Amber Sampson
Story Archive
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TasteA Strip location marks the next step in Café Lola’s lovely Las Vegas takeover
Thursday, June 15, 2023 Co-founders Alexandra Lourdes and Lin Jerome have two rules: “Make it an experience, and make it gorgeous.”
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A&EDJ/producer Frameworks brings emotive electronic music into focus
Thursday, June 15, 2023 “I hate the idea of someone being self-conscious at a show. I like to have the dancefloor as unlit as possible, so people can lose their inhibitions and feel free.”
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A&ECanadian blues-rockers The Blue Stones make their Las Vegas debut
Thursday, June 8, 2023 “We would watch The Black Keys or Mutemath, and we would think to ourselves, ‘I can’t believe how amazing that show was.’ That’s something I want to give people.”
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A&ELas Vegas acts to battle for a Life Is Beautiful festival lineup slot
Thursday, June 8, 2023 The festival’s annual Rising Stars competition, set to take place August 4-5 and 11-12 at the Space, is accepting submissions through June 14.
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A&EActor Mark Wahlberg on laying down Vegas roots and ushering in a new film phase
Thursday, June 1, 2023 “I would love to be able to make films in my backyard. There’s a great pool of creative and talented people here, and it’s just very relaxing.”
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A&EA Smith Center musical honors Tina Turner’s vast legacy
Thursday, June 1, 2023 “We tend to put her power in a physical representation—the muscles and the voice. But the reality is, she’s powerful in her mind. Her spirit is powerful.”
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NoiseLife changes fuel Blackwater Holylight’s ethereal doom-psych
Thursday, June 1, 2023 “Our synth player had a child, and there’ve been a lot of breakups and deaths and births and moves and changes. Making that album and touring it helped us through all those transitions.”
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A&EDaylight Beach Club celebrates a decade on the Las Vegas Strip
Thursday, May 25, 2023 On any given weekend, poolgoers can soak in the sounds of world-renowned DJs like TroyBoi and Tchami or groove to a rap set by Ty Dolla $ign in a vibrant party utopia.
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A&ECannabis-themed magic show ‘Smokus Pocus’ provides a dope addition to Las Vegas’ Area15
Thursday, May 25, 2023 It features optical bong illusions, flashy sleight of hand card tricks that work most of the time—“What did you expect from a stoner magician?”—and enough tongue-in-cheek toking jokes to keep even sober attendees giggling like the gummy just kicked in.
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NoiseSights and Sounds from EDC Las Vegas 2023
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 More than half a million festgoers and 230 artists flocked to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for three nights of peace, love, unity, respect and electronic dance music.
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A&EHighlights of Las Vegas' inaugural Sick New World fest included Kittie, Deftones
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Nostalgia ran rampant at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds as Sick New World—the heavy metal fest featuring mainstays from the late-’90s/early-’00s—kicked off its inaugural year.
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FeaturesDynamic beatmaker—and EDC Las Vegas performer—Wax Motif continues diversifying his sound
Thursday, May 18, 2023 “That’s the fun part about music—discovering new sh*t.”
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FeaturesWooli talks mixing metalcore and dubstep and why EDC Las Vegas is so special
Thursday, May 18, 2023 “I always picture myself as if I was out in the crowd, looking back to what some of my favorite sets were and how I can use that inspiration of how I felt to build my sets.”
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A&EGet these veteran and rising acts into your EDC Las Vegas 2023 schedule
Thursday, May 18, 2023 What you need to catch Jeff Mills, Pretty Pink, Ferry Corsten and more.
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NoiseMeet Lurk Franklin, a rising Las Vegas rapper giving fans want they want
Thursday, May 18, 2023 “I want to make these 20, 30 or 40 songs, put them where they have to be, then go forward. I’m starving my people in a way. They want to eat.”
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A&E15 Acts to Catch at Las Vegas heavy rock festival Sick New World
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Death Grips, Deftones, Fiddlehead, Kittie, Placebo, Scowl, The Sisters of Mercy and, yep, Korn.
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TasteThe Underground’s new spring cocktails have the booze scene buzzing
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Refined palates will love detecting the sweetened carrot notes in the decadent rye cocktail A Wild Hare.
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A&EInstagrammer Lindsay Stewart spreads her appreciation for the Las Vegas Valley’s dining scene
Thursday, May 11, 2023 For nearly seven years, Stewart has been running the @thelasvegasfoodie account full-time, and now has nearly 400,000 followers.
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A&EFive Memorable Moments from Las Vegas' 2023 Lovers & Friends festival
Monday, May 8, 2023 The hip-hop and R&B throwback fest upped the ante for its second year.
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A&EExciting returns, reunions and revivals at this year’s Lovers & Friends festival in Las Vegas
Thursday, May 4, 2023 Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilers and many more will assemble at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on the Strip.
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A&EThe Backseat Lovers find comfort in their collective growing pains
Thursday, April 27, 2023 The Utah band is set to play a sold-out gig at Brooklyn Bowl on April 28, its first Las Vegas performance since Life Is Beautiful 2021.
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TasteNoodlehead’s take on comfort cuisine makes for a Chinatown must-try
Thursday, April 27, 2023 The Yibon burning noodles have the kind of kick that’ll break you out into a sweat, but they’re worth every lip tingle.
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A&ELas Vegas’ Ayu Dayclub resets pool season with Beach House Sundays
Thursday, April 27, 2023 Nearly every Beach House bash keys into a specific vibe and theme, and Zouk has partnered with several local promoters to host parties that should also attract locals.
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NoiseFive thoughts: Remi Wolf at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas (April 17)
Thursday, April 20, 2023 The genre-bending singer blew expectations and ears out of the water during a fun-loving hourlong set.
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FeaturesIn High Demand: Deep Roots Harvest guides us to five must-try cannabis products
Thursday, April 20, 2023 Hot prerolls, pens, gummies and more.
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A&EThe Bellagio Gallery’s ‘In Bloom’ exhibit inspires through its artwork
Thursday, April 20, 2023 Paintings, sculptures, sketches and portraits by Regina Bogat, Salvador Dalí, Nick Cave, Martine Gutierrez, Alex Katz and more challenge our conventional understandings of change.
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A&EThe new cocktail-centric Rouge Room beckons from the Las Vegas ’burbs
Thursday, April 13, 2023 Tinctures help set Rouge Room’s drinks apart, especially when it comes to its martini cart service.
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NoiseLocal Spin: Fresh singles from Desert Island Boys, Post NC and other Las Vegas artists
Thursday, April 13, 2023 The Red Sea wholly embraces its New Wave sound, producing dancing notes and a lullaby of synths that sound equal parts resplendent and retro.
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NewsA national pilot shortage presents opportunities for aspiring local aviators
Thursday, April 6, 2023 All In Aviation has seen its career-oriented pilot trainee group swell by nearly 60% this year. Why the sudden uptick? Was ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ that impactful?
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TasteHorror fans will love what the Arts District’s Nightmare Cafe is cooking up
Thursday, April 6, 2023 For a real sight, order the off-menu Fang Banger, which comes in an IV drip bag.
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A&EShirtless thrills, pop feels and more moments from Maroon 5’s Las Vegas residency launch
Thursday, April 6, 2023 “I immediately felt like my idea wasn’t the best idea, because f*cking Usher had the best idea,” Adam Levine joked.
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A&EThe Weekly interview: Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan on growing up through song
Thursday, April 6, 2023 “Some of my best work comes out of me torturing myself. But also, sometimes no work comes out of it, because it’s such a negative space that I inhabit in my head.”
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A&EHanging with Vegas’ reborn Latin psych-rockers Viaje Nahual
Thursday, March 30, 2023 The band, formerly known as Kurumpaw, has started playing shows outside Las Vegas for the first time, and has a jam-heavy album in the works.
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A&ELas Vegas metal band Hemlock looks back on 30 headbanging years
Thursday, March 23, 2023 “We don’t sell drugs, we don’t have a rich uncle, we don’t have Bitcoin winnings. We fund it all ourselves.”
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A&EPerformer Audrey Deluxe spices up the Mint Tavern with Burlesque Bingo
Thursday, March 23, 2023 “I love having people in the show who aren’t just showing up and doing their act that they have rehearsed over and over. They’re also looking at the audience and saying, what can I give them?”
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A&ELas Vegas trio Mercy Music stays grounded in a click-obsessed world
Thursday, March 16, 2023 “We’d send it to some of the bigger labels, and they would say, ‘What are your Spotify numbers? How many Instagram followers do you have?’ It’s like they didn’t even listen to it.”
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FeaturesHow crunk king Lil Jon fell in love with Las Vegas and its teams
Thursday, March 9, 2023 “Anything Vegas I’m gonna support, win or lose, because this is my second home. Everybody in this city is basically like my family.”
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A&EPhotographer Jesse Hudson makes war ‘tangible’ in Killing Trends gallery’s first exhibit
Thursday, March 9, 2023 The artist spent a year and a half building a life-size, hidden bunker inside his gallery.
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A&EGet to know the Shag Room performer M3cca, who found her footing after ‘American Idol’
Thursday, March 9, 2023 “I had to learn a lot about self-compassion, self-love, because you’re rejected all the time in this business.”
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A&EThe Las Vegas-based Jabbawockeez hit the road on a global tour with Rauw Alejandro
Thursday, March 2, 2023 “He’s got this sci-fi retro ’80s thing, and we’re keeping that in mind. We’re trying to integrate the art of storytelling as we transition from our set to his."
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A&ECore’s Jeff Jones helps put kids on a path to greatness
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 “You never know the impact you’re going to have on somebody’s life.”
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A&EDJ HoneyLuv shows she can do it all and then some
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 She returns to Las Vegas for a set at Downtown’s We All Scream on February 16.
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A&ECelebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis talks 10 years on the Las Vegas Strip and her favorite Valentine’s Day dishes
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 Las Vegas’ long-term relationship with New York Times best-selling cookbook author, celebrity chef and Food Network TV host Giada De Laurentiis has gotten pretty serious over the past 10 years.
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A&ELas Vegas R&B singer-songwriter Tatum the Dreamer bares it all on a thoughtful new record
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 He planned to break into the music industry behind his honeyed baritone, which falls somewhere between Drake and Frank Ocean. Fate had other plans.
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A&ELas Vegas trio White Noise aims to push rock ’n’ roll into the future
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 “There’s a lot of great rock bands coming out that don’t really get the same hype as somebody like Post Malone or Dua Lipa.”
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A&EThe Las Vegas Gaymers LGBTQ video game meetup group provides a fun and inclusive space
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 “Out of all the groups I’ve ever floated around, this is the one I’ve stuck with, because it feels like a chosen family.”
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A&EBlake Shelton’s Ole Red aims to be the epicenter of live country music in Las Vegas
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 “Every time I’m here I want some damn country music and a beer. I think Ole Red is a remedy to that,” the superstar singer says.
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FeaturesEating our way through the Las Vegas Strip’s latest delicious food hall
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 Let’s take a lap at Proper Eats Food Hall at Aria.
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A&EBrian Moy’s Dirty Rock & Roll Dance Party keeps psychedelic garage sounds in Las Vegas’ rotation
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 The promoter next brings Frankie and the Witch Fingers to Artifice on January 27.
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A&EMojave Sun’s steely blues-rock heats up the Las Vegas Valley
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 Next up for the locals: Night 1 of the two-day Planet Desert Rock fest, January 20 at Count’s Vamp’d, a bill that will also feature John Garcia, onetime vocalist for legendary SoCal desert-rock outfit Kyuss.
