the Outback. It was an early-stages tour for us. We were signed, and it was the beginning of those heady years we had in the old van. For more of our interview with Mercer, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
THE FANTASTIC PLASTICS The Brooklyn duo collides cerebral synth-pop with 8-bit electropunk. Crank the charming “We Are Obsolete,” whose keyboard calisthenics would make even a robot break a sweat. HUNDREDTH There’s reinvention, and then there’s Hundredth, which on new album Rare abandons scabrous post-hardcore for roaring, ’90s shoegaze indebted to Ride and Swervedriver.
JULE VERA Buoyed by emotive vocalist Ansley Newman, this Alabama-formed quintet specializes in sparkling pop-rock driven by piano and dreamy atmospherics. MICROWAVE The Atlanta quartet covers a lot of ground on its two full-length albums: ramshackle ’90s indie rock, Weezer-y fuzz-pop and throat-searing emo-punk. SAVE FERRIS Opera-trained vocalist Monique Powell has rebooted the beloved ’90s ska-punk troupe for live shows and new EP Checkered Past, highlighted by the Specials-ish “New Sound.” WAR ON WOMEN Who says modern punk is apolitical? Not this galvanizing feminist band whose lyrics call out and dismantle such poisonous topics as misogyny, sexism and racism. WILLIAM CONTROL The nom de electro of onetime Aiden frontman Will Francis. Fans of ’80s darkwave and gothic synth-pop— think Depeche Mode and Blaqk Audio—will find much to love.
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Lorde stormed the music world in 2013 with songs like “Royals” and “Tennis Court,” which established her bona fides as a keen observer of teenage class warfare. Melodrama has the same outsider veneer—“They’ll hang us in the Louvre/ Down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre,” she shrugs—although the record’s too-real chronicle of wild nights, questionable decisions and romantic ambiguity is universal and relatable. The record’s unorthodoxy emerges in its details. Each song is an electro-pop pastiche, sometimes with bustling production (the cobweb beats and synth creaks throughout “Hard Feelings” the limb-flailing standout “Green Light”) and other times conjuring icons (“Writer in the Dark,” which features ornate vocal phrasings that recall Kate Bush; the Carly Rae Jepsen-like New Wave cool on “Supercut). As an artistic statement, however, Melodrama sounds maddeningly shapeless—disparate ideas that never quite gel or find a consistent groove. That’s frustrating, because the record’s unpredictable arrangements can lead to great moments, like the way Lorde repeatedly whispers “d-d-d-dynamite” to convey an explosive connection on “Homemade Dynamite” or the stuttering Phil Collinssounding sample that introduces “Loveless.” Melodrama is best considered a reflection of the furtive moments that comprise a messy life. –Annie Zaleski
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It’s been a hell of a decade for Jonny Pierce. As the principal songwriter for The Drums, he, childhood friend Jacob Graham and two others seamlessly fused The Beach Boys’ intertwining harmonies with The Smiths’ upbeat, jangly sensibilities—propelling the band to indie-darling status and earning a spot on the festival circuit. The Drums seemed poised for continued success. Four albums in, however, Pierce seemingly finds himself at rock bottom after a bad personal breakup and the splintering of his band. Enter new album Abysmal Thoughts. Pierce wrote and recorded The Drums’ latest effort himself, and it’s quite the cathartic LP, though Pierce’s catharsis manifests itself in the poppy, upbeat soundscapes that harken back to the band’s early days. “Under the Ice” is a flurry of swift, reverb-drenched guitar pop a la 2009 single “Let’s Go Surfing,” while the harmonizing “oohs” during the chorus of album opener “Mirror” are surprisingly catchy for a song about the end of a relationship. When it comes to vocals, Pierce has altered the timbre, coming off more Robert Smith than Morrissey, especially over the airy, layered picking of “Head of the Horse.” Abysmal Thoughts should appeal to fans of both the new and old Drums. –Ian Caramanzana
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From Silicon Valley to Sin City Comedian T.J. Miller is obsessed with Las Vegas By Julie Seabaugh J. Miller might be out the door at Silicon Valley, around talking to a pigeon about the results of a horse but with June 17’s new HBO stand-up special, race. And that was just at the airport!” Meticulously Ridiculous, and lofty plans to, For me, the show is what it is that night. It’s never the ahem, further expand his empire, the multisame. It may be a completely improvised hour. There is hyphenate performer continues subverting traditional a new freeness for me to not be doing an act I’ve done for notions of what comedy can and should be. years, honing and figuring out what an HBO speIs this trip partially celebrating the debut T.J. Miller cial would be. I think it’s going to be a lot of riffing, June 24, of your new special? Las Vegas, for me, is a celinteraction with the crowd, probably some Q&A 10 p.m., ebration every time I go. I love that it’s the most and a lot of absurdist material that I’m working $44-$55. American city. I’m kind of obsessed with it, on. Plus a bit about how Razor scooters are now Mirage, 702because it’s such a real, raw, gritty city that has popular again. 792-7777. this Strip of glitter and confetti right down the Have you been surprised by fan reaction center. It’s almost two different cities. I’ve never to your leaving Silicon Valley? The fact that met anyone from Las Vegas that I didn’t like. there was sort of a public outcry was very, very … We’re definitely going to tear up the Mirage. I [also] pleasantly surprising, but also kind of frustrating that I try to go to Circus Circus, if only just to walk through it. made a decision that made so many people sad. A couple And I love Downtown for playing craps. It’s everybody on people were angry, like, “That’s the best thing you’ll ever a team, a team of strangers playing against a casino. do, you f*cking idiot.” It’s like a breakup: Some people How much new material have you amassed since the get angry, some people just get sad, some people lament taping? I’m considering playing a video of the special the loss but kind of think it will lead to better things. And and just lip-syncing along with it. No, the great thing that’s how I feel. about Las Vegas is if you walk around, in two hours you have an hour of material: “I saw a guy wearing a cardFor more of our interview with Miller, visit board box with a roulette wheel painted on it, walking lasvegasweekly.com.
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A RECORD CROWD GETS A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW MARIO AND MUCH MORE AT E3 2017 Mario reigned over the expo floor. (Todd Hailstone)
BY TODD HAILSTONE very year, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) provides an opportunity for game companies to make spectacles of themselves, and several did just that last week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Nintendo transformed its booth into New Donk City—a location from its upcoming release Super Mario Odyssey—with Mario’s famous hat and mustache plastered on statues of his enemies. Giant dragons roamed the room, and PlayStation sent Spider-Man atop a life-size helicopter. The real spectacle, however, was the record number of attendees—some 68,000 in the event’s first year with public access. Lines for Super Mario Odyssey ran close to three hours, with Sony’s appcontrolled queue booked solid throughout. Arguably more valuable than the show floor itself, the pre-E3 press conferences were a whirlwind of new-game announcements and gameplay trailers. Among the most promising upcoming titles: BioWare’s futuristic, sci-fi-focused Anthem and EA’s fantastic-looking prison escape, A Way Out. Microsoft officially named its new console, the Xbox One X ($499), while unveiling new games
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Metro Exodus, State of Decay 2 and The Last Night. Bethesda previewed sequels to Wolfenstein and The Evil Within, and the PC Gaming Show spotlighted one of its own, Total War: Warhammer 2. For Ubisoft, legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduced collaboration Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Far Cry 5 got a gameplay demo and fans saw a CG trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2. Nintendo’s pre-recorded release opened with news about new Yoshi, Kirby and Fire Emblem games, plus a teaser for Metroid Prime 4. Sony provided updates on such 2016 reveals as Uncharted, Destiny 2 and God of War. Days Gone and Spider-Man were demoed, and a rumored Monster Hunter console game was officially announced. Through it all, though, the clear press-conference highlight remained the gameplay footage from Super Mario Odyssey, set for an October 27 release. I got a chance to try that one, and several more. Super Mario Odyssey I broke several appointments waiting for a turn with E3’s hottest ticket (apologies, The Crew 2!), and it was well worth it. I haven’t felt this good triple-jumping and ground pounding since 1996’s Super Mario 64, and the new
cap possession mechanics are easy to pick up. Destiny 2 Presented in 4K and at a rock-solid 60 frames per second, Destiny makes the leap from PlayStation 4 to PC with ease. Everything felt right in this first-person shooter—the level design, the enemy AI and the spot-on combat. Assassin’s Creed Origins The latest Assassin’s Creed seemed like more of the same, with small improvements to visuals and what felt like significant setbacks to combat. Sea of Thieves This jolly pirate adventure has you searching for treasure and fighting off rivals, as fun as it sounds. It’s still in early alpha, so there’s a lot unfinished, but I’m optimistic. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle My skepticism over Mario’s second appearance—in Ubisoft’s Rabbids mashup—faded amidst beautiful art, strong tactical combat and surprisingly funny writing. Forza Motorsport 7 I finally got my hands on the Xbox One X while demoing this one, which felt ultrarealistic in an almost unsettling way. A testament to the sheer power of Microsoft’s new console. Read more about E3 at lasvegasweekly.com.
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SUSHI OR NAH? SINALOAN-STYLE SUSHI CULIACAN BRINGS BOLD FUSION TO TOWN BY BROCK RADKE eighborhood restaurants fusing Sinaloan-style seafood and “Mexican sushi” have been a thing in and around LA for years now, which means it’s about time for them to trend here in Las Vegas. Hence our discovery of Sushi Culiacan on East Charleston, and sister restaurant Mariscos Aguachiles Culichi in North Las Vegas. Both serve Sinaloan-style raw and cooked seafood dishes like oysters, ceviches, molcajetes and aguachiles, but Culiacan gets crazy with wild sushi rolls that will make purists cringe. You might have been exposed at some point in your sushi-loving life to a breaded and fried roll of rice filled with shrimp, crab and cream cheese, but here it’s topped with serrano chili and Chihuahua cheese—the stuff commonly used in queso fundido—and called the Viagra ($11). If that sounds goofy, it’s just the beginning. The Pariente ($12) has beef, chicken and bacon inside, all cooked, lucky for us. Several more steps into madness, the baked Villa Villa roll ($13) has bacon and fiery caribe peppers with shrimp and cheese and a lot of sweet eel sauce. A lot. If you’re tired of getting sushi with avocado or cream cheese crammed inside, note that almost all of these rolls have avocado and cream cheese. It can be fun, but it’s all a bit much. Foodie bloggers have equally recommended and derided it. I say take your friends and order something silly, just for kicks, but focus on the delicious seafood dishes at Culiacan, like the over-the-top Altata oysters ($14 for six), served on the half shell and loaded with ceviche and “drowned shrimp” swimming in a spicy red sauce with a Michelada vibe. Order the Tostada Sinaloa ($10) and you’ll get enough crunchy corn discs and ceviche of scallop, shrimp and octopus to feed an army. And not all of the “sushi” is ridiculous. The Malécon ($16) is deep fried, sure, but there’s marinated octopus and shrimp inside and spicy squid bits and avocado on top. If you’ve read this far, you can handle spicy squid bits. You’re an adventurer. Go all the way.
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4420 E. Charleston Blvd. #5, 702-906-2525. Daily, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
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Habanero shrimp at Bandito. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
A first look at Bandito
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One of 2017’s most anticipated off-Strip with its own appealing glassware, mixologist Jair restaurant openings is finally upon us. Bustillos crafts cocktails featuring an assortment There’s been hype around Bandito Latin of tequilas and mezcals. And an open kitchen shows Kitchen & Cantina since longtime Border confidence in the way chef Chris Kight and BANDITO Grill GM Kent Harman announced his amhis crew are preparing the cuisine. 325 Hughes bitious “elevated Mexican” project. “We’re Kight is steeped in technique, having Center Drive #100, doing the classics, we’re just doing them cooked under both Thomas Keller and 702-857-7550. Sunday-Thursday, the best we can,” he says. Gordon Ramsay, so expect him to translate 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Before you taste the food, you’ll notice that discipline into Latin flavors. Check Friday & Saturday, the striking appearance of the glass-plated out updated takes on familiar items in 11 a.m.-11 p.m. building, the new centerpiece of the resdishes including habanero shrimp, chichtaurant row bordering the Howard Hughes arron and arugula salad, turkey chorizo corridor. It’s modern, industrial, and difalbondigas (meatballs), Peruvian-style ferent than anything else around. Inside, two large ceviche and a banging esquites—Mexican off-the-cob murals created by local tattoo artist and painter street corn. This new arrival is off to a good start. Brett Rosepiler set a definitive mood. At a large bar –Jason Harris
Not long ago, El Pollo Loco opened a drive-thru in my suburbs, snugly planted in that spot on the way home that tempts you to pick up a quick bite instead of cooking dinner. I figured it was a good thing, certainly better-than-average fastfood bird. But now that I’ve trekked out to Craig Road to get a taste of Central American chain Pollo Campero at its first Las Vegas location, I know what I’m missing. Simply put, Pollo Campero brutalizes every other fast-food chicken outlet. Lines have been long since it opened in North Las Vegas in April, and another location is coming to East Charleston, but not soon enough for me. I’ll give EPL credit for tasty chicken—and stealing some of the KFC faithful with its mac and cheese and other all-American side dishes—but it can’t compete with the flavors at Pollo Campero. First-timers should start with the half-chicken special ($9.49), which allows you to sample both grilled and fried varieties with two sides. Hiding beneath smoky, citruskissed skin, the grilled chicken is uncommonly juicy. While not quite as moist, the fried bird is tender and not overly breaded, allowing for crispy-chewy perfection. Dip it in guava barbecue or Latin buffalo sauce. The sides also shame the competition, from zesty, porky Campero beans to creamy, cilantroladen coleslaw. More authentic signatures like sweet fried plantains and yuca fries are even better. Throw in a couple of empanadas ($1.79 each) filled with chicken, corn salsa and melty cheese and it’s not even fair anymore. –Brock Radke
POLLO CAMPERO 1025 W. Craig Road, 702-633-7003. Daily, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
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Live Music THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl The Red Hots (Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute), The 182’s (Blink-182 tribute) 6/23, 8 pm, free. The Black Seeds, Tatanka, ST1 6/24, 6 pm, $12-$15. Streetlight Manifesto, Jenny Owen Young, Ogikubo Station 6/25, 7 pm, $28-$40. Raw Femme Showcase ft. School of Rock, Kaylie Foster & more 6/30, 6 pm, $10, all-ages. Somewhere Thru Time (Iron Maiden tribute), Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne tribute) 7/2, 7 pm, $10. One OK Rock, Set It Off, Palisades 7/6, 7 pm, $29-$100. Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers 7/7, 7:30 pm, $39-$70. Empire Records 7/8, 8:30 pm, free. P.O.D., Powerflo 7/14, 7 pm, $25-$30. 40 Oz. to Freedom (Sublime tribute) 7/15, 6 pm, $12-$15. Playboy Carti, Young Nudi, Pierre Bourne 7/19, 8 pm, $25-$30. Erykah Badu 7/20, 8:30 pm, $60-$119. Khalid 7/22, 7 pm, $25-$45. Echo & The Bunnymen 7/28, 8 pm, $38-$65. AFI, Circa Survive, Citizen 7/29, 6:30 pm, $35-$75. A Day to Remember, Wage War 8/2, 7:30 pm, $35-$60. Thievery Corporation 8/4, 8 pm, $40-$65. Flow Tribe, New Breed Brass Band 8/6, 6 pm, $15-$20. Dead Cross 8/11, 8 pm, $26. Simple Plan, Set It Off, Patent Pending 8/29, 6 pm, $32-$41. The Fixx 8/30, 7 pm, $35-$40. X 9/6, 7:30 pm, $32-$35. Lil Yachty 9/14, 7 pm, $35-$50. The Magpie Salute 9/20, 7 pm, $28-$32. Overkill, Crowbar, Havok, Fast, Invidia 9/24, 7 pm, $25$30. Andrew W.K. 9/30, 7 pm, $20-$22. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Reba, Brooks & Dunn 6/24-6/25, 6/28, 7/1-7/2, 11/29, 12/112/2, 12/5, 12/8-12/9, 7:30 pm, $60-$205. Mariah Carey 7/8-7/9, 7/11, 7/14-7/15, 7/18, 8 pm, $55-$250. The Who 7/29, 8/1, 8/4, 8/7, 8/9, 8/11, 8 pm, $76-$501. Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton 8/8, 7:30 pm, $60-$150. Rod Stewart 8/18-8/19, 8/22, 8/26-8/27, 8/29, 9/29/3, Gloria Trevi, Alejandra Guzmán 9/14, 9/17 8 pm, $61-$251. Enrique Iglesias 9/15-9/16, 8 pm, $50-$350. Celine Dion 9/19-9/20, 9/229/23, 9/26-9/27, 9/29-9/30, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. (Cleopatra’s Barge) CeeLo Green 7/21-7/22, 7/28-7/29, 8 pm, $119-$199. 702-731-7333. Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) The Shins, Pure Bathing Culture 6/23, 8 pm, $30-$70. Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, The Edgar Winter Band 8/12, 6:30 pm, $45-$135. Fleet Foxes 8/14, 8 pm, $26-$51. Bryan Ferry, Judith Owen 8/17, 8 pm, $29-$89. Die Antwoord 8/23, 8 pm, $29-$208. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, St. Paul and the Broken Bones 8/26, 8 pm, $35-$55. Foreigner, Cheap Trick 8/27, 7 pm, $45-$599. Ricardo Arjona 9/15, 9 pm, $89-$189. Pepe Aguilar 9/16, 9 pm, $49-$109. 702-698-7000. Double Down Los Carajos, Lean 13, Asone, Hungry Ass Youth 6/23. Super Zeroes, Dan Koshute, Tix Kid, Alive & Well, Blisster, Good vs. Evil 6/24. Tail Light Rebellion, Uberschall 6/25. Thee Swank Bastards 6/28. S.F.T., Los Carajos, Asone, Hungry Ass Youth, Public Nuisance, Anti-Matter, Since We Were Kids 6/30. Rex Dart & The Bargain DJ Collective Mon, 10 pm. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Flamingo (Go Pool) Sugar Ray 6/25, 7 pm, $20. Everclear 7/16, 7 pm, $25. 702-777-2782. (Donny & Marie Showroom) Keith Sweat 7/5-7/8, 7/11, 7/13-7/15, 7/18, 7/20-7/22, 7:30 pm, $59-$199. Richard Marx 8/15-8/19, 8/22-8/26, 8/29-8/31, 9/1-9/2 7:30 pm, $59-$199. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Mumford &
Surfy Seattle quartet La Luz returns to the Bunkhouse on June 25. (Andrew Imanaka/Courtesy) Sons, Kevin Garrett 6/24, 8 pm, $65-$350. Logic, Joey Bada$$, Big Lenbo 7/8, 8 pm, $50. Prince Royce, Luis Coronel 7/14, 8 pm, $39-$189. Third Eye Blind, Silversun Pickups, Ocean Park Standoff 7/22, 7:30 pm, $40$200. Slayer, Lamb of God, Behemoth 8/4, 7 pm, $60. Primus, Clutch 8/9, 7 pm, $40$150. Bryson Tiller, H.E.R., Metro Boomin 8/12, 8 pm, $50-$200. Yes, Todd Rundgren, Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy 8/26, 8 pm, $45$175. The Australian Pink Floyd Show 8/27, 8 pm, $30-$100. (Vinyl) Phora 6/22, 8 pm, $20-$100. SOB x RBE, OMB Peezy, Lil Sheik 7/7, 8 pm, $15. Shooter Jennings 7/14, 9 pm, $25-$39. Ganja White Night, Boogie T 7/20, 8 pm, $17-$25. GrooveSession 7/21, 9 pm, free. (Pool) Taking Back Sunday, Every Time I Die, Modern Chemistry 7/27, 7:30 pm, $29-$32. Less Than Jake 7/21, 9 pm, $23-$25. Turnpike Troubadours, Charley Crockett 8/4, 9 pm, $25-$29. (Multiple venues) Vans Warped Tour ft. Hatebreed, GWAR, Adolescents & more 6/23, 11 am, $30-$45. Psycho Las Vegas ft. King Diamond, Mastodon, The Brian Jonestown Massacre & more 8/17-8/20, $249. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Schism (Tool tribute) 6/24, 8 pm, $10. The Cured (Cure tribute), Planet Earth (Duran Duran tribute) 6/30, 8 pm, $12. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac tribute) 7/1, 7 pm, $12. Led Zepagain (Led Zeppelin tribute), Tailgun 7/3, 7 pm, $8-$12. The B-52s 7/7-7/9, 7:30 pm, $59-$145. The Set List 3.0: The Rolling Stones’ Hot Rocks 7/14, 8 pm, $10. The Dan Band 7/15, 7 pm, $15-$95. Ozuna 7/20, 8 pm, $63-$74. Blackberry Smoke, The Cadillac Three 7/22, 7 pm, $20-$27. Bidi Bidi Banda (Selena tribute) 7/27, 7 pm, $10. Aaron Lewis 9/9, 8:30, $35-$55. Santana: Greatest Hits Live 9/13, 9/15-9/17, 9/20, 9/22-9/24, 8 pm, $100$170. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Matchbox Twenty, Counting Crows, Rivers and Rust 7/29, 6:45 pm, $40-$126. Marco Antonio Solís 9/15, 8 pm, $79-$277. Marc Anthony 9/16, 10 pm, $79-$249. (Beach) Dirty Heads, Soja
7/15, 9 pm, $78. UB40, Matisyahu, Raging Fyah 7/29, 8:30 pm, $69. 311, New Politics 8/18, 9 pm, $51-$115. I Love the ’90s ft. Salt-NPepa, All-4-One & more 9/2, 9 pm, $54-$83. Lifehouse, Switchfoot, Brynn Elliott 9/8, 8 pm, $36-$78. Lost ’80s Live ft. Tony Hadley, Missing Persons & more 9/9, 9 pm, $37-$55. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Grand Garden Arena) J. Cole 7/8, 8 pm, $30-$126. Linkin Park, Machine Gun Kelly 9/2, 7:30 pm, $39-$125, Maná 9/15-9/16, 9 pm, $51-$450. 702-891-1111. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Boyz II Men 8/188/20, 8/25-8/27, 9/1-9/3, 9/15-9/17. Fri-Sun, 7:30 pm, $44-$163. 702-791-7111. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Ricky Martin 6/23-6/24, 6/27, 6/29, 7/1-7/2, 9/12, 9/15-9/16, 9/19, 9/22-9/23, 8 pm, $82-$229. Kenny Rogers, Linda Davis 7/21, 8 pm, $35-$212. Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, The Wallflowers 7/22, 8 pm, $41-$146. Cher 8/2, 8/4-8/5, 8/9, 8/11-8/12, 8/16, 8/18-8/19, 8 pm, $55-$436. Bruno Mars 9/2-9/3, 9 pm, $91$459. 844-600-7275. Orleans (Showroom) Little Anthony and the Imperials 6/24, 8 pm, $29-$55. Man in Black (Johnny Cash tribute) 6/30-7/1, 8 pm, $15-$30. Top Brassss 7/15, 8 pm, $19-$30. Aegis 7/29, 7 pm, $48-$89. (Arena) Throwback Sizzling Jam ft. Tony Toni Tone, Silk, Dru Hill & more 7/15, 8 pm, $40-$225. Super Summer Bash ft. Boy George, The Romantics & more 8/25, 8 pm, $35-$137. 702-284-7777. Palms (The Pearl) Blondie, Garbage 7/8, 8 pm, $59-$114. Earth, Wind & Fire 7/14, 8 pm, $68-$179. Dashboard Confessional, The AllAmerican Rejects, The Social Animals 7/15, 8 pm, $55-$205. Chic ft. Nile Rodgers 7/16, 8 pm, $40-$96. Young the Giant, Cold War Kids, Joywave 8/18, 7 pm, $30-$50. Mary J. Blige, Lalah Hathaway 9/1, 8 pm, $68-$295. Idina Menzel 9/2, 8 pm, $64-$142. Melissa Etheridge 9/9, 8 pm, $42-$88. Miguel Bosé 9/15, 8 pm, $74-$184. 702-944-3200. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Backstreet Boys 6/23-6/24, 6/28, 6/30, 7/1, 9 pm, $59-$259.
Pitbull 7/21-7/22, 7/25, 7/28-7/29, 8/2, 8/4-8/5, 9 pm, $49-$169. Britney Spears 8/9, 8/11-8/12, 8/16, 8/18-8/19, 8/23, 8/25-8/26, 8/30, 9 pm, $69-$500. Jennifer Lopez 9/6, 9/8-9/9, 9/13, 9/15-9/16, 9/20, 9/22-9/23, 9/27, 9/29-9/30, 10/4, 10/6-10/7, 9 pm, $79-$416. (Showroom) Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band 10/13-10/14, 10/17, 10/20-10/21, 10/24, 10/27-10/28, 7:30 pm, $63-$193. 702-777-2782. SLS (The Foundry) West Coast Jam ft. Richard Elliot, Rick Braun, Norman Brown 7/8, 8 pm, $38-$110. David Koz, Larry Graham 8/18-8/19, 8 pm, $79-$135. Brian Culbertson 8/26, 8 pm, $50-$90. 702-761-7617. Stoney’s Rockin’ Kelsie May 6/23, 9 pm, $5-$10. Lucas Hoge, Jackson Michaelson 6/30, 9 pm, $5-$20. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena Queen + Adam Lambert 6/24, 8 pm, $50-$175. Future, Migos, A$AP Ferg, Kodak Black, Zoey Dollaz 6/30, 7 pm, $30-$125. Rammstein, Korn, Stone Sour 7/1, 6:30 pm, $50-$150. Iron Maiden, Ghost 7/3, 7:30 pm, $40-$100. Faith Hill, Tim McGraw 7/13, 7:30 pm, $100-$179. Bruno Mars 7/15, 8 pm, $45-$175. Hall & Oates, Tears for Fears, George Strait 7/28-7/29, 9/1-9/2, 12/8-12/9, 8 pm, $75-$200. Ed Sheeran, James Blunt 8/4, 7:30 pm, $40-$100. Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, D.R.A.M. 8/5, 9 pm, $50-$130. Lady Gaga 8/11, 12/16, 7:30 pm, $45-$275. Alejandro Fernández 9/15, 8 pm, $27-$225. Imagine Dragons, K.Flay 9/29, 7:30 pm, $30-$100. Depeche Mode, Warpaint 9/30, 7:30 pm, $40$175. 702-692-1600. Topgolf Sextones 6/22, 8 pm, free. Con Brio 6/23, 8 pm, free. Empire Records 6/24, 8 pm, free. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458.
Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards Downtown Brown, Terminally Ill, Skull Drug, Battering Ram, The Pluralses 6/22, 8 pm, $10-$12. Future Vinyls, Pet Tigers, Girls and Wolves, Max Fischer 6/23, 9 pm, $7. Tribute to John Holt w/Junior Holt, Bonadife Reggae, Fyah Wyah 6/24, 8
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pm, $10-$15. Spindrift, Jenny Don’t and the Spurs 6/26, 8 pm, $10. RJ 7/23, 9 pm, $20-$25. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Fictionist 6/23, 8 pm, free. Rayner, Spanish Love Songs, Squarecrow, Leather Bound Crooks 6/24, 8 pm, $10. Droids Attack, Sweeper, Found in Fiction, Fear of Static 6/26, 8 pm, free. My Jerusalem, Midnight Clover 6/28, 8 pm, $8. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Sabriel 6/23, 9 pm, $5. Samiyam, Linafornia & more 6/24, 10 pm, $10. La Luz, Von Kin, DJ Fish 6/25, 9 pm, $10$12. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Our Big Concert ft. Bishop Briggs, Soin, Sir Sly, Dreamers 6/22, 8 pm, $20-$39. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Golden Nugget (Showroom) The Buckinghams 6/23, 8 pm, $21-$119. 866-9465336. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Lon Bronson Band: Get on Up! (James Brown tribute) 6/24, 8 pm, $15-$35. 702-749-2000. Velveteen Rabbit Turqouiz Noiz, Brett Vee, Chameleon Queen 6/23, 9 pm, $5. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline King Fu Vampire, Locksmith, Donnie Menace, Riot Boyz, Charlie Madness 6/24, 8 pm, $10. Inanimate Existence, Reaping Asmodeia, Cyborg Octopus 6/25, 8 pm, $8. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Cannery (The Club) Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival 6/24, 4 pm, $10. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Count’s Vamp’d Sin City All-Stars 6/22, 10 pm, free. Wednesday 13, Once Human, Gabriel & The Apocalypse, First Class Trash 6/23, 8:30 pm, $10-$13. Gypsy Road, Bakers Dozen 6/24, 9:30 pm, free. Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns 6/26, 9:30 pm, $10. John Zito Band 6/28, 9:30 pm, free. Maroons NYC (Ramones tribute). 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. The District Miles van Blarcom 6/23. Rein Garcia 6/24. Shows 7-9 pm, free. Green Valley Ranch, shopthedistrictgvr.com. Downtown Summerlin (The Lawn) Union Drifters, The Orange Feathers 6/28, 4 pm, free (VIP $25). 702-832-1055. E-String Echo Stains, Strange Familia 6/24, 7:30 pm, $5. 2031 W. Sunset Road, 702-5305299. M Resort (Pavilion) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 6/24, 8 pm, $41-$61. 800-745-3000. Primm Valley Resort (Star of the Desert Arena) Margarita La Diosa de la Cumbia 6/24, 8 pm, $40. 702-386-7867. Sand Dollar Lounge The Moanin’ Blacksnakes 6/24. Jimmy Powers & The Hang Dynasty 6/25. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) War 6/24, 8 pm, $24$59. 702-263-7777. Suncoast (Showroom) Josh Keating 6/24, 8:30 pm, $20. 702-636-7075. The Tap The Rifle, The Prettiest 6/22, 8 pm, $5. 704 Nevada Way, Boulder City..
Comedy
Caesars Palace (The Colosseum) Jeff Dunham 6/23, 7:30 pm, $50-$80. 702-731-7333. House of Blues Adrian Uribe, Omar Chaparro 6/23, 6:30 & 10 pm, $50-$95. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Kathleen Madigan 6/23, 10 pm, $33-$54. 702-792-7777.
Performing Arts
Majestic Repertory The Potter Plays 6/226/24, 6/29-7/1, 8 pm; 6/25, 5 pm; $5-$20. Alios 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Clark County Library (Main Theater) Las Vegas Men’s Chorus: Colors of the Rainbow 6/25, 2 pm, free. E. Flamingo Road, 702-5073400. Super Summer Theatre The Wedding Singer Thru 6/24, 8 pm, $19. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-594-7529.
Special Events
Amazing Las Vegas Comic-Con 6/23, 3-7 pm; 6/24, 10 am-7 pm; 6/25, 10 am-6 pm; $25-$60. Las Vegas Convention Center, amazingcomiccon.com/amazing-las-vegas. The Great Love Debate 6/28, 8 pm, $20. Redneck Riviera, 3635 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-476-9251. Mob Museum Ermelinda Manos book signing 6/24, 1-3 pm, free. 300 Stewart Ave., themobmuseum.org. PotterCon’s PotterParty 6/25, 2 pm, $15. House of Blues, 702-632-7600. Pure Project Tap Takeover 6/22, 5-10 pm, free admission. Atomic Liquors, 702-982-3000. Writer’s Block The Mojave School 6/23, 6 pm, free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
Galleries
Barrick Museum of Art (Main Gallery) Tested Ground Thru 9/16. (Baepler Xeric Garden) Astronomy of the Asphalt Ecliptic Thru 1/20. (Teaching Gallery) Play On Gary, Play On Thru 9/16. Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art I Am the Greatest: Muhammad Ali Thru 9/30. Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $16-$18. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Jennifer Henry: Love’s Last Look Thru 7/7. MonFri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway. The Corner Gallery Mysticism & Decadence Thru 6/30. Call for hours. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #220, 702-501-9219. CSN Fine Arts Gallery 2017 Juried Student Exhibition Thru 6/24. Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am-4 pm. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Donna Beam Fine Art A Matter of Personality Thru 8/4. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3893. Erotic Heritage Museum Abigail Ekue: Bare Men Thru 7/31. Daily, 11 am-10 pm, $10-$18. 3275 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, 702-794-4000. Las Vegas City Hall (Grand Gallery) Outside the Box Thru 9/17, free. Mon-Fri, 7 am-5:30 pm. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center Dennis Martinez: Frame of Reference Thru 6/30. Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm; free. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Metropolitan Gallery of Las Vegas Art Museum Cirque du Soleil: The Collective Thru 6/30. Wed-Sat, noon-5 pm, $5. Neonopolis, 450 Fremont St., 2nd floor, mglv.org. Nevada Humanities Program Gallery Jack Malotte: Viewpoints From Duckwater Thru 7/26, Mon-Thu, 1-5 pm. 1017 S. First St. #190, nevadahumanities.org. Sin City Gallery Kei Kusuma: Ultrablack Thru 6/24. Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #100, 702-608-2461. Winchester Cultural Center Gallery Valley of Faces: Pareidolia in the Basin & Range Thru 7/13. Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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