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Bryan Ferry lands at the Chelsea on August 17. (Chris Pizzello/AP)
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WE RISE TOUR AT HOUSE OF BLUES CNN commentator Van Jones headlines this feel-good traveling symposium of public figures, artists and athletes discussing how to better strengthen and engage with one’s community. All ticket proceeds help fund the socioeconomic initiatives of Jones’ Dream Corps nonprofit and benefit local charities. $13-$58. –Mike Prevatt
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BLACK & WHITE PARTY AT HARD ROCK HOTEL Home is where the best party is, and after trying something new at Aria for its big 30th anniversary event last year, AFAN’s annual fundraising soiree returns— with a New Orleans theme this year—to its longtime headquarters at the Hard Rock. It’s never a good idea to skip this one. $65-$125. –Brock Radke
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Bryan Ferry at the Chelsea It’s safe to assume you already know a few things about Bryan Ferry. Perhaps you’ve heard the monster 1985 hit “Slave to Love,” the first single Ferry released after disbanding Roxy Music in 1983. (You have, even if you think you haven’t. “Slave to Love” has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including 9 1/2 Weeks and American Horror Story: Freak Show.) Or maybe you know him from the various incarnations of Roxy Music—the glam outfit that included Brian Eno and made the avant-garde classics “Virginia Plain” and “Re-Make/Re-Model,” or the soulful version of the group that recorded such durable art-pop as “More Than This” and “Dance Away.” But there’s another aspect to Ferry. The 71-year-old is the last of the legitimate crooners—a singer’s singer who has recorded roughly as many covers as he has originals, putting his exquisite vocal to songs by Bob Dylan, Cole Porter and even The Smiths. (Drop what you’re doing and cue up 1987’s “The Right Stuff,” a remake of “Money Changes Everything” that features Johnny Marr.) Ferry savors good songwriting as some do fine wines; his covers are more like tastings. Also, he allies himself with terrific collaborators; he’s recorded with David Gilmour, Nile Rodgers, Jonny Greenwood and more. (He also continues to work with his former Roxy Music bandmates, including Eno.) It’s that Ferry who’s visiting the Chelsea. And you’ll enjoy savoring what he’s selling. With Judith Owen. $49-$89. –Geoff Carter
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Opulent & Beach paintings AT Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Matte and high gloss. Two female artists play with surfaces in a joint show up now. In Opulent, Lolita Develay (UNLV MFA 2014) uses oil paints and watercolors to depict the world of luxury fashion in Las Vegas. Bright colors and large canvases dazzle the eyes. Mirror-surfaced mannequins pose in elaborate window displays. The effect is so breathtaking, it takes a while for the growing dread of consumerism to boil up behind the beauty. By then, the viewer is already complicit in that which Develay critiques With Beach Paintings, Eva Celin offers calm, matte depictions of midcenturyera playing on the beach. Her images have the warm quality of found vacation snapshots from the 1950s. She has created a world the viewer will want to join. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m. and by appointment, free, 1025 S. 1st St. #155 (inside Art Square), 719-371-5640. –C. Moon Reed
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Graham Chapman would surely chuckle at his comedy troupe’s 1975 low-budget film screening on the Las Vegas Strip … if he weren’t dead. You, meanwhile, are alive, so celebrate by rewatching the cult classic. It’s free, provided you cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with … a herring! Paris Las Vegas. –Spencer Patterson
This is your last chance to catch the alternative South African hip-hop outfit … or maybe it won’t be. After declaring last year that Die Antwoord would release “final album” The Book of Zef this September and then disband, the group has seemingly backtracked a bit. Still, better safe than sorry. $29-$135. –Leslie Ventura
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t has come to pass: Those who worship the sun beyond their pool will want to look up between 9 a.m. and noon on Monday, August 21, when the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun and cause the first total solar eclipse in North America since 1979. That means the sun and its corona (or atmosphere) will be completely blocked. The caveat: Nevada doesn’t sit in the “path of totality,” which cuts an east-to-west swath across the United States and is only 70 miles wide, so just 72 percent of the sun will be covered above Las Vegas. “What you’re gonna see is a dark outline of the moon take a bite out of the sun,” says Andrew Kerr, manager of the College of Southern Nevada Planetarium. Which also means we won’t see the sky dim or the temperature drop to any noticeable effect. View it without torching your corneas: Buy a pair of solar viewer goggles—a typical pair looks like old-school 3D glasses—at your local convenience store, grocer or big box (i.e. Lowe’s), but make sure they’re authorized (sample brands: American Paper Optics, Explore Scientific, TSE 17). Why we seem so stoked about it: Besides eclipses being infrequent and visually impressive scientific phenomena, this one is “the all-American eclipse,” says Kerr. “The only place totality touches is U.S. soil. And so there’s nationalistic pride.” Where to see it: Anywhere. Or head over to the Planetarium, where the offerings include telescopes and glasses for safe viewing, live streams from areas experiencing totality and a 10-minute planetarium show about the sun. And it won’t be the only eclipse gathering in town. “It’s something that happens on rare enough an occasion that when it does, it’s special,” Kerr says. “So you want to do something special with it and share it with people you know.”
Sharknado and Vegas—like peanut butter and jelly The fifth of the ultra-campy Sharknado movies (subtitle: Global Swarming) debuted on the Syfy Channel last week, including a blood-red carpet premiere event at the Linq with stars Ian Ziering and Tara Reid. Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens, which took place partially in Vegas, also premiered here. But now the union of these two unsubtle en-
tertainment institutions will become official as the film series’ producers, the Asylum, are teaming with Caesars Entertainment, Bernie Yuman and others to create Sharknado Live, a musical and multi-sensory experience that plans to put the Strip in the middle of a permanent sharknado. (Venue and opening are TBA.) Are you ready? –Brock Radke
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SHARING THE ROAD Will carpool lanes cure gridlock or just limit freedom? BY C. MOON REED
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Blacked-out sun, won’t you come? (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
HENRIKSEN BUTLER RESEATS ITSELF DOWNTOWN The building looks new. Outside is freshly planted desert landscaping and a handsome midcentury façade; inside is a barrel ceiling with exposed wood trusses and an airy workspace flooded with soft natural light and appointed with Herman Miller chairs. But this is a 62-year-old building at 630 S. 11th St., formerly home to Gamblers Book Shop, that has been completely restored by developer J Dapper for commercial interior design studio Henriksen Butler (hence those Miller chairs). Henriksen Butler CEO David Colling says the move from the longtime Holsum Lofts space was a growth necessity, but also, it’s part of the company’s mission: “[We] find cool buildings that are part of the architectural fabric of the community,” he says. Not coincidentally, HB’s move furthers Dapper’s ongoing drive to renew the area surrounding the Huntridge Theatre. Mission(s) accomplished. –Geoff Carter
Cars star in Nevada’s lone-cowboy, Wild West mythology. Heck, the slogan for Nevada’s tourism campaign is “Don’t Fence Me In.” Our state might be last in education and other civilized amenities, but at least we enjoy ultimate automotive freedom. That is, until the summer of 2019, when the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) plans to take away one of the express lanes on Interstate 15 and turn it into an HOV (highoccupancy vehicle) lane restricted to cars with two or more occupants. It’s part of the $1 billion Project Neon, which will also widen I-15 around Downtown and connect the U.S. 95 carpool lanes with the new ones on the I-15. As a Las Vegas driver with few opportunities to carpool, I was personally offended by this development, one as seemingly wretched as Strip parking fees and the disappearance of comps. Nothing says “fence me in” like a restrictive white line that freedom-loving motorists can’t cross. “We realize it’s going to be a tall order,” says NDOT spokesman Tony Illia. “We’re really looking at a behavioral change in how people approach driving. But the only other option is to not try, and that’s not an option at all for us.” But why are HOV lanes the solution? I was thinking of the countless times I’ve gotten stuck in California or Texas gridlock only to look over and see the HOV lane practically empty. How could this be more efficient? Basically, it’s a numbers game. A general purpose highway lane can handle a max of about 2,000 vehicles an hour, Illia explained. But when there are more cars than lanes, the capacity diminishes by more than half (think of inching along at rush hour). Since it’s impossible to add an infinite number of lanes to the highway—Strip casinos would probably resist being paved over—planners must find other ways to increase the number of travelers on a limited amount of space. “Sure, carpool lanes can be controversial, even irksome, but they can also cut down on highway gridlock,” Illia says. And that will be necessary since traffic is predicted to double in the next 20 years. That is, until self-driving hoverboards arrive.
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EMERGE MUSIC + IMPACT CONFERENCE November 1618, Las Vegas venues. Tickets available now at emergelv.com.
It’s a music fan’s dream: seeing the next Nirvana or Beyoncé up close in a small room, before the rest of the world has caught on. But how to make it happen? If you don’t have unlimited time and money, the odds aren’t good. Unless … someone else with insider info—or better yet, a group of such someones—did the advanced scouting for you, brought 100 quality contenders to one town and staged them over three days for a ticket
price around $200. Enter the Emerge Music + Impact Conference. Blending dynamic music and insightful spoken content—interwoven on the same stages on and around the Las Vegas Strip—the uniquely designed Emerge debuts in mid-November. Which means by year’s end, you could have a dozen or more new favorite bands, and by next year you could be sharing stories with your friends about seeing them first.
A UNIQUE FESTIVAL FORMULA MAKES THE EMERGE MUSIC + IMPACT CONFERENCE A MUST-ATTEND EVENT
THE SHOWCASES Emerge’s three-day November program will feature a series of sessions—each showcasing musicians and speakers, and each centered on a specific, socially relevant theme. Read up on some of those planned topics in the bubbles that follow this one.
SHOWCASE THEME SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER There’s a soundtrack to every social movement. Digging into how music and protest are intertwined.
Dan Reynolds by Amy Sussman/AP Photo; Brandon Flowers by Anton Corbijn; Photo Illustration
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THE HEAVY HITTERS CURATING EMERGE SET THE FIRST-YEAR EVENT APART FROM THE REST BY BROCK RADKE ook at those Imagine Dragons go. as those who are coming to listen—have an incredible “Believer,” which tops three difexperience. This is something that has been needed ferent Billboard rock charts, also for a long time, and Vegas is the place for it.” brought the Vegas-raised band its The Dragons are curators, as are The Killers, first No. 1 on the Adult Pop chart. Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance and And it’s still just the first single world-beating DJ Kaskade, among many other top from June LP Evolve, which gave music-industry names. “We’ve got [Brooklyn Bowl the Dragons a hat trick—three owner] Peter Shapiro, one of the top promoters on albums, three No. 1 debuts on the the planet, and Phil Quist from CAA [Creative ArtTop Rock and Alternative Albums ists Agency] who discovered The Chainsmokers,” charts. The group is about to embark on its biggest tour Emerge founder Rehan Choudhry says. “There’s yet later this month, including its first proper show on Hannah Gold from Interscope Records; Corrie a new home court—T-Mobile Arena on the Strip—on Christopher Martin from Paradigm Talent Agency; September 29. Kirk Sommer, who manages Adele; and Tom It’s hard to believe this band used to gig Windish, who’s universally known as the around the smallest of Vegas venues, emerging music curator, who started like Fremont East’s Beauty Bar and the Windish Agency and is a senior the original O’Sheas Casino. But it partner at Paradigm. SHOWCASE happened. “It seems like it happened in an THEME “As a young band in Las Vegas instant, but we took two years buildSPEED DATING we were really scrounging for ing a program in Las Vegas that is WITH GOD every single thing we could do to Singer-songwriter Jill the collective creative power of the Sobule interviews artists get our band to another level, to most influential people in the music on how faith fuels their find resources to grow and play industry, and that’s never happened music. as much as possible so we could before anywhere on the planet.” create a living doing what we love,” It wasn’t easy to assemble this frontman Dan Reynolds says. “It was Avengers-like team of curators, but once difficult. There were a lot of bands out there everyone understood Emerge’s mission and fighting for the same things and very few conferences why it will stand apart from other music industry and festivals you could get into. We struggled.” gatherings, everything began to fall into place. That struggle is a big reason why Imagine Drag“It’s the easiest thing in the world to start a band, ons are heavily involved in the inaugural Emerge but there are a number of glass ceilings you hit, and Music + Impact Conference, which will showcase more often than not they destroy great careers and 100 up-and-coming musical acts in Las Vegas in artists,” Emerge organizer and talent buyer Mike November with performances and events at venues Henry says. “We trying to solve that and take artists on and near the Strip. we believe need to be impactful and help clear the Another reason the Dragons got involved: Emerge path for them. Once the curators see that’s what isn’t just giving its performers a stage; it’s setting we’re trying to do, we start to get these very personal them up to succeed, thanks to an unmatched list of connections. The process changed from us asking curators who are doing a lot more than picking bands them how we can get their artists involved to them they love. “If you look at the level of organization and asking us, ‘How can we get them to you?’” expertise behind this conference, everyone has been Curators aren’t just curating. Many will also speak involved in this industry for many years, and they during Emerge’s three-day run, and there will be know the pitfalls,” Reynolds says. “They know how to closed-doors sessions between execs and artists to hone make this thing strong and help the artists—as well in on development. “The vast majority will be attend-
ing and lending support to the bands they’ve recommended, and probably 60 percent will be speaking,” Choudhry says. “There will be panels where a band can go into a room by themselves and learn what they need to be doing from these major players in the industry. And you’ll see the curators showing up in some other interesting ways. You can’t put all these people together and not have some surprises and magic happen.” One of the biggest names involved isn’t a band or a music exec, but is definitely one of the biggest tastemakers in the game: Spotify. “We got lucky when the No. 1 streaming company in the world came onboard,” Choudhry says. “It means that all the bands we select via the committee get sent to them for review; they pump them through their data system and can give us a sense of what the trajectory is for those artists and recommend other artists on top of those. “To have a company of that size is unbelievable, so we feel like the little engine that could. We’re a new event, but we’re getting pulled along by these massive names. Our two headliners are really the 100 emerging artists and Spotify. It’s really interesting.” And there’s a lot more to come—Emerge will announce the rest of its artist roster along with additional curators and speakers in the coming weeks and months.
SHOWCASE THEME FEAR & LOATHING
Stories of inner and outer fears from artists, activists and parents.
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SHOWCASE THEME THE SIDE EYE
Pop culture has always pushed the boundaries of what’s appropriate. Take a look at what’s next.
EMERGE’S IMPACT CURATOR INTERTWINES ITS SPEAKERS WITH THE MUSIC BY LESLIE VENTURA
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She’s been called the “speaker whisperer,” and as the former Managing Editor of TEDMED, she has built innovative “dot-connecting” experiences all over the world. Her name is Lisa Shufro, and she’s one of the curators behind the inaugural Emerge Music + Impact Conference—responsible for finding musicians, artists, activists and other emerging creative types to help inspire and bridge communities. Unlike South by Southwest, which has multiple conferences on the same footprint, Emerge flips the script on the typical speaker experience, she says. Shufro has tapped musicians like Imagine Dragons, Kaskade and Gerard Way not to perform, but to speak and inspire fans with their own personal stories and ideas—especially valuable in our current political climate. “I’ve picked a lot of speakers who can be good role models for people who are wondering every day, ‘How do we deal with this?’” People are shutting each other
out and screaming … so I want to pick people who are really good at listening and engaging in a dialog.” Way, the ex-singer of My Chemical Romance, will discuss whether or not musicians “really need to be tortured artists to produce great work,” she says. And Khary Septh, founder of The Tenth, a magazine for queer black men, will host a performance about black gay culture and challenging the stereotypes that community faces. And of course, there will be plenty of live music. “We love celebrities and musicians for who they are and for the ideas they represent,” Shufro says. “At most conferences, the music or the entertainment is considered the palate cleanser—it’s the thing you do to refresh your mind. In this case, music and ideas really belong as equal partners.”
Gerard Way by Rex Features via AP Images/AP Photo; Lisa Shufro by Nusrat Durrani/ courtesy;Photo Illustration
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A CHAT WITH MTV LEGEND—AND EMERGE CURATOR—MATT PINFIELD ON TEAMING UP WITH EMERGE “I’ve been involved with other conferences and festivals for many years. I’ve done so much stuff at South by Southwest, but it’s gotten so big. I like the idea of a new festival and conference, and this one feels perfect. At a lot of other festivals there’s too much of a gap. There’s so much focus on headliners that people don’t find new talent and new bands. A lot of these artists have a chance to blow up in a few years. One year at the MTV Woodies at South by Southwest, I introduced Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons and Fun, and they all ended up having huge hits. That’s what I expect to happen here.”
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS HE’S EXCITED ABOUT “K.Flay. Mondo Cozmo. Residual Kid—young kids from Austin who I’ve seen play a bunch of times. And Beach Slang, of course. I love that band. Take a guy like Mondo Cozmo, who was signed to two record deals before he took off with his newest thing—he has a perspective he can share with other up-and-coming artists. I think there’s gonna be a lot of value there for artists and for people in general to come and learn, to get real insider information.”
ON HIS EMERGE PLANS “I’m gonna be all over it, hosting shows, speaking, conducting some interviews with artists and doing everything I can to support that next wave. I’m also gonna take a ton of questions. I want it to be a very interactive experience, so I plan to be very accessible.”
ON EMERGE’S SETUP “ Vegas is the perfect place to have the event, because it’s got the best hotels and the best music venues. And I think the way that this is gonna be laid out—with everything mixed together so it doesn’t separate the panels or the discussions from the music fan—is one of the coolest ideas that I’ve come across.”
ON WHAT HE LOOKS WHEN SCOUTING RISING BANDS ”You have to have songs, no matter what. The song is as much the star as the artist performing it. It’s okay if artists haven’t reached the point where they’re a great live act. I can listen through for the songs. That can expand, but it starts with the songs.”
ON THE TITLE OF HIS 2016 MEMOIR, ALL THESE THINGS THAT I’VE DONE: MY INSANE, IMPROBABLE ROCK LIFE “I’d been in England, and there was a guy there who’d been given a [demo] CD by The Killers that he was playing for me on a train. He said they were from Vegas and they didn’t even have a record yet. And I said I’ve gotta find these guys and sign this band.
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SHOWCASE THEME PALE BLUE DOT
At the same time the U.S. Army had called me and asked me to mentor soldiers who were musicians and had come back wounded—a lot with PTSD, a lot with injuries—and music was their absolute passion. So I flew to Colorado City, Colorado, and spent a couple days mentoring soldiers, which was a really rewarding experience for me. When I got done there I flew directly to Vegas and went over to [Killers drummer] Ronnie Vannucci’s family’s garage. The guys were in there playing, with a bunch of blankets on the walls for soundproofing. And then we went out to dinner. I was trying to sign them [for Columbia], as was Island/ Def Jam. After dinner [Killers frontman] Brandon [Flowers] drove me back to my hotel, and he had two Beatles cassettes in his car: ’62-’66 and Help!. So he and I drove down the Strip singing top of our lungs “Help!,” “The Night Before,” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” Then we went into the Hilton and hung out, and I told him about mentoring the soldiers. The next day, I got a call from their old manager, telling me, EMERGE MUSIC ‘You inspired Brandon + IMPACT to write a song. The ‘I got CONFERENCE soul but I’m not a soldier’ November 1618, Las Vegas part was inspired by venues. Tickets my mentoring the guys available now at returning from the army. emergelv.com. The first time I heard it, it blew my mind. And even though they signed with Island/Def Jam—which was more aggressive than my bosses were at the time—we’ve remained good friends. And The Killers—and Imagine Dragons—are both involved in Emerge with me now.” –Spencer Patterson
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SHOWCASE THEME SUCCESS STORY Unicorns are great, but there’s more than one way to succeed. Featuring Wall Street executives, social media darlings and My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way. Mondo Cozmo by Travis Shinn/ Courtesy; K.Flay/Courtesy; Photo Illustration
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ultimate group appetizer. You’ll also want to start with the simple hearth-baked bread with butter and sea salt ($5), and an early favorite dish, Chinatown Clams Casino ($7.50 each), topped By Brock Radke with the Chinese sausage lap cheong, shiitake was sitting at the bar, finishing the last mushroom and sea urchin Hollandaise. bites of my favorite plate of food so far This cooking isn’t as complicated as it might this year—rich sweetbreads, a funky sound. Howard is known for using offbeat iningredient with an impossibly clean gredients and exotic flavors and packing a lot of taste, decorated with grilled romaine hearts, technique into each plate, but you’re here to eat, smoky bacon, sweet English peas and a silky so the method is less important than the results, fond blanc sauce ($21)—and feeling generally which need no translation. There’s nothing blown away by the overall experience at Sparconfusing about the deliciousness of tiger shrimp row + Wolf, when the Jay-Z/Timbaland track in nutty cascabel chile butter ($19) or meaty, “Jigga What, Jigga Who” suddenly came on. It decadent black cod dressed in citrus and creamy, was like the chefs planned it, a sonic spicy Alabama white barbecue sauce digestif of confidence if not all-out ($22). As if we weren’t done with SPARROW bravado. A knife drop. summer already, we’re really hoping + WOLF This is certainly the coolest resfall starts soon, so we have an excuse 4480 Spring taurant in Las Vegas at the moment, to continue feasting on the lamb Mountain Road the place where on any given night Bolognese udon ($16), an over-the-top #100, 702you’ll find rabid local foodies, F&B mashup of Mediterranean and Asian 790-2147. Sunday, Monday industry pros of every level and savvy flavors and textures. & Wednesday, Vegas visitors, but not just because Sparrow + Wolf aims to redefine 5-11 p.m.; of the food or the music. It’s actually rustic, making every dish into ThursdaySaturday, astonishing how well-rounded the comfort food with modern appeal. 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Sparrow + Wolf experience is at this This is also the territory of chef de early stage, having opened in late cuisine Justin Kingsley Hall, whose May in a former pho parlor on Spring straightforward style is the perfect Mountain Road. It’s the third site chef and foil for Howard’s ambitious tendencies; see owner Brian Howard picked out for his first Hall’s thoughtful, simple approach in the artirestaurant, after two Downtown spots didn’t choke over white bean hummus draped in fresh come together. Sometimes things just work herbs ($14). More collaborative dishes are in out, though, and the Sparrow space’s huge centhe works—this menu was designed to evolve. terpiece kitchen, tight, buzzy dining room and For now, standouts include the Campfire Duck sizzling Chinatown location represent an ideal ($34), breast with foie gras, wood ear mushcanvas for Howard’s edgy cuisine. room, salted cucumber and a bold plum and Start with an equally innovative drink, maybe duck bone broth; and the addictive, ultra-rich the Spring Mountain Sour with Suntory Toki beef cheek and bone marrow dumpling ($14). whiskey, yuzu and beet foam, or the wild Where Too much fancy food talk? I understand. There’s Smoke, Del Maguey Vida mezcal washed Sit at the bar, split the utterly luxurious meat in pork fat with tomatillo and pineapple. If you pile aptly named the Big Ass Pork Shank ($27) were a fan of sharing chilled seafood or charcutewith capers and teardrop peppers, and finish rie platters at Howard’s last home, the former off with the calamansi tart with blueberry and Comme Ça at the Cosmopolitan, you’re in luck— vanilla merengue. You’ll be back, so you can the Bento Box ($75) assembles oysters and other eat and drink depending on your mood. That’s shellfish with cured meats and terrines for the another thing that makes a restaurant cool.
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hen DJ Five and Eric DLux get together Voltron-style to play as FAED—like they do at their Calling In Sick party at Jewel Nightclub or like they will for this weekend’s SKAM takeover at the Dream Hotel in Hollywood—you know a memorable night is about to go down. We caught up in Las Vegas to talk about how they’ve become two of the city’s favorite DJs, together and apart.
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ON THE VEGAS SCENE DLux: “There’s nothing like it. I refer to it as the major leagues of DJing. You made it if you DJ in Las Vegas, and every DJ’s dream around the world is to play Las Vegas. The energy is crazy. You can feel it when you travel to other places and it’s not the same.” Five: “Even on a more mellow or slower night, the energy is still unlike anywhere I play.”
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Five: “Getting booked overseas. Getting to travel to places like Asia has been my dream since I was 15. It’s always so much when you get flown out of the country to DJ because it’s like, you want me? You could get anybody, and here I am in Japan, DJing.”
Five: “There are hundreds, maybe thousands of others trying to do this same thing. We get asked all the time, ‘How do I get on in Vegas?’ You have to build a following. Be active on social media. Practice. Know your music. And be a nice person.”
DLux: “For me it was co-writing a track called “Shots” with LMFAO and Lil Jon. That got me to the next level in the DJ market, better venues, more money ... that was my moment.” –Brock Radke
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im Haughinberry has been a part of Las Vegas hospitality for 30 years, so he’s seen the industry’s ups and downs, changes and growth. The founder and CEO of unique national marketing and consulting firm Back Bar USA worked in tons of restaurants and bars when he first arrived from Southern California, became Southern Wine & Spirits’ youngest manager, emerged as a pioneering force in cigar distribution during the boom of the early 2000s and launched the Montecristo rum brand— all before founding Back Bar.
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“I always loved the energy in Las Vegas, and thought I would own my own casino one day when I first got here,” says Haughinberry, who came to town to attend UNLV. He says he called the busiest restaurant in town to ask for a job. “They put the GM on the phone, and I said I heard this was the busiest restaurant in town and I wanted to come to work. He made me a busboy. That busiest restaurant was TGI Friday’s on Flamingo.” Clearly, Vegas hospitality has changed a lot since then, and Haughinberry has stayed on top of those changes to grow his business. Back Bar is a consulting company as well as a third-party marketing company, promoting and executing liquor-based events all over
the country for casinos, restaurants, bars and other brands. It also operates its own successful events, including the annual For the Love of Cocktails series. “In my business when the economy is good we drink more expensive, and when it’s bad we just drink more. There’s a constant flow of booze and business in this city and every American city,” Haughinberry says. “As far as trends, I think we’ve seen the peak of mixology, where if you don’t have a strong program people [notice]. People are going more loungey, back to an old pub style, back to more communication in bars. That’s why so many restaurant lounges are so busy. And nightlife is popular in Las Vegas but as I travel it seems less popular elsewhere. What is popular is a well-educated waitstaff in the kitchen and bar like we’ve never seen before.” –Brock Radke
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Drai’s After Hours has always been at the forefront when it comes to introducing different types of dance music to locals and tourists. The younger but also pioneering Embassy Nightclub has carved its niche as the top destination for Latin nightlife in Las Vegas, thanks to a rotating roster of live bands, headliners and DJs playing a wide variety of music genres. This Friday, August 18, they come together to create the Reggaeton Room, an Embassy-programmed experience in the back room
at After Hours, Drai’s basement club at the Cromwell. “Victor [Drai] was the first person to introduce house music to this town, and now what he’s doing at Drai’s [Beachclub & Nightclub] on the roof is taking hip-hop to another level,” Embassy operator Zaher Fakih says. “Now he’s putting his vision into the Latin market, and that’s great. We’re kind of the king of the local [Latin] market— though we do get tourists—and we’ve been proving that this market has the juice. If we can jump on the Strip to show more people what Latin nightlife is all about, all the better, and to do it at Drai’s is amazing.”
It might be called the Reggaeton Room— and that hip-hop and Caribbean-influenced genre is certainly at a high point these days—but After Hours guests can expect to hear other Latin sounds as well. Embassy is always switching up its soundtrack with Latin pop, tropical, reggaeton, salsa, merengue, cumbia, banda, bachata and more. It could be a musical experiment, or it could be the beginnings of something bigger. The one certain thing is that if it’s at After Hours, it’s going to be a lot of fun. –Brock Radke Photograph by Nick Coletsos
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But the minds of the music industry go to a different place. Caesars Entertainment has more than 40 venues across the country, making it the world’s third-largest promoter of live entertainment. As senior vice president of marketing and entertainment, Jason Gastwirth oversees the entire empire. “In Las Vegas, everyone is working toward a common purpose, so it has popped dramatically,” Gastwirth says. “But outside of Vegas, we’re also presenting some of the highest-profile entertainers in the world, and it’s been a real positive to be able to book artists across our large venue portfolio.” Caesars is still shaking things up in Vegas, too, making big moves like adding The Who to
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s the Tao Group has rolled out its dining lineup at the buzzy new Dream Hollywood hotel—Beauty & Essex, Tao LA and the new Highlight Room on the roof—high expectations have been met, and culinary excitement has reached a peak. But a little pizza place has, on occasion, stolen the show. Luchini Pizzeria & Bar has become a fast favorite thanks to its authentic and creative New York-style pies. Tao’s corporate executive chef Marc Marrone—a transplanted New Yorker himself—says infusing the true flavor and style of the Big Apple was essential in creating yet another venue at Dream that would stand out, from the hip-hop album cov-
P I E ers on the wall to the deep-dish Sicilian pizzas coming out of the ovens. “We knew what we needed to tie this block together was kickass New York pizza,” he says. The menu seems simple: salads, Neapolitan and Sicilian pizzas and slices, fries and a burger. But a lot of research and testing went into those pizzas. “The dough was a real process for all of us,” Marrone says. “I think we went through 15 different versions to get the right crunch and the right chew. It was the biggest challenge of the whole thing.” The chef knew he had a winner on his hands with the Sicilian—especially the popular Roni Roni with classic cup-and-
char pepperoni—but was a little surprised the thicker-crust pies have been so successful in SoCal. “I really thought being in LA and just anywhere on the West Coast, the bigger, heavier, more dough thing would be less popular, but we sell out of it, all day long,” he says. “It’s the No. 1 hit.” Luchini Pizzeria & Bar at Dream Hollywood, 323-593-7771; daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m. –Brock Radke
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ou already know what B&B Burger & Beer specializes in—it’s all in the name. But excellent as those offerings can be, you’d be missing out if you didn’t explore the casual eatery’s other great sandwiches.
Grilled chicken on ciabatta with tomato, romaine, bacon, avocado and mayo is an easy pick, but you might find the piledhigh Grilled Veggie Stack even more satisfying, thanks to the balsamic-marinated portabello mushroom anchoring the combo of zucchini, yellow squash,
fried green tomato and basil mayo on a honey wheat roll. The clam roll and cheesesteak hoagie will temporarily transport your taste buds away from Las Vegas, while the classic Cuban and the cold Italian sub—stacked with the holy trinity of pork cold cuts, mortadella, prosciutto and salami—keep it real to the last bite.
Your cravings have perfect timing: August is National Sandwich Month. B&B’s special menu addition is a turkey club sandwich, but this is no room-service classic. It’s upgraded with thick slices of
house-roasted bird on sourdough toast, carefully layered with provolone cheese, Bibb lettuce, juicy slices of vine-ripened tomatoes and smoky bacon. This might be the club sandwich of your dreams, and it’s being served at a burger joint. B&B Burger & Beer at Venetian, 702-414-2220; daily 11 a.m.-1 a.m.
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The Lucky Penny’s version of a green Bloody Mary, Abe’s is a smooth sipping, brightly colored beverage made with Svedka vodka and a housemade juice blend. But this ain’t no kale combo— this green stuff is packed with roasted poblano and serrano peppers, tangy tomatillos along with green tomatoes, English cucumbers, spinach, parsley, cilantro, scallions, green Tabasco sauce, roasted garlic purée for extra oomph, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, fresh lime
juice and salt and pepper. That’s a whole meal’s worth of ingredients, tucked neatly into your breakfast glass. It’s not surprising that the Lucky Penny would offer such a dynamic drink, considering the new Palms spot boasts a menu that covers all the bases between classic coffee shop fare, late-night cravings and healthy dishes that will make you feel good no matter the hour. Lucky Penny at the Palms, 866942-7770; daily 24 hours.
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mix show from the college station, Bob really found his own voice, learning the radio ropes and letting his outgoing personality shine. “I’d sit in on everyone’s shows to see how they ran the board. I sucked it all up like a sponge, then put my own spin on it. It was a dream to be on the station I grew up listening to.” Now at Hot 97.5 for the last seven years, Bob has had a No. 1 show on all three local stations where he’s been on the air. He’s one Vegas native who has truly found his calling. –Brock Radke
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8/17 DJ Five. 8/18 DJ Scene. 8/19 Eric DLux. 8/24 Justin Credible. 8/25 DJ Scene. 8/26 Gucci Mane. 8/31 Justin Credible. 9/1 E-40. 9/2 Ty Dolla $ign. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-3888588. XS 8/18 Diplo. 8/19 Alesso. 8/20 Nightswim with Nicky Romero. 8/21 RL Grime. 8/25 DJ Snake. 8/26 The Chainsmokers. 8/27 Nightswim with Yellow Claw. 8/28 EDX. 9/1 The Chainsmokers. 9/2 David Guetta. 9/3 Nightswim with Marshmello. 9/4 Nightswim with Diplo. Encore, Fri-Mon, 702-770-0097.
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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 and 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. 10/5 Post Malone. 10/6 Jon Bellion. 10/12 Father John Misty. 10/13 The Church. 10/20 Run the Jewels. 10/21 In This Moment. 11/1 Capturing Pablo. 11/5 I Prevail. 11/22 Periphery & Animals as Leaders. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695.
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8/17-9/2 Richard Marx. 9/5-10/7 Donny & Marie. Flamingo, 702-777-2782. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER 8/25 Rancid & Dropkick Murphys. 9/21 Banda Los Recoditos. 9/29 Sublime with Rome & The Offspring. 200 S. Third St., 800-7453000.
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8/18-8/20 Psycho Las Vegas. 8/26 Yestival. 8/27 The Australian Pink Floyd Show. 9/15 Franco Escamilla. 9/30 Ellismania 14. 10/1 Apocalyptica. 10/6 Kings of Leon. 10/7-10/14 Incubus. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. M A N DA L AY
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8/18 311. 8/25 Iration. 9/2 I Love the ’90s with Salt-N-Pepa, All 4 One, Kid ’n Play & more. 9/8 Lifehouse & Switchfoot. 9/9 Lost ’80s Live with Wang Chung, Berlin & more. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7777. M A N D A L AY B AY EVENTS CENTER
9/15 Marco Antonio Solis. 9/16 Marc Anthony. 10/14 Janet Jackson. 10/22 Arcade Fire. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7777. MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA 8/26 Big3 Championship Finals. 9/15 Maná. 11/16 Latin Grammy Awards. MGM Grand, 702521-3826.
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8/17 The Phat Pack. 8/21 Mondays Dark. 9/11 Mondays Dark. 9/17 Daniel Emmet. 9/18 Mondays Dark. 9/22-9/24 ScoopFest. 10/2 Mondays Dark. 10/6 Alexandro Querevalu. 10/8 Brandon & James. 10/16 Mondays Dark. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.
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8/18 Young the Giant. 9/1 Mary J. Blige. 9/2 Idina Menzel. 9/8 Luis Fonsi. 9/9 Melissa Etheridge. 9/15 Miguel Bosé. 10/6 Megadeth. 10/14 Evanescence. 10/21 Tegan and Sara. 10/27 Hollywood Undead. 11/25 Ana Gabriel. Palms, 702-944-3200.
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8/26 Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor. 9/1-9/2 George Strait. 9/15 Alejandro Fernández. 9/16 Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin. 9/22-9/23 iHeartRadio Festival. 9/29 Imagine Dragons. 9/30 Depeche Mode. 10/8 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings. 10/14 The Weeknd. 10/28 Jay-Z. 11/1-11/5 PBR World Finals. 11/17 Guns N’ Roses. 11/20-11/22 MGM Resorts Main Event Basketball Tournament. 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-692-1600.
8/18-8/20 Psycho Las Vegas. 8/24 Terravita. 9/8 SZA. 9/21 Zakk Sabbath. 9/22 Master of Puppets. 9/28 Andy Mineo. 9/30 Ellismania 14 Afterparty. 10/18 The Interrupters & SWMRS. 10/20 Nothing More. 11/1 LANY. 11/3 Bayside. 11/15 Bad Suns. 11/16 Propaghandi. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
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Commune with tropical fish, seahorses, turtles and much more at this family-friendly octopus’ garden. $10-$15. Boulevard Mall, 702-906-1901.
This elaborately themed shopping mall has been putting up the goods for 25 years, from fine dining to boutique retail. Caesars Palace, 702893-3807.
3. NEVADA STATE MUSEUM Our entire state history awaits: showgirl costumes, mining artifacts, even an Ichthyosaur Shonisaurus popularis. $5-$20. 309 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-4865205.
4. THE COSMOPOLITAN A Strip casino filled with great restaurants and bars, spectacular décor elements and even machines that vend handmade art. 702-698-7000.
5. NATIONAL ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM Bomb away the afternoon at this Smithsonianaffiliated spot loaded with Nevada Test Site artifacts. $16-$22, 755 E. Flamingo Road, 702-7945151. –Geoff Carter (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
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Craig’s Joe Bang examines a vault while the brothers Logan look on. (Fingerprint Releasing/Courtesy)
Nobody really believed Steven Soderbergh in 2013 when he said that he was retiring from directing feature films, but it was still exciting to hear that he’d be returning to movies with Logan Lucky. Actually watching Logan Lucky, though, dissipates a lot of that excitement, and if it weren’t Soderbergh’s comeback movie, it would be a relatively minor blip in his long and varied filmography. A heist comedy that directly recalls Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy, Lucky is the inversion of the slick, high-end robberies of those star-studded studio features. It’s still starstudded (a few years away haven’t diminished Soderbergh’s ability to attract talent), but it’s set deep in red-state territory, where the heist masterminds are a pair of marginally employed working-class brothers. Channing Tatum and Adam Driver play Jimmy and Clyde Logan, who conspire to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina on the day of its biggest NASCAR race. They enlist the expected crew of oddballs to help them pull off the job, including Daniel Craig as incarcerated safecracker Joe Bang (whom they have to break out of—and then back into—prison). The actors mostly lean hard on comical redneck accents (Craig in particular seems to be relishing the chance to poke holes in his James Bond image), and the slow-moving plot features way too many leaps of logic, even for a genre that is more or less fantasy. Tatum, a Soderbergh favorite who’s also one of the movie’s producers, knows how to play a good-hearted lunkhead, and Driver provides a nicely sardonic counterpoint, but they’re no George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Supporting actors including Seth MacFarlane and Hilary Swank (who shows up in the tacked-on final act as an FBI agent) try way too hard to give their characters wacky personas, and most of the humor is forced. As usual, Soderbergh serves as his own cinematographer and editor, but the visual style is unremarkable, and the final reveal is confusingly constructed. Still, it’s good to have Soderbergh back, making whatever odd movies strike his fancy, even if they don’t all turn out brilliantly.
aabcc Lucky Logan Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.
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Special screenings Action on Film Festival 8/17-8/26, feature films and shorts, seminars, parties, more, various times, $10 per screening, passes $80-$975. Palms Hotel & Casino. Info: actiononfilmfest.com.
Olsen and Renner track a suspect in the frozen wilderness. (The Weinstein Company/Courtesy)
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Also New this week Brigsby Bear aaabc Kyle Mooney, Ryan Simpkins, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Directed by Dave McCary. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. A 25-year-old man held captive his entire life attempts to re-create the fake TV show his kidnappers used to brainwash him in this weird but surprisingly heartfelt dramedy from co-writer/star Mooney. It sometimes shies away from its inherent darkness, but eventually tells a winning story of hope and wonder over sadness and despair. –Josh Bell Sam’s Town, Town Square, Village Square. The Hitman’s Bodyguard aaccc Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Elodie Yung. Directed by Patrick Hughes. 118 minutes. Rated R. Reynolds plays a private security professional reluctantly tasked with protecting the life of a contract killer (Jackson) set to testify against a brutal dictator (Gary Oldman) in international court. The two loudmouths banter incessantly but weakly, the action is mediocre and the story drags on at least 30 minutes too long. –JB Theaters citywide. In This Corner of the World aaacc Voices of Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba. Directed by Sunao Katabuchi. 129 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Japanese with English subtitles. This sprawling animated drama follows a young woman living near Hiroshima during WWII, poignantly illustrating daily life in the years leading up to the atomic bomb drop. It’s a bit disjointed as it jumps ahead in time, but often beautiful to look at and moving in its focus on the mundane during wartime. –JB Orleans, Village Square. Step aaacc Directed by Amanda Lipitz. 83 minutes. Rated PG. A documentary about inner-city high-school girls on a step dance team, Step has an uneven focus, even if all the individual elements are fascinating. Director Lipitz presents her subjects’ stories in a crowdpleasing, readily digestible package that would be unforgivably manipulative if it weren’t so earnest and endearing. –JB Suncoast, Town Square.
COLD CASE Wind River explores a murder mystery in a marginalized community By Josh Bell ith his screenplays for Sicario and Hell or junior FBI agent Jane Banner (Olsen) to solve the High Water, Taylor Sheridan established young woman’s murder. While the case mostly himself as a keen chronicler of the American proceeds along a straight line, Sheridan fills out West, working with directors Denis the story with rich details of life on the reservation Villenueve and David Mackenzie to create a modern and the symbiotic but dysfunctional relationship approach to the Western. Now with Wind River, between local tribes and law enforcement. Sheridan has taken on directing as well, Renner and Olsen complement and the result is another finely crafted each other effectively as crime story about people living on the the introverted but deeply aaabc margins of society, with quietly strong compassionate Cory, whose personal wind river performances from Jeremy Renner and history drives his interest in the Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen. As a director, Sheridan case, and the resourceful but Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene. doesn’t have the assured visual style of sometimes overwhelmed Jane, Directed by his previous collaborators, telling Wind who holds her own alongside the Taylor Sheridan. River’s story in a mostly straightforward, cynical local cops. And while the Rated R. Opens Friday in select unobtrusive manner. But he serves his two main characters are white theaters. own writing well, with a clear, concise outsiders, Sheridan also includes approach to the material. multidimensional Native supporting Renner plays Cory Lambert, a U.S. Fish and characters, played by Graham Greene, Gil Wildlife Service agent in rural Wyoming whose Birmingham and others. For the third time, jurisdiction includes the Wind River Indian Sheridan proves himself sensitive to the Reservation, and who has strong family ties to the lives of people who are too often forgotten Native American community. When a Native teen by society, while building an engrossing, is found dead in the woods, Cory teams up with suspenseful genre story around them.
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The 73-year-old Newman released his first album in nine years this month. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Reasons to live Randy Newman’s classic catalog remains vital listening iven the number of notable deaths lately, writing no kangaroo”). Along with Dr. Strangelove, it’s the world’s this column often feels like writing for the obit funniest, scariest take on nuclear war. And no less funny or section, and the past few weeks have led to new scary in this age of “fire and fury.” temptations: Should I write about the late, great Newman often sang in the voice of characters, which Sam Shepard? Perhaps a tribute to the underappreciated invited analysis and mass misinterpretation. The title cut of Glen Campbell? Then I remembered Randy Newman was Sail Away starts as a standard pitch of the American Dream releasing Dark Matter, his first album in nine years, (“you’ll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all and I figured I’d do something different: honor a day”), until it’s clear the narrator’s a slave trader great man while he still walks among us. tricking Africans into boarding a ship bound for Millennials only know Newman as the guy who Charleston Bay. wrote all those Pixar songs. (Note that I’ve refrained “Rednecks” is even sneakier: Its chorus (“We’re from adding an “unfortunately” to that sentence, rednecks and we don’t know our ass from a hole in which would belittle both millennials and those solid the ground”) leads you to believe Newman is merely entries in the Newman Songbook.) In addition to bepoking fun at Southern racists. But he’s actually ing the butt of an ongoing Family Guy joke, Newman singing in the voice of a redneck offended by all Cultural has been relentlessly mocked by Achievement Hunter, attachment the sanctimonious, hypocritical Northerners who a popular gaming website. As Carl Wilson from Slate look down on him. What sounds like a one-note by smith galtney has noted, those who tease Newman usually get his takedown of the little guy is actually a multi-layered mumbled singing voice right and … absolutely nothexploration on prejudice at large. (Newman says he ing else. That’s because they’ve never spent any time doesn’t perform “Rednecks” anymore since it uses with the work Newman created between 1970 and ’74, when the N-word eight times, and in an age when even “Walk on he released three monumental LPs (12 Songs, Sail Away, the Wild Side” gets branded as transphobic, it’s possible an Good Old Boys) that just nailed sh*t to the wall. audience that could appreciate its razor-sharp subtlety no As much a storyteller as he is a songwriter, Newman longer exists.) sang love songs from the viewpoint of a stalker (“SuI’m not quite ready to recommend Dark Matter. It’s a zanne”), offered a shut-in’s perspective of an orgy (“Mama little too theatrical for my taste, and I’m not convinced his Told Me Not to Come”) and even spun a strange tale skewering of Vladimir Putin is worth your time. Once you’ve about a girlfriend getting eaten alive by a beach-cleaning nailed the American Paradox to the wall, it becomes diffimachine (“Lucinda”). But his game was truly next-level cult to top yourself. And with those classic LPs waiting to be when he took on race, politics and Americana. “Political streamed, there’s no reason you shouldn’t let Newman take Science” is a list of all the places America should bomb you back to the early ’70s and teach you everything you need (everywhere but Australia, ’cause we “don’t wanna hurt to know about today.
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WE’RE PSYCHO FOR PSYCHO FEST Circle these 10 acts on your schedule for the three-day heavy-rock bash
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f you’re considering attending the heavy and psychedelic rock celebration known as Psycho Las Vegas—or if you already have your tickets for the festival’s second-annual Hard Rock Hotel edition, set for August 18-20—odds are you’re already acquainted with the headliners: psych stalwarts The Brian Jonestown Massacre, who’ll close Friday; Danish metal veteran King Diamond, set to cap Saturday with a performance of 1987 album Abigail; and modern metal behemoths Mastodon, Sunday’s final act. Stoner-rock favorites Sleep, who’ll play the Vegas event for the second straight year on Saturday, will surely be familiar to most fans, too, but what about the rest of the lineup? Here are some names well worth knowing heading into Friday’s action.
MULATU ASTATKE (Friday, 10:30 p.m., the Joint) His name would look good in jagged death-metal font, but Astatke’s actually a jazzman, the 73-year-old “father of Ethio jazz,” a subgenre that melds native Ethiopian sounds with American jazz. The vibraphone- and percussion-playing bandleader is surely the least heavy act on Psycho’s bill, perfect for palate-cleansing between Sleep and BJM. Spin: 1972 LP Mulatu of Ethiopia. –SP BLACK ANVIL (Friday, 11:30 p.m., Vinyl) The band’s two founding members—vocalist/bassist Paul Delaney and vocalist/drummer Raeph Glicken—played in seminal NYC hardcore act Kill Your Idols before crossing over to breathe new life into black metal for the past decade. Spin: 2017 LP As Was. –CK
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COUGH (Saturday, 1 p.m., the Joint) If you sleep in on Saturday, try to rise in time for this Richmond, Virginia, foursome. The band’s fuzzy doom slabs—which sound ultraheavy on last year’s Still They Pray, produced by Electric Wizard leader Jus Oborn—should shake the crust from your eyes … or put you in a deep, dark coma. Spin: 2016 LP Still They Pray. –SP
EARTHLESS (Saturday, 7:35 p.m., the Joint) Having seen this San Diego trio once before (at Austin Psych Fest, 2014), I can confirm the reports: Earthless’ cosmic, jammed-out brand of heavy psych will take you on a journey—and leave you certain you’ve witnessed one of the most hypnotic sets of your life. Spin: The band’s March 18, 2016 show on nyctaper.com. –SP
CARCASS (Saturday, 4:50 p.m., the Joint) The melodic death metal pioneers annihilated Las Vegas in March 2016, the Brits’ only local show since reuniting in 2007. But that was an abbreviated set opening for Slayer, and frontman Jeff Walker was confined to a chair after breaking his foot. A full experience should be all the more pummeling. Spin: 1993 LP Heartwork. –CK
NEUROSIS (Saturday, 10:30 p.m., the Joint) There might be no event like Psycho without Neurosis. The Oakland band has pushed the boundaries of heavy music for the past 30 years, experimenting thoroughly and successfully enough to inspire acts across the wide spectrum of genres represented this weekend. Spin: 1996 LP Through Silver and Blood. –CK
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VEGAS TO NASHVILLE KASHENA SAMPSON MAKES HER OWN WAY IN THE COUNTRY CAPITAL BY JOSH BELL ashena Sampson’s musical boot camp took place on a cruise ship. The singer-songwriter moved to Las Vegas just before high school, graduating from Las Vegas Academy and UNLV before heading to LA to pursue an acting career. But it was Vegas connections, thanks to a UNLV classmate contacting Le Rêve musical director Michael Brennan, that landed her a gig performing on a high-end cruise line, where she spent three years singing everything from opera to ABBA, folk to Motown. “I was in LA serving omelets,” she remembers, “so when I had that choice, I was like, why wouldn’t I go and get paid to sing songs and eat steak with people and sit on the beach.” After returning to shore, Sampson spent a year working at Downtown piano bar Don’t Tell Mama before taking her newly focused musical ambitions to Nashville, where she recently
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GOST (Saturday, 2 a.m., Vinyl) Who says metalheads don’t dance? Give the riffs a rest and clear your ears with some body-moving synthwave to cap day two. This producer—who wears a Skeletor-like mask onstage and keeps his identity a mystery—seems like an outlier on the Psycho poster, but his chilling, John Carpenter-y creations should fit right in among the darkness. Spin: 2016 LP Non Paradisi. –SP ZEAL AND ARDOR (Sunday, 1 p.m., the Joint) Nothing else sounds like Z&A, a project that fuses blast beats with slave chants and shrieking vocals with chain thuds. Manuel Gagneux started the project on a dare to mix black metal with black music, and never expected it to take off. It’ll be interesting to see how his happy accident translates live. Spin: 2016 LP Devil Is Fine. –CK
GATECREEPER (Sunday, 8:45 p.m., pool) A long overdue Las Vegas debut for the Phoenix death metal band, which might be both the youngest and most promising act on the Psycho bill. Catch Gatecreeper in an intimate environment while it’s still possible; the group’s first full length, produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, is quickly catching fire in the metal underground. Spin: 2016 LP Sonoran Depravation. –CK SWANS (Sunday, 9:15 p.m., Joint) Swans are playing Las Vegas! Locals who can’t make the full fest ought to at least consider a Sunday pass, to catch Michael Gira’s infamously intense, longform experimental-rock project. Swans are scheduled for two full hours—most among Psycho’s 70-plus acts—so we’ll get to hear two or three songs, at least. Spin: 2016 LP The Glowing Man. –SP
recorded her debut album, Wild Heart, out August 18. Although Rolling Stone recently named her one of “10 new country artists you need to know,” the 34-year-old isn’t entirely comfortable with the “country” label. “It’s been interesting for me to try to categorize my music for people,” she says, citing artists including Jim Croce, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Bobbie Gentry as influences. “I don’t really listen to anything that was made after the early ’80s.” Still working as a bartender in Nashville, Sampson is operating without a record label, and she isn’t sure when she’ll get back to Vegas to perform. But with her whole family (including sister Jolana, who co-wrote several songs on Wild Heart) still in town, Sampson has strong Vegas roots. Every step in her musical career is new to her, and she’s taking each one as it comes. “I just kind of go with it, with life,” she says. “I’m learning a lot.”
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JUST ADD YOU Henderson’s new Last Friday festival brings community and culture to Water Street By C. Moon Reed s a child, Chef Antonio Nunez loved visiting Henderson’s Water Street. He remembers a vibrant community where everybody seemed to know one another. The area was full of people, and in true small-town fashion, many of his friends’ parents worked right on Water Street. Nunez even celebrated his birthdays there. But as Southern Nevada grew, Water Street lost some of its community feel. “To see where it is now is just disheartening,” Nunez says. Not one to stand by, the native Nevadan developed an idea to help revitalize the area. A year and a half in the making, Nunez’s plan will come to fruition on August 25, with the food, culture, art and music festival Last Friday, Just Add Water Street. Last Friday is an evolution from the typical First Friday events that happen across the country, including the one in Downtown Las Vegas. “I’d go to First Friday every once in awhile, look at it and think, ‘This is what we need in Henderson,’” Nunez says. When he sold a restaurant partnership, Nunez finally had the chance to make his dream a reality. He toured First Friday festivals in London, New York City, Chicago, Denver, LA and Hawaii. “I checked out the platforms, what they did
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Musician James Tormé, left, and chef Scott Commings will participate in the first Last Friday festival. (Photo Illustration by Corlene Byrd/Staff)
and how they did it. Then I set out to build the one we about making this a total community event—bringing thought would fit the culture of Vegas, a foodie town.” something fun and exciting to Water Street” ComNaturally, Last Friday will feature some perks that mings says. other street events often lack. There will One of the biggest goals for Last Friday: for be high-quality live music and DJs. This it to keep evolving and never get stagnant. Last Friday, month, jazz vocalist James Tormé will perNunez wants attendees to think, “Last month Just Add form. He’s the son of legendary Las Vegas was really cool, what are we going to do this Water Street crooner Mel Tormé. You can also expect month?” There will be an emphasis on interAugust 25, that beloved Strip amenity: valet parking. active experiences. Think participatory art 6-10 p.m., free. Henderson Though the event is free, First Friday will galleries, flash mobs, cookie decorating and Events Plaza, offer discerning guests a VIP area stocked separate game areas for adults and children. 200 S. Water St., with free food and beverages. The nonprofit event will donate to a rojustaddwater street.com. Culinary offerings will abound at Last Fritating number of charities each month. For day. In addition to food trucks and vendors, its debut, Last Friday will benefit the Boys the big event will be a chef battle in which and Girls Club of Southern Nevada, along two Las Vegas chefs compete. Chef Scott Commings, a with Henderson’s Safe House and the Lion Habitat. Hell’s Kitchen champ and Last Friday board member, These charities were specifically chosen because they will be one of the first competitors. “I’m really excited benefit the surrounding area.
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