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Everything we know about new Palms megaclub KAOS
It’s way too early to tell if KAOS, the Palms’ new club and indoor-outdoor entertainment venue announced last week, will “completely redefine the daylife and nightlife experience in Las Vegas” as its announcement boasts. But it will definitely redefine the Palms, or perhaps more specifically, it will define the new Palms.
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Lady Gaga collaborator White Shadow forges his own identity
“I know who I am as a person, but I’m a very strange dude when it comes to music.”
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Mark Ronson and other Vegas club musts this week
Alesso returns to XS on February 2.
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After recording with Brandon Flowers, Aussie singer-songwriter Alex Cameron falls in love with Las Vegas
“We showed him some ideas, he showed us some ideas, and we just became sort of like, a good wall for each other to bounce ideas off for each others’ records.”
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Catching up on Cursive’s latest moves prior to the band’s Bunkhouse show
The group’s first new album in six years marks original drummer Clint Schnase and co-producer Mike Mogis’ return, and features cello for the first time since The Ugly Organ.
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Rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld tour promises an epic carnival
The 26-year-old performs while strapped inside a 360-degree vertical loop, then hops into a roller coaster that cruises back and forth above fans.
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Las Vegas rapper Mike Xavier follows a momentous 2018 with a hopeful new album
“When I think of how I was at rock bottom just a few years ago, it makes me feel so grateful that I never gave up. I want this project to be a reminder of how it’s never too late in life to be a dreamer.”
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What inspires Las Vegas artist, musician and mental health advocate Ryan Brunty?
“There’s a subgenre of vaporwave called mallsoft that’s supposed to give you the feeling of walking through a mall in the ’90s. I know it sounds so hipster and out there, but I just absolutely love it.”
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Majestic Repertory’s ‘Spring Awakening’ delivers the right amount of anachronism
The original play was ahead of its time, depicting teens tackling a host of perennial issues—premarital sex, masturbation, homosexuality, child abuse, abortion, suicide and reform school—all without the help of the internet.
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Kodo Drum Ensemble, French Montana, author Elizabeth McCracken and other stuff to do this week
Music from King Ibu, Pine Hill Haints and two Mexican folk acts.
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Chatting with Michael Symon, the chef behind new Palms spot Mabel’s
“When I said I was doing barbecue in Vegas, there were people coming with, ‘Oh, bro, barbecue doesn’t work in Vegas.’ But we believe in what we do and that people are going to enjoy it.”
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Pig out! Sampling the many standout restaurants of Las Vegas’ Chinatown
Aburiya Raku, Asian BBQ & Noodle, Cafe Sanuki, China Mama, Chengdu
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ColdPress Express pulls off vegan lobster. Really
Chopped hearts of palm—the tender insides of once-swaying tropical trees—fill in for Maine’s top export. It’s an ingenious choice.
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The Texas-style Mama Bird serves up must-try fried chicken
I went for the biscuits and gravy, and then I returned for the chicken.