07.30.09 · 9:19 PM
Opera training, metal sensibility
With a background in baroque opera, Charlie now growls and screams as the frontwoman for the metal band Bipolar. Yes, frontwoman, and yes, her name is Charlie (don’t ask for her real name—she’ll only cringe). A choir major who graduated from the Las Vegas Academy, Charlie and drummer Brian Hanks left Vegas for California and formed Bipolar in 2003. After making a name for themselves in Sacramento—even garnering a Sacramento Area Music Award as the best hard rock/metal band in ... Read more...
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Drugs, brawls and rock ‘n’ roll: A chat with Unwritten Law
From backstage drugs to onstage fights, Southern California pop punk outfit Unwritten Law has had its share of drama since forming in the early ‘90s outside of San Diego. That drama has translated into different lineups throughout the band’s nearly 20-year run, but two core members have remained constant – vocalist Scott Russo and guitarist Steve Morris. In anticipation of their poolside show Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Russo opened up about violence among the band ... Read more...
07.27.09 · 3:34 PM
It’s Thorogood’s microphone and he’ll do what he wants to
George Thorogood performing with Jonny Lang can’t even be billed as the old guard and the new guard of bluesy rock because Thorogood performs like a 30-year-old, and at 28, Lang has been in the game for half of his life. Lang, a blues guitar prodigy in the ‘90s when he started as a teenager, opened the show with a high energy set filled with hits like “I Am,” “Red Light” and “Living for the City.” This version of “Red ... Read more...
07.25.09 · 4:33 PM
Time and Time Again: Experiencing Counting Crows
Friday night, 07/24/09, 11:30 p.m. When I was 12 years old, my father gave me a cassette tape: August and Everything After. Even in his early 50s at the time, he enjoyed listening to college radio and picked up on the best of what was to come in the music world. Counting Crows was one of the bands he exposed me to and I absorbed every song as if it was the first time I had heard music. The lyrics ... Read more...
07.24.09 · 5:20 PM
He’s still bad to the bone
George Thorogood was the first concert I attended after moving to fabulous Las Vegas. Rather than going for ‘Lil John at a club or The Killers, I took it old school and it was worth it. With iconic hits like “Bad to the Bone,” which I fell in love with all over again after hearing it during Lindsey Lohan’s poker scene in The Parent Trap, and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” Thorogood’s music speaks for itself. You might be ... Read more...
07.24.09 · 1:47 PM
Garage sale for gas: Pan de Sal and Kid Meets Cougar need your help to tour
As the old adage goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. In Pan de Sal and Kid Meets Cougar’s case, somebody’s discarded items could mean their bands’ extra gas money. The two bands are hosting a garage/bake sale on Saturday to raise money for their upcoming shows in California, Oregon and Washington. Used musical equipment, CDs and possibly furniture will be on sale, as well as cookies, cupcakes and candy. (No pan de sal, though.) The items for sale ... Read more...
07.23.09 · 7:15 PM
A cultivated conversation with Counting Crows
Get ready for the Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus & Medicine Show… on a Friday night. Michael Franti & Spearhead and Augustana join Counting Crows onstage poolside at the Red Rock Casino for a multiband performance evocative of the Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review. Counting Crow’s guitarist David “Immy” Immerglück chats about the tour with some of the best vocabulary we’ve ever encountered in an interview. (If you have trouble with any of Immy’s $10 vocab, consult the definitions ... Read more...
07.21.09 · 1:23 PM
Marilyn Manson in Vegas: Win ‘em before you can buy ‘em!
With a stage name born from the combination of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson, androgynous shock rock royal Marilyn Manson has more than lived up to his moniker. On August 21, Manson and his band will play The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and Las Vegas Weekly and AEG Live are offering you the chance to win your way in before you can purchase tickets for the one-night show. Since his beginnings, Marilyn Manson ... Read more...
07.21.09 · 1:03 AM
Blink 182 reunion to be the subject of a documentary film
“Be warned,” reads the bio section on Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus’ Twitter page, “I tweet a LOT.” He lives up to the warning, tweeting about everything from keyboard lines (“Which has catchiest keyboard line: MGMT “Kids” or Jay-Z “Brush Your Shoudlers [sic] Off?”), to attending movie premieres (recently for Dare starring Emmy Rossum) to rehearsals for Blink 182’s reunion tour, which kicks off this Thursday at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Hoppus blogs, too, ... Read more...
07.19.09 · 5:48 PM
Forget silence, enjoy the Rumors
When Depeche Mode announced their concert at the Pearl next month, new wave junkies like myself rejoiced… until we saw the price of admission. The prolific band might be worth a $175-$200 ticket, but most of us are too poor to find out. Luckily, the monetarily challenged have a back-up plan: Blasphemous Rumors, a Los Angeles-based Depeche Mode tribute whose ticket prices are a fraction of the real band’s. Saturday’s Beauty Bar performance, for example, cost $12, $5 if you ... Read more...
07.18.09 · 1:11 PM
Songs of love and Las Vegas with Brother Luke
His dark, glinting eyes are half-hidden by a cap and white tape circles a couple fingers, the byproduct of a particularly intense week on the dueling piano circuit. While Brother Luke quietly sets up his keyboard and djembe drum in the back of a busy lounge in the Monte Carlo, he is also observing, gathering inspiration for future songs. The room is full of out-of-towners visibly awestruck by their titillating environs. Brother Luke, a native Las Vegan, isn’t fazed by ... Read more...
07.16.09 · 11:26 PM
Health hazards and heavy metal at the Killswitch Engage show
Some rules for the heavy metal show: Moshing and headbanging are sweaty activities; make sure to hydrate (and no, beer doesn’t count as hydration). When in the mosh pit, always be aware of the location of your body parts in relation to the body parts of others. Oh, and somewhere in the midst of that drinking, moshing and headbanging, maybe take a little time to watch the band, because they just might be completely awesome. All of these simple lessons ... Read more...
07.16.09 · 2:38 PM
Not just “The Motorcycle Girl”: Jes can stand on her own
We’re not sure which is sweeter: her personality or vocals. Though it’s been tough for female singer/songwriters to gain recognition in the dance music industry, Jes has become one of the genre’s few breakout vocalists. Fans sing along with every word and adore the rocktronica queen. This weekend, she’ll be in Vegas to perform at Rain on Saturday, but first, Jes gives us the scoop on emerging from anonymity and her upcoming album. When you first started out singing in ... Read more...
07.15.09 · 11:55 AM
The Fray for free: Enter to win!
When Colorado-based band The Fray released their debut album How to Save a Life in 2005, the melancholy title track quickly found its way into the soundtracks of medical shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Scrubs. Fitting, right? Well, the band fits just as well into Las Vegas’ summer concert lineup, and this week Las Vegas Weekly and Citi Private Pass are giving you the chance to see The Fray at the Pearl at the Palms for free! The internationally successful ... Read more...
07.14.09 · 12:27 PM
Rancid still rocks
Punk rock revivalists Rancid took to the stage at The Joint last night and showed Las Vegas that while they themselves may be older, wiser and more responsible, their tattoos and punk rock cred have withstood the test of time. The group gave fans new and old a taste of the familiar and somewhat foreign, sampling tracks from their first and latest records and everything in between. The all-ages crowd rocked out, moshed about, and crowd surfed to an hour-long ... Read more...
07.11.09 · 6:30 PM
Snoop still street after all these years
Fifteen cop cars are parked outside of the Primm casino, including a couple undercovers. Five white busses wait off the side, ready to haul any miscreants away to some unfriendly detention center for a not-so-good night’s sleep. Inside, men in snug tan uniforms have black gun belts circling their sturdy hips, and some wear the words “Gang Unit” imprinted in black across their chests. Snoop Dogg is also in the building—he has been relegated to the Primm Garden Valley Arena, ... Read more...
07.11.09 · 12:59 PM
Incubus gets off on creativity
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd prides himself on many things; his music and creativity are just two of them. He says his music is the result of a life-long artistic calling. “I have been certain since I was a child that I was going to be an artist,” the 33-year-old musician explained. “I didn’t have aspirations of being a doctor or a lawyer or a professional athlete, other than I thought for a hot second, when I was a teenager, that ... Read more...
07.10.09 · 11:03 PM
Snoop does it “bigg”
Snoop Dogg is kicking off his Blazed and Confused Tour tonight in Primm along with Slightly Stoopid, Stephen Marley and Mickey Avalon. On his way to town from last night’s show in Reno, The Doggfather himself took a minute to write back to us with answers to a few of the Weekly’s burning questions. Here, letter for letter, are Snoop’s responses: How do you feel about performing in Primm, Nev.? It’s not exactly The Strip… I have a blast every ... Read more...
07.10.09 · 12:45 PM
Bad Boy Bill’s The Album
“Nonstop fast life/ different city every night/ no sleep late night.” With lyrics like that written on a cell phone at 6 a.m., it’s only appropriate Bad Boy Bill stops in Vegas again, this time at Rehab on July 12. After two decades as a DJ—“America’s Favorite House DJ” to be exact—BBB is finally releasing a long-awaited CD of original material. Simply titled The Album, the Beatport.com co-founder unleashes his tracks on the masses July 28, though the single “Falling ... Read more...
07.9.09 · 5:02 PM
Slightly Stoopid’s smart decision to tour with Snoop
When Sublime’s Bradley Nowell hand plucks your band from obscurity during high school, it’s probably a sign of good things to come. Slightly Stoopid was discovered and signed to Skunk Records by the Sublime frontman when its members were just teenagers. Sixteen years later, Slightly Stoopid has joined forces with Snoop Dogg, Mickey Avalon and Stephen Marley on the Blazed and Confused tour, making a stop this weekend in Primm. Slightly Stoopid’s guitarist and bassist Miles Doughty chatted with the ... Read more...
07.7.09 · 6:32 PM
From the studio to the Strip, Nelly does Vegas
Nelly has recently been spending a lot of time in a Las Vegas recording studio, and the rapper came to Jet this morning to treat fans to a little taste of what he’s been working on. People lined up outside the Mirage hotspot in advance of today’s early morning performance, then packed themselves into the club’s main room to catch the show. The chart-topping rapper and his entourage arrived at 2 a.m. and quickly got settled into a large VIP ... Read more...
07.7.09 · 12:54 PM
Limp Bizkit books free reunion show in Las Vegas after UFC snub
The UFC might have pulled the plug on Friday’s Limp Bizkit concert, but the band is coming back swinging. Not only have they rescheduled the show; they’re going to perform for free. Tickets to the ill-fated UFC 100 kickoff event at Mandalay Bay had been selling for $35 before the show was quietly called off on June 27. The rescheduled reunion performance will be the first time the recently reunited band has played in the U.S. in more than eight ... Read more...
07.7.09 · 8:31 AM
Win your way into Duran Duran at the Pearl!
Hungry for tickets? Citi Private Pass and Las Vegas Weekly have free tickets for you to see Duran Duran live on Friday, July 10th at the Pearl at the Palms. Coming onto the scene in the 1980s, Duran Duran were part of what was called the “Second British Invasion.” Before boy bands like N’sync and the Backstreet Boys turned teenagers into hormonal messes, Duran Duran had girls crying and screaming for their pop-sound, good looks and international flair. Years later, ... Read more...
07.6.09 · 3:25 PM
Time to panic?
Panic at the Disco is no more. At least, not the version of the Las Vegas band heretofore known to the world. Panic has announced that half of its four members—guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker—have left the band. “Sometimes individual tastes take friends in different directions,” a post attributed to the two remaining Panic-ers, singer Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith, confirmed today on the official Web site. “That said, Panic at the Disco is alive and very, ... Read more...
07.6.09 · 11:04 AM
Many sides of Jamie Foxx on display at the Joint
Jamie Foxx is many things to many people: an Academy Award-winning actor, a Grammy Award-nominated singer and an already-legendary comedian. The 41-year-old star demonstrated his many talents Saturday night with a wide-ranging performance at The Joint as his “Blame It” tour enjoyed its second and final night in Las Vegas. MC Hammer and old school rapper Too $hort also joined Foxx at separate points in the nearly two hour-long performance. More than special guests, however, the audience at the Hard ... Read more...
07.6.09 · 8:35 AM
UFC pulls plug on Limp Bizkit concert
UFC officials have pulled the plug on Friday’s Limp Bizkit concert at Mandalay Bay. The UFC 100 weekend kick-off concert would have been the band’s first show in the U.S. in over eight years. The recently reunited group was set to headline the UFC-sanctioned event at Mandalay Bay, but apparently the deal fell through after executives at the band’s label, Interscope Records, and UFC officials could not agree on issues regarding DVD rights and venue. While neither the UFC nor ... Read more...
07.6.09 · 12 AM
The sweet sound of Canada on the Fourth of July: Michael Buble plays MGM Grand
All I can say about this year’s Fourth of July is “O Canada!” Canadian crooner Michael Buble serenaded a lucky audience at the MGM Grand Garden Arena at a special show Saturday night presented by the MGM Mirage Players Club Concert Series. The invite only event featured Buble and his 13-piece band performing Sinatra’s standards and some of his own music, as well. I attended the show with some friends and the mother of one of the friends, who is ... Read more...
07.5.09 · 11:25 PM
Twice is nice with Hoobastank double header
Hundreds seeking refuge from the craned necks and burnt hands typically associated with the Fourth of July congregated on 6th and Fremont Streets to celebrate America’s 233rd birthday with Rock the Block. Hoobastank headlined the all-ages outdoor performance. Hed (p.e.), Living Things and local band Otherwise opened. If you missed Rock the Block in lieu of explosions in the sky or were too busy watching your TiVo recording of Joey Chestnut eating a world record-breaking 68 hot dogs in 10 ... Read more...
07.1.09 · 8:01 PM
In case you missed it: Cursive at Beauty Bar
“If we disappear after this song, it’s because we need to towel off for a second.” Cursive’s frontman Tim Kasher was right; it was around 100 degrees at 11:30 p.m. on the Beauty Bar’s outside patio. A packed crowd may have had something to do with it—an unexpected sight for a Tuesday evening at the Fremont Street venue. Guess it takes an indie band from Omaha to get people out of the house. Cursive really is a band’s band, and ... Read more...
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May 15, 2013
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The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS
This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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