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There’s Something Rotten at the Smith Center. (Jeremy Daniel/Courtesy)
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Neil Hamburger at Beauty Bar If you’re not in on the gag that is Neil Hamburger’s two-plus decade career, the joke is that “America’s Funnyman” isn’t funny at all. But his lack of funny is so acute, it’s actually hilarious—the comedy equivalent of “fugly.” Also: Not his real name. See Wikipedia. $18. –Geoff Carter
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MAN OF LA MANCHA AT SPRING MOUNTAIN RANCH Super Summer Theatre takes on the 1964 playwithin-a-musical, which won five Tony Awards. After the show, you can discuss which longtime Las Vegan’s version of “The Impossible Dream” was better, Frank Sinatra’s or Andy Williams’. WednesdaySaturday, 8 p.m., $15. –Brock Radke
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SOMETHING ROTTEN AT SMITH CENTER You’ve studied Shakespeare? Not this Shakespeare. Thrusting and gyrating like Keith Richards channeling Johnny Depp and dipped in Gene Simmons, while chasing fame like an Elizabethan-era Kardashian, ex-Rent star Adam Pascal turns the Bard into quite the card in whacked-out musical satire Something Rotten. Pascal portrays the stuffy scribe-gone-gonzo as the object of envy of two brothers hellbent for theatrical recognition in the shadow of his explosive success. Comic misunderstandings and screwball antics ensue. Pascal explains his Bard-iology: Your Shakespeare is a rock star. How did you approach the role? There’s Tim Curry’s performance from Rocky Horror in there, there’s Freddy Mercury, there’s David Lee Roth. But he’s also an arrogant goofball, so there’s Monty Python-esque stylings, Stewie Griffin from Family Guy, Kramer from Seinfeld. What attracted you to a role that portrays Shakespeare as a strutting peacock? Nobody knows what he was like. To humanize him where he becomes cartoonish is exciting. There are insecurities and petty jealousies driving him—not the desire to create something wonderful, but to be known for creating something wonderful. Is your portrayal payback for having to learn Shakespearean dialogue as an actor? I didn’t grow up studying acting, so I wasn’t exposed, except having to read a few of his plays in high school. I’m a total ignoramus of Shakespeare. 7:30 p.m. (and 2 p.m. August 12-13), $29-$127, Reynolds Hall. –Steve Bornfeld
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Davey’s LGBTQ Benefit Party AT SAND DOLLAR LOUNGE
A banner on the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada’s Facebook page sums up its message: the words “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us” across a photo of clenched fists. The Sand Dollar Lounge stands in solidarity with that sentiment. Last month, a patron of the longtime live music venue posted a homophobic rant about the bar and its staff on his public Facebook page. The Sand Dollar swiftly responded, stepping up to throw a fundraiser for the Center, a nonprofit struggling financially in 2017. ¶ The Sand Dollar, which opened in 1976, spent time as the Bikini Bar and then Bar 702, morphing into the latter as part of TV show Bar Rescue. But new owners have brought the Sand Dollar back, reviving its tradition of regularly hosting blues and jazz performers. Free entry (drink and raffle sales benefit the Center), 3355 Spring Mountain Road, #30. –Leslie Ventura
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PALLBEARER AT BACKSTAGE BAR & BILLIARDS
The D.C. duo’s recent foray into Jamaican music (see recent album The Temple of I & I) makes this a natural booking for the increasingly irie Brooklyn Bowl. But the band’s legacy as a pioneer in dubby, intercontinental downtempo music ought to woo anyone looking for a groove-laden escapade. With Butterscotch. $40-$65. –Mike Prevatt
The acclaimed Arkansas doom-metal quartet spent part of 2016 touring with Baroness, but jumped off the bus when that band played Psycho Las Vegas in August. One year later, Pallbearer makes up for that near-miss, armed with March album Heartless, its third. With Spirit Adrift, Casket Raiders, Demon Lung. $15. –Spencer Patterson
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SAME AS IT EVER WAS
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The arc of Fremont Street is long, but it bends toward tourism BY GEOFF CARTER
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ears back I interviewed Bob O’Neill, an original owner of what would become the Downtown Grand complex. We toured his properties—Triple George, Hogs & Heifers, Celebrity—and we while visited the latter, he got a call from a friend he described as “a legit whale.” We agreed to meet him at the recently opened Beauty Bar, which failed to impress him. Oblivious to the attractive women, party vibe and booming indie rock, the whale nursed his beer, checked his watch and looked painfully bored. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, George Maloof Jr. walked into the joint. Maloof, a majority owner of the Palms in those days, woke the whale from his torpor. He got on his flip phone and made an urgent call: “I was gonna bail, but Maloof just showed up.” Today, Fremont East is built out with specialty bars and restaurants. Whales swim through its environs as a matter of routine. But a curious thing happened between 2007 and now: Even as Tony Hsieh and other entrepreneurs seemingly tried to remake Fremont East as something aimed squarely at locals—offering familyfriendly entertainment and retail, building schools and housing and even eschewing gaming itself—old-school Vegas showed up. Consider what’s happening in the tourist corridor. Derek and Greg Stevens, owners of the D and the Golden Gate, are taking down a block of Fremont to build Downtown’s first whole-cloth new hotel and casino in decades. (And they’re also doing a major expansion of the Golden Gate, set to open later this month.) The California-based CIM Group is planning additions to the Downtown Grand that include a new hotel tower, more meeting space and lots of dining and retail. And stand-alone taverns and restaurants are in the works for various storefronts along the Fremont Street Experience. It’s tempting to think of this as the pendulum swinging the other way, but I have another suggestion: Fremont East was never different from regular Fremont. It was never meant exclusively for locals; we only had those bars to ourselves because tourists wouldn’t walk down that far. But tourist Fremont is slowly reclaiming Fremont East and running with what made it work, and it’s altogether right that it does so. Turns out Fremont East was whale bait all along.
THE AMBER UNICORN IS HUNGRY FOR CUSTOMERS When Trader Joe’s closed its Decatur Boulevard location several weeks back, it didn’t just deprive central Vegas of quirky snack foods. Its former neighbor, used bookshop Amber Unicorn (amberunicorn books.com), lost much of its walk-in traffic—“a good 20 percent hit that could go as high as 25 or 30,” says Lou Donato, who co-owns the shop—beloved locally for its selection of cookbooks—with wife Myrna.
A storewide 25 percent-off sale, promoted through Facebook, has been “a godsend,” Donato says, but the situation remains dire. “All we want to do is find out what’s going on” in terms of a new anchor tenant for the former TJ’s space, Donato says. “Until we know that, we’re in limbo.” Might be a good idea to visit Amber Unicorn soon, buy some cookbooks and make your own TJ’s-style snacks. –Geoff Carter
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Hopes are high for Vegas’ new pro soccer team—and finding its fanbase BY MIKE PREVATT
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NO GANJA ON THE GO, CLARK COUNTY STRESSES Never underestimate the human ability to brainstorm ways to get blitzed. Apparently some individuals have already inquired with limo and party-bus companies about rentals for consuming their newly legal recreational cannabis, because, hey, private property equals smoking section, amirite? Wrong, insists the Clark County Department of Business License. It’s reminding Valley citizens that the law explicitly states that anyone caught ingesting marijuana products in moving vehicles faces a misdemeanor fine of up to $600, with the Nevada Transportation Authority punishing any Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity holders enterprising in such a way. That ought to put the kibosh on your Escalade crossfade. –Mike Prevatt
Another day, another new professional sports team for Las Vegas. The Las Vegas City Council recently unanimously approved a lease agreement for an expected United Soccer League expansion team, which will play at Cashman Field. Ongoing chatter has maintained that a pro soccer team would be a natural fit for the Valley. But how? It’s not hard to imagine soccer enthusiasts and athletes idolizing their new hometown heroes. But what about those who might already have allegiances to other teams or sports? Steve Engler, president of Las Vegas chapter of the American Outlaws—fervent adult supporters of the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams—sees the team not only drawing soccer fans like him, but others who want to watch people from their city on the playing field. “The USL team will draw in more local players,” Engler says. “It will be more connected to Las Vegas than an MLS team [would be].” More potentially tenuous is the team’s connection to what many see as the obvious audience: Latinos, who comprise 31 percent of Clark County’s population, and whose traditional devotion to the sport is renown. Jose Sahagun, captain of the local battalion of Pancho Villa’s Army, the American fanbase of the Mexican national football team, sees a potential Hispanic embrace, but it will come down to marketing and promotion that literally speak their language. “They need to do a lot of community outreach,” he says. Jesus Lopez, host of La Cantina—a nightly show on ESPN Deportes Las Vegas 1460-AM that promotes the UNLV Soccer Team—adds that “you need unity. That’s the main word, especially with the political ambiance we have right now. Include the Hispanic community in the development of our city.” The new USL team has an opportunity to expand soccer’s appeal in Las Vegas beyond the presumed audience—it’ll mean exposure, says Eric McDonald, director of Heat FC, the competitive arm of the Southern Nevada Soccer Association. “Anytime you can bring in professional sports to an area, it will always grow that sport [there].”
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od Stewart was onto something when he wrote the song “Every Picture Tells a Story.” With pocketsized, high-tech cameras always within reach, nearly everyone has the power to be a storyteller these days, and thanks to the wildly popular mobile application Instagram, we have the power to share those stories with the world. Instagram has connected people and their lives in ways Stewart could have never predicted, and no community has found a better home on the ’gram than foodies—legions of photosnapping, grub-obsessed people, going to great lengths to document their dining conquests. The cheesiest cheese pulls. The runniest yolk porn. The crispiest fried chicken. It’s all right there, making our stomachs growl while we scroll till our thumbs give out. ¶ Las Vegas has a tight-knit foodie family of its own, archiving the city’s most drool-inducing bites and gaining legions of dedicated followers along the way. We rounded up 10 of the city’s hungriest Instagrammers—each with a unique story and vision of their own—to talk about their never-ending appetites and the great lengths they’ll go to snap a perfect food photo, all for the love of the ’gram.
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Hot dogs from Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dogs by @closetfatgirl
SAMIYA JAKUBOWICZ @CLOSETFATGIRL “Food is a really big thing in my family,” says Samiya Jakubowicz, the face behind Closet Fat Girl. “I’m Indian, and whenever we get together, you just roll out the red carpet and shovel them food,” she says, laughing. Jakubowicz says she was the person in college who had everybody over for dinner, hosting elaborate parties for friends. And they were always centered around one thing—good food. Her favorite places? “I love Hobak Korean BBQ. I really love Recess Italian Ice,” she says. “I would have to say that on the Strip, I really love Mon Ami Gabi. When my friends visit, I’m like, let’s go there.” Originally from South Florida, Jakubowicz started Closet Fat Girl years ago—partly as a suggestion from her now-husband. But it wasn’t until she had her daughter and moved to Las Vegas that her account took off. “I had so much time on my hands,” she says, that she started going out to eat and posting pictures on Instagram. “Food has always been my passion, hobby, therapy. I don’t know where it will go, but I’m keeping all my options open. I always say food is an adventure … [and] it’s been such a fun way to explore, and it gave me something to do with my daughter. She’s my mini foodie.”
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Smorgasbird at Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken by @closetfatgirl
Bao sliders at the Black Sheep by @vegasfoodbaron
Born and raised in Detroit, Edward Thompson’s love for food began when he was a kid, but it wasn’t until he moved to Las Vegas that it began playing a central role. The Vegas dining scene, he says, opened up endless possibilities for the then-newlywed, who used restaurants as a way to keep date nights with his new wife fresh. That’s where his foray into Instagram began. “Every Friday we would go to a new restaurant, and I would take pictures. And then it just kind of flourished from there,” he says. Now, Thompson wants to show people where to get good grub without breaking the bank. “You can find just as good of food off the Strip for half the price,” he says, listing favorites like the Barrymore, Naked City Pizza, Settebello and Craft Kitchen. The Food Baron’s priority is all about leading people to good food. “I’ll get direct messages all through the week, like, ‘Hey I’m going to be in Vegas, give me a spot [to go eat]. We were in Oklahoma last week and someone sent me a DM [direct message], and my wife was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I was like, ‘I’ve got to hurry up and find a place for this guy to go eat!’”
Birthday pancake at Griddlecakes by @lasvegasfoodie
Japchae at Kuben by @vegasfoodbaron
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TERRI RUSSELL @SAVORSINCITY Not many Instagram foodies have endurance athlete on their résumé, but the woman behind Savor Sin City is all about striking a humble balance. When Russell isn’t snapping food pictures, she’s probably training for a half marathon or triathlon— something that’s reflected throughout her food-laden account. But it all started with no expectations, she says, just her love of food and an increasing interest in photography. “I did it for fun, and it’s just really grown from there. For me it’s always been a balance of what I’m interested in: training, hiking, being outside, traveling.” Having originally started on Yelp, Russell gained elite status and learned some tricks of the trade before jumping over to Instagram. “If a business is new, you have to give them a break,” she says. “I’m not going to review them right away. That’s not fair to that small business.” That’s because she’s all about maintaining that human connection. For Russell, it’s more about telling a story than who has the most followers. “Every time I post a photo of [me] hiking, I lose followers, but it is what it is,” she says. “I think it’s more real. Four days a week, I’m meal prepping. That’s the balance that I’ve found that’s helped me.”
Almond Joy and lavender macarons at PublicUs by @savorsincity
EMILY ROMERO @EATMELASVEGAS Emily Romero’s passion for food and photography took off years ago. An elite Yelper, Romero had been keeping track of her dining experiences for years, but her wave of foodie fame began to roll when she started Eat Me Las Vegas. “I focus on stuff that I want to eat and what I would be interested in,” she says. “I go to Chengdu Taste a lot—it’s amazing. Yonaka is another good one. And I really like Other Mama. It’s such a variety of different things.” And while Romero loves to archive her experiences, she isn’t about trends—like anything rainbow- or unicorn-themed—she says. “I like to eat out a lot, I enjoy trying new foods and I love to travel. It’s kind of just a bonding experience, something to enjoy as a group.” Romero’s favorite thing about Vegas? That it’s always evolving and changing—for the better. “I think it’s grown so much. I’ve been here about 11 years. There’s always new restaurants popping up, all different types. I like to think of it as a small town with big-town amenities, which is great. I love that we have Puerto Rican food, and I just had Argentinean food the other day. I’d like to see lots more different foods available to us.”
Chocolate tres leches cake at the Black Sheep by @eatmelasvegas
CEE CEE BAUTISTA @VEGASMOMSBLOG “I started a blog as a mom resource,” Cee Cee Bautista says. “I felt like there wasn’t much of an online community for moms here in Las Vegas, and I was like, oh, I’ll start a little blog.” Vegas Moms Blog also features scrumptious-looking food photos. She links her interest in food back to her heritage and familial ties. “My parents are both from the Philippines, and food is a very big part of our culture. I could never get to the point where people are like, ‘I guess I have to eat,’” she laughs. Bautista also partners with her friends Heather Dweck, Cindy West and Marianne Yoffee on popular Instagram account Las Vegas Food. To Bautista, Instagram isn’t about going viral; it’s about getting other people just as excited about what she’s doing—and eating. “I’m just a fan of food,” she says. “[Las Vegas] used to be the home of the cheap buffets, and we’ve slowly evolved into this amazing food mecca, and there’s room for traditional stuff, too. Las Vegas is like a small town, everybody’s paths cross. So I found a little foodie tribe. I love it, to have people who are just as into food as me.”
Chicken and waffles from Metro Diner by @vegasmomsblog
LINDSAY STEWART @LASVEGASFOODIE Lindsay Stewart self-identifies as a “professional food consumer”—at least that’s what her Instagram bio says. And we agree it has a nice ring to it. The LA ex-pat got her start as an Insta-foodie after she moved to Las Vegas nearly three years ago. “My husband and I we were just interested in all the food options,” she says. “It was really exciting to have everything all in one place. You can travel the world in Vegas with food.” Stewart began documenting her dining escapades on her social media profile, but it didn’t take off right away. “We were eating at a lot of steakhouses, but the steakhouses are pretty dark, so my photos didn’t turn out the greatest,” she laughs. “Then we started branching out, going off the Strip and really finding those hidden gems. Everyone thinks Las Vegas is just this gambling place for parties and stuff, but there’s so much more.” As for the food, Stewart can’t get enough of brunch—she recommends Giada for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and she’s particularly fond of a few off-Strip treasures. “I love DW Bistro, [and] I also recently went to Americana for brunch, and it blew my mind.”
Sushi burgers at Jjanga Steak & Sushi by @lasvegasfoodie
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SHOOTING A PERFECTLY DELICIOUS ’GRAM Ask any Instagram pro for tips on snapping better photos, and the first thing they’ll tell you is, it’s all about the lighting, guaranteed. “Good lighting is key,” says Emily Romero of @EatMeLasVegas. She also recommends playing with angles and finding what works best for your taste. “Photograph food the way you’d want to see it,” she says. The truly dedicated Instagrammers might want to up the ante even more. A handheld Enevu cube light ($30) can add ambient, soft light to dark restaurant settings, especially steakhouses. Others keep portable tables in their cars, so they can arrange multiple items in one, delicious, viral-worthy frame. And just how do these foodies juggle so many tacos at once without dropping them? A taco holder, of course. Order one online from Amazon or Bed Bath & Beyond. “It’s ridiculously foodiegeeky,” says Paul Ryu of @RyuSauce, but it works. Most foodies will scope out the best seat in the house with the best natural lighting for the best shot, but when indoor lighting won’t do—follow the lead of Edward Thompson, aka @VegasFoodBaron: Grab your plate and head outdoors. Just make sure to tell the wait staff ahead of time—you don’t want anyone thinking you’re about to dine and ditch. –Leslie Ventura
Kaya toast from Flock & Fowl by @happytummy_702
Korean shrimp tacos from Craft Kitchen by @ryusauce
Matcha taiyaki from Recess Italian Ice by @ninser_the_foodie
Assorted cupcakes from Showboy BakeShop by @ninser_the_foodie
Hot Beast Burger from Truffles n Bacon Cafe by @happytummy_702
Fries from Dirt Dog Las Vegas by @amberallurecupcakes
“Know what your style is,” Amber Allure says, and don’t overdo it on the filters. “Follow accounts that inspire you, and make sure you engage with your followers.”
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Elnino Felipe @Ninser_the_foodie Known by his friends as “Nins,” Elnino Felipe has always loved food, but it wasn’t until social media that he realized how serious he was about the dining grind. Among the first batch of Yelpers in Las Vegas, Felipe was an elite member for years before he decided it was too much to maintain while working as a medic. “It was getting overwhelming,” he says. “I wanted to focus on pictures.” Felipe calls Instagram “an interesting escape” from his daily routine—the complete opposite of his shifts at the hospital. Given his busy schedule, it’s a surprise he finds time to post every day, but he makes it happen. “My friends are like, ‘You drive all across town for food?’ And I’m like, ‘Yes, I will waste gas just to get food’,” he says, smiling. “A lot of people don’t understand that. We’re not eating hot food or warm food anymore. We want that shot. It’s the sacrifice we make. It’s a passion. Sometimes I really just want to eat the food, but I can’t help it.” Felipe doesn’t play favorites, but he’s definitely got love for different area codes. “Vegas is my hometown, but LA is my foodie playground,” he says. “I’m hoping they’ll bring more stuff from LA. There’s so much potential [here].” His weakness? The food scene Downtown—and anything involving dessert. “I love ice cream and anything that’s colorful, sweet and vibrant,” he says.
Amber Allure @ A m b e r A l l u r e C u p ca k e s You could call this Vegas mom a triple threat—she bakes, does makeup and she also has a thing for fast cars—but like most Instagrammers, she’s humble about where her success has taken her. “I first started because of my home-based baking business,” Allure says. “Instagram was a way to show my work and get more customers. I got into beauty along the way and followed all these accounts that inspired me, and I recently got into food blogging and lifestyle.” As a stay-at-home mom, Allure says she made her Instagram account as a way to make use of her time, to take her passion projects to new heights while keeping her sights on her family. “I love planning parties for my kids, so I just decided to learn [how to bake]. It all just really started out as a hobby, but it’s taken me so far.” It’s rare that the social-media star isn’t at an event, working on her next post or hitting up one of her favorite spots like Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, Zuma and Paina Cafe. “I love hanging out with groups that inspire myself and other women, and I love hanging out with all the food bloggers. I want to work with more people, collaborate with more people and share my passion.”
Suzy Hendrix @happytummy_702 Like most food-obsessed folks, Suzy Hendrix used to post her photos to Facebook religiously. “Then I started to realize [that] maybe my friends and family aren’t as interested in food as I am,” she laughs. “I actually got a couple comments like, ‘You know Suzy, I’m on a diet. I don’t know if I can keep you on my feed.’ That’s what first triggered the idea to put it on a different platform,” she says. When Hendrix created Happy Tummy 702, she didn’t know anything about Instagram, or the potential it had. “I didn’t know hashtags. I just posted because I wanted to post. I told nobody, none of my friends,” she says. “It still surprises me to this day that my account has evolved to that. It’s really cool to see what opportunities it brings.” It has allowed her to follow other interests, including photography. “I took a couple of classes to learn about exposure and shutter speeds and things like that,” says Hendrix, who switches between her Cannon and her iPhone to get great shots. “It depends on what the food calls for,” she says, although she admits there’s no formula for figuring out which photos will go viral, and which ones won’t. “Of course you want it well-liked,” Hendrix says, but to her it’s all about the comments—that “somebody actually took a moment. To me, it speaks volumes.”
Paul Ryu @ R y u Sa u c e He’s known among the foodies for “the Ryu tilt”—the angle at which he takes most of his photos, making each one really pop. Originally from South Korea, Paul Ryu moved to Santa Barbara, California, as an international student when he was just 13. With no adult supervision, Ryu did what any teenager would do. He partied … a lot. The food thing, he says, came much later in his life, and has served as a constant thread for the newlywed and his wife, Mindi. That passion developed out of the couple’s love for Asian food, and it has only grown from there. “Korean food and all that stuff is something that I’m just naturally into,” he says. “I was that guy that was embarrassed of my fridge when I was young because it had kimchi in it and my friends would make fun of me. Now it’s the coolest thing.” See that set of perfectly manicured nails in all his photos? Those belong to Mindi—and her hands have become an Instagram institution—not just on Ryu’s account, but on everyone else’s, too. As for the couple’s foodie fame? “I’m not thinking about what leverage I have,” Ryu says. “I’m here for the food. … Maybe I can make a mark in the restaurant industry, that this guy helped our restaurant come from here to here.”
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Culinary curveball Chica’s intensely fresh flavors elevate the Strip’s Latin cuisine By Leslie Ventura p until a few months ago, something was the sweetness, if you desire. missing on the Strip. Now that we have You might be tempted to play it safe by it, we’ll wonder how we’d gone so long ordering the Latin breakfast ($14) or the without. pancetta eggs Benedict ($15), but Chica’s spin That missing link is Chica, the new Latin-inon chicken and waffles ($17) is a must for every spired destination at the Venetian’s restaurant table. Marinated rotisserie chicken straight row. The collaboration between Lorena Garcia from Chica’s traditional Brazilian rodizio sits and John Kunkel’s 50 Eggs, Inc. restaurant atop a house-made five-spice waffle, served with group boasts some of the most spirited cuisine Peruvian peppers and agave syrup. The juicy, in Las Vegas right now. smoky bird mingling with the bold spiciness of The Venezuelan-born Garcia, known for the waffle makes for a memorable combination. her roles on Top Chef Masters and America’s Rooted in the communal experience of sharNext Great Restaurant—and now the first welling and savoring food with friends and family, known Latina chef on the Strip—draws on her Chica takes traditional classics and updates knowledge of Latin American food to unite disthem with Garcia’s fresh style. Grilled corn tinct cuisines from Peru, Venezuela, “lollipops”—shareable pieces of corn Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and more on the cob served with chile pequin, into one cohesive menu. Those fresh lime, butter and cotija cheese—are CHICA flavors are delivered with precision the chef’s take on the popular MexiVenetian, and passion by executive chef Mike can street-style dish elote. And the 702-805-8472. Monday-Friday, Minor of Border Grill and Truck U mushroom quesadilla—with Point 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Barbeque fame. Reyes bleu cheese, Oaxacan string Saturday & You’ll have fallen in love with cheese, jalapeño pesto, pickled onSunday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Chica long before you try the food. ions and pungent huitlacoche—nods With its mural-covered cement to celebrated Mexican ingredients. walls, exposed Peruvian ceviche bar, Garcia also uses the traditional Pewood beam ceilings and lush vegetation, the ruvian method of curing hamachi with leche de whimsical dining room transports guests into tigre for the classic ceviche, served with corn, a tropical atmosphere as Latin dance rhythms sweet potato, onion and cilantro. play overhead. From wood-carved tables to Chica really flexes its muscle with the Meyer gold-plated silverware, every detail feels worth lemon-marinated rotisserie chicken ($26 exploring. half, $34 full), slow-roasted and served with a All of this makes brunch at Chica feel espebright Peruvian purple potato salad and a zesty cially celebratory, so a flute of cava (Spanish chimichurri—and the braised Venezuelan-style sparkling wine) is a must before diving into shortrib ($29) with black-eyed peas, herbal epathe menu’s sweet and savory fare. Cinnamon zote oil and pickled onions. and sugar-dusted churros ($15)—filled with If it sounds like a lot, it is. But don’t be espresso crème and garnished with marinated overwhelmed. Chica’s menu is extensive and cherries—are one way to start. You could easily delicious enough to warrant multiple returns. fight over who gets the last one. But that won’t Whether you have friends in from out of town, be necessary with an order of lemon-ricotta a birthday upcoming or you simply need a new doughnuts ($15). The lightly fried dough balls place to brunch, Chica’s the kind of place you’ll aren’t overly sugary, though the wild berry comfind yourself making any excuse to visit—and pote and white chocolate dulce de leche kick up any excuse will do.
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lofty statement given the young star’s stellar output so far—there’s no doubt that Lamar’s live performance has never been bigger or better, as he has graduated to selling out arenas across the country. His current show is all-Kendrick—no extras onstage, no over-the-top production, just an artist at his peak delivering the entirety of his latest work, with plenty of past hits and favorites mixed in. Of his second tour stop in Brooklyn, The New Yorker wrote: “He did not perform with a band or with hype men, and managed the massive Barclays stage on his own. He seemed to
have forgotten about the film behind him, about his costume. The visual busyness of the stage only emphasized how Lamar’s fiercely concentrated stage presence can overwhelm all activity around him. His delivery is a testament to the enduring power of an unvarnished rap performance.” Kendrick Lamar with Travis Scott and D.R.A.M. at T-Mobile Arena, August 5.
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he Killers opened T-Mobile Arena on the Strip last year—even performing with Wayne Newton—and that seemed like the most right-now Vegas thing that could ever happen. But the band might have outdone itself this week when it played in front of Caesars Palace Monday night, launching new album Wonderful Wonderful (due September 22) and a tour with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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A crowd of thousands packed the sweltering asphalt lot in front of the iconic resort—many local Las Vegans and longtime Killers fans—while VIPs watched the show from Omnia’s Strip-front terrace. Tourists stopped in their tracks on the Boulevard to get a glimpse of the action, while more fans grabbed a spot at Flamingo’s Margaritaville balcony or the Vortex at the nearby Linq. The Killers stormed through fresh hit “The Man”—twice, actually, as this was a TV taping— before unleashing new single “Run for Cover,” a hard-charging rock anthem. With Kimmel duties wrapped up, the hometown heroes proceeded to plaster the Strip with more than an hour of music, stampeding through their greatest hits. Brandon Flowers took his time telling stories between songs, explaining how some Killers favorites were born from answering machine messages he’d leave for guitarist Dave Keuning, and asking drummer Ronnie Vannucci just how long his mother worked as a cocktail waitress in Caesars’ casino, just steps away. When they finally signed off with “Mr. Brightside,” a hot summer Monday night had turned into a fan appreciation party, and another memorable Vegas moment for the Killers. The next one could happen Super Bowl weekend, when their tour brings them back home, to MGM Grand Garden Arena. –Brock Radke
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But the fact that he’s obviously a huge hip-hop fan has only endeared him to new audiences. Sheeran is known for crafting catchy singalong tunes but also for covering his favorite hits with just his voice and guitar, including “We Found Love” by Rihanna and Calvin Harris, “Drunk in Love” by Beyoncé, “No Diggity” by Blackstreet (which he actually mashed up with Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop”) and “Coco” by O.T. Genasis.
Add these gems to Sheeran’s recent cameo on Game of Thrones and the fact that his album Divide was named the U.K.’s biggest selling entertainment product in 2017 ahead of the home-cinema release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and this singer-songwriter qualifies as a real pop-culture phenomenon. Ed Sheeran with James Blunt at T-Mobile Arena, August 4.
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or a modern-day singersongwriter, Joshua Keith Ostrander sure loves touting a boombox. Peruse any of his social media accounts and you’ll see images of him hauling his set of speakers like a lifelong best friend. For the uninitiated, the image probably screams “DJ/producer,” but those who’ve gotten a taste of Ostander’s sound know the image signifies a lifelong dedication to music, which accelerated after he left his band Eastern Conference Champions as it was about to sign to a major label. Now using the moniker Mondo Cozmo, Ostrander has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, played in Quebec for 100,000 people, opened for Bastille on a six-week run and locked in a spot at Lollapalooza and a support slot for Spoon—all before releasing a proper album. Mondo Cozmo cherry-picks the relatable, everyman messages of folkrock greats like Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger, and packages them with style and gusto. “Shine,” the breakout hit, features a simple four-chord melody intermingling acoustic and electric guitars beneath Ostrander’s distinct vocal twang. “People write to me almost daily about how the song has helped them push through
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game-changing entertainment development in Vancouver is coming soon, and it’ll have plenty of Las Vegas flavor. Parq Vancouver is set to open this fall in the British Columbian city’s downtown district, a LEED Gold Standard development that includes two luxury lifestyle hotels—Western Canada’s first JW Marriott Hotel and first-to-market Autograph Collection Hotel concept the Douglas—along with 72,000 square feet of casino space, a 30,000-square-foot rooftop park, meeting and event space and eight restaurants and lounges crafted
and curated by award-winning Las Vegas-based restaurateurs Elizabeth Blau and chef Kim Canteenwalla. Among the restaurant offerings: a Vancouver version of Honey Salt, serving farm-to-table cuisine in a warm, welcoming environment; BC Kitchen, a classic comfort food bar; the Victor, a seafood and steakhouse boasting impressive views of the water and downtown skyline; and 1886, named for the year Vancouver’s Chinatown first emerged and specializing in dishes from Canton, Szechuan, Hunan and Shanghai. Bar and lounge concepts include D/6,
an indoor/outdoor sky bar on the sixth floor of the Douglas, and Lotus Whiskey and Tea Lounge, an exotic and sophisticated destination adjacent to the high-limit gaming area. Years in the works, the Parq Vancouver food and beverage portfolio is sure to parallel the overall experience with a distinct, multicultural voice that reflects its dynamic city.
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riods in that time where I just didn’t want to drink, and there’s not many options at bars to get a juice or some coconut water or a good latte or tea.” Inspired by a vegan restaurant he stumbled upon in Salt Lake City, Gomez decided to create a cool, comfortable and bohemian space with freshsqueezed juices and smoothies—not to mention a full bar. In the evening, Juicy Beets turns its focus to house events, making it the perfect lounge space. “You can dance and have a great time, or you can still have a conversation and feel the music and groove to it.”
The owners plan on launching a food menu in the coming months; in the meantime, guests can order from adjacent Indian restaurant Urban Turban. “Nowadays, we have more friends that are more into juicing and more into taking care of themselves,” Gomez says. “How can you help your friends stay healthy?” Juicy Beets is a good start. Juicy Beets, 3900 Paradise Road, 702-826-3217. –Leslie Ventura
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the banoffee pie.” Indeed, the classic English treat made with bananas, cream and toffee should not be missed. Other standouts include the “fork and knife” fondue burger, Creekstone Farms Black Angus beef on brioche smothered in mushrooms, onions and bacon; creative salads like mixed heirloom tomatoes with grilled ciabatta; chicken-fried duck confit with maple and sherry vinegar; and the stone-fired shepherds pie, made traditionally with lamb and a mashed potato crust. Robert Irvine’s Public House is off to a quick start, thanks to its Strip-front
location at the Tropicana. The star chef says that’s just the start at the iconic Vegas property. “They’ve put a lot of money into this place, and they’re really restoring the luster of it,” Irvine says. “This restaurant and the rooms and suites is really only the first part. I’ve seen the plans, and it’s really cool. I’m just glad to be part of a company that has the same feelings about food as I do.” Robert Irvine’s Public House at the Tropicana, 702-739-2307; daily 11 a.m.-11 p.m. –Brock Radke
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8/3 DJ Esco. 8/4 Jeremih. 8/6 DJ Franzen. 8/10 DJ Esco. 8/12 T.I. 8/13 Rae Sremmurd. 8/18 Big Boi. 8/19 Miguel. 8/20 Kyle. Cromwell, Tue, Thu-Sun, 702-777-3800. EM BASSY 3355 Procyon St, Thu-Sat, 702-609-6666. RO O M
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8/4 DJ Shift. 8/5 Tiësto. 8/6 Zedd. 8/11 DJ Shift. 8/12 Calvin Harris. 8/13 Tiësto. 8/18 DJ Shift. 8/19 Martin Garrix. 8/20 Kaskade. MGM Grand, Thu-Mon, 702-891-3563.
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8/4 Thievery Corporation. 8/6 Flow Tribe & New Brass Band. 8/11 Dead Cross. 8/20 Cracker. 8/25 J Boog. 8/28 The Fixx. 8/29 Simple Plan. 9/1-9/2 Viva Ras Vegas with the Expendables, Long Beach Dub Allstars & more. 9/6 X. 9/14 Lil Yachty. 9/15 Catfish & The Bottlemen. 9/16 Bob Saget. 9/20 The Magpie Salute. 9/23 Danzig. 9/24 Metal Alliance Tour. 9/28 Motionless in White. 9/29 Make America Rock Again. 9/30 Andrew W.K. 10/4 Chronixx. 10/6 Jon Bellion. 10/12 Father John Misty. 10/13 The Church. 10/20 Run the Jewels. 10/21 In This Moment. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695.
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8/3 Gentlemens Club. 8/4 Crown the Empire. 8/11 Slow to Surface. 8/18-8/20 Psycho Las Vegas. 8/24 Terravita. 9/8 SZA. 9/21 Zakk Sabbath. 9/28 Andy Mineo. 9/30 Ellismania 14 Afterparty. 10/20 Nothing More. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
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Arts & entertainment Bars with a notoriously heavy pour
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If you live in the neighborhood, you know this Downtown dive for its stiff drinks and that timetravel feel when you realize the sun is up … and you’re still there. 1116 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-384-7377.
Catch a show (like the Rap Is Fun anniversary gig on August 5), mingle on the patio and get some extra bang for your buck with Bunkhouse’s famously strong wells. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764.
There are drink specials every day at this Westernthemed gay bar ($2 wells on Saturdays), and the cocktails come in pint glasses. ’Nuff said. 953 E. Sahara Ave. #22B, 702-792-9262.
The handy skull key helps patrons decide just how blitzed they want to get. Will it be a three-skull Sea Hag or a fiveskull Fink Bomb? The choice is yours. 1712 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-386-3110.
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riot GEAR Detroit unevenly dramatizes important history By Josh Bell he third collaboration between director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, Detroit is less focused and powerful than their previous two films (The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty), although it’s no less meticulously researched, with moments of great impact. Set mostly during the Detroit riots of 1967, the movie begins with a clumsy animated montage giving a truncated history lesson about African-American migration to northern industrial cities and white migration to the suburbs. That dull, educational tone doesn’t extend to the rest of the movie, which aims to put viewers alongside the black residents of Detroit as they rebel against police brutality and economic inequality. For the first 40 minutes or so, the story checks in with a range of characters, first showing the inciting incident of the riots (a raid at an illegal after-hours club), then moving through growing violence and an appeal by Congressman John Conyers to stop the destruction. Eventually Bigelow and Boal focus the movie on a single notorious event, the murders of three young men at the Algiers Motel on the third night of the riots. The movie spends more than an hour on this tense standoff, as a group of local cops led by the sadistic, unhinged Officer Krauss (Will Poulter) rounds up and torments several black
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Eleven years have passed since Al Gore preached the dangers of climate change in the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, and there’s been both good and bad news since then. On the positive side, humanity has belatedly taken real steps to solve the problem, even if our current president seems determined to unilaterally reverse course here in the U.S. On the negative side, we’re still potentially doomed, and extreme weather patterns are already wreaking significant havoc around the globe. Well aware that An Inconvenient Truth helped sound the alarm, Gore now returns with An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, in which he once again attempts to convey just how urgent the situation is. By this time, though, almost anyone who’s persuadable has long since been persuaded. Making a follow-up doc is a bit like someone pressing the elevator button again in the hope that doing so will somehow speed things along. An Inconvenient Truth, it’s clear in retrospect, derived much of its power from the banal homeliness of its presentation. Gore had so many facts and figures to impart that there was no time for “cinema”; that movie consists almost entirely of the same PowerPoint lecture he was touring the country with at the time. Sequel functions more like a normal documentary, which makes it at once more visually compelling and less rhetorically arresting. There’s still some dry PowerPoint material, but we also accompany Gore to places like Greenland (to stare in horror at melting ice sheets) and Paris (where he takes part in negotiations for the worldwide agreement that Trump recently announced we’ll no longer honor). The film also spends a surprising amount of time “humanizing” Gore, hoping that skeptical viewers will be more receptive if they warm to him as a person. Indeed, at times it’s possible to forget that you’re watching a documentary about climate change and not a documentary portrait of Al Gore. Seeing him get angry about the world’s inaction makes him more relatable, but “I told you so—why didn’t you listen?!” isn’t an especially productive message, and it’s all that An Inconvenient Sequel really has to offer.
aaccc AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: Truth to Power Directed by Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen. Rated PG. Opens Friday in select theaters.
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Pugh’s Katherine stews in her immorality. (Roadside Attractions/Courtesy)
They love the ’90s Period comedy Landline exudes warmth and likability
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Set, delightfully but for no apparent reason, in 1995, Gillian Robespierre’s Landline is a laid-back comedy about a family in slow-motion distress, and it takes a little while to put all its pieces in place. Even if it’s not as bracing as Robespierre’s first collaboration with star Jenny Slate, 2014’s Obvious Child, it’s still warm and funny and heartfelt, with great affection for both its characters and its era. Recalling Woody Allen’s better movies of the same time period, Landline stars Slate as Dana Jacobs, a fledgling music journalist who hasn’t quite figured out how to be an adult. Struggling in her relationship with her wellmeaning boyfriend (Jay Duplass), Dana moves back into her family’s New York City apartment, where she bonds with her teenage sister Ali (Abby Quinn) and feels caught in the middle of her parents’ possibly crumbling marriage. The movie is more about family togetherness than it is about secrets and lies, though, and Robespierre creates a messy and relatable set of characters in the Jacobs family (including John Turturro and Edie Falco as the parents). Slate and newcomer Quinn have fabulous chemistry as sisters, and while Dana has plenty of romantic troubles, the sibling bond is what gives the movie its charm and appeal. –Josh Bell
aaabc landline Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn, Edie Falco. Directed by Gillian Robespierre. Rated R. Opens Friday at Village Square.
MURDER ON THE MOORS A young wife comes undone in Lady Macbeth by josh bell hen she first appears at the beginning of fling roles for women in 19th-century England? Lady Macbeth, Katherine Lester (Florence Or is she just a straight-up sociopath? Alice Pugh) seems meek and abashed. Director Birch’s script, based on the 1865 novel by RusWilliam Oldroyd keeps his camera close on sian writer Nikolai Leskov, keeps the answers Katherine’s face during her wedding to Alexander to those questions a mystery, and Oldroyd’s (Paul Hilton), as she can barely even muster the direction and Pugh’s performance encourage fortitude to sing a hymn. Later, as her the ambiguity, even as Katherine husband barks orders at her in the remains fierce and mesmerizing. bedroom, she seems like she wants Oldroyd captures the bleak AAABC nothing more than to disappear. But emptiness of Katherine’s LADY Katherine is the opposite of meek, surroundings, along with the endless MACBETH as the movie and Pugh’s fearsome boredom of her lifestyle, sitting Florence Pugh, performance soon make clear. Left around a dank, dreary house all day Cosmo Jarvis, Naomi Ackie. at her seaside English country estate with nothing to do and no one to talk Directed by while her husband and his even more to. The rigid class structure creates William Oldroyd. unpleasant father Boris (Christopher distance between Katherine and Rated R. Opens Friday at Green Fairbank) are away on business, her maid Anna (Naomi Ackie), who Valley Ranch Katherine impulsively starts a heated eventually becomes an unwitting and Village affair with Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis), a accomplice and tragic victim of Square. groomsman on the property. Katherine’s misdeeds. Katherine Emboldened by her newfound pastakes a sort of sadistic (but also sion, she openly flaunts her adultery, and then self-destructive) pleasure in defying every events take a darker turn once first her fatherstandard of her gender and social class, and the in-law and later her husband return home. Is movie never flinches as she tears her stable but Katherine righteously rebelling against the stioppressive life to pieces.
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Believe it Soft-rock hero Michael McDonald suddenly has indie cred
By Annie Zaleski
hen Thundercat sought out collaborators for his latest album, Drunk, he turned to such modern heavy hitters as Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa and Pharrell. On the song “Show You the Way,” however, the cosmic producer landed a couple of seasoned icons: yacht-rock patron saints Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald. The resulting collaboration is appropriately smooth—after all, the duo cowrote the indelible Grammy winner “What a Fool Believes”—and sounds beamed in from a vintage episode of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40. But McDonald’s golden-voiced, soulful warbling fits the vibe of the song, and his reverb-slathered solo parts add gravitas. Yet “Show You the Way” isn’t a case of McDonald being dragged into the studio as a
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token veteran artist. As Thundercat told Red Bull Music Academy, the creative collaboration was profoundly rewarding. “[McDonald] would go through so many ideas and have so much to offer. The minute you would say, ‘Do that again,’ he’d be like, ‘Do what?’ It was magical, just to see it. Then he was like, ‘Let me take it home for a little while.’ He would send me a voice memo, and I would break down crying, man.” McDonald, who hits Star of the Desert Arena in Primm on August 5, has that effect on musicians. Just ask indie band Grizzly Bear, which tapped him for guest vocals on 2009 song “While You Wait for the Others,” or R&B singer Solange, who enlisted him to duet on “What a Fool Believes” with her at a Florida festival earlier this year. The snow-haired crooner been gently lampooned over the years—
notably in an SCTV sketch involving singing backup for Christopher Cross—but, in creative circles, the St. Louis native is widely respected these days. It helps that McDonald’s solo work and contributions to the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan are unironically hip again. That’s thanks in part to the electronic-based vaporwave movement, whose beachy approach sounds indebted to soft rock, not to mention the proliferation of yacht-rock tribute bands (see: The Guilty Pleasures) and happy hours, like LA’s Soft Rock Sunday. In fact, this breezy music, long maligned for its smoothness, has been embraced for its warm production and pristine harmonies. That the vinyl revival has given these records new life is the umbrella in the tropical drink.
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SHOEGAZE 101 BRUSH UP ON THE SWIRLIES, BEFORE THEY HIT DOWNTOWN ho: Formed in Valentine-indebted tense noise Cambridge, bursts and a combination Massachusetts, The of ethereal (Carmody) and Swirlies were one of the conspiratorial (Tutunjian) most beloved indie-shoegaze acts vocals. Also, don’t sleep on during the 1990s. The group’s 1996’s They Spent Their Wild gnarled, lo-fi sound was anchored Youthful Days in the Glittering initially by guitarist/vocalists World of the Salons, a record Seana Carmody and Damon whose furious guitars and Tutunjian, who coaxed out loopy electronic detours are splintered, off-kilter tones from confidently weird. their respective instruments. Kindred spirits to the fuzz-pop What’s new? In 2016, the band band Velocity Girl, The Swirlies released a new song, “Fantastic have weathered countless Trumpets Forever,” on a limitedlineup changes edition flexi-disc, while THE SWIRLIES over the years, with the label Taang! reissued with Cruel Summer, Winter, Blonder Tongue Audio Carmody leaving Homebodys. the group in 1994. Baton on vinyl. Beyond August 5, 8 p.m., Incredibly, however, that, the group tours only $15. Beauty Bar, 702-598-3757. the band has never sporadically: In 2013, actually broken up. The Swirlies paired up for dates with Kurt Vile and Key releases: The Swirlies’ the Violators, while this current, scrappy early work—including brief run marks the band’s first and especially distortionWest Coast dates in 14 years. As scribbled 1992 EP What to she has done several times over Do About Them, which boasts the years, Carmody rejoined the unsettled sound samples and group for some dates in 2015, plenty of riotous hiss—embodies but she isn’t along for this trek. The Swirlies’ askew approach. Original members Tutunjian The group’s 1993 full-length, and Andy Bernick (bass), along Blonder Tongue Audio Baton, is with long-time drummer Adam widely considered a shoegaze Pierce, will be there, however. classic, courtesy of My Bloody –Annie Zaleski
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For his part, McDonald seems game to poke fun at himself and his role in this movement. On an episode of 30 Rock, he proudly belted out the line, “This country has 600 million kidneys/And we really only need half” during a fake charity single, and he once sang on a late-night show with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, both dressed like him. But McDonald has also kept an open mind to new sounds: In a recent Stereogum interview, he praised Mac DeMarco’s “original musicality” and Father John Misty’s lyrics. He also revealed that he recently recorded
an “EDM track” with Nile Rodgers and a DJ from Ireland. McDonald’s forthcoming new album, Wide Open, is more traditional. It’s far from staid, however: The record, due out September 15, is a well-crafted collection of funk-flecked smooth jazz (“Find It In Your Heart,” “Blessing in Disguise”), harmonica-laced blues-rock (“Half Truth”) and, yes, some prime ’80s R&B rave-ups (“Hurt Me”). Wide Open plays like an unassuming encapsulation of what McDonald has always done well: keep his head down, sing his heart out and let his voice do the heavy lifting.
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f you ever saw Ted Rader perform with The Mad Caps, you’d hardly recognize him now. But behind the long hair and flowing vintage tunic is, in fact, the former singer and guitarist for the once-heralded Vegas band. Gone is the short-haired 24-year-old who howled his way across Downtown stages—along with former bandmate Jonathan Realmuto—before the pair took The Mad Caps to Seattle in 2011. The Rader who returned last month says he’s ready to embark on a new musical journey. No longer tied to the rockabilly and blues sounds at the heart of The Mad Caps, Rader has evolved from garage-rock frontman to psychedelic iconoclast—a reflection of his time in the Pacific Northwest. Palpable in his latest demos, the musician’s heavy fretwork and signature yelps remain present, but they’re now buried beneath layers of droning distortion. In 2015, The Mad Caps went their separate ways, and Rader moved to Portland to form a new band called Rader (featuring fellow Vegas ex-pat Andrew Yeghiazarian on bass). That group was gearing up to record a full-length earlier this year when Ted Rader’s mother suffered a heart attack, bringing the musician back to town. (His mom has since made a full recovery, but Rader, 30, says his move back is permanent.)
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Now, Rader plans to release his Portland project’s final songs as an EP, which will mark the official end of that band. He’s got a new lineup, featuring James Norman (drums) and Jose Torres (bass) and plans to record and perform as Ted Rader from now on—in part to avoid confusion with another Vegas import. “Knowing that Las Vegas was adopting the Raiders soon, I just don’t want to put up with that,” he laughs. “In a selfish way, it’s easier for me to just use my own name to put out my own music however and whenever I want.” Since returning, Rader has been enlisted to produce the debut album by local psych outfit The Acid Sisters, and his Brian Eno-inspired solo synth project Inhuman Again has recordings waiting in the wings. “Inhuman Again was an attempt to totally do the opposite of what I had told myself to do. It’s all fake instruments, computers. I always thought, You record on tape, you record live. It’s got to be like Sun Studios, and then I realized that was bullsh*t.” Most significantly, with The Mad Caps and Rader (the band) in the rearview, he has his sights set on returning to the stage with his new band and new sound. “I love a ton of different music. It was just nice to finally be able to let music breathe,” he says. “The Mad Caps were very based out of ’50s music … now I’m just slowly progressing into the next decade.”
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Nothing doing Arcade Fire’s fifth album is the band’s first dud Arcade Fire wisely sets up its gusto on which Arcade Fire new album and its best song— established itself. the title track—with a gauzy, Two songs manage to resoanticipatory introduction. That nate nonetheless: the title track piece more or less repeats at and the midtempo “Put Your album’s end and conMoney on Me,” both alnects with the almost luring ABBA homages identical intro once aided by Daft Punk’s the album returns to Thomas Bangalter. But the beginning, renderthey sit at opposite ing Everything Now a ends of the album, never-ending cycle. A which results in a giant great trick for a great sagging middle secalbum, which this is tion. “Signs of Life” is decidedly not. a flimsy funk number The Montreal sexthat clumsily apes Abccc tet’s fifth longplayer Blondie. “Peter Pan” ARCADE FIRE is also its first dud, and “Chemistry” shoedelivered to the world horn in the Jamaican Everything Now after a maddening and Haitian musical promotional campaign that went touchstones used to more purinto satire overload. Everything poseful and less awkward effect Now is the band’s statement on 2013’s Reflektor. And weakon consumerism, both material ening the whole effort is frontand digital, and the increasing man Win Butler’s flat, lifeless emptiness of our current culture, vocals and shallow lyricism. As but its message is made hollow irony would have it, Everything by dissatisfying songs that lack Now sounds as vacuous as the cohesion and fail to deliver the very culture it critiques. instrumental and emotional –Mike Prevatt
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Dre, left, and Iovine. (Courtesy HBO)
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Ones To Watch? When Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine collide, the end result feels … unsettling he Defiant Ones is the weirdest thing I’ve seen on TV tion about his early DJ days is a trip. Recalling the moment in some time. A four-part HBO docuseries about the when Dre seamlessly mixed the Motown classic “Please Mr. fruitful business union of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, Postman” with a new beat (“Jive Rhythm Trax 122”), club it starts out like typical showbiz puffery (let’s hire a owner Alonzo Williams says, “It was like some musical, bunch of people to say how great we are!), then it gets really magical sh*t. People were still groovin’. They were groovin’ good (as does most anything involving SoCal rock confused, though!” Dre also apologizes for assaultand hip-hop in the ’80s), before finishing off with ing TV host Dee Barnes in 1991: “Any man who puts a boring final hour in which Dre and Iovine all but his hands on a female is out of his f*cking mind. fellate each other. Hardly essential viewing, it’s also And I was out of my f*cking mind at the time.” not a waste of your time. In fact, if you need a place to It’s tough being a woman in Iovine’s world, too. vent all your summertime anger, The Defiant Ones is As a budding engineer/producer, he puts up with highly therapeutic. Springsteen spending three weeks just to get a drum I almost didn’t make it through the first 15 sound right. But when Stevie Nicks dares to express minutes. Unless you consider Apple’s multibilliona thought, he jumps down her throat and says she’s Cultural dollar deal with Beats Electronics, the headphones acting like “group of lawyers.” Then he fills Nicks’ deattachment but, Bella Donna, with platinum males (Tom Petty, company co-founded by Dre and Iovine, to be a by smith significant development in 21st-century history, The Don Henley), convinced she’s going to come out with galtney Defiant Ones doesn’t exactly kick off with a bang. “this beautiful record with lace and veils and candles There’s lots of hot air blowing from the likes of Bono all over it, and one one’s gonna hear it.” (She was only and Will.i.am and Eminem, the latter of whom the star of the biggest-selling band in the world, spouts crap like, “Jimmy Iovine is the levitator, Dr. Dre is the Jimmy.) Much worse, due to their secret romance, he makes innovator.” Director Allen Hughes aims for profundity with her hide in the basement when Tom Petty comes over! Isn’t slick editing and Ennio Morricone’s theme from The UnIovine due for an apology of his own? Nope, all the women touchables. But nothing can ease the fact that Iovine is one of in his life—Patti Smith, Gwen Stefani, the wives—just wax those senior-aged billionaires who still wears a baseball cap about his genius and how it needs room to flower. backwards—i.e. a profoundly annoying presence. The last hour of The Defiant Ones loads up on blowhard Things get interesting once the focus turns to Dre. malarkey—Dre is “the best that ever was,” he and Iovine Whether he’s fiddling with the tracks for Marvin Gaye’s built Beats “from nothing”— so much that your mind “I Want You” inside his home studio or blasting Nirvana inevitably wanders onto other topics. Like, what is it that and Kraftwerk while lounging in his tropical compound, makes Dre so endearing and Iovine so grating? By show’s Dre comes off as utterly likeable—a music lover who just end, Dre is a changed man. Iovine, meanwhile, remains happened to get stinking rich doing what he loves. The secan eternal douche.
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“Dan Sheng (Birth)” by Laurens Tan. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
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BABEL ON Laurens Tan's Babalogic offers vehicles of communication By Dawn-Michelle Baude ickshaws, ideograms and a pagoda: Clark County Government Center’s Rotunda Gallery has never been so beholden to the East. Laurens Tan’s Babalogic in the Desert (up through September 1) brings China to Nevada in a show exploring the effects of cultural contact between Asia and the Englishspeaking West. With two large sculptures—one a bright Chinese red, the other a pure enamel white—and two videos, Tan’s works have a fresh, disarming feel. As multicultural as his work, Tan was born in Holland to Chinese parents, and raised in Indonesia and Australia. He now divvies his time between Sydney, Beijing and Las Vegas. The problems of communicating in foreign languages are the springboard for the show’s theme. Using Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel’s iconic work “The Tower of Babel” (1563) as inspiration, Babalogic replaces mankind’s yearning to reach God in the Biblical story of Babel with a contemporary allegory of cultural assimilation. Since 2009, Tan
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